Why antidepressant medications cannot provide a cure and how they can help a sufferer
take the first step towards recovery.
They're the plagues of the modern world. Stress,
depression and anxiety are on the increase every year and they show no signs of
ending their relentless onslaught. Over 40 million people are affected by these
illnesses annually, and for the majority, powerful antidepressant drugs offer
the only solution.
What's curious is that over seventy percent of people who stop taking them,
for any length of time, will relapse into another stressful or depressive
episodeSomething's rotten in Denmark. Because if these drugs are as effective as
their manufacturers claim, then sufferers should be cured of their illness.
Clearly, this isn't happening.
If these drugs are so good, why don't they cure sufferers?The commonly held
belief, both by the medical profession and sufferers is that anti-depressant
drugs are the most effective treatment.
This isn't quite true.
Antidepressant medications DO help a sufferer. But only TEMPORARILY. They cannot
offer a permanent cure because anti-depressants treat ONE of the SYMPTOMS of
these illnesses - reduced levels of "happy chemicals" called neurotransmitters.
Neurotransmitters are the chemicals inside our brains that help to regulate
our moods. What anti-depressants do is give sufferers a "boost" by raising
levels of neurotransmitters. The problem concerns a seventy percent chance of
relapse when sufferers stop taking the meds.
This happens because the drugs haven't tackled the root cause of these
illnesses. By boosting levels of "happy chemicals" the medications simply mask the
problem. In the short term, giving our mental well-being a boost by increasing
the levels of "happy chemicals" is a helpful step in STARTING the recovery
process.
The last sentence is very important. It explains how these medications should be
used. Because when we feel stressed out, burned out, terrified of the future or
that life has no point (all symptoms of stressful and depressive illnesses),
it's almost impossible to function. Finding your way "out of the fog" is so
hard.
And that's where antidepressants can help. By providing a boost, you can feel
more able to cope. You can START to take the first steps towards recovery.
But they cannot provide a permanent cure because the only way to cure these
illnesses is to address the root cause. The root cause are harmful mental habits
and processes we have learned and used for most of our lives - since childhood
in most cases.
And there lies the crucial difference. Antidepressant medications can help us in the
short-term by CONTROLLING the illness. Learning the mental habits and processes
that crush these illnesses so they cannot even begin to arise help us in the
long-term by CURING these illnesses.
I firmly believe that people who are suffering from stress, anxiety, panic,
depression and similar illnesses, want to get rid of it from their lives
forever. Cure means cured, permanently. I
overcame a terrible 5-year period of anxiety-induced depression without taking
antidepressants. I did it by learning more effective mental skills and processes
and I turned my life around and found happiness again.
What worked for me will work for you and it will provide the one thing you
deserve and what antidepressant drugs can never provide: A permanent cure to
your suffering.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE CONSULT WITH YOUR HEALTH PROFESSIONAL BEFORE YOU STOP
TAKING ANY ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATION.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Chris Green is the author of "Conquering Stress", a special program which
will show you how to conquer stress, depression and anxiety without taking
powerful drugs.
http://www.conqueringstress.com
