Even psychiatrists have been forced to admit that the chemical imbalance theory of depression is wrong. Now they are saying that they never really said it in the first place. They certainly let everyone believe the myth.
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The Emperor's New Drugs – Exploding the Antidepressant Myth is a 2009 book by Irving Kirsch, arguing that the chemical imbalance theory of depression is wrong and that antidepressants have little or no direct effect on depression but, because of their common serious side-effects, they are powerful active placebos.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Drugs
And recent studies are showing when people use SSRIs they are more likely to have the depression recur.
Patients who use anti-depressants can be more likely to suffer relapse, researcher finds
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0719121354.htm
Tardive dysphoria: The role of long term antidepressant use in-inducing chronic depression
https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...06987711000223
Also read Anatomy of An Epidemic by Robert Whitaker. Whitaker traces the effects of what looks like an iatrogenic epidemic, meaning the drugs used to treat mental illness are actually causing MORE mental illness.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy_of_an_Epidemic
I tried one once mainly because I was having terrible nerve pain following surgery. It didn't numb my bad foot, just my penis.