Doctors...isnt it true antidepressants and placebos?

Question

have almost the same effect on depression?
Wasnt there a study done on this?

Answer 1

Placebo and depression
A brain-imaging study found that depressed patients who responded to the placebo effect showed changes in cerebral blood flow, which were similar to the changes in brain function seen in patients who responded to anti-depressant medication. (Leuchter 2002) Other studies argue that up to 75% of the effectiveness of anti-depressant medication is due to the placebo-effect rather than the treatment itself. (Khan 2000)

Answer 2

Antidepressants do work: they are just very subtle.
Placebos work: the human mind can be strongly influenced by the will or the belief.

So if you believe in a placebo, and not in an antidepressant. Then the placebo will work better than the antidepressant, until that belief fades.

Antidepressants work by increasing the amount of a neurotransmitter in the brain. They either slow uptake, or increase the release of these neurotransmitters. Different antidepressants work in different was and on different neurotransmitters. Finding the right antidepressant can take some work, and their effectiveness can change over time.

Another problem about antidepressants is that they work on your mind. It is hard to measure something when the measuring stick might change, and you don’t know if it has or not, or in which way it might have. They can also take some time to work, and their effect can vary from people to people.

I have been taking antidepressants since 1989. Some had no effect, others worked a little, others worked only for a while and I had to stop taking some because of the side effects. I have a disability, a chronic pain problem. It causes depression and insomnia, which only increases the depression, and makes the insomnia worse. All of this only makes the pain worse, which just continues to the cycle. I have been in the hospital 3 times since then and I have seen hundreds of doctors. Now I have to deal with the problems caused by having had this illness so long, and having to take medication to treat it. So I know what I am talking about. The list of medications that I have taken is almost as long as this response, and several of them are antidepressants.

Hang in there, a treatment is possible, you just have to be patient and stay with it. You have to be firm with the doctor and tell them when a medication isn’t working, or when it is causing you problems. You have to take an active role in your own health care. Finally, don’t hate the medication; accept it. Medication is your ammunition in your fight to get well. You expend it to get better. If you don’t use it then you have to suffer the attacks of the disease, mental or physical; if the ammunition doesn’t fit or doesn’t work well then you had better get something that will work, or let the disease continue to attack. Medication is one of the few things about a disease that you can control. It is one way to prove that you are trying to get better. This is true with antidepressants; it’s just harder to see their effects.

Answer 3

Placebos of any sort almost always have some effect. Put it down to the immense power of the mind we are yet to harness.

But it's nothing like an effective medication.

Answer 4

noooooooooo
its not true
it dsnt have the same effct.might u u got a wrong idea abt that.it depends on the way u r got prescribed.