I have taken anti depresants. They NEVER worked, and I felt like something was wrong with me because they didnt. I found restricting sugar, limiting stimulants, and lifting heavy wieghts at the gym helped me more than any pill.
Thank you for sharing you just saved a stranger from becoming a happy pill addict. My doctor just suggested me yesterday and no I won’t take it may be occasionally like right before my surgery that’s pretty much it I rather goto gym thn taking happy pills regularly.
3 doctors considering me ect none of medicine is working for me for 2 year my depression is getting worse day by day I'm emotionally numbed I can't sleep I can't eat anything and I can't get out of bed
I tried a couple of antidepressants. Just wasted my money. I don't think they do any good. They say give it time. Right. You start getting better on your own eventually. It's not the meds.
@@Rebelz173 Sorry. That's just how it worked for me. I shouldn't have implied "everybody". I really wanted those antidepressants to work, but it was a no go.
@@Rebelz173 Please show me how Psych Meds (especially antidepressants) ADDRESS & RESOLVE ABUSE (VERBAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, &/OR PHYSICAL), BULLYING, CONFLICT, DISRESPECT, HARASSMENT, &/OR MISTREATMENT COMMITTED AGAINST U BY OTHER PEOPLE WHICH TRIGGERS MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS (INCLUDING DEPRESSION) & I'll sell u all the gold that I own (in storage @ Ft. Knox). Ur assertion that psych meds work is more ludicrous than Mel Grant's.
I have tried to get off my antidepressants. But after a few weeks, I go down into a black hole that is really bad. Then I have to go back on if I want to live.
My psychiartrist offered me anti depressants and I laughed in his dace. I'm like, you're a funny guy! That absurd offer cheered me up! I mean really I'm surprised it isnt common knowledge that these drugs do nothing but alter brain chemistry and impair your personality.
You are right! There is no one easy solution! One thing is for sure, getting help is important. I got over depression by going through tons of therapy and reading self help books. Now, I have put together a series of videos to help people cope with depression.
Anti depressants made me feel like someone had pumped my head full of air, made me feel like a robot devoid of all emotion (good and bad), and made me have such a light sleep that I was so tired the next day even after taking them for 8 months. Citalopram caused myoclonus which means involuntary limb movements especially when attempting to fall asleep. Duloxetine has moderate interactions with caffeine which I was unaware of and made my head spin like a demonized schoolgirl on a quija board. Mirtazapine made me jittery and jump out of my skin every time there was a sudden noise and Lustral changed my perception of reality, distancing me from people and myself, kind of like depersonalization. There is no empirical evidence that these meds work, it's just 'suck it and see' for most people. Well I sucked it and noticed that they are phoney medications from which someone is getting extremely wealthy.
Holy crap. I'm taking Mirtazapine and I'm currently having the same side effects that you had. Every little noise scares me, on the edge feeling. Any advice? I'm on 15mg right now.
Guess what doc. I eat well. I exercise. I take my vitamins. I don't do negative self-talk or have bad self esteem. I'm kind to others. I'm spiritual. I haven't had any trauma or stress. But I've had severe depression once and I have it now. That's why I need to be on my medication. The structure of the mind is complex.
Ok. And then what? So the guy goes into therapy to process his root emotions and traumas and he stops his SSRI. As, he is processing his root causes, the brain zaps and primal depression of a brutal SSRI withdrawal kick in hard. This frightens the heck out of the patient and the therapist, too. The therapist suggests that our patient now needs to see a psychiatrist due to a depressive relapse. The psychiatrist puts him back on a higher dose of the same anti-depresssants and also prescribes a tranquilizer for his anxiety. The therapist realizes that her patient has worsened and informs the psychiatrist who promptly adds a mood stabilizer, too. Then the patient gets extreme symptoms and lands in a psychiatric facility where the tranquilizer dose goes up. But then, upon the return home, the psychiatrist reduces the tranquilizer dose, causing an inability to tolerate an anti-depressant ,which prompts another psychiatric ward visit where a bipolar II diagnosis is now established, the patient is yanked off an anti-depressant and sent back to therapist to address the root causes, which now have very little to do with childhood trauma........
Yes, Aika Papa. The brain keeps the score for sure. I wish there was a real informed consent given to people before being offered psychiatric drugs. Not the common side effects, but the full deal. I think it's the long term prescrbing and poly-drugging and lack of knowledge in deprescribing practices that makes psychiatric drugs so complicated. I think some people are naturally more sensitive to psychiatric drugs and are most likely better off without. Prescribing a standard SSRi dose to a young and healthy person for moderate to severe depressioin is entirely different from prescribing that SSRI to someone on two other psych meds. If anything needs to be prescribed, it should be at the lowest dose for very short term and an exit strategy (tapering) before the prescription is given.
It's the current mental health system we have, combined with long term prescribing of these drugs that kill people early. It's the way that these drugs are overprescribed and forced on people that kills people. Giving an antiipyschotic and a tranquilizer to a heavy alcoholic during a short-term crisis does not kill. Psychiatric drugs have their place, but we have to thank the FDA and psychiatry and the incompetent mental health system and doctors who are not poperly educated, yet dish out drugs they do not even understand. All psychiatric drugs are really meant for short term, crisis intervention. And by short term, I mean days for some of them (antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, etc). Not weeks, not months, and not years. Sadly, they are given to people for long periods, and they are not really meant for that.
Short term prescribing can be very dangerous too. Agreed. It's best to be aware of it all and avoid the psych drugs in the first place. But we live in a year when so many people are on them and saying that psychiatric drugs do not work may make people who are on them make hasty decisions and try to get off of them too quickly, which can trigger suicides, seizures and God-knows what. There was a woman who committed suicide because she was ripped off of a benzodiazepine by force at the hospital and developed a drug-induced akathisia that never went away . Had she been properly tapered off and diagnosed with benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome, the tragic death could have been avoided. RIP Christine. benzoinfo.com/2018/04/13/christines-story-ativan-withdrawal-akathisia-and-suicide/
Considering the fact that the DSM labels PMS as a mental illness psychiatry as a profession is highly suspicious. Furthermore, when the FDA tried to find psychiatrists and psychologists to server on the board of experimental drugs they couldn't even find one that wasn't connected to big pharma in some way. I was personally on many different kinds of meds and they all had different effects on me, but none of them improved my mood. Some made me angry and agressive and others made me dizzy all day until i went to bed. As a result I have done alot of research into drugs and could not find a practitioner that has ever cured their client. Stay off the drugs, the only people they make happy is the pharma executives.
Suppressing depression or covering it up -as antidepressants do- are self defeating and don't solve anything. It's the same as using oral pain medication to treat a tooth abscess. Safe for a momentary reprieve of discomfort and pain, it doesn't cure anything. The reason why it doesn't solve anything is that the pain is just a 'symptom' of the abscess, it's not the disease; depression is just a symptom In order to cure depression- like the abscess- the root cause needs to be addressed.
I started taking Fluoxetine about 10 years ago and am still on it. I still get bouts of depression but I find they are much more manageable and of shorter duration with the treatment. SSRI's are not a scam.
Antidepressants are much safer to take than benzos or alcohol. It's the GABA dugs that people take alongside with antidepressants that get them in trouble. But, thee's too much stigma in regards to benzos or alcohol, and it is easier to blame anti-depressants for everything. They have their flaws, but it's the drugs we don't talk about that cause the most damage.
Philip Braselmann So, let's say someone has high cholesterol and has been on Altoprev for 10 years and they still experience bouts of chest pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, and coldness in their extremities. However, they don't suffer nearly as intensely or prolonged as before. Based on your logic, would you say the Altoprev is absolutely ineffective and there is a problem residing elsewhere? The brain is the control center and just as much apart of our body as any organ. It is still largely an enigma that is waiting to be solved and many leaps are being taken in the right direction to do this. I'd take anti-depressants over sensory deprivation, lobotomies, insulin therapy, and trephination any day. Compare psychiatry in its present state to what it was in the 1800's. There's vast improvement. Rather than putting any signs of improvement correlating with the use of SSRI's as the "placebo effect", do some insightful research on Brodmann's area 25. This structure of the brain has been found to be overactive in patients' who don't respond to psychotherapy or psychiatric medications. It's not definitive yet, but still a stride towards a better understanding of the organ that controls every aspect of our biological existence.
I have been on antidepressants for about 2 weeks, but decided to quit them today. They did numb me, so I stopped ruminating on the past so much, which could help get me out of the habit of doing so. The side effects aren't worth it though; going to have to fix this the old fashioned way.
My antidepressants have completely changed my life - and this kind of talk keeps people from getting medicine they need. I am sure there are lots of different causes and remedies depending on the cause - but this is infuriating when people who in fact are helped go off. By the way I have gone off three times and tried everything - I mean everything - and without the medicine I can't function and with it I can.
They work for some people, absolutely but not for everyone. Also, for those who they block certain signals for, those signals could be firing properly if the nutritional and sleep deficiencies in said person were addressed. Many a depression and anxiety is born of lack of adequate sleep, nutrition, and exercise. Often times when those things are addressed and fixed, you get to the root of the problem. Instead of masking the symptom, you are treating the source. It could take weeks, months to feel better so in the meantime, many people do feel well taking a dose of medication to be able to function well enough to work on coping skills and get the other balls rolling. But in short, they are over-prescribed and changes in lifestyle & eating habits could help the majority, not all, but the majority of folks who take synthetic medications.
