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I think this is important, not bec. it is the best I've ever read on the topic, but bec. Psychology Today is a "popular" magazine and a "popularizing" magazine.

 

And - altho I can't say I read it a lot, only occasionally, this is the first time I've seen an article unabashedly wary of SSRI's.

 

excerpt:

"Findings challenge serotonin hypothesis."

What this new information shows is that there may be some help using SSRIs if there is a severe shortage of serotonin, but the average person's depression cannot simply be related to a "chemical imbalance." The human brain is too complicated and so are we to have a simple, quick explanation related to seratonin alone. We have no way of measuring serotonin the brain of a living person, short of cutting open the skull. We have not come up with what a normal level of serotonin should be and below which we can say that you would be depressed and above which we can say you will be happy. People with high serotonin levels can be depressed and those with low levels can be happy. Serotonin inducing drugs like ecstasy can make you feel very happy, but so can alcohol and heroin. We have to go back to the drawing boards on this one, so don't ever let anyone say "I've got a chemical imbalance" without asking them what they actually mean and where is the science to prove that statement."

 

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/obsessively-yours/201001/five-reasons-not-take-ssris

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Good article, thanks!

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