Antidepressants

anonymous · 05-18-2009, 05:51 PM

I really, really, really wanna go back on them again.

I'm gonna.

Undertoad · 05-18-2009, 06:01 PM

ain't no shame if that's what you need.

Pico and ME · 05-18-2009, 06:52 PM

In February, I went to my doctor to do just that...I asked for a prescription to Prozac. However, just about that time, I started taking omega 3 fish oil supplements AND the sun started staying out longer...I ended up not needing the Prozac.

limey · 05-19-2009, 05:31 AM

Absolutely what UT says.
You wouldn't think twice if it were asthma drugs, would you? Your symptoms are worse, the drugs control them - go for it. Absolutely.

DanaC · 05-19-2009, 06:58 AM

I agree. If they help, then get them. The stigma around anti-depressants is partly due to the over-use of them for people who don't need/won't be helped by them. Then again, some people over-use aspirin and paracetamol: doesn't mean someone with a headache shouldn't take them.

Madman · 05-19-2009, 10:10 AM

If you need them - you need them. God knows I've thought about them a time or two... or threety... times.

If you work for the State or the Federal Government - they should be requisite to the job. Personally, I think they should have coffers situated in various places throughout the workplace of all Government Offices. Prozac, Xanax and Paxil should be in vending machines.

It's those voices for me... they never shut up.

SteveDallas · 05-19-2009, 10:23 AM

Just shut up already.. my voices are tired of hearing your voices. (They told me so, of course.)

jinx · 11-12-2009, 06:59 PM

Why antidepressants don't work for so many.

Quote:

More than half the people who take antidepressants for depression never get relief. Why? Because the cause of depression has been oversimplified and drugs designed to treat it aim at the wrong target, according to new research from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The medications are like arrows shot at the outer rings of a bull's eye instead of the center.

A study from the laboratory of long-time depression researcher Eva Redei, presented at the Neuroscience 2009 conference in Chicago this week, appears to topple two strongly held beliefs about depression. One is that stressful life events are a major cause of depression. The other is that an imbalance in neurotransmitters in the brain triggers depressive symptoms.

Both findings are significant because these beliefs were the basis for developing drugs currently used to treat depression.

Cloud · 11-12-2009, 07:11 PM

omg, there's no hope! (runs off sobbing)

classicman · 11-12-2009, 07:18 PM

Quote:

"There hasn't been an antidepressant based on a novel concept in 20 years."

Her findings are based on extensive studies with a model of severely depressed rats that mirror many behavioral and physiological abnormalities found in patients with major depression. The rats, after decades of development, are believed to be the most depressed in the world.

Interesting article - It would be absolutely revolutionary if we can really target the true cause and create a treatment...

lumberjim · 11-12-2009, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

omg, there's no hope! (runs off sobbing)

I LOLLED

Cloud · 11-12-2009, 07:55 PM

it's not funny! (sniff)

footfootfoot · 11-12-2009, 08:43 PM

I find nothing motivates me quite like cannabis.

Admittedly, it's a non-focused, somewhat hyperactive, undiscerning, indiscriminate, and free-associative motivation. But I can clean the back of the fridge like no one's business.

jujuwwhite · 11-13-2009, 05:29 AM

The advantage of having multiple personalities is you are never alone!

DanaC · 11-13-2009, 07:01 AM

Damned handy if your task for the day is trawling through page after page of digitised newprint, looking for references to 'desertion'.

05-18-2009, 05:51 PM	#1
anonymous Operations Operative Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: in hiding Posts: 578	Antidepressants I really, really, really wanna go back on them again. I'm gonna.

05-19-2009, 05:31 AM	#4
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Absolutely what UT says. You wouldn't think twice if it were asthma drugs, would you? Your symptoms are worse, the drugs control them - go for it. Absolutely. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

11-12-2009, 07:11 PM	#9
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	omg, there's no hope! (runs off sobbing) __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-12-2009, 07:55 PM	#12
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	it's not funny! (sniff) __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-18-2009, 06:01 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	ain't no shame if that's what you need.

05-18-2009, 06:52 PM	#3
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	In February, I went to my doctor to do just that...I asked for a prescription to Prozac. However, just about that time, I started taking omega 3 fish oil supplements AND the sun started staying out longer...I ended up not needing the Prozac.

05-19-2009, 10:10 AM	#6
Madman has left the building. Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 455	If you need them - you need them. God knows I've thought about them a time or two... or threety... times. If you work for the State or the Federal Government - they should be requisite to the job. Personally, I think they should have coffers situated in various places throughout the workplace of all Government Offices. Prozac, Xanax and Paxil should be in vending machines. It's those voices for me... they never shut up.

05-19-2009, 10:23 AM	#7
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Just shut up already.. my voices are tired of hearing your voices. (They told me so, of course.)

11-12-2009, 08:43 PM	#13
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I find nothing motivates me quite like cannabis. Admittedly, it's a non-focused, somewhat hyperactive, undiscerning, indiscriminate, and free-associative motivation. But I can clean the back of the fridge like no one's business.

11-13-2009, 05:29 AM	#14
jujuwwhite Capnhowdy's #1 smasher Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Rentz, GA Posts: 339	The advantage of having multiple personalities is you are never alone!

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