Posted by RWF on September 16, 2004, at 17:46:58
In reply to Re: Suicide and Antidepressents, posted by mike lynch on September 15, 2004, at 19:48:15
How can anyone really be sure that Antidepressants don't inhibit Suicide in Depressed Patients?
Scientists themselves aren't even sure how the AD's work, they just have theories. That is all. There is no exact test for depression that includes the chemicals of your brain. If there were then we could assume that depression was in fact caused by a chemical imbalance.
The fact of the matter is that we can be depressed because of our surroundings too. Should we take a pill for that?
I have been on Effexor XR, went through the withdrawals from hell, and now I am no longer the same person that I was before...in fact I am more depressed than I ever was before.
I can't knock the drugs because for some people they help, and others they push over the edge.
Tell me something...How come it is legal to buy, sell, and consume a mind altering pill made by Eli Lilly, Wyeth-Hurst, Merck, or another of the leading drug companies that may cause suicide or homicide as a side effect but I cannot buy a substance like marijuana that has no side effects and is found to be quite soothing for Anxiety and Depression? It's all about the Government and their money.
So if you think that because the FDA says that a drug is great for depression and cannot possibly make a human being go over the edge and do the "unthinkable"...perhaps we should consider the many cases that have erupted over the past couple of years regarding "Healthy" people just killing themselves for no reason.
Come to think of it...Don't people do that on Acid and Crack-Cocaine too? Perhaps the FDA Should legalize that also.
It's a game to these people...A business that gains revenue constantly while preying upon the weak minded. If you tell someone constantly that they are depressed and anxious...in time it will kill their ability to fight off such feelings.
So take the pill or don't...it's really up to you.
poster:RWF
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