Posted by ed_uk2010 on October 12, 2013, at 16:39:01
In reply to Pdoc Admitted that SSRI's + LIke are Placebo Effec, posted by Phillipa on October 3, 2013, at 10:05:59
>I saw the pdoc yesterday and kept on him about how meds work and he finally admitted when I said I talk to people everyday that feel great on their SSRI and call them happy pills. He said that it's the power of suggestion and the placebo effect that is what causes this.
It's not always anything to do with the placebo effect. In the majority of people, depressive symptoms fluctuate; sometimes according to circumstances but often for no identifiable reason. It's easy to attribute improvements to meds which would have occurred in their absence.
>So finally one admits his meds don't really work.
Well not really. By the sound of it, he just said that some people, particularly people who've had one or two episodes of mild depression, might not actually need the meds to which they attribute their recovery. Of course, stopping the meds has risks too.
Other people do need their meds. YMMV.
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