| Comparing mental to physical illnesses.
Hey,
I see this happen a lot. (especially with depression related stuff and anxiety) And imho it makes no sense at all.
If you're diabetic, it's clear, your body doesn't produce insulin, you need to get insuline thru injections/pills, whatever. No dr would go say 'oh just try this type of insulin and if that doesn't work try this or we'll up the dosage' no you just look at the glucose meter and ya know what to do. Even better would be if ya break your leg and a dr goes into treatment options and which one ya feel most comfy with, everybody would stare at that dr, for sure.
Now let's say you're depressed. There are ppl who come up like 'it's just a chemical inbalance, the serotonin doesn't stay in the synapses long enough, here's a SSRI, take it and you'll feel better'. While serotonin most likely plays a role in the whole process, there's no scientific proof. Nobody has yet been able to really understand the inside/outside processes that play a role in mental illnesses. There are strong points sometimes (for example with schizophrenia) and I by no means say nobody will ever get helped by medication for psychiatric complaints.
But don't bring up that old 'if you had diabetes would you refuse insulin?' if someone refuses to take anti depressants.
Marte
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