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Originally Posted by Bellerophon
Er, if anything its done the opposite for me, and a friend of mine. We're both on the same dose of Citalopram (20mg daily).
Oh, and by the way, 20mg is not a mid high range dose as someone said earlier in the thread. The maximum daily dose is 60mg. Therefore 20mg is quite a low dose, albeit the most common.
I also take exception to the comments about people that are depressed needing a good night out, or words to that effect. Whoever it was that said that obviously has never been diagnosed with clinical depression. Get your head out of your **** you idiot. You know not of what you speak. I have been suffering for some time with PTSD bought on by my job as an EMT. Some of the symptoms of PTSD are depression and anxiety as well as suicidal thoughts and flashbacks. I have had all of these symptoms, and then some, and I can say that if the person that made such an inane remark earlier referred to in this post had said it to my face I would probably have ripped their face off. Comments such as those do nothing for a depressed person's state of mind and can, quite often, have a detrimental effect.
Be careful what you say about depression and the people that suffer from it. It is a very real illness that affects a lot of people.
Rant over.
Mods- sorry if I went too far. People like this mindless idiot just annoy me. and that just depresses me
Please edit or delete as you see fit.
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This is quite a valid point i think; a good night out is not enough. If that was the case, then the person wouldnt be depressed (there are criteria that define what a clinically depressed person is), they would just be feeling a bit down and unhappy. Depression requires a mix of treatments; drugs (although not always), psychologists to talk to, freinds and family for support.
Yea, the drugs arn't always needed, but I'm pretty certain had my cousin been given antidepressants he wouldnt have taken his life, a night out here and there didnt help him at all.
Matt