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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:29 PM Original message |
Anti-depressants 'of little use' |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Right. They are not a magic elixir even for those of us who have chemistry troubles. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. anti-depressants aren't intended to be a magic pill |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. 200 mgs of Zoloft did what 20 years of psychotherapy failed to do |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
83. My experience too---but with a different Rx |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
133. I have believed that Z has really helped me. Now I'm wondering if I haven't imagined it. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #133 |
138. You're better |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #133 |
167. Tell your doctor you don't like the side effects. Most of us have gone through |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
175. i hope you always remain well - remember that depression |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #175 |
178. only if you're bipolar or situationally depressed |
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ArizonaJosie (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
194. I was using 100 Mgs |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
97. Unfortunately, too many people are expected to "make do" on meds |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think that the idea of... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Absolutely. The pharmaceutical industry buries unflattering data. |
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klebean (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. exactly n/t |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. I kind of liken it to getting sober. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. I wonder how much of their affect is "placebo" |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. What placebo effect? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. you cannot tell me it does not happen |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
171. Yes, I can. Current research indicates it is insignificant. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:12 AM Response to Reply #171 |
190. I'd like to see how long the "actual healing" actually lasts |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
61. Most antidepressants have a success rate comparable to that of placebos. |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:51 AM Response to Reply #61 |
176. they are very effective |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:24 AM Response to Reply #61 |
192. Mind posting some peer-reviewed studies documenting this? |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
86. There's a fascinating bit of data in the study about placebos. |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #86 |
172. It seems logical. |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. like you |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have family |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. They are of GREAT use to the CEO's who sell them to a |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. There is also a compelling case that they increase suicide risks |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. These meds are just a diversion to cover up the REAL problem.... |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
36. There are may people depressed with no situation causing it |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
134. You've missed my point. I'm not talking about just politics. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #134 |
139. There is nothing new under the sun |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #139 |
145. I didn't say they didn't work. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #145 |
160. There are not enough psychiatrists to go around. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 06:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
54. Like so many others |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
195. There is a world of difference between depression and Depression |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. BULLSHIT! I would be dead without them now |
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kotsu (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. This is not just a little study |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Complete fucking horseshit |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Well said -- absolutely right n/t |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
71. . |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
90. As a former caseworker....exercise is better. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #90 |
101. I tried exercise. And "healthy eating". They did nothing. |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #101 |
163. As I said, It's a mixed bag. I am not anti-med. I think it can be lifesaving. |
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Libface (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
92. And for some people increasing serotonin makes the problems worse. It's really not as simple |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
152. That's exactly what my doctor said, and what I say as an MSW |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Is insulin for diabetics a "drug dependency"? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Um, you don't develop dependency on anti-depressants. |
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kotsu (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. um |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Yeah, all those pain meds patients don't know what real pain feels like either |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "Most studies"??? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:02 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. No. That's inaccurate. |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 06:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
53. Cite your "studies", please. |
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LeighAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #53 |
121. I've seen it first hand |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #121 |
128. Again, research, please. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #121 |
129. Yes. BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO COME OFF THEM ALL AT ONCE!!!!!! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #121 |
130. Maybe they get upset when they can't get their anti-depressants |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
79. Thank you, Tom Cruise |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
82. So you think people take them like M&Ms??? n/t |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #37 |
151. I think in the interests of full-disclosure you should post your credentials |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 02:14 AM Response to Reply #151 |
191. I'm in acronym hell |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #31 |
62. There certainly are similarities to drug dependency. Have you ever gone through |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #62 |
88. I've done both and the process of going off of an AD is quite short |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #88 |
98. Well, your experience is different from mine. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. I've heard the same report from others going off of Lexipro |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #98 |
109. Lexapro and Effexor are awful to quit. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #109 |
181. if you ever have to quit Effexor again, Benadryl seems to help |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #181 |
184. It's remarkable how the immune system is wired into all this. |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #62 |
196. Gee, what happens when a diabetic goes off insulin cold turkey again? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
124. You Sure Do. |
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WritersBlock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
49. Are you a doctor? Can you explain to me why my blood pressure pills aren't a dependency? |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
57. Hold on ... |
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Libface (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
93. I almost killed myself (more than once) after being put on AD's for social anxiety at 15. |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #93 |
137. How do you know ... |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #137 |
140. Some anti-depressants do cause suicidal thoughts in teenagers |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #17 |
58. you know... |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
81. And how many suicides would that be? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
150. This MSW says, bullshit. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I'm a crazy homeless guy without them... literally. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Amen, brother. n/t |
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comradebillyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. agree completely with yoy on this matter. n/t |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
51. They may be so overprescribed that most patients derive little benefit... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
78. Thank you for your very sane stance. n/t |
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Libface (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
91. And I almost died from taking them. It's not black or white. n/t |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. Taking them off the psychiatric "market" is NOT a compromise choice |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
100. Your story is a good example of why people should take care in their comments. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. Your post is a good example of why so few people make such comments |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. I believe that you misunderstood my post. It was meant as support of your post. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
116. People are very ignorant about this disease |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
15. they did make me manic & kick started me out of severe depression-but at first made me MORE SUICIDAL |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
19. I just restarted trazodone and it's a miracle |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. wellbutrin worked for me. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. I had to go off it |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
141. oops, that was Effexor |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. I've tried my share of SSRI's but the only thing that helped me is trazadone. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I had a similar situation |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. If it weren't for the dry mouth, I would have stayed on tricyclics |
