Posted by Larry Hoover on August 14, 2003, at 8:40:56
In reply to side-effects, posted by Countygirl10 on August 13, 2003, at 20:42:08
> By the way....I am surprised to see so many negative comments about the terrible side-effects of antidepressants. This scares me. Is there such a thing as a good anti-depressant?
They're all good, for some people. But not for others.
Groups such as this one are artificially enriched with people who have adverse reactions, or who fail to respond to meds with anything other than side-effects. We self-select ourselves, to become members here. Those who take the meds, find relief, and get on with life, would be unlikely to have a motive to post here.
I don't have any message of reassurance for you. The only way you'll know what a med does, is to try it. One thing you can do is to research a particular drug if one is offered to you. You can go to www.rxlist.com, and access the same information that is available to your doctor or pharmacist (that information is linked to the generic name, not the brand name). If you have trouble understanding any of it, there are people here who can "translate" it for you.
Lar
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