Posted by inanimate peanut on January 14, 2010, at 13:51:11
In reply to Re: Blueaberry Please come back » bulldog2, posted by janejane on January 14, 2010, at 13:26:06
The scientific literature makes claims all the time that aren't based on double-blind studies. In fact, if those were the only studies we looked at, we wouldn't have many of the off-label uses that many of us benefit so much from on meds. For those, we look to placebo-controlled, randomized as our next standard. We have several "alternative" solutions that fall into that category. For example, the study on N-Acetyl Cysteine was placebo-controlled and randomized, which is as much as we can expect from many of the off-label meds we take.
Don't say that people on this board don't care about this, as it was recommended to me by someone prominent in this community and I now take it (and I have very severe depression). Sometimes there are people here who have very severe depression that may be controlled somewhat by medication and are looking for something to control the remainder of the symptoms. They may be interested in some alternatives. Now, I consider myself firmly in the camp that believes in medication, but I think that it's not bad once in a while to hear about alternatives. I don't expect NAC for instance to serve as my major antidepressant, but if it gets me even a millimeter closer to feeling normal, I'll take it!
I don't want to be in some big back and forth and I'm not defending anyone or anything, I just felt the need to add my 2 cents.
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