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I am not sure I can take that as a fact... Kalidurga Dec 2012 #1
We don't know anything for sure, yet, that is true. Th1onein Dec 2012 #4
I have read some horror stories... Kalidurga Dec 2012 #14
Just stop. Stop right there. MineralMan Dec 2012 #24
Thank you. arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #34
This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ hedgehog Dec 2012 #52
Thank you. Rider3 Dec 2012 #53
Thank you. thucythucy Dec 2012 #101
Thank you for that get the red out Dec 2012 #131
"Don't destroy the placebo effect" tama Dec 2012 #157
Who are you quoting? I did not write that. MineralMan Dec 2012 #183
+100 Taverner Dec 2012 #170
Seriously. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #176
yes mattvermont Dec 2012 #201
+1 arely staircase Dec 2012 #202
+1000! Walk away Dec 2012 #226
Stop what? Eddie Haskell Dec 2012 #239
thank you MM nt steve2470 Dec 2012 #249
Well said. nt msanthrope Dec 2012 #270
I took sertraline for a few years when younger. GaYellowDawg Dec 2012 #118
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Dec 2012 #133
Really? I HAVE personal experience with them. So do several of my family members, all of whom had Th1onein Dec 2012 #138
So this adverse reaction you had, did it turn you into a mass murderer? thucythucy Dec 2012 #208
NO ONE is posting attacks on people with Asperger's or any other mental disability. Th1onein Dec 2012 #219
Go ahead and put me on ignore, thucythucy Dec 2012 #224
These problems prob. existed BEFORE they took the medications. Often they go off them cold turkey. Michigan Alum Dec 2012 #152
I've been on sertraline for over 5 years now. Terra Alta Dec 2012 #250
Columbine: Same thing. Former Sen. John Decamp brought stats to court SugarShack Dec 2012 #252
There have been some discussions/threads on the subject today(Monday.) elleng Dec 2012 #2
There is no information about that that has any credibility. MineralMan Dec 2012 #26
The 'uncle' cited in that article is a scammer csziggy Dec 2012 #160
i've seen no verifiable source that says this is the case, & lots of different reports of what he HiPointDem Dec 2012 #3
I know that the current Repuke and NRA line is AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #5
I think psychiatrists and MD's; anyone who writes a script for these kinds of meds..... Th1onein Dec 2012 #7
You want to see the poll I did for that snooper2 Dec 2012 #8
So if you are treated for depression your medical upaloopa Dec 2012 #33
If I suffer from a seizure disorder it is not arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #41
I glad you aren't given any authority to write laws upaloopa Dec 2012 #57
I want to save lives, guns only serve to take arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #68
Since when is it not kept private? loyalsister Dec 2012 #173
True. I would assume the records would be kept arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #189
Mandatory reporting for DL is only legal in a few states loyalsister Dec 2012 #190
I had not thought of that, I don't think they arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #191
One of the authors of the Americans with Disabilities Act, thucythucy Dec 2012 #206
Well, given the discrimination that could result arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #213
Absolutely. In Coelho's case, he was diagnosed thucythucy Dec 2012 #214
Depression is not psychosis womanofthehills Dec 2012 #55
The problem is we still don't understand the brain and are basically GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #58
Brave New World tama Dec 2012 #164
You can find information to support either side upaloopa Dec 2012 #60
No, but if you are treated with an SSRI, yes, it should be reported. Th1onein Dec 2012 #93
In 2008 SCOTUS reaffirmed it was OK to deny 2A rights to criminals and the mentally ill HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #107
Thank you. tosh Dec 2012 #122
That's crazy! I am on a medication for anxiety adigal Dec 2012 #124
No, of course not. But you shouldn't be able to buy a gun unless you are stable on these drugs. Th1onein Dec 2012 #139
That's crazy, I'm sorry. Even with anxiety, I'm more functional than most Americans, adigal Dec 2012 #145
YOU are just one person. Th1onein Dec 2012 #197
http://www.paxilprogress.org/forums/ green for victory Dec 2012 #262
Thank you, green for victory. These forums explain a lot about the effects of withdrawing from Th1onein Dec 2012 #266
