Dr. K

But in my experience, people will be in sustained remission and that's very common.

The majority of people who have a depressive episode only have one in their life.

So then that begs kind of a philosophical question.

Is it cured or is it just so dormant and not being triggered because your life is healthy?

Does that kind of make sense?

Yeah, yeah, I hear what you're saying.

I think so.

Without saying it.

Very clear.

Medication never heals mental illness.

And I think most psychiatrists would agree with me with that.

I don't think most people understand that.

They think medication will heal them.

No, medication manages your symptoms, right?

So if you have ADHD and you take a stimulant medication for a month, it's not like your ADHD is gone at the end of the month.

So medication cannot heal your mental illness.

I do not believe so.

And you're a Harvard- Well, there's maybe some exceptions to that.

But generally speaking, 99% of medications that we prescribe will manage symptoms.

They will not heal anything.