In addition, they may work to a degree for some people who might also be helped just as much had they tried the natural approach. I am one of those people who was on them for years, it did numb me, it did solve the issue, but also cut my ability to feel ANYTHING and I tried every one on the market and different combos, went to a psychiatrist for medication management, etc. I did it all the right ways and the wrong ways . I still, in the end, do better when I exercise, eliminate toxic foods, take quality supplements, etc. I had my vitamin D levels tested after Dr Amen said on TV that MOST (not all) but for MOST people, Vitman D3 works better for them than an antidepressant. Dr Hyman didn't elaborate here, but did mention taking adequate vitamin D. Estimated 80% of Americans are not low, but DEFICIENT in this and it's not actually a vitamin, it's a hormone. When my teen was depressed for "no reason", I amped her up on about 10,000 Ius for a couple of weeks and she felt SO much better. I had her on fairly high doses (about 5,000 IUS, the RDA is so much lower )for 2 months then took her to an endocrinologist for full testing and she was STILL LOW. It takes testing and monitoring to get you back on track. And it solved everything she needed to be solved. So while meds would have helped her, it woulld not have treated the root cause - vitamin deficiency.
ScreamingManiacs I did not have nutritional or sleep deficiencies and your comment that they work for some - proves you are misleading and this is dangerous. I have tried everything - everything - so shut up and quit trying to make me and others think that medicine is wrong.
+ScreamingManiacs The things you are saying here, except maybe for the part about how these are the solutions for the majority of people, are true and important. Some people are experiencing reactions to vitamin deficiencies, food dyes, gluten, and other common chemicals and substances, and don't think to explore those potential causes. But that argument can't be used to shame people who need to use medication to treat their depression. The fact is, gluten or Red Dye #40 or lack of Vitamin D might make you feel depressed or angry, but if they are the cause then you do not have depression. Meds wouldn't help you much anyway. We should at least be trying to match the treatments with the right conditions.
+Terri Lorz Terri, same for me. I do not want to take ANY drugs, but if I go off of them, I get really bad. I had a very bad childhood, and it is part genetic. It is genetic and situational for me, as my dr. says. But I am really improving my diet and health, so maybe this will help me.
@@Rebelz173 Facts: the ISSUES THAT TRIGGER MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS R NOT ADDRESSED NOR RESOLVED W/PSYCH MEDS. It "PACIFIES" the REACTIONS 2 THE ADVERSE ACTIONS BUT DOES NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUES THAT TRIGGER THE SO-CALLED "INAPPROPRI8 BEHAVIOR". U CANNOT MEDIC8 A BAD ENVIRONMENT NOR THE NATURAL BEHAVIOR THAT'S A BY-PRODUCT OF THE ENVIRONMENT. Sorry, Outlawz; I COMPLETELY DISAGREE W/UR STANCE; MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES W/PSYCH MEDS SAY SO.
I found out that taking magnesium supplements helped me with my depression. I am also taking other supplements like B vitamins and of course eating right and exercising. Thank you for all your videos. They are great.
All you have to do imo is cold showers+meditate+gratitude journal for the rest of your life every day. I did it when I god sad and doing all these things made me never depressed again try this guy's now
In many cases, antidepressants r LIFE SAVING DRUGS. Any respectable doctor MUST KNOW of cases where these drugs have completely transformed lives for the better. I know ny own case of taking prozac- it was a real life saver for me. Surely this must apply to others as well.
I am done with anti depressants,prozac,luvox and mirtazapine. a friend suggested looking into what we put into our diet and I feel way much better and I don't have to deal with any side effects too.
Prince Agartha People with clinical depression don't have that option. Too many people are claiming to be depressed and since there's no blood test for it, docs have to prescribe based on patient report (The least reliable method out there). If exercise and diet cure your depression, it wasn't clinical depression. People with clinical depression can't get out of bed, let alone exercise and diet.
Depression is in the whole body and all the systems are affected (endocrine, immune, nervous, digestive, lymphatic, circulatory, you name it). Toxins and malnutrition are the cause of pretty much all the depressive symptoms. Your thoughts are another thing but they certainly can be changed. Life sucks yes, get used to it. Happy is not the standard. The world we live in is insane, why try to even fit in is beyond me. At least try to get out in the sun and do the things that you love now and then. Your body needs to move in order for you to recover, No one said it was easy. Watch DR. John Bergman or Dr, Kelly Brogan. If anything, you have an inspiration deficiency because you have been misled.
This is a naive view. Someone who has depression has difficulty doing any of those things. Of course all of those things would make me happier, but I can't do it because I feel utterly pointless and it makes me mentally exhausted to do anything.
It’s only the survivors that know this, everyone else is either a sheep, is blind or has not tried these poisons that have given me horrible ptsd and depression. I’m running, I’m eating healthy and I’m fighting everyday, I’m improving but slowly, very slowly
Well, since all the Meds I’m on make me so sleepy, I’ve gained weight. This made my Blood Pressure rise and then they wanted to put me on some medication. They put me on a diet, said to return in #? Months. They did the usual checking of ‘Temperature, Weight and Blood Pressure.’ I Waited for the Doctor and at the end of the Appointment he said, “Your Blood Pressure is high so I have to give a prescription.” I said, “NOPE. Hold on. I showed the log of all my readings. And, he said, “Oh, Ok you’re good. Just keep it going with a little exercise.” Which made me really angry since I thought they kept a history of my health.
My depression was treated completely with extra vitamins that my body wasn't absorbing properly from food as my gut doesn't work that well. I only just tried St. Johns Wort, which is very natural and isn't a hardcore antidepressant, late last year, and even then it wasn't absolutely necessary. I've also found physical exercise is a very powerful anti-depressant. After a long ride on my bike I feel clear and happy.
My doctor keeps telling me to take anti-depressants and they just don't work. I firmly believe something else is effectively causing my depression along with all the other symptoms. It makes sense entirely to me that throwing mood altering drugs at the problem will not fix my condition and rarely would fix other people's. I don't know anymore if they can fix whatever it is with wrong with me but I'd really, really like to know what the ACTUAL cause is other than just 'depression'
I’ve taken antidepressants since I was 15. Mainly for OCD and anxiety as well as Depression. While they did not completely cure my OCD I can confidentially say that they greatly helped get my OCD and anxiety to a manageable level throughout my 20’s. They are not a cure all and never will be. I just happen to know that I’m worse without them then on them. Why that is I don’t know. I have ASD and I do believe there is a chemical imbalance at play with Autism and there are studies that show this. Maybe not for Depression but for those on the autism spectrum I believe imbalances exist.
My mom have been on various kinds of anti depressants for a long time now, and I Can tell you that they have had the worst side effects on her. She has developed anxeity, depression has become Worse and she’s just a Shell of her former self. She had been depressed before she started to take them. I don’t know what to do anymore, she has been at the hospital for 3 month where they have given her various doses to see what Works and told her that eventually they’ll lower the doses, but can’t right away because it could be dangerous to just stop completely if your on that kind of pills. is there a Way to get out of this evil circle? How do you get off those pills, and start treating her depression and anxiety, I really feel so helpless and I’m scared she’s gonna hurt herself. If you know a treatment please let me know!
camfre4k That is awful, so sorry to hear that your mom is suffering so much. It must be a pure hell to witness your loved one to go trough all that agony, and not being able to do anything about it. How is she doing now? Is she any better?
no,the research still shows that for major depression drugs work significantly better than placebo only.The research the video refers to is the lack of significant effect on minor depression.The serotonin hypothesis was never proven though,its a hypothesis still.
May not completely cure depression but I have a family to support. Without my meds I would have left my son without a father, my wife without a husband, my father and mother without a son. I believe depression being managed with meds is a lot better than the alternative. You can't expect it to cure depression but it most certainly helps manage it.
@@wiseguy1717 Yup that is exactly what this comment was. Stating my experience to show they can help some of people. Those meds helped get me to a place where I could make changes and improve myself by taking that edge off. Now happily medication free for 2 years and doing better than ever. More than meds it took discipline and the extreme urge to no longer feel nihilistic, hateful, filled with despair and wishing for death. Life is worth living my friend.
1. Try an Anti-Inflammatory-Elimination Diet getting rid of food allergies 2. Check for Hypothiritism 3. Treat Vitamin D deficiency 4. Take omega 3 fats (Allgae) 5. Take b12 and b6 6. Get checked for mercury 7. Excercise 5 times a week for 30 minutes (increases BDNF/natural antidepressant)
These meds do not work on me at all, it just makes me hate myself more because I can be a lazy lowlife and not have any remorse as a result of being devoid of feeling, I'm glad that I finally know that I'm not alone in this, BEING HAPPY ALL THE TIME IS NOT GOOD FOR GROWTH AS A PERSON WE NEED SADNESS TO IMPROVE AND KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG.
Sometimes certain medications get over-prescribed. When should someone who is hesitant to take medication know that they should go on medication? Do some Dr.'s prescribe to quickly? How can a patient know if they can trust their Dr.?
