Posted by Huxley on June 15, 2010, at 1:40:56
In reply to Re: Is It Depression or Bipolar?, posted by Tony P on June 13, 2010, at 14:59:54
Are SSRIs turning people with depression into Bipolar?
My doctor for several years tried to convince me I was bipolar. Never had mania.
Here is an interesting quote from anatomy of an epidemic.
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The propensity of Prozac and other SSRIs to trigger mania or psychosis is undoubtedly the biggest problem with these drugs. The American Psychiatric Association warns that manic or hypomanic episodes are estimated to occur in 8% to 20 % of patients treated with anti-depressants.
Anti-depressant-induced mania is not simply a temporary and reversible phenomenon, but a complex biochemical mechanism of illness deterioration. Yale researchers reported that 8.1% of all admissions to a psychiatric hospital they studied were due to SSRI-induced mania or psychosis"Are these drugs creating bipolar disorders?
If you want to read more on this check out
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2009/10/30/excerpts-from-robert-whitaker-s-anatomy-
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