Posted by Comet on February 27, 2006, at 18:38:56
In reply to The Truth Do SSRI's and SSNRI's Work For Anyone?, posted by Phillipa on February 27, 2006, at 13:12:49
They are clearly not all "hype" - they work for plenty of people - not everyone probably not even most - but for many millions they work well. My sense is the depression and anxiety are incredibly complex problems that factor in a mix of biology and environment and personal history that make it nearly impossible to predict who these drugs will work for. I'm personally on an SSRI and definitely am having a mixed reaction. But I've known several people who responded incredibly well(including an ex-girlfriend who changed from being having a short temper, high strung and nearly impossible to deal with to perfectly sane and stable within a few weeks after taking Paxil or Celexa - and I, for one, was very grateful at the time for the existence of SSRIs)and others who dropped them after a relatively short time because they didn't like the side effects.
So yeah, it sucks that they aren't a magic bullet - but maybe that's too much to expect right now. But to say it's just hype is to say that the drug companies are selling snake oil and I just don't believe this is true.
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