Posted by Iansf on July 28, 2005, at 23:30:40
In reply to Re: That was well writtain., posted by jerrympls on July 28, 2005, at 20:41:28
Everyone I know with depression who has tried antidepressants has found at least one of them effective. Everyone. And that's after they failed to find relief with non-medicinal treatments. There are clearly people who have not benefited, or at least not benefited from the meds they tried, but in my experience only a minority of people suffering from depression do not improve on meds. The primary issue for most people is side effects, not effectiveness of the drugs themselves. The situation appears to be somewhat different for anxiety, social phobia, schizophrenia, ocd, etc. But it's my impression that almost everyone with depression can find at least one effective drug. The question is, can they tolerate it?
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