Posted by yxibow on May 29, 2009, at 20:06:45
In reply to Re: Are the drugs that we're taking killing us? » Andy Behrman, posted by SLS on May 29, 2009, at 5:12:17
> > Just watch this 60 second video:
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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VzMZX4nBz8
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> One should be just as cautious when evaluating the accuracy or varacity of anti-drug portrayals as he is with pro-drug portrayals.I agree
> I have been taking Abilify for a number of years. The only side effect I can report is weight gain. I did experience what appeared to be mild akathisia during the first week of treatment, though.
It caused far more akathisia than I figured giving its supposed push/pull action at D2. I couldn't continue to take it, but these are standard side effects for basically -all- antipsychotics.
> Are these drugs killing us? Life is a fatal condition. I don't think most of the antidepressants will accelerate that process.Exactly -- life by definition is fatal. Its hard to think that, and maybe its maudlin, but I hope I get through my therapy, recognize that, and enjoy what is a really unexplainable condition, namely all of us.
> At this point, it appears that none of the standard antidepressant drugs used for 20-40 years have produced an observable increase in the rate of fatality. At the very least, such a thing has not been obvious.In fact they might have produced a -decrease- in fatality from suicide despite side effects.
-- Jay
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