It seems to me that the few people here who say antidepressants help has really experienced mental illness and tried medication for it, while everyone who is saying they don't help don't seem to have any history or experience of antidepressants or mental illness.
When he said that depression is a "label," that was very offensive. I know I shouldn't be offended, but if he's trying to convince his audience that they shouldn't be taking meds, he should at least know how to be polite
I believe that antidepressants not work as the adds says but I think this is the same add campaign the pill industry does. Saying that antidepressants doesn't help but their therapy and his book will help
40% of europeans have some version of a mutation called mthfr. MTHFR is an enzyme that adds a methyl group to folic acid to make it usable by the body. The MTHFR gene produces this enzyme that is necessary for properly using vitamin B9. This enzyme is also important for converting homocysteine into methionine, which the body needs for proper metabolism and muscle growth and which is needed for glutathione creation . The process of methylation also involves the enzyme from the MTHFR gene, so those with a mutation may have trouble effectively eliminating toxins from the body. It also means that big pharma medications dont work effectively
except for organic depression - it's been in my family for multiple generations - good guess though - if it were that easy - there would be NO depression!
reason why antidepressants don't work for everyone is because not everyone who thinks they have clinical depression need them. I've had clinical major depression for about 5 years now and have tried many alternatives. antidepressants do help. its not a miracle pill that will take all your problems away but they help you deal with your depression and eases the pain.
If you are still depressed after 5 years on meds, obviously they are not working. You need to address that pain, completely and change your lifestyle, starting with your diet. Look up Dr. John Bergman or Kelly Brogan, they can inspire you and give you back the inspiration you need to get better.
There are no proofs of chemical imbalances - even psychiatrists admit it. Look it up. If anything meds prevents remission because it promotes a chemical imbalance so the brain cannot resume its normal functioning. The body does what it can to keep homeostasis in all systems. If one goes out of whack, the others also can be affected. Diet alone can make a big difference. I don't even see any acceptable definition of depression because it is so broad. If there are no external causes. it is highly probable that the depressed state is causes by an environmental factor like food allergies. autoimmune, thyroid, toxic load, molds. bacteria, virus, you name it. DO they test for that???? NO
You have been misinformed. The DSM is designed to give useless/dangerous labels and to prescribe pills - it has nothing to do with facts and causes. I have a degree in Biopsychology and I know what a neuron is and what it does. I also happen to know that the gut is largely what regulates our moods (have you heard of the microbiome yet?). And not only that, it regulates our immune system and endocrine as well. You cannot look at one these without looking at the others. One nutritional deficiency, food allergy, toxin exposure or bacteria can be enough to throw the whole system. Here we are mostly looking at the nervous system - and ignoring all the other parts that are actually interacting. No, the person did not start with a chemical imbalance at birth (not genetic) unless there were some external factor in the environment (e.g. Stress, alcohol, anything toxic, etc) that were detrimental to the baby's nervous system's development. Forcing more neurotransmitters into the synapse is not a long term solution. With the right environment, lifestyle and diet, one can overcome depression - sadly doctors don't even know where to look for causes. You are taking too many variables out of a complex equation. I have been studying this for well over 20 years and all I can say is that we live in a crazy/toxic world and being adjusted to that is insane. We will need a return to nature if we are to survive. Study Epigenetics if you want to learn something useful.
Scott's comment was amazingly ignorant. What about the people that eat super healthy and exercise everyday but still suffer with mental illnesses? Depression is a melancholic illness that stops people from doing normal things. For some antidepressants are the worst things ever created, but for others antidepressants are the only thing keeping them alive. I think you need to grow up and realise that medication is out there for a reason.
This is really hard for information. I used to believe this crap but then I started actually treating my bipolar disorder and now, because I take drugs, my life is completely better.
They should prescribe opiates for severely depressed people. Namely emotional pain management. Let the patient enjoy their life. ( as long as they have access to opiates). Better than suicide.
Antidepressants helped take the edge off my mood for the first few months. Now those effects have worn off but increasing my dose makes me serotonergic.
Wish my antidepressants made me numb. I'd rather feel that way than feeling hopeless and my anxiety running all day. Wish there was something to stop the ruminating in my mind.
I think talking to a good friend about what is bothering you and not being alone is good medicine! A lot of people are lonely and no matter what supplement or self help book or special diet you try to fix your problem,it will never take the place of a loving companion!
Antidepressants may work for a while but most of the people suffer a great deal when they get rid of them because they are very addictive. Like for the cigarette, some people (rarely) will quit with no side effects. However, most of the people will suffer when they stop smoking. Psychotic drugs are very addictive and even proven dangerous now. It took me two years to get rid of the withdrawal symptoms. Two years! Think about it. More than 700 days fighting and not knowing if I would go back to a normal state of mind and be happy again. I was very courageous to persist and I am happy now that I did. So don't tell me that these drugs are harmless. They are not!
Lisette Bordeleau There are people, who have suffered from debilitating withdrawal symptoms far longer than that. These drugs cause high levels of dependency and addiction, something the doctors never mention to their patients about. Most of them are downright dishonest when asked about the possible harmful side-effects and withdrawal symptoms. That is why I don't trust your average psychiatrist, who will withhel crucial information about these drugs. Meddling with antipsychotics and antidepressants for over two years, has taught me a valuable lesson. Now currently trying to taper off from a Benzodiazepine drug. This will be my final psychiatric drug, that I will ever touch on. I swear that on my life. These drugs are just terrible, and I wouldn't recommend anyone to use them.
The reasons the antidepressants dont't work for everyone is because depression is so over-diagnosed. When you feel sick phisically it's obvious you become depressed. Address your physical problem first before putting the "depressed" stamp on yourself forever. Or better, do it at the same time. Too bad most doctors are ignorant and put that "depressed" stamp on every patient that has no VISIBLE physical ailments. Good luck. I hope we change that mentality sometime...
I was thinking the same yesterday. Everyone’s different hence the co-op mechanism. I mean what might work for one won’t work for other. My doctor suggest happy pills cuz I lost my job and feeling lonely and sad!! Extremely boredom 🙄
After my son was killed, I naturally was very depressed, Doctor gave me Triptinol for Depression. Took the prescribed dose, on of the side effects was it interferes with the electrical impulses of the Heart, My Heart stopped, and I ended up in Intensive care. Forgot to mention it happened in Doctor's surgery, it was Dr Eldersen who gave me correct and saved my life
Do you have any sources? You can spout all the information you like but without proof I can't trust what you say. Anti-depressants have helped me a lot because I have major depressive disorder.
I think it’s obvious that most depression is best alleviated by elevating your dopamine rather than your serotonin. SSRI drugs are sketchy IMO since they have only been around one decade or two and aren’t thourougly researched especially when it comes to long term effects. Also taking medication daily without effects until 2 weeks later makes me feel uncomfortable about taking them. Not to mention, many of them are namebrand and more expensive and doctors seem to give them out like candy sometimes presumably for kickbacks. The fact that almost every mass school shooter had recently discontinued taking these medications points to unstable aggression and depression as a result. Not to mention, most people say that they sort of help but not much. Serotonin might not be the answer but rather dopamine. Is it any surprise that a depressed person can self medicate with alcohol, marijuana, stimulants, opiates, junk food, sex, and tobacco, and in the meantime feel good and alleviated from their depression!? This makes me think that depression is a lack of pleasure rather than happiness, rainbows, and sunshine. I think for severely depressed people who often commit suicide, that they should be allowed to be prescribed opiates or stimulants, or whatever medication helps. Better than killing themselves.
Sometimes depression come from another condition like Thyroid disorder or Anxiety. I suffer from extreme fear to people, this condition developed when I moved to USA. I am from another country,I learned the language and started interaction with people around. I have been horrible discriminated, mistreated and rejected because I have a foreign accent. This situation made me withdraw, and I quit my job, I feel isolated, and depressed. A pill won't fix that. Antidepressants are BS.
You’re a great man and doctor!! Thanks for the info! Where can I reach out to in Canada to get tested for some of this? I’ve have bad depression and anxiety for so long.
I have just read the work of David Burns on antidepressants, and how the effect of antidepressants are about 80% to 100% due to placebo effect and not actually due to a physiological effect. How "science" is distorted because of economic interests.
I am a person who is recently on withdrawal from these medications, if I would have known an comprehended what would happen I would never have started it.
nice advert! There is a massive difference between someone suffering true clinical depression and feeling a bit down in the dumps. I suspect you were a bit down in the dumps , you have improved ur diet and , hey presto - u have cured ur "depression". I suspect u know nothing of this TERRIBLE illness and believe me, medication is a true life saver in many instances.
They DO work. I couldn’t function at all until they tried me on Cymbalta. Further by your description it’s obvious you’re not talking about clinical depression.
+Brodyn THANK YOU! I know they're not perfect, but they can and do save lives! I'm so tired of all the shaming of people who take medications for MEDICAL CONDITIONS!
I get tired of the assumptions that just because one person had negative side effects, the meds cannot now work for anyone. That's illogical and self-centered.
Ohh so all current scientific literature is false? Serotonin theory is false so it's impossible for SSRIs to work. I'm sick and tired of all this anecdotal bullshit. Have you ever heard of the placebo effect and natural progression?
