Posted by bulldog2 on April 15, 2008, at 8:09:06
In reply to Wierd Some I know In real Life Feel Better off ADs, posted by Phillipa on April 14, 2008, at 13:40:46
> Strange a few people I know feel sooo much better since they weaned off their ad's and those that were on benzos have just been able to cut back a lot? They were on ad's for years. Any idea what's going on? Even when I was only on 25mg of luvox needed only l5mg of valium and felt so much better? Don't get it. Any thoughts? And they had been on various ad's. Phillipa ps oh their docs took them off for a baseline. Which was better without the meds.
I know that right now you're on your "ad meds don't work" opinion on ads. Scott posted a few weeks ago a piece on deductive reasoning. Posting the anecdoctal experiences of a few people cannot lead to any valid conclusion. For instance maybe they didn't work for you. Maybe they didn't work for your neighbor. If your neighbor was depressed maybe she got better on them and got off and felt better. Maybe they really worked for her.
Phillipe valid judgements require double blind tests with hundreds of people taking place.
Meds may not work for everyone. They also work for many. They may also do their job and some may be able to come off.
You've basically posted a question that has no real answer.We can't draw any real conclusions from a few who felt better off of meds.The tone of the thread is that maybe we're better off without our ads. I've seen you on other threads saying meds don't work.As I've said before someone on ads and possibly suicidal needs to be on their meds.People who are at the end of their string and their meds are holding them together could be demoralized or maybe stop their meds when reading threads how meds don't work keep popping up.
I thought the intent of this board was an exchange of info about meds..People's experiences good and bad about meds so as to educate people as to what direction they might take in their search for remission.
Random anecdotal experiences just cannot lead to any really valid conclusions. Posting that a few people feel soooo much better off of meds could lead some to a faulty conclusion.
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