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_refugee_  ·  3139 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm drunk and can't sleep

Yes, but just as we know SSRIs help with depression, we don't actually know that depression is caused by a serotonin imbalance in the brain. We just know giving people more happy chemicals makes them more happy. Am I wrong in my understanding of this?





OftenBen  ·  3139 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've heard the analogy that SSRI's are kinda like dumping gasoline into/on top of a sputtering engine. Might make it go faster, might just catch fire, might actually restore normal functioning, might do all sorts of things.