Are anti depressants 'Anti' depression tablets or should they be calle!


Question: Are anti depressants 'Anti' depression tablets or should they be called 'Pro' depression tablets?
Yes ive been on them.

Answers:

Because if the majority of the people who take them find that it lessens their depression, they will go by that. Obviously, you took the wrong ones for you and they didn't work. When they don't work it is natural to feel more depressed. Or there may be problems and stresses in your life that make you depressed. Antidepressants are not magical, miracle pills. The right one helps many people feel better. I am sorry that you haven't tried the right one yet.



To put it simply...the 'Anti' part means to reduce the problem or the effects that it has..so 'Anti-depression' = reducing/treating the depression!Just like if you are ill and you are given an 'Anti-biotic'... used to treat bacteria (that's where the 'biotic' bit comes from) and you know "rennies" tablets for indigestion?They are 'Anti-Acids' to reduce and treat the 'acid' .....They are not called 'Pro' as that would mean to increase the problem...Hope this helps!

Just done a course and this was in it :)



I don't think they should be called anti-depression tablets because it causes confusion. It makes people, esp my teachers, think that Alcohol and Benzodiazepines (which are CNS depressants) will make your mood depressed. Then I have to correct them, then they correct my test harshly and I fail the class.



Well, they help with anxiety.Most of the antidepressants Ive taken have made me mellower.I guess if someone is really depressed they benefit from them in some cases,but not for others.



anti depressants are suppossed to make you less depro so hence anti depression. Why pro, thats if they made you more depressed?



well ,they definitely helped me, so they are anti depression tablets



Yeah Pizza!! pro-depressants, now that's just plum crazy.



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