Nope. politicat Dec 2012 #6
I could not agree with you more! Thank you. n/t arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #45
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Dec 2012 #136
Exactly... sendero Dec 2012 #242
No. Hard to think of anything less important. cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #9
Is this an OP or an agenda? Do you know that the killer was on medication, bluestate10 Dec 2012 #10
We don't know anything for sure yet. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #11
NO! This is another red herring. Regardless of Adam Lanza's mental health, meds, riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #12
Because crazy people don't use knives, bombs, cars, etc to kill people? HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #80
Yeah. Because he killed 25 people with his teeth. GaYellowDawg Dec 2012 #119
Do you have a link for that claim? n/t Fumesucker Dec 2012 #13
Demonizing antidepressants is irresponsible. nt Comrade_McKenzie Dec 2012 #15
+999 trillion nt Jamastiene Dec 2012 #22
demonizing the shooters is preferable! green for victory Dec 2012 #65
"Demonizing the shooters"?? thucythucy Dec 2012 #102
Michael Moore disagrees green for victory Dec 2012 #111
You addressed nothing in my post thucythucy Dec 2012 #113
+1000 nt ProudProgressiveNow Dec 2012 #137
Prove it...nt SidDithers Dec 2012 #16
This Aspie takes Paxil and I couldn't hurt a fly. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #17
That's you, Odin2005. As many as five percent have adverse reactions involving violence to self or Th1onein Dec 2012 #18
Andrea Yates was high on Jesus. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #19
She might have been high on Jesus, but she was also on Prozac, and had just had her dosage changed Th1onein Dec 2012 #42
Takes a month or more for the drugs to take effect Confusious Dec 2012 #81
Please don't launch personal attacks, Confusious. It lowers the level of discourse on this forum. Th1onein Dec 2012 #87
You propound misinformation liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #109
So, let me get this straight....... Th1onein Dec 2012 #140
Nice way to deflect the fact liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #144
It's far from speculation when it's been reported as coming from an official involved in the Th1onein Dec 2012 #195
The medical examiner admitted liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #199
Why don't you do a search on this topic? I'm not talking about the medical examiner. Th1onein Dec 2012 #221
Just trying to figure out why you misrepresent things Confusious Dec 2012 #154
Let me refresh your memory, then.... Th1onein Dec 2012 #235
I suppose the PHD with a medical degree Confusious Dec 2012 #237
"your entire crusade is a personal attack against people who have mental illness" green for victory Dec 2012 #238
If you want to lock someone up on medication Confusious Dec 2012 #241
You forget one very important fact: THE DRUGS HAVE A BLACK BOX WARNING ON THEM. Th1onein Dec 2012 #248
You: Confusious Dec 2012 #251
If the safe administration of these drugs requires hospitalization, then yes, they must be Th1onein Dec 2012 #257
Changing your words? Confusious Dec 2012 #258
I haven't changed a thing. Th1onein Dec 2012 #261
You can't win or lose an argument against a fundy Confusious Dec 2012 #269
ANOTHER personal attack, Confusious! Calling me a fundie? Is Henry Waxman also a fundie? Th1onein Dec 2012 #271
Your entire OP is a personal attack thucythucy Dec 2012 #204
Wrong on all counts obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #150
Because 5% might be adversely affected, we should do away with the drugs and GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #25
GreenPartyVoter, 5% is 5% too many when they go on rampage killings. Th1onein Dec 2012 #44
And I gave you a suggestion on how to manage it, but how do we get it to happen? In the meantime not GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #51
We need to hospitalize people who are prescribed these drugs. Closely monitor them. Th1onein Dec 2012 #91
So I should be hospitalized if my Paxi dosage is ever changed? Odin2005 Dec 2012 #72
I think it's something we should consider, if not for everyone then at least under certain criteria, GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #95
Oh, yikes! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #97
*great big hugs back* GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #112
