Posted by linkadge on February 22, 2005, at 20:10:09 [reposted on February 22, 2005, at 21:11:53 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Weaning off Seroquel, posted by med_empowered on February 22, 2005, at 19:52:20
I say the same goes for depression.
I would imagine that you are on some medication of some sort.
only 1/3 of treated patients are "much improved," 1/3 are "improved", and a full third stay about the same.Unfortunately, I think the statistics are worse for depression. Not to mention some of the most recent data that suggest that AD medications might actually worsen the outcome of depression in the long run.
Based on the potentiall risks of neuroleptics vs. AD medications, AD's seem to have the advantage. But in terms of ethics, and quality of life, I don't think taking one psychiatric med is any different than taking another psychiatric med.
I mean the Serotonin/norepineprine hypothesis to depression is just as bunk, as the dopamine hypothesis is to schitophrenia.
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