They don't really know that there is a chemical imbalance. They are just guessing based on what happens when they give certain people medication. But it's all so vague - they have no idea what the actual causes and mechanism of depression are in the brain and indeed whether they are pathological or part of a healthy system. And the remedies they throw at it are often much worse than the depression or other "illness" in the first place.
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Yep, well said. Even the studies where they extracted cerebral spinal fluid from the brain to test the metabolites of serotonin came up inconclusive. Some of the people in the study that should have been depressed weren't and vice versa.
Check out Robert Whitaker's book Anatomy of an Epidemic for more information on this subject.
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Thank you! I will. I've also wondered about drugs being given to so many children for ADHD.
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