Posted by SLS on August 5, 2016, at 11:07:46
In reply to Re: Is depression a chemical imbalance? No. » SLS, posted by Escapee on August 5, 2016, at 9:27:59
> This is no answer, just a brain prod.
> Doesn't the fact that medicines can make u better by correcting the imbalances kinda proof? But then, an imbalance is an imbalance. Not necessarily the cause, but perhapse whatever the cause may be it results in an imbalance. fix the imbalance and u could be masking something much more serious, like a nutrient deficiency for example. Make sense?
> Good subjectHi Escapee.
:-)
The thesis of my post is that Major Depressive Disorder (specifically) is actually the product of a complex network of biological brain dysfunctions, and is not adequately explained by a simple "chemical imbalance" model. Of course, one would want to screen for other explanations for changes in mood. It could be nutitional, environmental, organic, pharmacological, or the result of some other medical condition. I don't consider these other conditions as being MDD, but are biological in origin nonetheless. However, antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs might not be appropriate or effective as treatments for these other conditions.
I don't want to add to the misunderstandings that arise when one limits the explanation of Major Depressive Disorder and other mental illnesses as some kind of imbalance of the amount of neurotransmitters floating around.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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