I agree. I think that is the reason the majority of us are here. We want to address the root problem. How are we going to know whether something is working or not if our psychological symptoms are masked with a pharmaceutical.

Antidepressants can be life saving for some but ultimately they are just a bandaid. I don't want to live in a state of denial. I just want to clear up this problem and move on with my life.

People have gotten by on this earth for thousands and thousands of years without the intervention of antidepressants. I think that part of the problem lies within the fact that due to televison and the media etc, that we have developed a twisted view of how life is supposed to be.

It appears that our life mission is to be 'happy' and if we aren't then something is wrong with us. Life is a cross section of many emotions - joy, sadness, jealousy, passion, boredom, despair, contentment....... Happiness is only one aspect.

Many of us here on this forum understand this and the problem seems to be that we did once exhibit and experience these emotions but as time goes by the happiness sectors are being overtaken by the states of anxiety and depression.

Just a matter of time, a matter of patience and a matter of detox.
Best of luck to everyone.