Posted by shadows721 on July 7, 2004, at 20:01:10
In reply to Re: Glenmullen is not credible, posted by zeugma on July 7, 2004, at 16:59:51
I think this guy is pushing the vitamin, diet, and exercise issue. I did that. It didn't touch my depression.
My T showed me slides of brains with different dx with and without medications. There was an improvement with the medications, so I don't know where this guy gets his info. His data stated "very potent" doses of ssri's. As usual, those poor animals that probably don't have the disorder to begin with were just about poisoned to death with SSRI's. They probably pumped those poor monkey full of doses that was considered just about lethal. What does it prove? Yes, you can do damage to your brain probably by taking a dose of SSRI 50X(?) higher than normal everyday for 10 years straight and you were not even depressed. (We really need to know the dosage and was it all SSRI's or a particular SSRI.) We are depressed and aren't on "very potent" dosages. What the heck is the potent dosage anyway? What SSRI are we talking about all of them were tried or just a few? That term "fried" is not a medical term used in research studies. I have never heard a doctor say, "Mr. SoSo, I am sorry to tell you the results of your EEG show that your brain is now fried." What!!!? :0
Perhaps that study was more like this ....It would be like what would happen if you eat 2 pound bag of sugar every day for ten years vs 2 teaspoons of sugar every day for ten years.
There isn't enough info in that report to be deemed reliable and valid research.
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