Posted by francesco on December 27, 2004, at 14:58:12
In reply to Re: A little message to Francesco, posted by linkadge on December 27, 2004, at 9:52:31
> I agree that it is foolish to obsess about something that:
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> A) You cannot change
> B) Nothing can be gained from
> C) Has no bearing on your life.
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> However, this does not meet those criteria. If this medication is infact dammaging my brain. The *last* thing I need to do is not be concerned about it. The last thing I need to do is take more pills and hope it will go away. There is mounting evidence that the SSRI's might be causeing long term dammage to how the brain functions. I need to know about this so I can perhaps salvage what little I have left. This is not foolish.
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> LinkadgeLinkadge, of course it’s not foolish if you decide as a consequence that you won't take SSRIs anymore or you plan to sue your p-doc or Lilly. I was talking about two other cases:
a) you have decided not to take meds anymore and you go on thinking about the damages that meds may have caused to your brain. This make your brain more prone to depression. And, believe me, I have been there!
b) You decided to go on in taking meds. Of course this is like smoking and thinking about how dangerous smoking is, I mean, it’s completely human, but, what’s the use ?
I didn’t want to suggest that your arguments cannot be valid, actually I think they may be, I just think that since we have no evidence, and I mean, no certitude, it’s not rational to terrorize ourselves with these thoughts. Even if we were certain about ‘permanent damages’, and we’re not and we’ll never be, it wouldn’t be wise in my opinion to think again and again about how easier our life would have eventually been without meds, because, moreover, we don’t know it.
That was my point, and if you’re right or wrong in thinking that meds may have damaged you it’s a different issue, and I have nothing to say about it. I have read many Breggin’s books that support your views and maybe you could find them interesting. How long have you been without taking meds ?
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