I read your post<p>Is Your Mental Health Medication Actually Working?<p>Please be clear.<p>There is no evidence that a chemical imbalance in the brain even exists.<p>The chemical imbalance hypothosis was created by big pharma to sell Prozac and society and the medical community fell for it.<p><a href="https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/debunking-two-chemical-imbalance-myths-again" rel="nofollow">https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/debunking-two-chemical...</a><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/20/scientists-question-widespread-use-of-antidepressants-after-survey-on-serotonin" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/20/scientists-q...</a><p>I am a retired psychotherapist who wored in mental health for over 30 years and I have never found any research that supports the chemical imbalance theory
I would be curious to hear what you suggest should have been done differently.<p>You state "Nonetheless, clinicians should be more vocal about it", more vocal about what? That it is not always easy to tease out whether it's medication or lifestyle changes that improve your depression? How would that help?<p>Separately, you started and antidepressants and had an improvement in your depression. Could the antidepressant have given you the impetus to make the positive lifestyle changes you allude to?