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What do we know about the success rate of psychotropic drug therapies?
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<blockquote data-quote="HaoZi" data-source="post: 576005" data-attributes="member: 15793"><p>Zoloft was a life-saver for me in my teens. In a literal sense. I was in a bad way with depression and it really helped. Yes, I put on weight, but it saved my life.</p><p>The same medication was absolutely the WRONG medication for my sister, who is bi-polar (I'm uni-polar). I've known many helped by Effexor, but it is certainly a wrong medication for ME. Give and take, trial and error, everyone is different. Cost vs benefit ratio. When considering new medications I always ask about the side effects that matter to ME: is it weight neutral (because extra weight hurts my joints and will cause more depression as well), will it affect my libido (don't need that going up or down, I'm quite happy where it is!), will it make me stupid (because face it, some medications do that, and I handle money at work, can't afford to screw that up because it comes out of my pocket if the drawer is short).</p><p></p><p>Some side effects I don't ask about because I don't worry about them. GI upset? That usually passes after a few weeks, until then I'll deal with it by watching better what I eat and when I eat it. Sensitivity to sunlight? I can live with that, I don't buy daytime moisturizer without sunscreen anyway. Makes food tastes funny? Never know, maybe veggies might stop tasting so terrible to me and open a whole world of new foods to me! Makes me klutzy? Heck, I'm already a klutz, so I'll have to be a little more careful than usual until I get used to it. Memory issues? I have those already, so I already have methods and people in place to remind me of important stuff. Decreases my alcohol tolerance? Might save me some money at the bar. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HaoZi, post: 576005, member: 15793"] Zoloft was a life-saver for me in my teens. In a literal sense. I was in a bad way with depression and it really helped. Yes, I put on weight, but it saved my life. The same medication was absolutely the WRONG medication for my sister, who is bi-polar (I'm uni-polar). I've known many helped by Effexor, but it is certainly a wrong medication for ME. Give and take, trial and error, everyone is different. Cost vs benefit ratio. When considering new medications I always ask about the side effects that matter to ME: is it weight neutral (because extra weight hurts my joints and will cause more depression as well), will it affect my libido (don't need that going up or down, I'm quite happy where it is!), will it make me stupid (because face it, some medications do that, and I handle money at work, can't afford to screw that up because it comes out of my pocket if the drawer is short). Some side effects I don't ask about because I don't worry about them. GI upset? That usually passes after a few weeks, until then I'll deal with it by watching better what I eat and when I eat it. Sensitivity to sunlight? I can live with that, I don't buy daytime moisturizer without sunscreen anyway. Makes food tastes funny? Never know, maybe veggies might stop tasting so terrible to me and open a whole world of new foods to me! Makes me klutzy? Heck, I'm already a klutz, so I'll have to be a little more careful than usual until I get used to it. Memory issues? I have those already, so I already have methods and people in place to remind me of important stuff. Decreases my alcohol tolerance? Might save me some money at the bar. :) [/QUOTE]
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