Posted by Quintal on February 18, 2007, at 13:39:54
In reply to Re: Why Most New Antidepressants Are Ineffective, posted by blueberry1 on February 18, 2007, at 6:03:26
Blueberry, haven't you yourself taken umpteen different meds over recent months and found not only were they ineffective, but they made your depression worse? It surprises me then, to hear you being so critical of this author's work. Have you ever taken Parnate or any other MAOI? From what I recall from your posts you have not. I suggest you actually try one and see if it helps your depression rather than relying on reports from RemedyFind, most of which don't seem to reflect your own experiences with newer antidepressants in any case.
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> The title is misleading. Forget the clinical studies. Go to remedyfind.com and askapatient.com to see real world people experiences with ssris. A good number of them do very well with ssris. The title is an inaccurate over-generalization.
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> I understand the manipulation of clinical data, ghost writers, big pharm influence, and behind the scenes scandals of facts. That stuff really disturbs me.
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> Regardless, judging from real world experiences with ssris, it appears maybe 35% - 45% of people really benefit from them. That is a far cry from saying they are ineffective.
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> I'm not sure why he praises parnate so much. There have been plenty of people here and other places that did poorly with. Side effects often require 2 or 3 other meds to deal with, when it works. I would guess in the real world the actual positive benefits of parnate compared to ssris are probably a little higher than ssris, but not enough to totally trash ssris and put parnate on a pedestal.
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> Anyway, bottom line, mileage varies. I totally respect the authors views, but feel the title is a bit inaccurate and overgeneralized.
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