Posted by SLS on April 27, 2004, at 10:15:07
In reply to Re: ssri's effect on cognitive functioning???, posted by SpaceFairy on April 27, 2004, at 2:41:56
I took a peak at the website you mentioned: antidepressantsfacts.com
I would not recommend it. It seems to be dedicated to demonizing psychotropic drugs. It is a matter of perspective. With an obviously biased agenda, someone over there seems to have made it his life's work to remove a set of valuable medical tools and selfishly deny millions of people a modern miracle. Someone is on a mission to convince people that antidepressants are universally destructive and, perhaps, a product of some sort of covert collusion. That's silly. :-)
Most of what this website contains is factually true. It makes for a pursuasive argument that antidepressants possess undesirable attributes. Of course they do. This is not such a unique circumstance. To read the PDR is to voyage through the plethora of adverse and sometimes fatal side effects that so many of these valuable drugs produce. Without the benefit of numbers and statistics, however; that is to say, without the benefit of a perspective that is provided only by knowing ALL of the facts, one cannot evaluate properly the risks versus the benefits of these treatments. Yes, there is such a thing as a magic pill, and, fortunately, they already exist. It is the life's work of thousands of men and women around the world to develop even more magic pills that are more effective, safer, and have fewer side effects.
- Scott
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