Comments: Anti-Depressants Nuked By Placebo In Bipolar Disorder
"Basically, depression in bipolar disorder is going to be something patients are going to have to find a way to address on their own."
Precisely what it took me 13 years to discover. After trying virtually every anti-depressant on the market, and even one on the European market--had it shipped to me--I gave up on anti-depressants. But not before I discovered that neurofeedback relieved me of depression. Once doing neurofeedback training for just a few weeks, I was off my anti-depressant and free of the depression that haunted me my whole life. I still have bad days, but the dark long term depressions are gone. Neurofeedback has helped tremendously as has dietary and lifestyle changes. My attitude has changed too...I don't expect to be happy all the time....it's amazing how freeing that alone can be. It's okay to not feel good sometimes! It's normal in fact.
Posted by Gianna at March 29, 2007 09:08 AM
Wow...I went through the same such issues many years when initially diagnosed. When I did finally see a psychiatrist and was diagnosed properly, I was told that anti-depressants often are completely useless in bipolar disorder and can sometimes make the symptoms worse. Though she was correct on that issue, her solution was excessive dosing of anti-psychotics. I think I would have preferred the anti-depressants.
The point of this is that I was told this bit of information by a medical professional in 2003 so the literature has been out there for a while.
Posted by Angie at March 29, 2007 10:36 AM
You are right on the mark. The drug companies must be devestated by this study. It was published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.
The pharma's will have their spin doctors out in full force disputing the study results.
www.MyDepressionSpace.com
Posted by Charles Donovan at March 29, 2007 05:26 PM