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that these drugs really are evil
I'd disagree entirely. Well, I must admit I have nothing good to say, and nor does anyone else I know, on the subject of Seroxat, but that's different. They're not evil; they make life worth living for an awful lot of people. They don't work for everyone, but that doesn't make them evil per se. Like I said, what I'm on is becoming hard to kick entirely, but I've got rid of a lot of it - and the changes it has made have been permanent. Sometimes you just need to remember what being 'up' is like.
Yes, a bit of depression is part of life. I don't think anyone who seeks medication seriously has what you'd call 'a bit'. Depression can be crippling; it can be very dangerous. You will very rarely hear of people telling you about good experiences of drugs, unless, of course, they're illegal. You will always hear the scare stories, the bad stories. Sometimes, often in threads like this one, I feel the need to point out that there are good stories too. There are happy endings.
To describe these things as evil is a very, very unfair comment. They're misunderstood and often mis-prescribed, I know fulwell, and I do not doubt that we live in a culture where people will seek out chemical "cures" for everything. They are not evil. Just to re-inforce that these things can be good for you. I happen to be on one of the more modern and less severe ADs - Citalopram works because it very specifically targets seratonin receptors (iirc), and that specifivity leads to the far more minor side effects. Fluoextine's a more complex beast. Seroxat and American-versions of it are not evil, though they are, from what I can tell, nasty. Avoid if possible.
(Also, going cold-turkey off SSRIs is just idiotic and people should know that anyhow. They'd be advised this by doctors and by the packets.) |
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