SSRI seems to have done the trick. Apparently we all produce "normal amounts" of serotonin, but with depressed folk like myself, the serotonin doesn't hang on the synapse long enough ...i.e. our specific biology depletes it faster.
Looking at my wider family, this condition is so pervasive ... and inherited, it's not even funny in all the ways it wreaked havoc on people's lives in many ways. Glad I caught a break.
> Looking at my wider family, this condition is so pervasive ... and inherited, it's not even funny in all the ways it wreaked havoc on people's lives in many ways. Glad I caught a break.
I agree, it is quite sad. Like right now I'm certain that my father is depressed although the reasons for this are somewhat interconnected with real life events like unemployment, loss of loved ones, etc ...
Exactly the people these treatments target. I'm on of those people and I have never thought I could "chew on some shrooms and listen to the Grateful Dead for a couple of hours." Quite the opposite. Depression makes you think nothing will work. When I'm in a depressed state it takes a tremendous amount of will to do anything, including taking medication of any sort or even getting out of bed for that matter.
Fortunately SSRIs work for me, as well as tight control of my diet and exercise. Exercise alone has never made a difference for me, though. One of the worst episodes I ever had came at a time when I was in the best shape of my life, working out everyday.