Posted by CK1 on October 3, 2005, at 19:07:10
In reply to Re: Professor at Med School Says Wean off All Meds » Phillipa, posted by SLS on October 3, 2005, at 9:12:33
Phillipa,
I think that guy is an idiot. Phillippa, come on, you know you need meds or you wouldn't be trying them. Right? SSRI's, Benzos, MAOI's, etc. have all improved MILLIONS of lives. There are there over 20 million prescriptions written every year for SSRI's and, in a majority of cases, they make peoples lives better. Obviously, that guy doesn't understand depression/anxiety well enough to know that some people DO need these meds to function obtimally.
Phillipa, I realize you suffer from anxiety/depression. I'm just wondering why you're going to try Lexapro considering how many SSRI's you've been on before and none of them worked. After 2-3 don't work, you can bet that Lexapro isn't going to be much different, you know? After trying 4 SSRI's myself over the past few months and having them not work, I am getting ready to try Nardil. It's a much more effective AD and it has a 60-85% success rate for anxiety while SSRI's have a 15% success rate. And, I've heard from many people that the side effects are blown way out of proportion and are no worse than SSRI's. I would even try if if you're anxiety/depression is just mild. You might be amazed............but, I think you've tried enough ssri's (my humble opinion :).
On a different note, I have one major problem with this board! There seem to be very few success stories with meds leading many to become afraid of them. All I read about on this board is people having bad side effects, people not getting better, and frustration at everything that is going wrong in their lives. Come on, isn't there anything positive going on in anyone's lives?
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