Posted by SLS on October 8, 2011, at 7:56:48
In reply to Re: Huxley- » morgan miller, posted by huxley on October 8, 2011, at 1:17:17
Hi Huxley.
> SSRIs/NIs poop out well before the 15 year mark.
You could be right, but I haven't seen anything in black-and-white describing this.
People have remained well on tricyclics for decades.
Again, though, what better choice is there but to treat a severe and debilitating depression with the currently available medications? 10 years at a time ain't bad. When one relapses after such an extended period of time, there still exists the alternative to switch or augment medications for another 10 years. This seems preferable to languishing for decades worrying about what incidental adverse effects there are on the brain from drug treatment. You could die having been depressed for every day of your life while waiting for better drugs to be synthesized and marketed. No thanks.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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