Posted by deniseuk190466 on September 4, 2007, at 17:15:47
In reply to Re: To the people who don't believe in biological dep., posted by linkadge on September 1, 2007, at 13:26:48
Linkadge,
I really believe because you've never had a true antidepressant response to an antidepressant that you are very biased as I guess I would be too.
If I, like you, had never responded to an antidepressant or only had a weak response to one, a response where you had to think about whether or not it was working then I would probably agree with the studies saying that placebo was just as effective as medicine.
But beleieve me I had such a robust response to all the ADs I took at one time and there was no way it was placebo. I had also tried SJW and that did nothing. Why didn't I get a placebo response to that?
I really can't believe these studies which sort of suggest that antidepressants are no better than placebo, maybe for some people who don't respond well to antidepressants and do respond to placebo then yes.
I would stake all my worldly belongings on the fact that when an antidepressant works properly and effectively that it is far stronger than any placebo affect. Unless the person is extremely suggestible.
Denise
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