Posted by Bob on September 5, 2006, at 15:05:30
In reply to Re: Antidepressant effect, posted by linkadge on September 4, 2006, at 10:35:47
> Quite a few antidepressants made me worse including effexor.
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> Some of the SSRI's made me feel so significantly worse, that I never understood how they could be classified an antidepressant.
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> I think that some people do just get better in spite of treatment and that a lot of the merrit placed on antidepressants is just wishful association. We feel better if we "did" something to recover. That puts us back in the drivers seat. I think its part of the recovery process to feel in control of our recovery. Afterall depression is due to feeling out of control.
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> Even people get better without drugs often find something else to associate their recovery to. An example of this would be religion. When somebody believes God healed them, theres no convincing otherwise.
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> Sorry for the very off topic rant.
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>Again, this is very well said.
poster:Bob
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