Emotions

Humans experience alot of different emotions everyday, some more than others. It also depends on situations that we are put into. When someone close to us dies we are in grief but when we are at our favorite bands concert we are excited. Two totally different emotions and theres alot of emotions in between. Its crazy how our brain is programmed to feel all these emotions. Theres times when emotions get the best of people. When it comes to depression a person cant function normally and cope with the daily routine of life. So they are prescribed and antidepressant to cure their illness. They are depressed because there is a chemical imbalance in their brain. There is no scientific evidence of a chemical imbalance in the brain existing. It is in fact the antidepressants that cause this chemical imbalance. In several clinical trials it has shown that placebos are just as effective as antidepressants except without the side effects. The side effects of antidepressants include; nausea, insomnia, anxiety, weight gain, tremors, etc. Some of these side effects go away after the first few weeks but many dont and may even get worse. Note that the patient had none of these symptoms prior to taking antidepressants. Check out this video on research Dr. Irving Kirsh did. I read his book The Emperors New Drug The Myth of the Antidepressant for one of my classes.