Posted by papillon on January 19, 2012, at 18:53:41
In reply to Re: Is Concensus In That Any Class AD;s Not longterm? » Phillipa, posted by phidippus on January 16, 2012, at 20:24:55
> I know plenty of people who have been on ADs for years and when they go off for whatever reason, they tend to relapse.
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> The point of taking ADs is not to be happy every day, but to prevent lapses into deep depression.
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> EricExactly. Anti-depressants aren't meant to make you happy, they're meant to make you less DEPRESSED. 'Happy pills' is a misnomer.
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