Posted by polarbear206 on July 24, 2010, at 10:48:01
In reply to Re: toxic crap » linkadge, posted by inanimate peanut on July 23, 2010, at 22:49:24
> If the side effects are the problem, every one of us has side effects for almost every drug we take. Talk about that and stop trying to scare people off nortriptyline by talking about BBB effects that only happen at toxic levels anyway. At least by talking about the real side effects, people can look at them and say they do/don't have them, could/could not tolerate and do/do not believe that they would be worth it to feel better re depression. You have the luxury of using drugs to make you better from time to time when you feel down. There are some of us whose lives are not worth living without these drugs. I know that some of my drugs and especially the combinations of some of my drugs are making me decidedly less healthy but I also know that I either wouldn't be alive or would wish I weren't if I stopped taking them, so I don't have the same luxury you do of only taking what makes me feel "healthy." Just remember that the people that you may be scaring off trying drugs with posts like this may or may not truly *need* that drug for basic quality of life.
You know, I really feel that there should be another site on here for posters to talk toxic tantrum crap to each other. You know, my great grandmother didn't have the luxury of medication and she died in a mental institution. My mother never got to know her. It's very sad. I am so thankful for medication to be able to FUNCTION normally in daily life and not live in a vegetated state.I have patients that have been on tricyclics since they were on the market that don't have any ADVERSE side effects. I took Imipramine for years before Effexor came on the market.
And to Inanimate Peanut, kudos to your response, I'm right there with ya.
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