Posted by jerrympls on March 23, 2006, at 1:23:01
In reply to New Depression Study ABC News, posted by Phillipa on March 22, 2006, at 21:06:07
Not to be negative - but this study just says if you stay on a med for 8-12 weeks you MAY POSSIBLY achieve some sort of positive effect - and if not, we can try you on another....and then another.....and then another.
Check out my post about a study that just came out:
"Antidepressants fail to cure the symptoms of major depression in half of all patients with the disease even if they receive the best possible care, according to a definitive government study released yesterday."
(http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060322/msgs/623557.html)
So, in reality, the situation for patients is somewhat grim. The study finds that even under the BEST care that traditional AD's don't work or help.
When will the scientific community get over "Prozac Psychiatry?" IT DOESN'T WORK. Throwing drug after drug to those with depresion year after year until they finally have had a lifetime of horrific bouts of depression is torture and almost bordering on inhumane.
I'm 34 now. I was diagnosed with depression when I was 20. 14 years I have suffered and they STILL think SSRIs are a cure-all. Sorry, but it pisses me off. I only have one life - and to have to battle depression on a daily basis and try to make a life is nothing I would wish on anyone.
FASTRACK NEW TREATMENTS - BAN REAEARCH ON COPY-CAT SSRIs. THEY ALL ARE EQUAL IN EFFICACY!! Researchers and drug companies need to get some DA agnoists approved for depression. Meds that balance the HPA axis need to be approved for depression, opiates, meds like ketoconazole and metryapone (sp?) need to be available. And PSYCHIATRISTS NEED TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UGH I am so sick of this - it's 2006 but we haven't advanced much further than treatments that were available in the 50's for depression!!
CRUEL and UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT I say.
Rant.....sorry about that.
Jerry
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