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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 01:41 PM Original message |
Antidepression Med Use Skyrocketed over 20 Years |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. That seems about right. |
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lbrtbell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Thanks for being prejudiced against people with mood disorders |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Almost everyone I know |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Really... |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. No. They're the ones ON the drugs. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think some of this has to do with the introduction of Prozac in 1986 |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. I'm not convinced that SSRIs have been a big improvement. Let me share my story. |
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cbayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Withdrawal from SSRI's is a problem, particularly if you are on them |
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lbrtbell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Paxil has been a godsend for me |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I used to have panic attacks constantly. I started taking Paxil and no more panic attacks. |
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zazen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Paxil withdrawal was a nightmare, but some meds are very useful |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. I tried several, and all of them had bad, bad side effects for me. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. I was on Paxil for almost 5 years and was successfully weaned off them. |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. If our masses weren't medicated they'd be suicidal by now |
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SixthSense (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm holding out for soma |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. I'm holding out for GLeeMONEX. nt |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah they stuck me on that garbage too |
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Smilo (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Curious - what's the drug? n/t |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Synthetic T4 - L-thyroxine n/t |
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Smilo (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Thank you :) n/t |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. I'm hypothyroid as well. Hashimoto's since age 12. |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I'm one of the lucky ones that can tolerate synthetics |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yep, it's the income inequality, check out the book "The Spirt Level" |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. The meds caused my to grind my teeth at night: I have significant enamel loss now |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. Americans numbing the pain of the failed economy. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. At least we get some kind of crutch during this time in our history |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. People, overall, are overmedicated . . . IMHO, of course. |
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UnrepentantLiberal (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I like to throw in that since the 70s women have been barraged with |
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jkappy (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The New Age and Psycho-Therapy Have Subsumed the |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. "We agree. What we need to do is punch the hippie new age shrinks." - RepubliBaggers |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. I agree, but it's up to them to realize they are being fed propoganda and bs. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. (Usually, there's something wrong with their mate) |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Yep, and they make you gain tons of weight. no thanks. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. So 70% of all antidepressants |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It's so much easier than finding what's really wrong |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. They're too lazy to check their thyroid function. |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think people mistake being sad with depression. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. +1 |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
28. Tried it, none of them worked for my anxiety. Made me a walking zombie and I gained 40 lbs. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
32. On the Happy Planet Index |
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SomeGuyInEagan (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. Direct marketing of pharma to the public plays a role |
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