I overestimated the efficacy of my anti-depressant and now believe that it was mainly placebo.
What evidence was it that led you to this conclusion?
DISCLAIMER: I'm curious about this because I had the opposite experience; right now I'm just curious but this is a reminder to myself not to get argumentative about the fact that people have different subjective experiences and chemical reactions to things.
My average happiness and productivity declined over the last two months from around 8 to 5 on a scale of 10 (I measure those things every day through introspection and write it down). Previously the average was almost never below 6-7 in any given week. I also didn't change my diet, exercise regimen, etc. and there were no difficult experiences I had to handle. Heck, I even doubled the dose of my anti-depressant - with no effect.
I still think that this anti-depressant has some effect only that it isn't nearly as great as I imagined and that a changing worldview or belief-system can have a far higher impact.
Admitting to being wrong isn't easy, but it's something we want to encourage.
So ... were you convinced by someone's arguments lately? Did you realize a heated disagreement was actually a misunderstanding? Here's the place to talk about it!