Posted on 12/30/2004 10:16:24 PM PST by neverdem
Obviously this the problem. Never mind the drugs, never mind the individual, it was the gun. Ban guns. Never mind that if he didn't have an AK type rifle, he'd have used a shotgun. If he didn't have a shotgun, he might just have blown the whole place to Kingdom Come, using a propane gas cylinder and a match.
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What are you, telepathic? Happy New Year!
Years ago my doctor tried to put me on Prozac. I lost 3 pounds in three days, had a resting HR of 140, RR 40 and slept three hours a night. He halved the dose and my HR went down to 110, RR 24. Paxil was a different type of hell.
The stuff is poison. I went the alternative medicine route.
Which was what, if I may ask, St. John's wort?
At first I tried homeopathy. I found a MD is San Francisco who utilized it in his practice. It didn't solve my particular problem, but I have used an OTC product for something else which was quite effective. I do know others who had great success using homeopathy.
Ayurveda worked well for me. The Hindu system treats the body as a whole system, using certain foods, herbs, body work and prayer practice. Plus it is thousands of years old and the best organized system of natural medicine I've found. There wasn't one herb per se that helped me because programs are tailored to the individual and my situation was complicated. One person might take one herb which might be totally wrong for another person with the same problem. My practitioner didn't target a disease but focused on putting my entire body back in balance. Over the years I have become more sensitive to conventional drugs so this system is preferable to me whenever possible.
"as it is similar to cocaine in its effects on serotonin."
Wrong.
Cocaine causes the release of large amounts of dopamine, another neurotransmitter.
Some people DO have adverse reactions to these drugs, but I am certain they have saved far more lives than they have taken.
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There is a small percentage of the population that cannot metabolize a byproduct of the earlier SSRIs. It sounds like you are one of them.
Wrong.
Cocaine causes the release of large amounts of dopamine, another neurotransmitter.
I have read that virtually all addictive substances to include nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and heroin involves the neuortransmitter dopamine.
Many antidepressants can be considered stimulants and have the same adverse effects as the amphetamines. Enter antidepressants AND stimulants into the previous link. You'll find 771 citations.
Neverdem, as much as I respect BMJ as a legitimate medical journal, when they quote anything by Dr. Peter Breggin, Scientologist, a member of the Board of Directors of the Church of Scientology, and a founding member of Scientology's sub-cult Citizen's Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) the entire credibility of the article is toast.
Now why would a Democratic Congressman be hot against Eli Lilly & Co., the manufacturer of Prozac?
This may be only a coincidence, but President George H.W. Bush, our President's Father, was at one point the CEO of Eli Lilly & Co.
"George H W Bush was on Eli Lilly's board of directors, as was Ken Lay."
That's the best that I can find with a google, and that's an obviously left wing website.
Regarding your previous point that Breggin is a scientologist, and thusly discredited in your eyes, that's your prerogative. That's news to me. However, I do know that Breggin has been a determined crusader against drugging children, mostly boys, for attention deficit disorder(ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD), diagnoses that are controversial and which have become current epidemics for what was previously considered normal behavior for boys.
Dr. Peter Breggin is a Scientologist. Breggin's membership in the cult of Scientology has everything to do with his lack of credibility on all issues.
Dr. Peter Breggin belongs to a cult which believes in Xenu, a cult which believes that aliens inhabit human bodies and a cult which condones destroying/ discrediting members of the cult when they attempt to leave.
Scientologist Dr. Peter Breggin has spewed disinformation about the heritable neurological condition known as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Scientologist Dr. Peter Breggin led a legal team of Scientologists in their attack against Novartis, pharmaceutical company and manufacturer of Ritalin, one medication used for over forty years in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Scientologist Dr. Peter Breggin, and his team of Scientology lawyers lost their Scientology sponsored lawsuit against Novartis, and they lost their earlier Scientology sponsored Prozac lawsuit against Eli Lilly & Co.
The article is about Prozac, but the information comes from the Scientologists. Therefore the article is skewed at the very least but more likely it is pure disinformation.
The link you provided goes to a parent directory with folders entitled "detoxification", "beingalkaline" "human parasite" "cleanse your liver", "world-health-site" which coincidentally bears the name of yet another sub group of the Church of Scientology.
However I disagree with everything which is tainted by the Church of Scientology.
There have been times in the past when I've found enjoyment discussing issues muddled up by Scientology, but it's New Year's Eve, and I'm needing to catch up on some real life things.
Happy New Year to you and yours!
The FDA has just required a black box warning on all prescriptions of SSRIs because of its tendency to cause suicidal ideation.
Columbine shooter was prescribed anti-depressant
Teen Says Antidepressants Led to Slayings
The SSRIs are potent enough that when various adverse effects become intolerable in some folks they are switched to Prozac, because of its longer half-life, as they are gradually weaned off of them in order to avoid withdrawal or discontinuation syndrome.
Happy New Year!
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