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Re: DUH? IT TAKES A STUDY. DOES IT? » blueberry

Posted by 4WD on January 12, 2006, at 20:49:01

In reply to Re: DUH? IT TAKES A STUDY. DOES IT?, posted by blueberry on January 12, 2006, at 5:38:29

> Duh is right. I mean, most clinical studies measure response as a 50% reduction of symptoms. Well, that means patients who do respond and are considered successful treatments are still 50% ill! Duh. And remission rates are in the 20% to 30% range. But even in those so called remission patients, there are often still some negative features that still linger.
>
> I have found that most medications do indeed get me out of the crying sobbing depressed phase, but still leave me in a considerably crippled state, far less functional than a normal healthy person.

Exactly. You don't want to commit suicide anymore. You don't want to do anything else either, though.

Marsha


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