Q and A: Do antidepressants work?

There is good evidence of antidepressant efficacy from other types of studies, especially relapse prevention, which show significant benefit over placebo A widely-reported analysis of clinical trial data for Prozac and related antidepressant drugs has claimed that the medicines work little better than chemically-inactive placebos in all but the most severely ... via Chemistry World

[ADWork]

Well, AD's do in fact do "something"... The unknown is what is scary IMO. However, people do react, and the reaction can be viewed from different perspectives. Many people report the "I don't give a ...." feeling after a decent amount treatment. Some people react very quickly, sometimes one of the first things to happen is a boost in energy, unfortunatly, this boost can cause "mania." That is why the suicide rate spikes after a week and a half or so, when you come down from your manic episode. Some people feel nothing, some anxiety, sleeplessness...etc.
The bottom line here is it does have an affect, the question that still baffles the medical profession, is why... and how? More is unknown than known.
One report doesn't justify an innefective drug, years of "seeing is believing" has shown that these medicines do work.(Or at least have some effect.)
Placebo's allways have an effect, but now we are talking "mind over matter." However, when looking for help, maybe "mind over matter" is exactly what many people need.

[Pharmonl]

I ordered some antidepressants from http://medsonline24.com/order_anti_depressant... And these drugs had good effect to me. It really help to cope with depression

[Bribarian]

they work, but sadly they always seem to come with bad side effects attached

[Librahoppa]

I used paxil for about 5 1/2 months years ago. The first 4 1/2 months were great! But the side-effects started at 4 1/2 months and I became very very ill, nauseated, headaches, but the worst was the vertigo. I have never experienced such vertigo in that way in my life, before or since. That was a terrifing experience, so much that it took me a month to stop taking paxil and I refused to ever try another anti-depressant again. Now I use alcohol...lol just kidding.

Remember when you were a kid and you use to go to the fair and get on all the rides? There is one ride that just spins everyone around and it lifts in the air 180 degrees? I don't remember the name of that ride, but the vertigo you get on that ride along with the roller coaster finally comming down after crawling up the track for what felt like forever? Those two combination's together is what is was like for me when I got into cars, on a bike, getting on an elevator, walking up or down a hill, and riding the city bus, except I couldn't get off the ride!