Pros And Cons Of Antidepressant

Three sources were searched from Opposing Viewpoints in Context, all peer reviewed and credible. The articles are: Antidepressants Are an Effective Treatment for Depression by Betty Smartt Carter, Exercise Can Be Psychologically Harmful by Rebecca Prussian, & The Results of Electroconvulsive Therapy Are Unpredictable by Benedict Carey. All three have viewpoints on some of the different types of treatments for depression: antidepressants, exercise, plus electroconvulsive therapy. The first article is for antidepressants, saying that they are an effective treatment for depression. The second is against exercise, that it is psychologically harmful. Finally, the third finds shock therapy to be unpredictable and inconclusive. Each article shows the pros as well as the cons of each treatment.
The first
Individuals could go to a therapist, to talk through their thoughts and feelings, instead of popping pills to change the way their brain functions. They produce great results, but still have side effects. Side effects such as needing to up the dosage because your body is getting used to the antidepressant, or it stops working all together.
Then the next article, Exercise Can Be Psychologically Harmful, is on how exercise is psychologically harmful because you can become addicted, creating another problem to go along with depression. Exercise is a great way to uplift one’s mood because of the release in chemicals associated, but you can become dependent on exercising. You will be so addicted to feeling the exercising high that it interferes with your everyday life.
“Although exercise may provide temporary relief for mild, moderate, and even severe depressed moods, there are many cases when it fails to make the symptoms and problems go away completely.” Prussian stresses. Per the author, short term happiness does not outweigh long term effects caused by becoming addicted to