11% of Americans ove 12 years old take SSRIs. Walk away Dec 2012 #228
Hence the idea that certain criteria would need to be met. GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #233
EXACTLY, GreenPartyVoter! Th1onein Dec 2012 #267
Five percent do not go on "rampage killings." thucythucy Dec 2012 #207
I didn't realize the medications were the problem Adsos Letter Dec 2012 #27
The National Institutes of Health has done some work on the matter green for victory Dec 2012 #63
There is zero proof he was on any meds obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #151
And for every one incident you mention, there are millions who take Jamastiene Dec 2012 #28
Absolutely, there are many who experience no adverse reactions resulting in violent behavior. BUT Th1onein Dec 2012 #48
Yeah. With a gun. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #70
I don't find it hard to understand at all. But there are more weapons out there than just guns. Th1onein Dec 2012 #92
You are making shit up again!! adigal Dec 2012 #167
RIIIIIGHT! Because NO ONE who ever takes drugs does things that they later don't remember doing! Th1onein Dec 2012 #194
"As to proof that the Lanza boy [he was 20, BTW] had Asperger's thucythucy Dec 2012 #210
I'm not "smearing" ANYONE. I'm against these drugs because they are dangerous. Th1onein Dec 2012 #218
"I see no debunking..." thucythucy Dec 2012 #227
SSRIs affect memory? No. It's fair to say he was on them? NO! adigal Dec 2012 #253
Absolutely they can affect memory. Th1onein Dec 2012 #254
Suicidal tendencies and violent, destructive thoughts are behavioral side effects lunasun Dec 2012 #158
And SSRIs help a lot of people quit drinking adigal Dec 2012 #130
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Dec 2012 #166
Those folks probably drank soda too something should be done! upaloopa Dec 2012 #38
I have been on antidepressants since I was 20. And I am not violent. Jennicut Dec 2012 #67
disturbed people often seek help. they often take meds. mopinko Dec 2012 #85
Andrea Yates was mentally ill -- she had post partum psychosis obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #149
Andrea Yates was on an SSRI drug. Th1onein Jan 2013 #272
Thank you. AngryOldDem Dec 2012 #74
I could've sworn all DU lived in constant fear of your impending wrath Posteritatis Dec 2012 #174
Nope. ceile Dec 2012 #20
Please, please stop demonizing Asperger's and SSRIs. GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #21
Thank you. +999 trillion Jamastiene Dec 2012 #30
I am so glad they are helping! I wish mine did a bit more, but since I am bipolar 2 it's bit tricky GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #47
I am not demonizing Asperger's or any other mental illness or syndrome. Th1onein Dec 2012 #49
Then please edit your OP to reflect that, because right now it doesn't read that way to me at all. GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #61
I don't think that the OP needs any editing at all. Th1onein Dec 2012 #89
Yes, it does. It needs to liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #146
I'm sorry, but your information is incorrect. Th1onein Dec 2012 #196
Where is the official confirmation that he AS? liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #200
I doubt that anyone with a grain of critical thought could possibly take the OP seriously. Walk away Dec 2012 #229
Go look it up yourself. I'm not doing your homework for you. Th1onein Dec 2012 #234
Could have fooled me. AngryOldDem Dec 2012 #75
I am sorry you have been fooled, then. Th1onein Dec 2012 #90
It's too late now, but you should have edited the title to your post, then. AngryOldDem Dec 2012 #243
The title to the OP is not demonizing anyone. THERE IS NO SUBTEXT except to people who can't Th1onein Dec 2012 #244
You absolutely are demonizing people with Asperger's. thucythucy Dec 2012 #103
THANK YOU. liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #148
I'm so sorry to hear of the difficulties your family has encountered and continues to encounter. thucythucy Dec 2012 #184
Thanks. "Aspies" is a term liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #187
Thanks! thucythucy Dec 2012 #188
I just wanted to add that Neoma thucythucy Dec 2012 #185
The OP has been saying stupid things about SSRIs for years. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #73
Yeah, there seem to be a few people who feel similarly. GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #84
