Thread: Do antidepressants work?

That's awesome

Was this an actual CDC study or was this something you got as a Fwd: fwd: fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: in your email and decided to share?

It's usually good form to back up outrageous claims with references.

Ya, seriously...
source?

My opinion, they work for some, and not for some...thats all medicine...I personally take 5-htp for my slight depression...well I haven't been depressed in a long time because the 5-htp works of course...

But yea, they do work..for some

I don't know much about the benefits/harms of anti-depressants, but if my doctor told me I needed them, I'd probably tell him to stuff the prescription down his throat. In fact, the act of stuffing paper down his throat would probably cure my depression. It's just my preference not to delve into things like that. Hell, I hate when the doctor tells me to take anti-biotics.

Originally Posted by Kushna Mufeed

I don't know much about the benefits/harms of anti-depressants, but if my doctor told me I needed them, I'd probably tell him to stuff the prescription down his throat. In fact, the act of stuffing paper down his throat would probably cure my depression. It's just my preference not to delve into things like that. Hell, I hate when the doctor tells me to take anti-biotics.

If you ended up in a bad enough depression, you would take them. If you want to avoid them and to stuff paper down your doctor's throat, it probably means you don't need them right now.

There was a meta-analysis this year in the UK that found that they are only effective in severe cases in depression. Alarmingly, it also found that they are largely ineffective in mild and moderate cases of depression.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

If you ended up in a bad enough depression, you would take them. If you want to avoid them and to stuff paper down your doctor's throat, it probably means you don't need them right now.

Heh. It'd be a good indicator if my doctor was a quack.

But seriously, I don't even like taking Tylenol for a headache.