Antidepressants are not inert substances, so it is misleading to call them just placebos. Also, stopping an antidepressant too abruptly will cause a withdrawal syndome that may end up being way worse than the original depression the medication was taken for. All psychiatric drug classes should be slowly tapered to minimize the withdrawal/discontinuation effects. If you are interested in stopping any of these pharmaceuticals, please do a lot of research and please find a doctor who understands how to discontinue them properly. Wish someone took the time to explain to me back then that antiepressants need to be slowly tapered off instead of just hearing the "antidepressants are bad" mantra.
It works for me, increasing serotonin makes me happy and feel good....that's how mdma works too by flooding your neurons with serotonin ...SSRIs are like mdma withought the euphoric high, in my experience...definitely not placebo, I could feel the serotonin rush from about day three on....
Jake ryan and dopamine and norepinephrine. long acting MDMA would be a powerful antidepressant. then again, long acting MA would probably be doing the same lol
Increases in serotonin happen within a few hours of ingestion, not a few days. It's very possible for an increase in serotonin to help in the short term but long term (after 4 weeks) it's very likely that the body has addapted to a point where there is no efficacy above placebo (this is what the research suggests.
pretendcampus you clearly are talking shit. Tell me why my anti depressants still work for me 10 years later then? That ain’t placebo. Do your research too. Swear people like you make stuff up
20 years ago I was suffering from depression and my doctor put me on prozac. After 8 months of nothing I spoke to my doctor and got off prozac and instead took a verified 100% organic St. John's Wort instead and that worked. My depression disappeared. I then went on to change my diet and try to eat organic and non-gmo foods.
@@heidivernathorbjornsen475 I don't recall, but I would imagine it was somewhere around 500mg to 1000mg per day. Just be sure it's a good organic brand...don't buy it at a pharmacy, they will all be crap there, if they even have any at all. Instead either buy it from your local health food or organic food store, or at one of the many online organic supplements shops!
True, depression is a state of mind that you fall into when you are not the best person you can be. A pill cannot make you feel better about being a lazy slob, or being stuck in a crappy job.
I tried 4 diffrent antidepressants and even 1 anti psychcotica(don't know if thats the right word). All they gave me is overweight, sunburns and ED. Stopped taking the junk 2 years ago and switched to homeopathy + traditional chinese medicine, best decision of my life!
Cannabis has no bad effect besides making you happy and I'm really upset right now and I'm wondering if that's the only thing that could help but it's illegal so it's a no go
One of the best things a person can do if they are depressed is to force themselves to take up jogging. Sounds simple but it can make a huge difference. There's lots of things people can do to take control of their lives but they must have the motivation to do so.
Could, however, depression is like feeling you are dead and the entire world is over and you have no meaning in life and everything is hopeless, all the while you freak out nonstop and want to die! I'm not saying anti depressants work- I just started taking them. But I've ran half marathons for years, and the concept of running at all is like doing calculus for a 5 year old. You have no idea how bad it can get. I dont even know how to be alive anymore
Therapy and medicine can work. All of these experts with their blanket statements can hurt people who are seeking help. The best thing to do is see a qualified provider, maybe a second one and take it from there. They can work. Sometimes talk therapy alone can't help with depression.
I do agree Antidepressants don't work I've been taking them since I was 15 and I'm now 33 and they make me alot worse. I get manic episodes and I don't want to be around anybody I want to self Isolate. It doesn't help when people pressure me or stress me out over money.
It works for some people with hormonal imbalances but yes it doesnt work for most. "X: The Human Condition" is a live music and film multimedia experience based on longtime struggle with depression. We've partnered with several charities dedicated to helping others who feel alone, alienated or "different". A portion of proceeds of X: The Human Condition will go to aid this vast community of people overcoming difficulties. Please check out our channel... thanks
You see, the good thing is that you can actually conduct SSRI studies on your own. You get people to take it and see it for yourself if it’s placebo. Experiments can be repeated, and that’s the hallmark of science to argue a point. Doctor, try taking ssri and see if it’s placebo.
This man is neither a psychiatrist nor a pharmacist. He's completely unqualified. Some people think the title "doctor" makes then an expert in every aspect of human physiology and pathology, as if all there is to know is taught in four years of medical school. In the words of our president-elect: sad! (this is how we talk now)
Look into Gwen Olsen's, Joanna Moncrieff's, Peter R. Breggin's and Irvin Kirch's work. They have spoken openly against the massive deception of Big Pharma.
@@Fatalstar08 prayer can help as well. Our mind likes to create stories and although I find it fascinating I also think its very powerful and debilitating. THe mind is an organ we have to learn to control. Prayer has helped me immensely and just surrendering.
People say that depression causes them to become lazy, to take up smoking, to become an alcoholic, to consume more junk food and to give up on life. Well I say that taking up smoking, becoming an alcoholic, consuming junk food, turning lazy and giving up on life, leads to your depression.
Fraser Stewart Bingo! Starting a healthier lifestyle has improved my mood far more than these useless pills ever did. Same has happened to so many others suffering from depression. Its root cause can actually be a gut-related issue, because most of our serotonin is produced in there. Healthier life will lead to a happier mind.
I have a friend who has severe brain lesions from a head injury and afterwards suffered terrible psychotic episodes and every doctor and counselor he has seen recommended he be prescribed antidepressants these people are quacks
Depression isn’t more common in women, it’s more reported and treated. That’s why the suicide rate in men is higher. You can read off your stats like a robot but a professional should have a better understanding of these complexities
I been taking it and it make my brain moves weird and give me fast breathing and cold hands how that is a better fix , just numb my feeling. I did exercise and take 5htp and I feel way better
Amazingly helpful vid once again by my main man, Dr. Mark Hyman. Natural medicine above synthetic medicine as standard. Synthetic medicine should be the last resort, period.
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I have taken anti depresants. They NEVER worked, and I felt like something was wrong with me because they didnt. I found restricting sugar, limiting stimulants, and lifting heavy wieghts at the gym helped me more than any pill.
same with me, did not work for me
Mercy killing will work for me. It was worse than slavery.
Thank you for sharing you just saved a stranger from becoming a happy pill addict. My doctor just suggested me yesterday and no I won’t take it may be occasionally like right before my surgery that’s pretty much it I rather goto gym thn taking happy pills regularly.
@@Cybercrime.branch go to talk therapy with a good psychologist.
True
Anti-depressants just got rid of all of my emotions, including happiness.
3 doctors considering me ect none of medicine is working for me for 2 year my depression is getting worse day by day I'm emotionally numbed I can't sleep I can't eat anything and I can't get out of bed
@@anamjawaid3465 but would you be as bad without them or worse.
facts
Took antidepressants for anxiety but after i took them now i have depression and anxiety as well it dont help i got brain damage maybe
@@jonji3016 possible another victim of psych drugs. Send hugs
Anti depressants/anxiety just made me feel numb to my problems. They were all still there, but I just didnt care.
Well said
That's the point for some it's a good thing better than suicide
mel grant exactly.. don’t understand why people wouldn’t wanna feel numb. It’s better than feeling so depressed and anxious all the time
@@Rebelz173 yes.meds save lives.
mel grant they do
I tried a couple of antidepressants. Just wasted my money. I don't think they do any good. They say give it time. Right. You start getting better on your own eventually. It's not the meds.
You just make that bullshit up?? U never get better on your own where did u get that from?
You just make that bullshit up?? U never get better on your own where did u get that from?
@@Rebelz173 Sorry. That's just how it worked for me. I shouldn't have implied "everybody". I really wanted those antidepressants to work, but it was a no go.
@@Rebelz173 Please show me how Psych Meds (especially antidepressants) ADDRESS & RESOLVE ABUSE (VERBAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, &/OR PHYSICAL), BULLYING, CONFLICT, DISRESPECT, HARASSMENT, &/OR MISTREATMENT COMMITTED AGAINST U BY OTHER PEOPLE WHICH TRIGGERS MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS (INCLUDING DEPRESSION) & I'll sell u all the gold that I own (in storage @ Ft. Knox). Ur assertion that psych meds work is more ludicrous than Mel Grant's.
@@Rebelz173 it's called coping skills
Lexapro absolutely ruined my life after being talked into it for grief
I have tried to get off my antidepressants. But after a few weeks, I go down into a black hole that is really bad. Then I have to go back on if I want to live.
+petmom ful Clinical Depression is a terminal illness. I'm grateful for antidepressants every day.
Do you mean suicide?
+petmom ful Sometimes. Or risky behaviors. Or lack of self-care. Or suppressed immune systems.
Gotcha.
I may try to get off of the meds, with my doctor's help.
My psychiartrist offered me anti depressants and I laughed in his dace. I'm like, you're a funny guy! That absurd offer cheered me up! I mean really I'm surprised it isnt common knowledge that these drugs do nothing but alter brain chemistry and impair your personality.
AGREE! I HAVE BEING THERE, FAT,SICK & DEPRESSED.
Good Diet and Exercise out in Nature is the Cure ❤️it is also a very spiritual battle.
You are right! There is no one easy solution! One thing is for sure, getting help is important. I got over depression by going through tons of therapy and reading self help books. Now, I have put together a series of videos to help people cope with depression.
