This might be because of plain social stigma, or because it is a hard problem, but the truth of the matter is that we don't have a clue how to deal with mental illness. I've been dealing with anxiety and depression for most of my adult life, and every time I muster the courage to go to therapy I just go back to what I like to call the Ridiculous Festival of Drugs. Last time it was these (in order): Buproprion, Paxil, Celexa, Prozac, Pristiq, Fetzima, Lamictal, Naltrexone (the last one because I started drinking since nothing was working). I ended up feeling worse (and probably with a couple fewer years of life expectancy due to liver damage), so I stopped everything.
Funny thing, I keep reading stories about ketamine, lsd, marijuana and magic mushrooms being good for depression, but since those won't make any money for big pharma I'm stuck with the official bullshit. Maybe we just need to accept that we don't have a clue and start over?
This might be because of plain social stigma, or because it is a hard problem, but the truth of the matter is that we don't have a clue how to deal with mental illness. I've been dealing with anxiety and depression for most of my adult life, and every time I muster the courage to go to therapy I just go back to what I like to call the Ridiculous Festival of Drugs. Last time it was these (in order): Buproprion, Paxil, Celexa, Prozac, Pristiq, Fetzima, Lamictal, Naltrexone (the last one because I started drinking since nothing was working). I ended up feeling worse (and probably with a couple fewer years of life expectancy due to liver damage), so I stopped everything.
Funny thing, I keep reading stories about ketamine, lsd, marijuana and magic mushrooms being good for depression, but since those won't make any money for big pharma I'm stuck with the official bullshit. Maybe we just need to accept that we don't have a clue and start over?