Posted by linkadge on July 21, 2005, at 20:46:34
In reply to Re: About my post..and Suicide... » Jakeman, posted by SLS on July 21, 2005, at 20:00:55
"One of the most important findings of such studies is that the dosage of an antidepressant that successfully treats the depression acutely is the same dosage that should be used for long-term maintenance. "
That is what was claimed for benzodiazapines 30 years ago.
That again is buying into the whole flawed theory. What doctors claim of the drug, and what the drug actually turns out to be, are two totally different things.
Psychiatrists would like an antidepressant to be a drug that:1) Works
2) Continues to Work (no poop out / tollerance)
3) Is safe
4) Produces few side effects
5) Non addicting (requires no dose escalation)This is what doctors *want* an antidepressant to be. But no drug meets this criteral.
1) They sometimes work and sometimes don't
2) They can poop out, people can become tollerant
to their effects. This board is proof of that.
3) We have no idea of their long term safety.
I am proof of safety issues that docotors
never anticipated.
4) They produce many side effects, some of which
we might not even be aware.
5) Often require dose escalation, augmentation,
and have withdrawl bad enough to be common
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