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Originally Posted by vital
Because of oppositional tolerance, this is a typical trap you can get into. After a while, the meds stop doing much, but, you also then can't easily quit without getting much worse. At this point, patients are often put on another drug when the cycle may just repeat.
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I think its much more complex and 'oppositional tolerance' is not well established. Hit the pdf on the link below and have a look for yourself. It is a very balanced review of the evidence.
Unfortunately those of us that are depressed or have ever had depression do not have at our disposal enough high quality treatments. We have to try things. Yes they carry risks but what is the alternative? Studies have been done .on yoga, meditation and fish oil and it is not impressive for severe depression. The general medical treatments recommended for things like depression do not produce spectacular results for many. We know there are problems such as side effects. But for us severe chronic sufferers there is not much else and we have to follow the evidence and the directions given by consulting those qualified to help. Unless you want to provide high quality peer reviewed studies showing some kind of alternative?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3398684/