BETWEEN A PILL AND A HARD PLACE
Feb 03, 2020
5 minutes
BY OLIVER BROUDY
“Medications work by changing the brain – and the brain is complicated”
IT STARTED AROUND five years ago. My boys were two and four, my wife was a stranger, and my professional life felt like an avalanche of uncertainty and stress. In the morning, the air smelled like cinders; in the evening, the sun looked like blood. When people opened their mouths, I stared at them blankly. All I could hear was the howling of orcs.
More than half of guys who have symptoms of depression – and may benefit from antidepressants – don’t seek professional help. I’m not one of those guys. My primary-care doc handed out the candy: 150mg of bupropion, a starter dose. I whined, and she doubled it.
Life got less jagged. I discovered a newfound
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