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------------------------------------------------------- Date: 30 October 1997 From: janet paterson Subject: re-post: CD: perceptions re-visited ------------------------------------------------------- original posted on 17 July 1997 ------------------------------------------------------- dear syber-siblings our newest list member asks: >Is Prozac the best thing for this sort of depression? clinical depression [cd] seems to have become my pet subject the question reminded me of something i had intended to include in my 'perceptions' post earlier this week in my reading about cd and its treatment i understand that the current professional guidelines advise that where medication is indicated as a treatmemt it should be approached much more aggressively than in the past the thinking was that cd has been chronically under-treated: not enough medication and for too short a time to be truly effective in 'blowing the clouds away' the implication was that cd is eminently treatable and beatable that its victims should not have to suffer with it needlessly due to under-treatment i believe that i can relate to this personally i felt that my anti-depressant 'wasn't working anymore' and worried about switching to something else however my doctor advised increasing the current med for a few weeks as the first strategy and i do believe it worked [witness the sudden re-emergence of the hermit!] please note that i have deliberately avoided naming meds because pd varies so much from one person to another and each of us is our own unique 'chemical stew' there are a lot of anti-depressants available; it may take some experimenting to hit on the right one any comments or corrections? janet ------------------------------------------------------- janet paterson 51-10 / sinemet-selegiline-prozac almonte-ontario-canada / [log in to unmask]