Posted by bleauberry on January 10, 2014, at 13:39:47
In reply to Anecdotally The Best Drugs, posted by bleauberry on January 10, 2014, at 9:25:38
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Abbreviated "In my opinion"
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I was thinking about it a little more and can get a little more detailed.
In the SSRI camp, Prozac used to be the Queen, was gently taken over by Zoloft, barely, with Lexapro trying to overtake them. Cymbalta is somewhere behind all that, and is generally not viewed as an SSRI.
I have not seen any sales figures though they would be simple to find, because for purposes of this thread it is only the perception of one eye's over time at a particular place. Just for fun and discussion. The timeframe is over 20 years, probably close to 25 years, I used to be under two different user names, and the place is Dr. Bob's Psychobabble.
In the MAOI camp Nardil seemed more effective but frequently has difficult side effects. Parnate was almost as good with lesser side effects. This is in contrast to one popular internet psychiatrist, retired, who has some good writings on his experience with MAOIs. He saw Parnate as the big winner. Here at babble, I dunno, there were a lot of success stories with both of them, relatively speaking of course compared to the more frequent posts of other meds, but Nardil seemed the best.
In the TCA camp, well, it's almost always Nortriptyline. Sometimes Amitryptaline, Clomipramine, or one of the others.
In the antipsychotic camp, zyprexa and abilify share the winning spot, though seroquel is prescribed more frequently it is generally less effective or poops out sooner.
Just for fun. These are the trends that my eyes perceived over the years here. Of course, being a psych patient myself, who knows.
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