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Re:The Final Nail in Psychiatry's Antidepressant Coffin by monero-xmr on Friday January 19, 2024 @11:58PM (#39064838)
I had depression, generalized anxiety, OCD, panic attacks, and myriad issues related to that. I tried years of meditation, diet changes, vitamins and supplements, and exercise routines.

When I finally agreed to try SSRIs after years of resistance, I was essentially cured within 3 weeks after 5 years of debilitating issues.

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Re:The Final Nail in Psychiatry's Antidepressant Coffin by hackerlight on Saturday January 20, 2024 @12:49AM (#39065072)
> debilitating issues.

Could it be that you had severe depression, if the issues were debilitating? Irving Kirsch's studies have shown that anti-depressents are indeed effective for such cases. Or perhaps it just happened to work for you. RCTs only look at mean effects so they dilute exceptions and outliers.

Anyways, this is a more pro-anti-depressants/pro-psychiatry analysis of Irving Kirsch's research:

https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/07/ssris-much-more-than-y...

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Re:The Final Nail in Psychiatry's Antidepressant Coffin by monero-xmr on Saturday January 20, 2024 @01:06AM (#39065145)
The primary issue was anxiety and OCD. The drug worked, I know it’s hard for you to believe if you didn’t experience it yourself. But it is a night and day difference.
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