Posted by Racer on September 15, 2006, at 17:49:27
In reply to Re: ssris and suicide, posted by linkadge on September 14, 2006, at 8:16:10
> Yeah, theres that theory that the drugs itself doesn't make you suicidal but that it gives you the energy to carry out your plans.
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> This doesn't make a whole lot of sence to me, and is in my opinion an attempt for the drug companies to again, put the blame back on the patient.Well... I don't actually think it's as simple as that, but I do think that's a big part of it.
My last trial of an SSRI was MISERABLE -- after three days, my husband took them away, because I was so much worse, and I let him. He was afraid -- rightly so, I think -- that the problems I was having on them might lead me to attempt or succeed at suicide. I was so agitated, so unable to stay in my own skin, so completely irrational by that third day -- crying and just begging for relief -- that I think I probably was in danger of trying again. I'd be afraid that one more day of feeling that way -- especially since I was feeling worse every day -- and I wouldn't care about the pain involved anymore.
So, if you want to think of that agitation as coming from increased energy, that would support that theory. I tend to say that SSRIs bring out suicidal ideation, but I'm not sure they create them out of whole cloth.
Then again, I'd already gone through a period of intense suicidality before ever trying SSRIs, so I've never tried an SSRI as someone with no history of making that leap. I had already thought that I could do it, which is a hard place to get back from.
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