--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <drpetersutp...@...> wrote: > > > The SSRI's (Zoloft, Paxil, Prozac, Lexipro, etc.) are pretty good drugs for > lessening the symptoms of clinical depression. Their most common side effect > is some weight gain and reduced libido. But the impact they have on you might > vary, that is why you want to work with a good psychiatrist who will listen > to your feedback and adjust the meds when needed. As Ruth notes here, I'd > avoid "herbal" remedies because they don't work. Hell, you have nothing to > loose by trying them, but they don't work.
I suppose medicines like the SSRI's are not originally based on plants either. And if they are not they m u s t be good for you. Thus spoke a shrink making his living from pushing tablets produced, undoubtedly, by this planet's most healthy industry.