| If you're taking an antidepressant and it | | | | the brain. As soon as a person stops taking |
| isn't working, you will be told that:"some | | | | the drug, the root cause will surface and |
| drugs are more effective than others. What | | | | another episode of suffering results. Drugs |
| works on one person may not be as effective | | | | may help you feel better in the short term, |
| with another. That's why doctors repeatedly | | | | but they cannot offer you a cure. |
| change the type of drug. It's simply a matter | | | | |
| of finding the drug that is right for you." | | | | The main reason why antidepressant drugs are |
| This simply isn't true. There are other | | | | prescribed to people who suffer from stress, |
| factors - tolerance to a drug, dosage of a | | | | depression and anxiety is because a chemical |
| drug and the simple fact that chemical | | | | imbalance in the brain is believed to be the |
| imbalances aren't the root cause of your | | | | root cause. But this is just a theory, there |
| anxiety or depression. Tellingly, Yale | | | | is no evidence to support it whatsoever. A |
| University has published results showing that | | | | chemical imbalance is just one of the many |
| for 70% of people, antidepressant drugs are | | | | symptoms involved. All antidepressant drugs |
| totally ineffective. Other treatments, | | | | do is to treat one symptom. What's |
| especially cognitive therapy, are far more | | | | astonishing is that there is no test to |
| effective. | | | | determine the levels of the imbalance. |
| | | | Treating the symptoms will not provide a |
| When it comes to treating anxiety and | | | | cure, the only way to cure stress, depression |
| depression, the common belief held by | | | | and anxiety is to treat the root cause, |
| sufferers and health professionals is that | | | | harmful and flawed modes of thinking. |
| antidepressant drugs such as Effexor, Prozac, | | | | |
| Zoloft, and Celexa for example - are the most | | | | Attention: Please consult with your health |
| effective treatment. The problem with using | | | | professional before you stop taking any |
| drugs to treat anxiety and depression is that | | | | antidepressant medication. Tell them that you |
| they only treat one of the symptoms - reduced | | | | want to come of the drugs and ask them to |
| levels of serotonin, a "happy chemical" in | | | | organize your course of withdrawal. |