Reply #49: You know why I talked about the benefit and your experience? [View All]

[SGBL]

Because *you chose* to completely ignore my first point that the risks of suicide are greatly overstated. So don't complain when I moved on to a different point.

"total denial and suppression in this country
about any ALTERNATIVE treatments"

Could this be because most of these don't work for most people? Depression is not a game. Many people die who have depression. A medical doctor can't screw around prescribing things that have not be scientifically proven to signifigantly work with most people when his patient could very well die if he doesn't not prescribe something he knows works.

It sounds like you came to the conclusion in your mind that SSRIs wouldn't work for you (which may explain why you quit on day one) and that alternative solutions would. Therefore in your mind the alternative solution is working and an SSRI will not. You defeated the SSRI before you even gave it a chance.

"You are NOT my doctor, and have NO authority to diagnose
what happened to me on one dose of Zoloft in a few
short hours."

No, but I've heard it from many medical doctors that a single dose does nothing. Sorry to have to tell you that. I also find this statement ironic since you take it on your self to go around telling others that SSRIs won't work for them and alternative treatments will.

"We are clearly operating from different research knowledge
on this topic, therefore, I do not see how we can have a
thoughtful and RESPECTFUL discussion on this topic."

Again you try to dismiss everything. You remind me of a religious fundamentalist. Once scientific evidence is brought to you it's immediately dimissed and you either shut down conversation or pretend you have a better source of information than people much more qualified (in this case medical doctors).