Posted by bulldog2 on October 2, 2010, at 7:50:42
In reply to Re: Experiment of own on SSRI's, posted by bleauberry on October 1, 2010, at 16:43:26
> I think we've only seen the weird backlash effects of ssris start to show up in the last couple years or so. No doubt something weird is happening there.
I think we have to take into consideration what we hear in this forum and what is happening in the general public.
The people who tend to seek out this forum are trd people who are having problems finding relief from their symptoms so I will say we have a lot of trd people here.
From what I've read most people in here have numerous treatment failures, bad side effects, withdrawal effects etc. That is not to say these experiences are not real and that people outside this forum do not experience these problems. HOWEVER I have no doubt the percentage of people in here with negative experiences is far greater than the general public. People doing well on their meds do not come to this forum to report their positive experiences.
I think ssris are still being handed out quite frequently by many different types of docs and many patients are doing well on them.
That being said I think for the severely depressed ,maois for those who can tolerate them, are the most effective ads and of the tcas clomipramine is the most effective.
I think ssris were meant to fill the niche for mild to moderately depressed who never would have considered an older type ad. I will concede that docs are now seeing these drugs are not quite as benign as once thought.
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