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sharts ◴[] No.46008742[source]
I thought this was already known? I can’t recall exactly but there was some research pointing to SSRIs in general as not being particularly effective at all. They were just hyped a lot and became mainstream.
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area51org ◴[] No.46008847[source]
I wouldn't go that far, but there was a now-famous study (Princeton?) that showed that doing aerobic exercise for maybe 30 mins every day, about five days per week, was equally effective at alleviating depression symptoms.
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jdietrich ◴[] No.46009594[source]
There's one big problem with that - getting seriously depressed people to do 30 minutes of exercise (or anything else) five days a week. "Get more exercise" is excellent advice for someone who feels a bit down, but it's absolutely useless for someone who can barely summon up the strength to eat or brush their teeth.
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1. ltbarcly3 ◴[] No.46011796[source]
It's also very hard to get severely depressed people to make a Dr's appt and get out of bed and show up to it. It's hard to get them to do anything.