Thank you, thank you, thank you! liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #114
*hugs* I have a son that is PDD, but has a lot of Aspie-like features as one GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #126
Here's the deal: You don't know anything about this. MineralMan Dec 2012 #23
Thank you. n/t Jamastiene Dec 2012 #32
Not a problem at all. MineralMan Dec 2012 #39
No, here's the deal. If you are on an SSRI antidepressant, you are TWELVE times more likely to Th1onein Dec 2012 #50
NO! The "root of the violence" is the guns and our gun culture. nt riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #66
It's very irresponsible of you to speculate like this muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #71
SSRI's are never used to "treat" Asperger's. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #76
Please don't split hairs. SSRIs are often used to treat certain aspects of Aspergers. Th1onein Dec 2012 #88
I take Paxil for ANXIETY, not my Asperger's Odin2005 Dec 2012 #98
And your point? Th1onein Dec 2012 #141
But, even if true, that doesn't matter in this case liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #180
No one is scapegoating Asperger sufferers. This is very obvious. Th1onein Dec 2012 #192
The fact that multiple people on this thread thucythucy Dec 2012 #212
A lot of people insisted that the world was going to end yesterday, too, but that didn't make it Th1onein Dec 2012 #217
So now you're comparing every DU'er who has called you out on your irresponsible thucythucy Dec 2012 #225
The hell you're not scapegoating them, liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #215
You're wrong. Simply wrong. Th1onein Dec 2012 #255
I've never been told I could take medication NiteOwll Dec 2012 #104
Do a cross reference search on SSRI drugs and Asperger's. Th1onein Dec 2012 #143
Your sources don't prove your point. NiteOwll Dec 2012 #171
You very apparently don't understand the point that I was trying to make. In fact, you reiterate my Th1onein Dec 2012 #193
Excuse me, but will you PLEASE liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #198
Excuse me, but will YOU PLEASE Th1onein Dec 2012 #236
you said it! likesmountains 52 Dec 2012 #247
Jesus H. Christ, ONE MORE TIME. liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #116
That's about 12 times the bullshit I need to hear. GaYellowDawg Dec 2012 #120
I think you have it backwards adigal Dec 2012 #147
"The shooter in Connecticut..." There you go again. thucythucy Dec 2012 #211
I guess the fact that a high percentage of people on SSRIs are depressed to begin with has nothing.. Walk away Dec 2012 #231
This is a topic that everyone here has an opinion about upaloopa Dec 2012 #29
Frankly, I don't see that as being very decisive BlueStreak Dec 2012 #31
Something slipped through the cracks here and maybe everyone Cleita Dec 2012 #35
No. It strikes me as dim-witted scapegoating. n/t gkhouston Dec 2012 #36
Except it's not "often treated with antidepressants" Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #37
Yes, it is. Th1onein Dec 2012 #268
Would you prefer that people with mental illnesses received no treatment? Motown_Johnny Dec 2012 #40
Autism is not a mental illness. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #46
It appears he had developed a mental illness in addition. HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #82
They're damned if they do and damned if they don't with this crowd Posteritatis Dec 2012 #175
Sounds like Scientologist, anti-pychiatry bullshit to me...nt SidDithers Dec 2012 #43
There is apparently nothing whatsoever at present to suggest dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #54
They haven't found any evidence that he was on any medication. There was none in the home... nessa Dec 2012 #56
No. Warpy Dec 2012 #59
Your tinfoil's on too tight. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #62
Experts: No link between Asperger's, violence pinto Dec 2012 #64
No. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #69
why isn't the media at least asking the question? Isn't that their job? No Compromise Dec 2012 #77
They aren't asking because there's no evidence he was on any drugs. jeff47 Dec 2012 #179
So I finally read the complete list of symptoms for Aspergers, ecstatic Dec 2012 #78
We don't know what, if any, treatment he was getting. HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #79
No, I'm an aspie who has taken antidepressants off and on DotGone Dec 2012 #83
