Posted by linkadge on October 19, 2013, at 17:16:23
In reply to Re: Irving Kirsch, placebos and antidepressants » linkadge, posted by doxogenic boy on October 19, 2013, at 16:27:34
Dopamine increases the motivation to act. Serotonin (ie. SSRIs) counteracts this. SSRIS decrease the motivation and drive to act or achieve things. Correspondingly SSRIs can decrease feelings of guilt associated with being inactive or unproductive.
Deep sleep is needed to help reorient an individual to long term goals and aspirations. One could easily loose a decade or more on SSRIs. One would be perfectly content watching Seinfeld and making peanut butter sandwiches for a decade (been there done that).
Throw in some money for being disabled and away we go.This is not to trivialize some people's situations as I know some people really are sick. However, I feel like there is a growing segment of the population that just need a steady job and some strong coffee.
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