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