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clspector (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
132. I agree |
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comradebillyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
27. anti depressants wrecked my sex life but saved my sanity |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
28. I think I've taken almost every antidepressant |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
67. Depression runs in my family too. |
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doodadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
70. Depression and Bipolar Genetics Here |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
32. I agree with you that what we call depression is more than one thing. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
33. History repeats itself.... |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. I cannot tell you how angry this kind of post makes me |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
89. There will always be a stigma attached to mental illness, one which let's healthy people tell |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #89 |
95. That's the tradition in the United States -- to blame those who fall through the cracks. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 02:15 AM Response to Reply #38 |
146. Hear hear, thank you for your posts |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
52. You are negatively describing a process called "learning". n/t |
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klebean (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
44. studies on ADs |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:41 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I totally agree |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 09:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
65. And a lot of people don't have the do-re-mi to pay psychiatrists, |
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Libface (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
94. Agreed, which is why doctors need access to unbiased, objective information, rather than |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
46. I would disagree |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
47. They were never of any use to me. At all. nt |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Did you try them all? |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #48 |
143. Honestly, pretty much, yeah. Here's a list of the ones I've tried: |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
50. Recent report in the UK said exercise was the best overall |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
55. Generally pills are equally effective as talk therapy. Used to be that they'd give you pills |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
56. Anxiety ... |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
59. Poor little pills just have to work too hard, with these depressing mugs on TV |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
60. I disagree with "of little use"! |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
63. Just pointing out that this is not the first study to show this. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
64. They've done miracles for me |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
66. to the men!!! |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I think the hormone/depression link is one... |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #68 |
77. Ditto on hormone/depression link |
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Libface (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #77 |
96. I completely agree. Adrenal fatigue and other hormonal imbalances can "mimic" |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #96 |
164. On the other hand, |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #164 |
174. AKA Tryptophan |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #174 |
180. Not quite the same |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
69. Um, that's...just simply not true. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #69 |
120. Some of those people could be those who react badly to the meds |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. There is no proof that SSRIs cause those things ... although mental illness does |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #123 |
170. Thank you for not listening. |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #120 |
177. when I was taking Rebif |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
72. I take Lexapro. I've been told I have very low seratonin levels. |
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Acadia Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
73. In my case its situational. Katrina ect. Also depressed about the |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
74. I have seen such medication work wonders, and do no good. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
75. Evidence Based Medicine creates many angry people |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. You got that right. And I'm on an antidepressant. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #75 |
107. Genuine expression of feelings make some people who dislike emotions uncomfortable |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #75 |
142. anti-depressants go through clinical trials exactly as described in your link |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
80. Anecdotal evidence of course, but |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. There is no evidence talking therapy does any good either |
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Summer93 (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
85. AD and alcohol |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #85 |
104. Most SSRIs are very hard on the liver, as is alcohol. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. Most SSRIs are NOT liver toxic |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
87. Well, this will be a tread where those with no experience will be the experts and those of us |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #87 |
110. It's the "Let it Be" phenomenon |
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Libface (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #110 |
113. I'm not anti-AD's, but I get very defensive when people write-off the |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. No one is saying ADs are for everyone ... no one is saying info should be suppressed |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #114 |
119. Would it kill you to have a little empathy for those who can't take SSRIs? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. No one is "freaking the fuck out", least of all being judgmental -- except you perhaps |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #122 |
169. Thank you for your condescension. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #169 |
183. You're looking to have an argument with someone |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
102. I've been tremendously helped by antidepressants |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
111. BIG PHARMA does NOT want you to know that there is something far more |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #111 |
112. I have a friend trying this now due to your recommendation |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. So far I've lent out my backup Alpha-stim seven times |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #115 |
161. Do you need an Rx for that? |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #111 |
144. Oh, you've GOT to be fucking kidding |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #144 |
154. TrogL, read the CLINICAL STUDIES before you post such hostle remarks |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #154 |
165. OK, post a link to the clinical studies in a peer-reviewed journal |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:10 AM Response to Reply #165 |
193. Still waiting |
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babydollhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
117. It's not too much to wake up happy for whatever the day brings |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
118. I tried every anti-depressant known to humankind, and a bunch of anti-anxieties, too. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
125. I've Tried Nearly All Anti-D's |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:07 AM Response to Reply #125 |
147. All of the SSRIs had the same effect on me! |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #147 |
148. Amazing to run into you.... |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #147 |
157. Welbutrin is not a traditional SSRI -- talked to your doc about that one? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #157 |
158. Already Tried That One....Same Effect. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #158 |
159. Oh damn... sorry maybe I didn't read your post carefully enough |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #159 |
168. I Gave Up Trying All of Them.... |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #157 |
162. I had some luck with Wellbutrin for a while |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
126. They were magic for me. |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
127. Misleading title |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
131. HOW TO GO OFF ANTIDEPRESSANTS - READ THIS DAMMIT!! |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #131 |
156. YOU NEED TO BE UNDER MEDICAL CARE ANYWAY |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
135. 40mg of Prozac a day has helped me get my life back in |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
136. On the upside, at least they work on "the most severely depressed" |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
149. Finding the appropriate medication transformed and brought normalcy to my life. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
153. Prozac, Pacsil and Zoloft are miracle drugs for some, and don't work on others |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
155. Additionally, anxiety disorders and chronic depression are often confused in diagnosis |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #155 |
188. I hate the stereotypes as well. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
166. Tom Cruise was right. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:57 AM Response to Reply #166 |
173. Tom Cruise was not right. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #173 |
182. Look at my screen name again before you freak out. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #182 |
186. I don't freak out over words on the internet. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #186 |
187. LOL, There are many straight Men who don't know they are playing the Gay Man. |
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davidthegnome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
179. I really don't know |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
185. I disagree - as one who has taken various anti-depressants & was moderately depressed. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
189. Do Not Stop Your Meds |
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