Posted by Cam W. on June 9, 2001, at 17:07:23
In reply to Re: PAXIL, posted by blackjack on June 9, 2001, at 16:29:13
blackjack - Well put. We could go back another 50 years, during which time insulin shock treatment, paraldehyde, hydrotherapy, and lobotomies, were considered to be more effective and humane than previous therapies (beatings, restraint and isolation) for mental disorders. - Cam
> Y'know, when I hear all these people complaining about the side effects of SSRI's, I wonder how they would have managed back in the days when your only choices were tricyclics, MAOI's and barbiturates. Mental illnesses are hard to treat, people. Sometimes there are side effects. Sometimes they are really bad. But these diseases are too devestating for us to wait around until somebody invents the perfect antidepressant.
poster:Cam W.
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