Oral Antidepressants...No Thanks.

Honestly, I don't think they're a good idea as a first line treatment

I'm just gonna say this out loud. But it's into my phone. And I'm using Siri, so it's an article. It’s an opinion piece.

Oral antidepressants are not good treatments for depression compared to what anyone would objectively consider a good treatment for depression.

If money was not a factor, and inconvenience was not a factor (because of money)…I would never prescribe an oral antidepressant ever again. Brain stimulation and plausibly psychedelic compounds are vastly better treatments. I actually have a hard time believing that Oral anti-depressants, in 5 to 10 years, will be considered ethical to prescribe.

This is not because they are terrible. The why?