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Re: Experiment of own on SSRI's

Posted by linkadge on October 2, 2010, at 15:01:25

In reply to Re: Experiment of own on SSRI's » bulldog2, posted by Phillipa on October 2, 2010, at 11:15:39

Phillipa has an excellent point.

When people start to feel good on a medication, there is a tendancy to **tell everbyody**. The patient goes online and posts their fabulous reviews of the medication.

Does this patient still feel fabulous 6 months later, 12 months later, 10 years later?

Most of the positive reports you see on these "rate my medication" websites are along the lines of: "I just started lexapro 3 weeks ago and I feel awesome".

Well, I had some initial euphoria too when I initially took celexa. If you had asked me then what I thought of it, you'd get a great review. Things have changed though.

Thats the problem with rating sites vs. forums like this. On a rating site, you see a static "one time" rating of a medication. On this board however, we see how the effects of a medication *change* all the time.

How many times has a poster on pbabble said something along the lines of "drug x was working great for 3 weeks then......"

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