To rule out root causes. If the data showed increases and serotonin, decreases in stress hormones and improved sleep quality and the patient still replies "bad" to the question "How do you feel?" Then obviously a serotonin imbalance is not the problem (which is all SSRIs are designed to do).
If the patient still feels bad and the data shows no serotonin change, then the doctor can conclude that maybe serotonin is still the problem, but Zoloft isn't the right drug to fix it (or the dosage was wrong).
In other words, more data = better ability to get a real answer.
If the patient still feels bad and the data shows no serotonin change, then the doctor can conclude that maybe serotonin is still the problem, but Zoloft isn't the right drug to fix it (or the dosage was wrong).
In other words, more data = better ability to get a real answer.