Posted by morgan miller on March 19, 2011, at 23:41:10
In reply to Re: Its not just us, posted by sigismund on March 17, 2011, at 18:21:28
I've said something like what you are saying here. Never did I say that the general poplution has "fantastic" results with antidepressant. I also don't think anyone else here said the same thing. Maybe I never made myself clear, but I believe that there are many many people out there that do very well on antidepressants without major side effects or major issues with discontinuing antidepressants. I never said that the people that are treatment resistant or have long term side effects from antidepressant treatment are confined to psychobabble. What I did say, was that psychobabble attracts these people and is in no way reflective of there being a large part of the population that has the same issues presented here on this site. The way I see it, the majority, not the large majority but the majority, of people find success with antidepressants and maintain that success for a long time. I have no way of proving this but I believe about 65 percent of people find an antidepressant that they respond very well to.
Unfortunately, I do not think that most people do what they should be doing as far as diet, exercise, therapy, maintaining a healthy social life and other lifestyle habit while they are in remission and healthy to reduce the chances of medication "poop out" and/or falling ill again.
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