Posted by llrrrpp on September 18, 2006, at 8:20:47
In reply to Re: Tonight I don't feel that antidepressants work, posted by linkadge on September 18, 2006, at 7:19:45
Oh, I wanted to add one little thing about AD studies.
Where do they find research subjects who have a diagnosis of Major Depression, with no other concommitant substance abuse issues, psychological, medical or psychiatric disorders?
Maybe the reason why the placebo effect is so high is because these people had fairly simple depressions.
Maybe it's because their brains weren't really that out of whack to begin with.
I mean, depression usually comes with a side order of anxiety, and maybe some substance abuse issues sprinkled on top, an eating disorder, maybe some paranoia, panic, social and personality dysfunctions, and maybe there are other body systems out of whack too- hormones, digestive problems, migraine, metabolism, sleeping disorders, pregnancy, menopause...
Not only are the drugs crude tools, but the "disorder" is poorly conceived. We should treat the whole person. From the synapse level all the way up to the story of their life. Is it any wonder that a pill, or even a combination of pills simply push us from manifesting our problems in one realm (say- depression) to another (say- anxiety) to another (say- infertility)...
-ll
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