Posted by linkadge on October 2, 2007, at 21:54:01
In reply to Re: not reversible damage because of ssri treatmen, posted by fuzz54 on October 2, 2007, at 13:55:03
I think there is some pretty compelling research that certain medicaitons can cause significant long term negative biological/structural changes.The fact that schizophrenics are not made aware of certain issues with their medications is unsettling. Some doctors feel it is their right to make executive decisions for the patient. You can't blame them as I suppose it is as they were trained.
I don't understand people who are like, "well if it helps me now, who cares what it does to me long term".
That logic comes in degrees. Nobody would use that as an argument to start smoking crack for depression. The point is that the brain has coping mechanisms designed to let go of things that are far enough in the future. While that may work for things beyond ones control one would need to be thourogly convinced that such risks are indeed beyond ones control.
What if the drug makes the brain worse long term in a way that will make it harder to recover for subsequent mood episodes? I'd hate think that my stint with SSRI's is the reason depression is even harder shake now. Its like I can't function without one, even years after being off them.
If it was just dammaging my liver that'd be ok, but the notion that I might be damaging my serotonin neurons in a way that makes recovery from depression harder in the future is pretty scary. The hole for me is indeed deeper after having been exposed to the drugs, who knows.
Perhaps its just like how some parkinsons meds actually cause the disease to progress faster than it might if no treatment was initiated.
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