Posted by SLS on March 29, 2006, at 8:49:08
In reply to Re: remeron withdrawal, posted by musky on March 12, 2006, at 23:45:53
Hi Musky.
I must say that I disagree with your pronouncement that all antidepressants are the same.
> They all affect the same thing in the brain cells.
This is not true. For example, Remeron works in a very different manner than does Prozac. They work to regulate very different aspects of the neuronal machinery.
> and to go from drug to drug is silly,
Most people with a biological affective disorder will respond to at least one antidepressant or drug combination. Recent statistics indicate this to be true.
> as no one drug is better than the other...
This is pretty much what is seen. However, there is some indication that those antidepressants that act to influence two neurotranmitters are more effective than those that act on just one. This is still open to debate, though. It does seem that diffent people react very differently to the same drug just as does one person react differently to different drugs. We need a variety of different drugs to match the great variety of individual biologies. The differences between antidepressants might be subtle, but they are different enough to help a greater number of people.
> If people would only do their research...
I've done quite a bit, and I am led to conclude that it is indeed worth trying different therapies in an effort to treat such devastating illnesses.
It is unfortunate that scientists don't yet understand enough about the workings of the brain in health and disease to be able to design drugs specific to any one illness or any one individual. It is frustrating, I know.
- Scott
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