Posted by SLS on September 16, 2006, at 8:11:05
In reply to Re: ssris and suicide, posted by TJO on September 16, 2006, at 6:21:03
> > > 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.
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> > Hi all,
> To add my 2 cents, my bad experience with Paxil, was mostly intrusive thoughts of suicide occurring at wierd times-during a church sermon, brushing teeth, etc. It then progressed to intrusive thoughts of doing bad things to my beloved pet cat and mom, and thats when I decided it was time for the hospital. It was definitely not that it gave me any energy to carry the plans out, it caused more exhaustion than usual. The intrusive thoughts were very scary.Yes. There is definitely a neurobiology to suicidality and homocidality. J.J. Mann has done quite a bit of work on this in the past. I don't know who has picked up on his work into the present. It makes sense that if manipulating the brain can cause someone to become less suicidal, that it can also be manipulated to cause someone to become more suicidal. Given that the brain is so complex, and that we don't really know what we are doing with these drugs - we are virtually blind - and that there is so much interindividual variability, we must recognize the possibility that we are going to see an array of responses to any given drug across the population - including those that are the opposite to the norm.
- Scott
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