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Re:Psychiatrists Must Face Possibility That Medications Hurt... by falcolas on Thursday December 15, 2016 @01:03PM (#13186611)
> are worse off than they would have been without them

With, or without continuing monitored dosage to account for the body's corrections towards what it perceives as equilibrium? If without a continued dosage, is this before or after a "withdrawl" phase?

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Re:Psychiatrists Must Face Possibility That Medications Hurt... by Alex3917 on Thursday December 15, 2016 @01:11PM (#13186689)
> With, or without continuing monitored dosage to account for the body's corrections towards what it perceives as equilibrium?

The efficacy of SSRIs isn't dose dependent. And the the monoamine hypothesis is a long disproven myth.

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Re:Psychiatrists Must Face Possibility That Medications Hurt... by pjc50 on Friday December 16, 2016 @05:16AM (#13192249)
> The efficacy of SSRIs isn't dose dependent

This is rather surprising, given that most pharmaceuticals are, and contradicted by the experience of people I've known who've been prescribed them and advised to taper withdrawal - which is then experienced as reducing effectiveness.

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