Anti depressants made me feel like someone had pumped my head full of air, made me feel like a robot devoid of all emotion (good and bad), and made me have such a light sleep that I was so tired the next day even after taking them for 8 months. Citalopram caused myoclonus which means involuntary limb movements especially when attempting to fall asleep. Duloxetine has moderate interactions with caffeine which I was unaware of and made my head spin like a demonized schoolgirl on a quija board. Mirtazapine made me jittery and jump out of my skin every time there was a sudden noise and Lustral changed my perception of reality, distancing me from people and myself, kind of like depersonalization. There is no empirical evidence that these meds work, it's just 'suck it and see' for most people. Well I sucked it and noticed that they are phoney medications from which someone is getting extremely wealthy.
Holy crap. I'm taking Mirtazapine and I'm currently having the same side effects that you had. Every little noise scares me, on the edge feeling. Any advice? I'm on 15mg right now.
@@ivane7069 Are you still on it?
@@Golden_Teacher I up the dose to 30mg and I felt worse so I quit taking them overall. Looking for an alternative antidepressant.
@@ivane7069 look into st johns wort
You are damn right.
Guess what doc. I eat well. I exercise. I take my vitamins. I don't do negative self-talk or have bad self esteem. I'm kind to others. I'm spiritual. I haven't had any trauma or stress. But I've had severe depression once and I have it now. That's why I need to be on my medication. The structure of the mind is complex.
You should just take a sugar pill.. 80% chance it will help.
Ok. And then what? So the guy goes into therapy to process his root emotions and traumas and he stops his SSRI. As, he is processing his root causes, the brain zaps and primal depression of a brutal SSRI withdrawal kick in hard. This frightens the heck out of the patient and the therapist, too. The therapist suggests that our patient now needs to see a psychiatrist due to a depressive relapse. The psychiatrist puts him back on a higher dose of the same anti-depresssants and also prescribes a tranquilizer for his anxiety. The therapist realizes that her patient has worsened and informs the psychiatrist who promptly adds a mood stabilizer, too. Then the patient gets extreme symptoms and lands in a psychiatric facility where the tranquilizer dose goes up. But then, upon the return home, the psychiatrist reduces the tranquilizer dose, causing an inability to tolerate an anti-depressant ,which prompts another psychiatric ward visit where a bipolar II diagnosis is now established, the patient is yanked off an anti-depressant and sent back to therapist to address the root causes, which now have very little to do with childhood trauma........
Yes, Aika Papa. The brain keeps the score for sure. I wish there was a real informed consent given to people before being offered psychiatric drugs. Not the common side effects, but the full deal. I think it's the long term prescrbing and poly-drugging and lack of knowledge in deprescribing practices that makes psychiatric drugs so complicated. I think some people are naturally more sensitive to psychiatric drugs and are most likely better off without. Prescribing a standard SSRi dose to a young and healthy person for moderate to severe depressioin is entirely different from prescribing that SSRI to someone on two other psych meds. If anything needs to be prescribed, it should be at the lowest dose for very short term and an exit strategy (tapering) before the prescription is given.
It's the current mental health system we have, combined with long term prescribing of these drugs that kill people early. It's the way that these drugs are overprescribed and forced on people that kills people. Giving an antiipyschotic and a tranquilizer to a heavy alcoholic during a short-term crisis does not kill. Psychiatric drugs have their place, but we have to thank the FDA and psychiatry and the incompetent mental health system and doctors who are not poperly educated, yet dish out drugs they do not even understand. All psychiatric drugs are really meant for short term, crisis intervention. And by short term, I mean days for some of them (antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, etc). Not weeks, not months, and not years. Sadly, they are given to people for long periods, and they are not really meant for that.
Short term prescribing can be very dangerous too. Agreed. It's best to be aware of it all and avoid the psych drugs in the first place. But we live in a year when so many people are on them and saying that psychiatric drugs do not work may make people who are on them make hasty decisions and try to get off of them too quickly, which can trigger suicides, seizures and God-knows what. There was a woman who committed suicide because she was ripped off of a benzodiazepine by force at the hospital and developed a drug-induced akathisia that never went away
. Had she been properly tapered off and diagnosed with benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome, the tragic death could have been avoided. RIP Christine. benzoinfo.com/2018/04/13/christines-story-ativan-withdrawal-akathisia-and-suicide/
Considering the fact that the DSM labels PMS as a mental illness psychiatry as a profession is highly suspicious. Furthermore, when the FDA tried to find psychiatrists and psychologists to server on the board of experimental drugs they couldn't even find one that wasn't connected to big pharma in some way. I was personally on many different kinds of meds and they all had different effects on me, but none of them improved my mood. Some made me angry and agressive and others made me dizzy all day until i went to bed. As a result I have done alot of research into drugs and could not find a practitioner that has ever cured their client. Stay off the drugs, the only people they make happy is the pharma executives.
and their shareholders,,,LOL
14 years later and the University of London finally showed this true lol
Suppressing depression or covering it up -as antidepressants do- are self defeating and don't solve anything. It's the same as using oral pain medication to treat a tooth abscess. Safe for a momentary reprieve of discomfort and pain, it doesn't cure anything. The reason why it doesn't solve anything is that the pain is just a 'symptom' of the abscess, it's not the disease; depression is just a symptom In order to cure depression- like the abscess- the root cause needs to be addressed.
I started taking Fluoxetine about 10 years ago and am still on it. I still get bouts of depression but I find they are much more manageable and of shorter duration with the treatment. SSRI's are not a scam.
SSRIs are surely a scam you have mitigated self awareness. So you think it makes you feel better. What about the people who have to put up with you?
Eric Buxtehude that's what I'm taking to right now and I'm just wondering how long have you been on it before it worked?
yes they are
Antidepressants are much safer to take than benzos or alcohol. It's the GABA dugs that people take alongside with antidepressants that get them in trouble. But, thee's too much stigma in regards to benzos or alcohol, and it is easier to blame anti-depressants for everything. They have their flaws, but it's the drugs we don't talk about that cause the most damage.
Philip Braselmann So, let's say someone has high cholesterol and has been on Altoprev for 10 years and they still experience bouts of chest pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, and coldness in their extremities. However, they don't suffer nearly as intensely or prolonged as before. Based on your logic, would you say the Altoprev is absolutely ineffective and there is a problem residing elsewhere?
The brain is the control center and just as much apart of our body as any organ. It is still largely an enigma that is waiting to be solved and many leaps are being taken in the right direction to do this. I'd take anti-depressants over sensory deprivation, lobotomies, insulin therapy, and trephination any day. Compare psychiatry in its present state to what it was in the 1800's. There's vast improvement.
Rather than putting any signs of improvement correlating with the use of SSRI's as the "placebo effect", do some insightful research on Brodmann's area 25. This structure of the brain has been found to be overactive in patients' who don't respond to psychotherapy or psychiatric medications. It's not definitive yet, but still a stride towards a better understanding of the organ that controls every aspect of our biological existence.
I have been on antidepressants for about 2 weeks, but decided to quit them today. They did numb me, so I stopped ruminating on the past so much, which could help get me out of the habit of doing so. The side effects aren't worth it though; going to have to fix this the old fashioned way.
Did you remain numb?
Antidepressants take longer than two weeks to work lol. Your experience was bound to happen but you only took them for two weeks 🤣
My antidepressants have completely changed my life - and this kind of talk keeps people from getting medicine they need. I am sure there are lots of different causes and remedies depending on the cause - but this is infuriating when people who in fact are helped go off. By the way I have gone off three times and tried everything - I mean everything - and without the medicine I can't function and with it I can.
They work for some people, absolutely but not for everyone. Also, for those who they block certain signals for, those signals could be firing properly if the nutritional and sleep deficiencies in said person were addressed. Many a depression and anxiety is born of lack of adequate sleep, nutrition, and exercise. Often times when those things are addressed and fixed, you get to the root of the problem. Instead of masking the symptom, you are treating the source. It could take weeks, months to feel better so in the meantime, many people do feel well taking a dose of medication to be able to function well enough to work on coping skills and get the other balls rolling. But in short, they are over-prescribed and changes in lifestyle & eating habits could help the majority, not all, but the majority of folks who take synthetic medications.
In addition, they may work to a degree for some people who might also be helped just as much had they tried the natural approach. I am one of those people who was on them for years, it did numb me, it did solve the issue, but also cut my ability to feel ANYTHING and I tried every one on the market and different combos, went to a psychiatrist for medication management, etc. I did it all the right ways and the wrong ways . I still, in the end, do better when I exercise, eliminate toxic foods, take quality supplements, etc. I had my vitamin D levels tested after Dr Amen said on TV that MOST (not all) but for MOST people, Vitman D3 works better for them than an antidepressant. Dr Hyman didn't elaborate here, but did mention taking adequate vitamin D. Estimated 80% of Americans are not low, but DEFICIENT in this and it's not actually a vitamin, it's a hormone. When my teen was depressed for "no reason", I amped her up on about 10,000 Ius for a couple of weeks and she felt SO much better. I had her on fairly high doses (about 5,000 IUS, the RDA is so much lower )for 2 months then took her to an endocrinologist for full testing and she was STILL LOW.
