A doctor criticizes prescribing antidepressants without therapy, comparing medication-only treatment to "doing meth to silence everything." Pills mask symptoms but leave the underlying problems untouched. Real improvement requires medication and therapy together.
What we see a lot is that people will get antidepressants or anti-anxiety medication from their primary care physician without ever going to therapy. And in a way, not nearly as harmful to your physiology, but in a way that is similar to just doing meth to silence everything. I mean, it's an extreme thing to say, but you're not— you're, 'cause you're kind of getting a break. You're kind of getting a break from that depression by taking the pill, but all those parts are still there and at war with each other or pulling in opposite directions. So I really am a big proponent always of like, yes, if medication is going to help, let's get you that medication and let's get you in therapy simultaneously because one without the other, it's not going to do you any good. Wow. I don't think you've— thank you for saying that. That needed to be said.
