Posted by blackjack on June 10, 2001, at 22:40:21
In reply to Re:you guys can't be serious, posted by gilbert on June 9, 2001, at 19:15:54
> Yeah I should be gratefull my meds make me an emotional bubble boy unable to acheive..... orgasm..... >Honestly, my depression is bad enough that I would be willing to give up orgasms to make it go away. I've found that sharing this particular fact does more to make people understand what depression is like than anything else.
You are right that complaining does help with the development of new medications. But there is complaining and there is COMPLAINING. Giving feedback to your doctor, trying new meds and seeing how they work, etc., these kinds of complaining push things forward. However, suing the pharmacorps because Paxil doesn't make people 100% better will just convince them that there isn't enough money in psychiatric drugs to make up for the risk of litigation.
And I am bloody greatful for the drugs I have, even if they don't always fix everything, in the same way I'm sure blind people are glad to have guide-dogs even if they can't see the sunset.
My beef is not with those who share the unpleasent sides of psychiatric drug treatment and seek to minimize them. My beef is with those who act like the pharmaceutical industry is doing something WRONG by selling drugs that save many people's lives, just because these drugs are less-than-perfect.
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