I think your mind reading act needs a little work... Blue Idaho Dec 2012 #86
Fox News And The New York Times Abet Media Effort To Falsely Link Autism With CT Shooting Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #94
Thank you. This has been one of my fears (there are so many) since this broke. Butterbean Dec 2012 #106
Thank you for this post. thucythucy Dec 2012 #232
There is at present nothing whatsoever to confirm he was on anything at all. dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #96
It's the fucking conspiracy theory that just won't die... SidDithers Dec 2012 #99
I've taught lots of kids with Aspergers. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #100
Yet another thread goes straight to the trashcan. n/t MadrasT Dec 2012 #105
Even if true, correlation isn't causality Orangepeel Dec 2012 #108
Speaking as someone who has taken anti-depressants for many years... rox63 Dec 2012 #110
YES - This! get the red out Dec 2012 #134
None of us knows what he is diagnosed with, Marrah_G Dec 2012 #115
No. Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #117
You beat me to it, Starry obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #121
Thank you! liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #123
^^^ Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2012 #129
It strikes me as important that we should be focusing on adequate mental health treatment Skidmore Dec 2012 #125
Does it strike anyone as important that there are a lot of red herrings being posted? kiva Dec 2012 #127
It's pretty amazing Aerows Dec 2012 #135
No. Not important. The easy accersability to guns and ammunition are the root cause. nt bowens43 Dec 2012 #128
Millions of people take antidepressants Aerows Dec 2012 #132
Since when are antidepressants used to "treat" Aspergers? TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #142
There is no proof he was an Aspie nor was on meds obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #153
Antidepressants do a lot more good than harm. The people taking them are often in crisis before Michigan Alum Dec 2012 #155
He was not under a psychiatrist's care so he was NOT on any antidepressants. Michigan Alum Dec 2012 #156
Nor is there any proof other than liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #159
One more time, I ask in the name of liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #161
I see it as irresponsibilty, either way. JohnnyLib2 Dec 2012 #162
Indeed. But then again, liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #163
Brave New World tama Dec 2012 #165
You've gotta be kidding me. liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #168
I was inclined to answer tama Dec 2012 #177
No. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are on antidepressants Taverner Dec 2012 #169
Well, this kind of black and white thinking liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #182
Nope, but what I do feel is striking... countryjake Dec 2012 #172
I wonder how many people the current "demonize the mentally ill + treatment" craze will kill. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #178
Excellent point. thucythucy Dec 2012 #223
Unrec. Pure conjecture and misleading. Owl Dec 2012 #181
I think it was the guns. /nt yardwork Dec 2012 #186
The immdiate issue is not about sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #203
I've taken antidepressants for years cherish44 Dec 2012 #205
excuse me, but where the fuck did you come up with his diagnosis and treatment, Dr.? magical thyme Dec 2012 #209
NO. freshwest Dec 2012 #216
I took them until ... Eddie Haskell Dec 2012 #220
Aspergers is NOT a condition that is treated with medication cherish44 Dec 2012 #222
+1 n/t duffyduff Dec 2012 #230
No. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #240
Not me. steve2470 Dec 2012 #245
In all liklihood, this guy was misdiagnosed. He was a Paranoid Schizophrenic. MichiganVote Dec 2012 #246
The Niagara Falls Reporter?... SidDithers Dec 2012 #256
How about the US GOV National Institutes of Health green for victory Dec 2012 #259
And that shows that Lanza was taking anti-depressants where?...nt SidDithers Dec 2012 #260
no time to waste now on those who refuse to see green for victory Dec 2012 #263
Does that link show Lanza was taking anti-depressants?... SidDithers Dec 2012 #264
It strikes me as important that he had a bushmaster with a high capacity magazine. Iggo Dec 2012 #265
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