It takes testing and monitoring to get you back on track. And it solved everything she needed to be solved.
So while meds would have helped her, it woulld not have treated the root cause - vitamin deficiency.
ScreamingManiacs I did not have nutritional or sleep deficiencies and your comment that they work for some - proves you are misleading and this is dangerous. I have tried everything - everything - so shut up and quit trying to make me and others think that medicine is wrong.
+ScreamingManiacs The things you are saying here, except maybe for the part about how these are the solutions for the majority of people, are true and important. Some people are experiencing reactions to vitamin deficiencies, food dyes, gluten, and other common chemicals and substances, and don't think to explore those potential causes. But that argument can't be used to shame people who need to use medication to treat their depression. The fact is, gluten or Red Dye #40 or lack of Vitamin D might make you feel depressed or angry, but if they are the cause then you do not have depression. Meds wouldn't help you much anyway. We should at least be trying to match the treatments with the right conditions.
+Terri Lorz Terri, same for me. I do not want to take ANY drugs, but if I go off of them, I get really bad. I had a very bad childhood, and it is part genetic. It is genetic and situational for me, as my dr. says. But I am really improving my diet and health, so maybe this will help me.
They saved my life. They work well for SOME people.
Facts...ALOT of people they work for. I know countless people they work for
watch Medicating Normal - the film.
@@AngiePeacockMSW : They work , they kill your emotions and you you go around a walking corpse
@@Rebelz173 Facts: the ISSUES THAT TRIGGER MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS R NOT ADDRESSED NOR RESOLVED W/PSYCH MEDS. It "PACIFIES" the REACTIONS 2 THE ADVERSE ACTIONS BUT DOES NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUES THAT TRIGGER THE SO-CALLED "INAPPROPRI8 BEHAVIOR". U CANNOT MEDIC8 A BAD ENVIRONMENT NOR THE NATURAL BEHAVIOR THAT'S A BY-PRODUCT OF THE ENVIRONMENT. Sorry, Outlawz; I COMPLETELY DISAGREE W/UR STANCE; MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES W/PSYCH MEDS SAY SO.
@@CaseyKCRichards sounds good to me
I found out that taking magnesium supplements helped me with my depression. I am also taking other supplements like B vitamins and of course eating right and exercising. Thank you for all your videos. They are great.
I tried all this but doesnt work
It surely does help.
A big problem is that most doktors are not interested in finding the cause for any desise. Maybe they dont know how.🙄
They don't even know exactly how the meds work. Why are they being prescribed if doctor's and the fda don't know how they work?
They don't want to fix people. Healed patient is customer from the past. No money.
I'm relieved you took a humane approach to depression. Stuffing oneself down with drugs alone never seemed a reasonable explanation to me.
All you have to do imo is cold showers+meditate+gratitude journal for the rest of your life every day. I did it when I god sad and doing all these things made me never depressed again try this guy's now
In many cases, antidepressants r LIFE SAVING DRUGS. Any respectable doctor MUST KNOW of cases where these drugs have completely transformed lives for the better. I know ny own case of taking prozac- it was a real life saver for me. Surely this must apply to others as well.
I am done with anti depressants,prozac,luvox and mirtazapine. a friend suggested looking into what we put into our diet and I feel way much better and I don't have to deal with any side effects too.
Prince Agartha People with clinical depression don't have that option. Too many people are claiming to be depressed and since there's no blood test for it, docs have to prescribe based on patient report (The least reliable method out there). If exercise and diet cure your depression, it wasn't clinical depression. People with clinical depression can't get out of bed, let alone exercise and diet.
Depression is in the whole body and all the systems are affected (endocrine, immune, nervous, digestive, lymphatic, circulatory, you name it). Toxins and malnutrition are the cause of pretty much all the depressive symptoms. Your thoughts are another thing but they certainly can be changed. Life sucks yes, get used to it. Happy is not the standard. The world we live in is insane, why try to even fit in is beyond me. At least try to get out in the sun and do the things that you love now and then. Your body needs to move in order for you to recover, No one said it was easy. Watch DR. John Bergman or Dr, Kelly Brogan. If anything, you have an inspiration deficiency because you have been misled.
This is a naive view. Someone who has depression has difficulty doing any of those things. Of course all of those things would make me happier, but I can't do it because I feel utterly pointless and it makes me mentally exhausted to do anything.
It’s only the survivors that know this, everyone else is either a sheep, is blind or has not tried these poisons that have given me horrible ptsd and depression. I’m running, I’m eating healthy and I’m fighting everyday, I’m improving but slowly, very slowly
Lifting weights and eating better ....gradually getting better.A pill won't fix anything
Well, since all the Meds I’m on make me so sleepy, I’ve gained weight. This made my Blood Pressure rise and then they wanted to put me on some medication. They put me on a diet, said to return in #? Months. They did the usual checking of ‘Temperature, Weight and Blood Pressure.’ I Waited for the Doctor and at the end of the Appointment he said, “Your Blood Pressure is high so I have to give a prescription.” I said, “NOPE. Hold on. I showed the log of all my readings. And, he said, “Oh, Ok you’re good. Just keep it going with a little exercise.” Which made me really angry since I thought they kept a history of my health.
My depression was treated completely with extra vitamins that my body wasn't absorbing properly from food as my gut doesn't work that well.
I only just tried St. Johns Wort, which is very natural and isn't a hardcore antidepressant, late last year, and even then it wasn't absolutely necessary.
I've also found physical exercise is a very powerful anti-depressant. After a long ride on my bike I feel clear and happy.
My doctor keeps telling me to take anti-depressants and they just don't work. I firmly believe something else is effectively causing my depression along with all the other symptoms. It makes sense entirely to me that throwing mood altering drugs at the problem will not fix my condition and rarely would fix other people's.
I don't know anymore if they can fix whatever it is with wrong with me but I'd really, really like to know what the ACTUAL cause is other than just 'depression'
It’s just for thier business
I had ocd when I was on it and then I got off overcomed it never to return
@@tomjerry5916 For real, it feels like it just encourages bad habits or slows down getting over them if anything
@@Frog154 its comes rom evil places laughter and kindness ad word of god is est medcin
I’ve taken antidepressants since I was 15. Mainly for OCD and anxiety as well as Depression. While they did not completely cure my OCD I can confidentially say that they greatly helped get my OCD and anxiety to a manageable level throughout my 20’s. They are not a cure all and never will be. I just happen to know that I’m worse without them then on them. Why that is I don’t know. I have ASD and I do believe there is a chemical imbalance at play with Autism and there are studies that show this. Maybe not for Depression but for those on the autism spectrum I believe imbalances exist.
from personal experience, i can tell that anti-ds never worked well on me, but they clearly had an effect on my biochemistry. it just wasn't any good
AD See bs approved by criminels
My mom have been on various kinds of anti depressants for a long time now, and I Can tell you that they have had the worst side effects on her. She has developed anxeity, depression has become Worse and she’s just a Shell of her former self. She had been depressed before she started to take them. I don’t know what to do anymore, she has been at the hospital for 3 month where they have given her various doses to see what Works and told her that eventually they’ll lower the doses, but can’t right away because it could be dangerous to just stop completely if your on that kind of pills. is there a Way to get out of this evil circle? How do you get off those pills, and start treating her depression and anxiety, I really feel so helpless and I’m scared she’s gonna hurt herself. If you know a treatment please let me know!
camfre4k That is awful, so sorry to hear that your mom is suffering so much. It must be a pure hell to witness your loved one to go trough all that agony, and not being able to do anything about it. How is she doing now? Is she any better?
no,the research still shows that for major depression drugs work significantly better than placebo only.The research the video refers to is the lack of significant effect on minor depression.The serotonin hypothesis was never proven though,its a hypothesis still.
May not completely cure depression but I have a family to support. Without my meds I would have left my son without a father, my wife without a husband, my father and mother without a son. I believe depression being managed with meds is a lot better than the alternative. You can't expect it to cure depression but it most certainly helps manage it.
Thats your experience
@@wiseguy1717 Yup that is exactly what this comment was. Stating my experience to show they can help some of people. Those meds helped get me to a place where I could make changes and improve myself by taking that edge off. Now happily medication free for 2 years and doing better than ever. More than meds it took discipline and the extreme urge to no longer feel nihilistic, hateful, filled with despair and wishing for death. Life is worth living my friend.
1. Try an Anti-Inflammatory-Elimination Diet getting rid of food allergies
2. Check for Hypothiritism
3. Treat Vitamin D deficiency
4. Take omega 3 fats (Allgae)
5. Take b12 and b6
6. Get checked for mercury
7. Excercise 5 times a week for 30 minutes (increases BDNF/natural antidepressant)
Thank you I’ll do the same.
The first one is the challenge
I do all of this and I’m still so depressed and anxious. I feel good during a without but then that goes away. Am I missing something?
These meds do not work on me at all, it just makes me hate myself more because I can be a lazy lowlife and not have any remorse as a result of being devoid of feeling, I'm glad that I finally know that I'm not alone in this, BEING HAPPY ALL THE TIME IS NOT GOOD FOR GROWTH AS A PERSON WE NEED SADNESS TO IMPROVE AND KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG.
