Posted by Connor on February 10, 2009, at 16:22:45
In reply to Re: Good grief...NOT a pro ssri video » garnet71, posted by Larry Hoover on February 10, 2009, at 16:07:12
> Antidepressants are not prescribed to remedy a serotonin deficiency. They are prescribed to treat the symptoms of depression, and some other mental illnesses. Their mechanism of action is still unknown. The differing qualities of individual antidepressants are matched, hopefully, to the particular symptoms identified during diagnosis.
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>Yes, that's not what the drug companies not want you to think. The depression is a chemical imbalance lie has been perpetuated by the drug companies for years and what has been done to stop them.
It's a shame all the anti-psychiatry movement is being hijacked by scientologists. There movement is just as if not more damaging then scientology. The credence behind their techniques is about as good too.
"New generation anti-depressants have little clinical benefit for most patients, research suggests."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7263494.stm
It's great being prescribed medication that has ruined your life, when there's not even any science to back it up. SO you're saying I could have taken a sugar pill that wouldn't f*ck up my brain and would have gotten similar theraputic benefits? Fantastic.
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