Posted by linkadge on February 13, 2010, at 8:01:45
In reply to Re: newsweek: antidepressants all placebo effect » Joe Schmoe, posted by Cherry Carver on February 10, 2010, at 15:19:46
> If it was just belief, wouldn't it work right away?
Well, not necessarily. There is something broken in depression. The body is in a disease state. Inflamation, neurotransmitter, neuropeptide imballances, stress hormones out of control..If one does take a placebo and one believes they are taking an active drug - there are real changes in the immune system etc. Just being cared for lowers stress hormones. But acutely lowered stress hormones does not heal somebody immediately. Hope can change things, but it still takes time for healing to take place.
Oh, and it doesn't take 2-4 weeks for the drug to kick in. *Many* people on this board say the opposite - that it started to work immeditely, but pooped out after 2-4 weeks.
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