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DireStrike

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13. I would like to take a moment to remind our viewers that anecdotal evidence is deeply flawed.

Reply to Gman (Reply #11)

Sun Aug 17, 2014, 06:38 PM

Aug 2014

Allow me to demonstrate.

Everyone I know who has been on antidepressants thinks they do basically nothing (aside from the side- and withdrawal effects.) That includes myself, with over a decade logged on 4 or 5 different kinds. I've been off for a year and a half now and, after the withdrawal period ended, I'm not noticing any difference. At all.

So there is an argument.

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They talk about over prescribing but Gman Aug 2014 #1

For stockholders, apparently. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #3

I've come to the conclusion that CEO responsibility to stock holders is our enemy. L0oniX Aug 2014 #9

ITA!! Which is why stocks rise in direct proportion to UNemployment. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #10

MIraculously profitable. nt bemildred Aug 2014 #4

That too. Gman Aug 2014 #12

Source for your claim? DireStrike Aug 2014 #8

Many, many people I know. Gman Aug 2014 #11

I would like to take a moment to remind our viewers that anecdotal evidence is deeply flawed. DireStrike Aug 2014 #13

Sounds like you were misdiagnosed Gman Aug 2014 #15

Idk. easttexaslefty Aug 2014 #16

War ain't the only racket. Octafish Aug 2014 #2

Gotta love it when people who aren't depressed tell us to just get over it. (nt) jeff47 Aug 2014 #5

Or the people who don't have anxiety madokie Aug 2014 #6

I described a panic attack to a doctor (who was not my regular doctor) and he decided I was having Brickbat Aug 2014 #14

No doubt. n/t easttexaslefty Aug 2014 #17

Great insight into how maladies were named/invented to market drugs. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #7