Posted by Jack Smith on April 23, 2003, at 12:32:55
In reply to Re: New Antidepressants? » McPac, posted by Bob on April 23, 2003, at 0:18:13
> I feel your pain McPac. The SSRIs are way overhyped, and when the next thing comes along everybody will start admitting how awful the SSRIs were. The only thing I'd have to disagree with is with they're being here soon. Seems like the development of new and novel drugs has slowed to a standstill. I have lost faith that they will come out with anything truly novel and effective in a timely enough manner to salvage my life.
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I know you are frustrated but to say the ssri's are "awful" is ridiculous. An SSRI--celexa--saved my life a few years ago. It had hardly any side effects. While it eventually stopped working, I thank god that it was invented. Just because a particular class of meds did not work for you does not make them awful. Moreover, the SSRI's were great for the depressed population because drug companies, after the success of prozac, invested like 100 times more money in developing new AD's and they are continuing to do so.
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