Reply #27: You can't cure depression with sheer willpower either [View All]

You need a balance of medication with talk therapy. The biggest problem with anti-depressants is that they're given as a cure-all instead of a crutch to get through a bad time. They don't solve the underlying problem of depression.

And please, spare me all the marketing hype about depression being a "chemical imbalance." Most depression in my opinion is due to underlying emotional causes that are not being addressed. If the anti-depressant helps a person to deal with those issues, to go to therapy and start to do the work, then that good. If they are given as a cure for depression, they will just push the smptoms down farther until they erupt into suicide, psycosis, or violence.