Posted by linkadge on July 4, 2006, at 19:01:13
In reply to Re: AD's and Future / Linkadge, posted by flmm on July 4, 2006, at 11:02:26
>Again, the use of meds is not what makes the >illnes chronic! The illness IS chronic!
>BTW, did you here about the guy who recovered >from an extensive coma, presumed to be beyond >recovery? They started giving him paxil 2 years >ago and he is doing better every day. What does >this mean?..............It means some people get better. Just because you get better while on a medication doesn't mean that you got better because of a medication. You may have got better in spite of that medication.
In addition, some of the people who have made these studies have essentially been matching and comparing people with depression of equal sevarity, some who choose to medicate and some who don't. The conclusions that they came to is that antidepressants seemed to change the course of the illness. Ie, more medications required, more need for treatment in general, worse long term outcome, more functional impariment etc.
I will try to look for some of the studies that I am referring to.
Depression is often recurring, but not necessarily chronic. Ie it can come back, but it does often remit on its own.
Linkadge
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