Posted by Jumpy on December 29, 2002, at 15:44:57
In reply to Stop complaining!, posted by scoper on December 28, 2002, at 2:48:22
Dear Scoper,
The classic quote in the literature of 80 to 90% response to psychiatric medical therapy is a bit of a misnomer. The actually "remission" rate, that is a HAMD<7 or disappearance of symptoms, is thought to be somewhere around 30 to 35%. That means 65 to 70% of us with depression still have symptoms despite medical therapy! So I think it is only normal to complain, especially if we spending lots of money, time and effort only to get a partial response.
Drug companies maybe able to make medication that bind to very specific receptors but this must be taken with a grain of salt. First, we still have no idea what causes mental illness and thus what receptors to target. (We may soon discover targeting serotonin receptors was completely wrong and that depression has nothing to do with serotonin). Second, these medications are studied on rat neurons in the test tube. The same medications may act totally different in the human brain/body.
Jumpy
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