All those dislikes are drug dealers
Sometimes certain medications get over-prescribed. When should someone who is hesitant to take medication know that they should go on medication? Do some Dr.'s prescribe to quickly? How can a patient know if they can trust their Dr.?
It seems to me that the few people here who say antidepressants help has really experienced mental illness and tried medication for it, while everyone who is saying they don't help don't seem to have any history or experience of antidepressants or mental illness.
I have history of suicidal depression and no antidepressant worked. They nearly killed me actually.
Your thumbnail looks demonic. That doesn't help with my depression.
Brent Jansma You really made my day with that comment.
+Slender Man you must've been really bored
Brent Jansma lmfaoo
Grow a healthy thumbnail yourself, for sure the solution to your thumbnail depression
When he said that depression is a "label," that was very offensive. I know I shouldn't be offended, but if he's trying to convince his audience that they shouldn't be taking meds, he should at least know how to be polite
I believe that antidepressants not work as the adds says but I think this is the same add campaign the pill industry does. Saying that antidepressants doesn't help but their therapy and his book will help
Jessica D. good point
40% of europeans have some version of a mutation called mthfr. MTHFR is an enzyme that adds a methyl group to folic acid to make it usable by the body. The MTHFR gene produces this enzyme that is
necessary for properly using vitamin B9. This enzyme is also important for converting homocysteine into methionine, which the body needs for proper metabolism and muscle growth and which is needed for glutathione creation . The process of methylation also involves the enzyme from the MTHFR gene, so those with a mutation may have trouble effectively eliminating toxins from the body. It also means that big pharma medications dont work effectively
Yaeh sir tried all but still depression stays severed
except for organic depression - it's been in my family for multiple generations - good guess though - if it were that easy - there would be NO depression!
Mine also!
Throws up in his mouth at 3:16.
LMAO!!
Omg I heard it the very second I read your comment! Eewww
But I still love you Dr. Hyman!
reason why antidepressants don't work for everyone is because not everyone who thinks they have clinical depression need them. I've had clinical major depression for about 5 years now and have tried many alternatives. antidepressants do help. its not a miracle pill that will take all your problems away but they help you deal with your depression and eases the pain.
If you are still depressed after 5 years on meds, obviously they are not working. You need to address that pain, completely and change your lifestyle, starting with your diet. Look up Dr. John Bergman or Kelly Brogan, they can inspire you and give you back the inspiration you need to get better.
zabelicious the meds won't cure you. They just take the edge off
So does a drink.. it won't cure you because you don't have a disease to cure. Sounds like a placebo effect. What are you so depressed about?
There are no proofs of chemical imbalances - even psychiatrists admit it. Look it up. If anything meds prevents remission because it promotes a chemical imbalance so the brain cannot resume its normal functioning. The body does what it can to keep homeostasis in all systems. If one goes out of whack, the others also can be affected. Diet alone can make a big difference. I don't even see any acceptable definition of depression because it is so broad. If there are no external causes. it is highly probable that the depressed state is causes by an environmental factor like food allergies. autoimmune, thyroid, toxic load, molds. bacteria, virus, you name it. DO they test for that???? NO
You have been misinformed. The DSM is designed to give useless/dangerous labels and to prescribe pills - it has nothing to do with facts and causes. I have a degree in Biopsychology and I know what a neuron is and what it does. I also happen to know that the gut is largely what regulates our moods (have you heard of the microbiome yet?). And not only that, it regulates our immune system and endocrine as well. You cannot look at one these without looking at the others. One nutritional deficiency, food allergy, toxin exposure or bacteria can be enough to throw the whole system. Here we are mostly looking at the nervous system - and ignoring all the other parts that are actually interacting. No, the person did not start with a chemical imbalance at birth (not genetic) unless there were some external factor in the environment (e.g. Stress, alcohol, anything toxic, etc) that were detrimental to the baby's nervous system's development. Forcing more neurotransmitters into the synapse is not a long term solution. With the right environment, lifestyle and diet, one can overcome depression - sadly doctors don't even know where to look for causes. You are taking too many variables out of a complex equation. I have been studying this for well over 20 years and all I can say is that we live in a crazy/toxic world and being adjusted to that is insane. We will need a return to nature if we are to survive. Study Epigenetics if you want to learn something useful.
Scott's comment was amazingly ignorant. What about the people that eat super healthy and exercise everyday but still suffer with mental illnesses? Depression is a melancholic illness that stops people from doing normal things.
For some antidepressants are the worst things ever created, but for others antidepressants are the only thing keeping them alive. I think you need to grow up and realise that medication is out there for a reason.
Amy Smith ,
Bobby
The real problem I've seen is overly medicating people, dangerous! 🙄🇦🇺
This guys a slick-talker.
This is really hard for information. I used to believe this crap but then I started actually treating my bipolar disorder and now, because I take drugs, my life is completely better.
They should prescribe opiates for severely depressed people. Namely emotional pain management. Let the patient enjoy their life. ( as long as they have access to opiates). Better than suicide.
As a girl who suffered from mental health problems i agree with this doctor ❤.
Antidepressants helped take the edge off my mood for the first few months. Now those effects have worn off but increasing my dose makes me serotonergic.
Wish my antidepressants made me numb. I'd rather feel that way than feeling hopeless and my anxiety running all day. Wish there was something to stop the ruminating in my mind.
He gives good health tips at the end but medications does save lives.
I think talking to a good friend about what is bothering you and not being alone is good medicine! A lot of people are lonely and no matter what supplement or self help book or special diet you try to fix your problem,it will never take the place of a loving companion!
Medication is 'not' for this kind of depression! 🙄🇦🇺
Antidepressants may work for a while but most of the people suffer a great deal when they get rid of them because they are very addictive. Like for the cigarette, some people (rarely) will quit with no side effects. However, most of the people will suffer when they stop smoking. Psychotic drugs are very addictive and even proven dangerous now. It took me two years to get rid of the withdrawal symptoms. Two years! Think about it. More than 700 days fighting and not knowing if I would go back to a normal state of mind and be happy again. I was very courageous to persist and I am happy now that I did. So don't tell me that these drugs are harmless. They are not!
Lisette Bordeleau There are people, who have suffered from debilitating withdrawal symptoms far longer than that. These drugs cause high levels of dependency and addiction, something the doctors never mention to their patients about. Most of them are downright dishonest when asked about the possible harmful side-effects and withdrawal symptoms. That is why I don't trust your average psychiatrist, who will withhel crucial information about these drugs. Meddling with antipsychotics and antidepressants for over two years, has taught me a valuable lesson. Now currently trying to taper off from a Benzodiazepine drug. This will be my final psychiatric drug, that I will ever touch on. I swear that on my life. These drugs are just terrible, and I wouldn't recommend anyone to use them.
The reasons the antidepressants dont't work for everyone is because depression is so over-diagnosed. When you feel sick phisically it's obvious you become depressed. Address your physical problem first before putting the "depressed" stamp on yourself forever. Or better, do it at the same time. Too bad most doctors are ignorant and put that "depressed" stamp on every patient that has no VISIBLE physical ailments. Good luck. I hope we change that mentality sometime...
I was thinking the same yesterday.
Everyone’s different hence the co-op mechanism.
I mean what might work for one won’t work for other.
My doctor suggest happy pills cuz I lost my job and feeling lonely and sad!!
Extremely boredom 🙄
After my son was killed, I naturally was very depressed, Doctor gave me Triptinol for Depression. Took the prescribed dose, on of the side effects was it interferes with the electrical impulses of the Heart, My Heart stopped, and I ended up in Intensive care. Forgot to mention it happened in Doctor's surgery, it was Dr Eldersen who gave me correct and saved my life
Do you have any sources? You can spout all the information you like but without proof I can't trust what you say. Anti-depressants have helped me a lot because I have major depressive disorder.
Just because YOU had a bad experience with them does not make the case for others who may have a better experience...
I think it’s obvious that most depression is best alleviated by elevating your dopamine rather than your serotonin. SSRI drugs are sketchy IMO since they have only been around one decade or two and aren’t thourougly researched especially when it comes to long term effects. Also taking medication daily without effects until 2 weeks later makes me feel uncomfortable about taking them. Not to mention, many of them are namebrand and more expensive and doctors seem to give them out like candy sometimes presumably for kickbacks. The fact that almost every mass school shooter had recently discontinued taking these medications points to unstable aggression and depression as a result. Not to mention, most people say that they sort of help but not much. Serotonin might not be the answer but rather dopamine.
Is it any surprise that a depressed person can self medicate with alcohol, marijuana, stimulants, opiates, junk food, sex, and tobacco, and in the meantime feel good and alleviated from their depression!? This makes me think that depression is a lack of pleasure rather than happiness, rainbows, and sunshine. I think for severely depressed people who often commit suicide, that they should be allowed to be prescribed opiates or stimulants, or whatever medication helps. Better than killing themselves.
Sometimes depression come from another condition like Thyroid disorder or Anxiety. I suffer from extreme fear to people, this condition developed when I moved to USA. I am from another country,I learned the language and started interaction with people around. I have been horrible discriminated, mistreated and rejected because I have a foreign accent. This situation made me withdraw, and I quit my job, I feel isolated, and depressed. A pill won't fix that. Antidepressants are BS.
