This Drug Made Me Gain 15 Pounds In 1 Month

[SQAAD]

@undeather

10 hours ago, undeather said:

Do you have a source for that Judson Brewer statement?
I highly doubt that he would say the whole class of psychiatric drugs has a 20% success rate on average. 
That would be a ridicolous cliam. Different medications with different indications have all different outcomes.


 

There are many potential modalities in psychiatry beside drugs (psychotherapy, EMDR, light therapy, movement-therapy, ECT...)
Psychodelics knocking on the door of the mainstream as well.

It "zombifies" SOME people - yes. On the other hand, I think the internet often distorts how well some patients do on psychiatric drugs.
It's a sampling bias. Those with terrible side effects are getting most of the attention while a large majority is doing fine.

Judson Brewer talks about the number needed to treat which according to him is 1 in 5. You can watch videos about him on YouTube. I really don't know the full details. But the videos below are really mind boggling. 

 

Edited August 17, 2023 by SQAAD

[undeather]

3 hours ago, Schizophonia said:

Aren't there viable alternatives to antipsychotics for manic episodes?

I dont know - I do have some friends who work with alternative approaches to bipolar disorders and they get pretty decent results with it.
However, I am not a psychiatrist - so I am the wrong person to ask that question

[undeather]

3 hours ago, SQAAD said:

@undeather

Judson Brewer talks about the number needed to treat which according to him is 1 in 5. You can watch videos about him on YouTube. I really don't know the full details. But the videos below are really mind boggling. 

 

NNT is propably one of the most misunderstood concepts in medicine.
Because it highly depends on the underlying studying design and follow up period.
I will explain this in detail once I find a time window