Posted by ggggg123 on November 7, 2010, at 18:48:12
In reply to Re: One person's argument for Escitalopram » ggggg123, posted by ed_uk2010 on November 7, 2010, at 15:50:08
I don't see many people complaining about any other drugs apart from the ssri's, I have taken 3 ssri's, an ndri, an maoi inhibitor,a beta blocker, an snri, Trazodone, the novel mirtazapine, amitriptyline, buspirone, dopamine agonist, phenytoin, hydroxyzine, levodopa, amantadine, cyproheptadine and many many more drugs and 10's of different herbs and vits. Of course the anti pyschotics can have a bad effect on you and so can all drugs, but the ssri's have a bad effect on you when they are working properly not just afterwards. They make you feel like a zombie. Look at all the post ssri apathy and ssri apathy complaints, now match that with complaints about other ad's. AD's are supposed to make you feel better not worse, so in response to your comment, I would say if an ad makes you feel worse whilst on the drug and afterwards, then the ad was completely ineffective.
Also I never said that other ad's aren't flawed, of course they are. my point is that ssri's are flawed when working correctly, if you understood about the apathy they cause you would know what I mean.
it is not a requisite that ad's negatively affect your neurotransmitters (maybe slight downregulation, but increased processing).
Its very distressing for people suffering post ssri apathy, very very distressing.
The only known effects on neurotransmitter functioning is that agonists downregulate and antagonist upregulate, this often takes many years of heavy use, and is often not reflected by states of mind, as it is more neurotransmitter proccessing that is implicated in depression rather than number of receptors.
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