You’re a great man and doctor!! Thanks for the info! Where can I reach out to in Canada to get tested for some of this? I’ve have bad depression and anxiety for so long.
I have just read the work of David Burns on antidepressants, and how the effect of antidepressants are about 80% to 100% due to placebo effect and not actually due to a physiological effect. How "science" is distorted because of economic interests.
I am a person who is recently on withdrawal from these medications, if I would have known an comprehended what would happen I would never have started it.
This doc was WAY ahead of his time
nice advert!
There is a massive difference between someone suffering true clinical depression and feeling a bit down in the dumps. I suspect you were a bit down in the dumps , you have improved ur diet and , hey presto - u have cured ur "depression". I suspect u know nothing of this TERRIBLE illness and believe me, medication is a true life saver in many instances.
Would be nice if you actually shared some of your sources in the description
What could he possibly gain from lying? Read the medical literature,the best antidepressant is only 1.8 % better than placebo.
They DO work. I couldn’t function at all until they tried me on Cymbalta. Further by your description it’s obvious you’re not talking about clinical depression.
So, how do you treat intractable untreatable deperssion caused by a genetic disorder?
U can't, it's embedded in the genes! 😰🇦🇺
Where did he get the information that some of the findings of the negative implications aren't published? If they aren't published, how did he know?
course they work. i know so many people that they work on, i did therapy- did absolutely nothing, antidepressants saved my life.
+Brodyn THANK YOU! I know they're not perfect, but they can and do save lives! I'm so tired of all the shaming of people who take medications for MEDICAL CONDITIONS!
I get tired of the assumptions that just because one person had negative side effects, the meds cannot now work for anyone. That's illogical and self-centered.
Ohh so all current scientific literature is false? Serotonin theory is false so it's impossible for SSRIs to work. I'm sick and tired of all this anecdotal bullshit. Have you ever heard of the placebo effect and natural progression?
Antidepressants are not inert substances, so it is misleading to call them just placebos. Also, stopping an antidepressant too abruptly will cause a withdrawal syndome that may end up being way worse than the original depression the medication was taken for. All psychiatric drug classes should be slowly tapered to minimize the withdrawal/discontinuation effects. If you are interested in stopping any of these pharmaceuticals, please do a lot of research and please find a doctor who understands how to discontinue them properly. Wish someone took the time to explain to me back then that antiepressants need to be slowly tapered off instead of just hearing the "antidepressants are bad" mantra.
Me or
It works for me, increasing serotonin makes me happy and feel good....that's how mdma works too by flooding your neurons with serotonin ...SSRIs are like mdma withought the euphoric high, in my experience...definitely not placebo, I could feel the serotonin rush from about day three on....
Jake ryan and dopamine and norepinephrine. long acting MDMA would be a powerful antidepressant. then again, long acting MA would probably be doing the same lol
Increases in serotonin happen within a few hours of ingestion, not a few days. It's very possible for an increase in serotonin to help in the short term but long term (after 4 weeks) it's very likely that the body has addapted to a point where there is no efficacy above placebo (this is what the research suggests.
pretendcampus you clearly are talking shit. Tell me why my anti depressants still work for me 10 years later then? That ain’t placebo. Do your research too. Swear people like you make stuff up
pretendcampus it’s not a few hours either these drugs take 2-3 months to work until you get an increase in serotonin an max benefits
20 years ago I was suffering from depression and my doctor put me on prozac. After 8 months of nothing I spoke to my doctor and got off prozac and instead took a verified 100% organic St. John's Wort instead and that worked. My depression disappeared.
I then went on to change my diet and try to eat organic and non-gmo foods.
How much St Johns Wort did you take every day ? TY ❤️
@@heidivernathorbjornsen475 I don't recall, but I would imagine it was somewhere around 500mg to 1000mg per day. Just be sure it's a good organic brand...don't buy it at a pharmacy, they will all be crap there, if they even have any at all. Instead either buy it from your local health food or organic food store, or at one of the many online organic supplements shops!
True, depression is a state of mind that you fall into when you are not the best person you can be. A pill cannot make you feel better about being a lazy slob, or being stuck in a crappy job.
U know nothing about depression! 🙄
I tried lexapro, Zoloft, hated the side effects
They don't work for me..SUCKS
I tried 4 diffrent antidepressants and even 1 anti psychcotica(don't know if thats the right word). All they gave me is overweight, sunburns and ED. Stopped taking the junk 2 years ago and switched to homeopathy + traditional chinese medicine, best decision of my life!
Ben S Good for you, nice to hear stories like yours. Really refreshing.
So is there a natural way to treat depression?
Look into st johns wort , theres other natural herbs and remedies too
Exercise
"note: i never had anxiety or depression or any kind of mental illness" WHY would a person be taking them then??? This guy must be strange ...
Cannabis has no bad effect besides making you happy and I'm really upset right now and I'm wondering if that's the only thing that could help but it's illegal so it's a no go
One of the best things a person can do if they are depressed is to force themselves to take up jogging. Sounds simple but it can make a huge difference. There's lots of things people can do to take control of their lives but they must have the motivation to do so.
No incentive or energy!
Could, however, depression is like feeling you are dead and the entire world is over and you have no meaning in life and everything is hopeless, all the while you freak out nonstop and want to die! I'm not saying anti depressants work- I just started taking them. But I've ran half marathons for years, and the concept of running at all is like doing calculus for a 5 year old. You have no idea how bad it can get. I dont even know how to be alive anymore
wait until you try to come off of them - more addictive than heroin
Tell me you dont know shit about drugs without telling me you don't know shit about drugs
Therapy and medicine can work. All of these experts with their blanket statements can hurt people who are seeking help. The best thing to do is see a qualified provider, maybe a second one and take it from there. They can work. Sometimes talk therapy alone can't help with depression.
I tried weaning off, found myself teary & non functioning! 😰🇦🇺
I do agree Antidepressants don't work I've been taking them since I was 15 and I'm now 33 and they make me alot worse. I get manic episodes and I don't want to be around anybody I want to self Isolate. It doesn't help when people pressure me or stress me out over money.
It works for some people with hormonal imbalances but yes it doesnt work for most.
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You see, the good thing is that you can actually conduct SSRI studies on your own. You get people to take it and see it for yourself if it’s placebo.
Experiments can be repeated, and that’s the hallmark of science to argue a point. Doctor, try taking ssri and see if it’s placebo.
This man is neither a psychiatrist nor a pharmacist. He's completely unqualified. Some people think the title "doctor" makes then an expert in every aspect of human physiology and pathology, as if all there is to know is taught in four years of medical school. In the words of our president-elect: sad! (this is how we talk now)
Look into Gwen Olsen's, Joanna Moncrieff's, Peter R. Breggin's and Irvin Kirch's work. They have spoken openly against the massive deception of Big Pharma.
5 different types led me to attempt suicide. I am off all meds and no suicidal thoughts but still severely depressed
Hi Ken. Would you try exercise? CHanging your diet? Meditation? Cognitive behavior therapy? Wishing you the best
@@leslieblanco3536 done it all. Fasting seems to work best
@@Fatalstar08 prayer can help as well. Our mind likes to create stories and although I find it fascinating I also think its very powerful and debilitating. THe mind is an organ we have to learn to control. Prayer has helped me immensely and just surrendering.
Avoid sugar, high carbs & cut down on coffee! 👍🇦🇺
People say that depression causes them to become lazy, to take up smoking, to become an alcoholic, to consume more junk food and to give up on life.
Well I say that taking up smoking, becoming an alcoholic, consuming junk food, turning lazy and giving up on life, leads to your depression.
Fraser Stewart Bingo! Starting a healthier lifestyle has improved my mood far more than these useless pills ever did. Same has happened to so many others suffering from depression. Its root cause can actually be a gut-related issue, because most of our serotonin is produced in there. Healthier life will lead to a happier mind.
For every “success story” Hyman claims, there are hundreds of thousands who have improved on SARIs.
Or think they did because it gave them side effects, so they think they are doing something good.
I have a friend who has severe brain lesions from a head injury and afterwards suffered terrible psychotic episodes and every doctor and counselor he has seen recommended he be prescribed antidepressants these people are quacks
Do u know the cause for the very dark coloring under your eyes
Sleep deprivation?
dehydration
I think he's a football player too
joanne g. errrr he plays with balls thats gay
srsly. that shit aint normal
That's about how long it took me to start feeling withdrawal after not taking Zoloft back in 2001.
Depression isn’t more common in women, it’s more reported and treated. That’s why the suicide rate in men is higher. You can read off your stats like a robot but a professional should have a better understanding of these complexities
🌾 *@ Seamus* - That makes sense 👌
Selling a book.
I been taking it and it make my brain moves weird and give me fast breathing and cold hands how that is a better fix , just numb my feeling. I did exercise and take 5htp and I feel way better
Amazingly helpful vid once again by my main man, Dr. Mark Hyman. Natural medicine above synthetic medicine as standard. Synthetic medicine should be the last resort, period.
SinisterSkip This guy knows nothing. Please listen to the rest of the medical community.
Nat J Most of the medical community are paid by Big Pharma to push these harmful drugs on the population.
Not all medications work for everyone. I'm on my 5th, still very depressed. 😰🇦🇺