Posted by Quintal on January 19, 2007, at 19:10:43
In reply to Re: Do people feel medications help or mask sympto, posted by shadowplayers721 on January 19, 2007, at 3:17:29
>SSRI's do not give this same sense of euphoria or we would have SSRI's dens. As you stated, they can make you feel numb. Others, describe this as the poop out. The SSRI's are given to reduce the level of intensity of depression and anxiety. Of course, the reduction is very individual. Reducing the severity of depression does not appear to be masking to me.
If they reduce the level of depression and anxiety by making people feel numb or blunting emotion then that does seem like masking the problem to me. I'm not sure what would actually constitute a 'treatment', which seems to imply a return to normal functioning.
>Perhaps, creating a new variety of poppies without addiction potential and risk of respiratory depression would be something of the future for depression tx.
Yes, hence the use of partial mu-opioid agonist/antagonists like buprenorphine that have less abuse potential.
Q
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