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damien_s_lucifer
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Posted on: May 25 2002,22:29 |
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Okay, there have now been one too many articles stating SSRIs are no more effective than placebo.
So fuck it, I'm quitting. Made my first reduction in dose a week and a half ago... so far, so good. My brain already feels clearer.
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Wiley
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Posted on: May 25 2002,23:17 |
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Thanks for digging that up. I'm trying to get just about every girl I know off Prozac. They are all on the stuff only because they are sad when they don't have a boyfriend. HELLO ...that's fucking normal!! I hate doctors that will just perscribe anything to make a buck. I've always believed that if you activley change the parts of your life that you are not happy about then the rest will just fall into place. I know there are a lot of people in this forum who reley on such drugs and I'm not one to be the judge if they need it or not, but I can tell you that many of my friends don't ...they just need more positivity in their lives.
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Bob_the_Cannibal
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Posted on: May 26 2002,00:31 |
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Quote (Wiley @ 25 May 2002,15:17) | They are all on the stuff only because they are sad when they don't have a boyfriend. |
Never fear, Canni is here, and he brought his faithful sidekicks, Pepe, his Mariache boys, and a 1000 count box of trojans...
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CycleLady
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Posted on: May 26 2002,05:40 |
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The brain is a very powerful organ. An excerpt from the article damien_s_lucifer referenced: "'...We don't really understand psychiatric disorders at a biological level.' Patients with similar symptoms, he explained, may have different problems with their brain chemistry. Scientists don't understand the neural mechanisms of depression -- or why medicines like Prozac and Paxil work."
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are a miracle for some folks. Although, I imagine they are over prescribed. I find it amazing with all the intellect in this world, no one understands psychiatric disorders at a biological level. We can send men to the moon, look beyond the Milky Way with a telescope, but the human body eludes scienctists on so many levels.
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Beastie Dr
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Posted on: May 26 2002,05:42 |
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Anti-depressants are bullshit, and I would NEVER, EVER take them. Not only do they fuck you up in SSRI/MAOI combos, they numb EVERYTHING emotional.
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ic0n0
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Posted on: May 26 2002,06:02 |
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Quote (Beastie Dr @ 25 May 2002,15:42) | Anti-depressants are bullshit, and I would NEVER, EVER take them. Not only do they fuck you up in SSRI/MAOI combos, they numb EVERYTHING emotional. |
Not in my experience. And I do not take ssri’s or maoi’s I take effoxer the magic drug.
Edited by ic0n0 on Jan. 01 1970,01:00
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CatKnight
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Posted on: May 26 2002,06:12 |
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I doubt that I have any actual problems, but I'd love to get my hands on some ritalin. I'd like to see how well I can focus my attention on tests or games while on the stuff.
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Beastie Dr
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Posted on: May 26 2002,06:54 |
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Well. Very well. That stuff is a godsend, however, I certainly slip into the realm of "abuse" on that shit, since I go through 75 pills in about 5 days.
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veistran
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Posted on: May 26 2002,08:00 |
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it is very interesting how much of workings of the brain are still understood in best guess form only.
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damien_s_lucifer
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Posted on: May 26 2002,11:14 |
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i would have agreed with you until about a week ago, ic0n0. but i have noticed a definate increase in emotional content lately. not the major ones so much as the little ones.
it's strange, but lately I've been walking around going "wow... I feel things. This is cool."
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