Antidepressants: Cure or Control?

They’re the plagues of the modern world. Stress, depressionnand anxiety are on the increase, year in, year out and theynshow no signs of ending their relentless onslaught. In thenUnited States alone, over 40 million people are affected bynthese illnesses annually, and for the majority of sufferers, the only means of stopping the pain is by taking powerful antidepressant drugs.

What’s curious is that most of them will be on these drugsnfor life. Equally curious is that over seventy percent ofnpeople who stop taking them, for any length of time, willnrelapse into another painful episode of their illness.
Something’s rotten in Denmark. Because if these drugs are as effective as their manufacturers claim, then sufferersnshould be cured of their illness. Clearly, this isn’tnhappening.

Why? I mean, if these drugs are so good, why don’t they cure stress, anxiety and depressive illness?

The commonly held belief, both by the medical profession and people who suffer from illnesses such as stress, anxiety and depression, is that anti-depressant drugs are the most effective treatment.

This is in fact, not quite true.

Antidepressant drugs DO help a sufferer. But they can onlynhelp them TEMPORARILY. They cannot offer a permanent curenfor these illnesses. This is because anti-depressants treat
ONE of the SYMPTOMS of stressful illnesses – reduced levelsnof "happy chemicals" called neurotransmitters.

Neurotransmitters are the chemicals inside our brains thatnhelp to regulate our moods. So all anti-depressants do is to give the sufferer a "boost" by raising levels ofnneurotransmitters. The real issue here is that once thensufferer ceases the medication, there is a seventy percentnchance of relapse.

The reason for relapse is because these drugs simply haven’t addressed the root cause of these illnesses. By boosting levels of our "happy chemicals" all the drugs are doing is masking the problem. Now, in the short term, giving our mental well-being a boost by increasing the levels of "happy chemicals" is very helpful in helping us START the process of recovery.

The last sentence is very important. It explains how thesendrugs should be used. Because when we feel stressed out,nburned out, terrified of the future or that life has nonpoint (all common feelings associated with stressful andndepressive illnesses), we find it almost impossible tonfunction. Finding our own way "out of the tunnel" is mission impossible.

And that’s where antidepressants can help. In giving us anboost, we can feel more able to cope. We can START to takenthe first steps towards ending our suffering.

But they will not provide a permanent cure. They only way to cure these painful illnesses is to address the root cause as to why these illnesses arise. The root cause is down to harmful mental habits and processes we have learned and put to use for most of our lives – since childhood in the majority of instances.

And there lies the crucial difference. Antidepressants cannhelp us in the short-term by CONTROLLING the illness.
Learning the mental habits and processes that crush thesenillnesses so they cannot even begin to arise help us in thenlong-term by CURING these illnesses.

Something else I think you'll find illuminating about thesendrugs:

No single drug has proven to be more effective than anynother and the latest research conducted at Yale universitynin the United States has revealed that drugs are ineffective for seventy percent of sufferers. This is because chemical imbalances in the brain are a symptom and not a cause. You now know why this is so.

What’s also interesting to note is that sales of these drugs in the US alone are worth $12 BILLION annually. Pretty good for something that cannot provide a cure don’t you think? Of course, one of the issues here is having a sufferer paying thousands of hard-earned dollars for a drug which cannot cure them month in, month out, year in, year out.

I don’t think that’s right. Because I firmly believe thatnpeople who are suffering from stress, anxiety, panic,ndepression 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-inducedndepression without taking any antidepressants. By learningnto address the harmful mental habits and processes whichntook me to the lowest point anyone can go, I turned my lifenaround 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 cannnever provide: A permanent cure to your suffering.

IMPORTANT: PLEASE CONSULT WITH YOUR HEALTH PROFESSIONALnBEFORE YOU STOP TAKING ANY ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATION.