Ranger4402
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One of my friends suffers from clinical depression. HIs childhood was not a horrible case of abuse and neglect. But it was not a very happy childhood either. I would call his childhood less than normal and far from a horror show.
As an adult my buddy has been unlucky in love, less than lucky in his career and he has job and financial problems that are very stressful.
Running right along with that he has a chemical imbalance too.
Is there a way he can determine how much of his depression is caused by the chemical imbalance and how much of it is due to his past and present turns and burns in life?
I ask because I think modern pharmaceutical drugs have done all they can do for my buddy and they have served him extremely well. Now I think to really make continued progress he needs talk therapy to face his demons. He can't medicate them away and they clearly cause him more trouble than a chemical imbalance.
As an adult my buddy has been unlucky in love, less than lucky in his career and he has job and financial problems that are very stressful.
Running right along with that he has a chemical imbalance too.
Is there a way he can determine how much of his depression is caused by the chemical imbalance and how much of it is due to his past and present turns and burns in life?
I ask because I think modern pharmaceutical drugs have done all they can do for my buddy and they have served him extremely well. Now I think to really make continued progress he needs talk therapy to face his demons. He can't medicate them away and they clearly cause him more trouble than a chemical imbalance.