what do you think about antidepressants? do you think they are effective in the treatmant of depression?

Question

Do you think they provide long run solution for the problem. What do you about the ideal duration of use, a year, more or less?

Answer 1

It totally depends on the person. Anti-depressants alone will not help....Anti-depressants with counselling will. Most people suffer a depressing period sometimes in their life. The anti-depressants a doctor prescribes is to calm you enough so you can work out a solution to your problem.....and usually people who have suffered depression have suffered it for a reason. Something has happened in your life to make you this way. The situation and how you are dealing with it is what needs to be worked on and if you rely solely on anti-depressants then your problem will never be solved. Anti-depressants are a band-aid treatment...the real answer lies beneath the bandaid...eg, what caused the wound.

Answer 2

Yes, antidepressants are effective. They should be prescribed by a psychiatrist, whose specialty is using meds to treat problems of the mind. With some people, they do not work. Sunday night, on 60 Minutes, there was a feature on brain implants to treat depression in people who had no success with drug therapy.
If done right, the meds should be prescribed and taken for one year. If a person responds to treatment, but during his lifetime, has three or more episodes of clinical depression, a psychiatrist will recommend that the patient take a med that works, for the rest of his life.

Answer 3

It all depends how your situation is on how long you may need them. its best discussed with your Doctor. yes for many they help the symptoms of depression. All the best...