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This was very good. It rings true to my own experience with depression. Summary:
1) There is a lot of overlap in the symptoms of mental disorders that we label distinct: depression, ADHD, OCD, anxiety, bipolar, etc. Mental disorders are often comorbid with each other (if you have one you are more likely to have others). And drugs meant for one disorder often work on others. For example, antidepressants are often prescribed for anxiety, bipolar, and schizophrenia, not just depression.
DSM haters know this one: psychiatry applies the medical gaze to taxonomize symptoms into “illnesses,” even though the symptoms are complex phenomena of mind not body, and the underlying physical illness is often not observable or understood. I was reminded here of Thomas Szasz, who famously said mental illness is a “myth” without an explanation of physical disease. Well, what if there *is* a coherent physical explanation? 17 replies
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true, all these issues stem from glitches in similar structures, which is why a lot of them get treated with the same meds. Like, SSRIs are used for anxiety, depression, PTSD, and so on, all because they boost serotonin in the brain. But why do we get different disorders? It comes down to the specific genes a person has and how their body reacts to that deficiency or overall brain structure. And if you're curious about the placebo effect, yep, it’s got a major impact, no denying that 1 reply
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