Posted by shellie on November 27, 2000, at 9:10:40
In reply to Re: Serzone side effects - just temporary?, posted by stjames on November 25, 2000, at 1:42:32
> (I am committed to not being on medication continuously for the rest of my life, and would like to be able to stop without too much
> discomfort and then restart only when I need to. My MD supports this.)
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> James here....
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> Treating only during relapse has the end result of the meds being less and less
> effective. A day may come when nothing works. Because you have been "penny wise and pound
> foolish" you now have treatment resistant depression, which may only respond to lots of meds or
> not respond at all to any med(s). Anyone who has had multiple depressions to the point of becoming suicidal
> should be on meds all the time.James, the part that I would disagree with here is that going on and off of meds is responsible for treatment resistent depression. So it seems as if you are blaming catsparkle. Treatment resistent depression can also occur through continuous anti-depression treatment for many, with drugs becoming less effective the longer you take them. There are certainly a lot of examples of that on the board, including myself. You cannot predict if catsparkle never went off her medication whether she would become treatment resistent or not. Perhaps she is more likely to become treatment resistent if she goes on and off meds, you say the stats support this and I am not familiar enough with the stats to assume that you are not correct. shellie
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