I honestly don't know. I found my way out through a path that may or may not work for others. I have a pet theory of how and why depression works, and what can be done about it, but I'm not deluded enough to believe I must be right just because I seem to be from my own perspective.

However, years of experience have led me to believe that throwing drugs at this problem does nothing but mask some of the symptoms temporarily, while often having somewhat undesirable side effects. I think we just keep doing it because depression is not well understood, doctors (like the rest of us) are lazy and incentivized to get you out of their office as quickly as possible, and phrama is big business.