{"id":2298,"date":"2026-10-11T23:53:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T23:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.myinstants39.com\/treatment-resistant-depression-what-happens-when-antidepressants-do-not-work\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T23:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T23:53:57","slug":"treatment-resistant-depression-what-happens-when-antidepressants-do-not-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/?p=2298","title":{"rendered":"Treatment-resistant depression: what happens when antidepressants do not work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"schemaDiv\" id=\"schemaDiv\">\n<p>Priya (name changed), 32, from Kerala, had been struggling with recurring episodes of depression that affected her ability to carry out everyday activities. Despite taking medication for several weeks, she continued to experience symptoms. With her symptoms persisting, she sought further medical advice and is now undergoing repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). This non-invasive procedure uses magnetic pulses to stimulate specific areas of the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Priya\u2019s  experience reveals  a  challenge in managing depression, say experts. While antidepressants help many people, some continue to experience symptoms despite treatment, requiring doctors to reassess the diagnosis and consider other interventions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An estimated 30% of people with major depressive disorder who have tried antidepressants may experience treatment-resistant depression<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}