Posted by Willful on April 23, 2012, at 12:17:04
In reply to Re: Lou's request-ahbpsolu » Willful, posted by zazenducke on April 23, 2012, at 10:02:28
I sympathize with an informed and reasoned position about the limits of ADs-- and other drugs. But I do question the ability of people to accurately access certain aspects of use of ADs, and think that myths and exaggerated fears do harm in negatively influencing people who most need the drugs.
I question a lot of AD use, because they just aren't better than placebo for mildly and even moderately depressed people. They may be of use to some of them, but they certainly may not. Other treatments seem to be as or more effective. In that respect, while I don't think on the whole, they cause the sort of brain damage that some people here are implying, I do think they are greatly over-prescribed in an irresponsible or at least unreflective way.
But anyway, the small point I wanted to make here was that there are very isolated reports of EPS in the people who use ADs. However, this doesn't add up to EPS being anything but a rare reaction. Moreover it is't clear how much the specific combination of these drugs with prior or concurrent drugs causes the effect. It has certainly been strongly stated here that CBI is much more than a rare occurrence.
Again, I do'nt object to reasoned debate about the value of ADs. In fact I think it' s necessary.
What I do deeply object to is the claims I read of horrible and so pervasive and irreversible effects that anyone who even contemplates an AD must be out of their mind.
I'm not saying you're in the latter camp, but people who take that position and try to terrify people out of considering ADs are truly causing harm.
Willful
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