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In my mid 20s I tried antidepressants for the first time. To me it was a big step because like many, I had a false perception of it having an unnatural effect o
by gosub100 2y ago
In my mid 20s I tried antidepressants for the first time. To me it was a big step because like many, I had a false perception of it having an unnatural effect on my personality, but I was finally ready to try them. The doctor said they will take at least 2 weeks to have any effect, and despite knowing that AND knowing about the placebo effect, I still "felt better" for several days after I started the regimen. To me, that was absolutely proof of the placebo effect, especially because after the 2 week window the effect was a backfire where I was in bed for a day and couldn't do anything. The pills backfired on me.
- swores 2y agoA single data point like that should never be considered anything close to "absolute proof" of anything - because you have absolutely no way of knowing that, for whatever reason (random chance, or the food you were eating at the time, or a compliment somebody paid you on the day you started taking them, or....), you might have felt better on those first days even if you hadn't started taking antidepressants at all. Correlation is not causation, as they say. (Hope your depression is gone or at least not too bad now days, regardless of what drugs or placebos may have played a part!)