Posted on 11/21/2005 2:45:45 PM PST by Jenny Hatch
"There is only one problem. "Not a single peer-reviewed article ... support[s] claims of serotonin deficiency in any mental disorder," scientists write in the December issue of the journal PLoS Medicine.
Indeed, a steady drip of studies have challenged the "serotonin did it" hypothesis."
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Here is the chat on the original PloS Essay:
Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature
Jenny Hatch
Here`s another interesting link:
http://www.drugawareness.org/home.html
Speaking for myself, I'd sooner trust the pills than a psychotherapist. I thought that most of Freud's theories have been refuted. Oh yes, I know, but there are others (waiting to be refuted, or pass into the sunset as the fashionable fads they are.)
The relapse rate for patients on pills is higher than for those getting cognitive-behavior psychotherapy.
It's hard to believe, isn't it, but then may be some people just need someone to talk to, and nothing else...
Many of these psychologists have more problems than the ones they pretend to help. There are however some good ones.
One counselor I was assigned to got in trouble for having sex with a client, then threatening her if she told anyone. He was found not guilty, but he no longer works for the place.
If you have never suffered through a lifetime of clincial depression, taken anti-depressants or gone through therapy... your opinion doesn't count.
I suspect more exercise would do the trick but I'm just too damn lazy.
*yawn* Aspirin was used for many decades before we understood how it works.
What happened to 'DO NOT HARM FIRST?' You give somebody a drug that 'might' change their symptoms but isn't a cure for anything and there is a good possibility that it may also cause side effects which could kill you or others? What else situation would that be logical or legal? Off the top of my head, I can't think of a good one but I'm sure there is an equal level of stupidity going on in other industries. Its one of the reasons that Microsoft isn't allowed to create drugs!!! They wouldn't always do what they were supposed to do and they could also risk crashing your nervous system and giving you terminal viruses.
Problem with most therapists could be that most of them active members of moveon.org
Chocolate is cheaper.
The only thing more dangerous than starting SSRI's is stopping them. But fortunately, they all tell you that there is no addiction and there are no withdrawal symptoms (believe them at your own risk).
May I ask if you are a Scientologist?
The only time I have been very depressed was after my son died. Pretty normal reaction. After 3 years I was still struggling and my doctor prescribed Prozac. Three weeks on Prozac and it was like the sun came out after a long storm. My son was still dead, nothing changed there, but I was able to get back into my life. I didn't even finish the prescription. I will say for some people they are the answer.
My husband, on the other hand took them for mild depression (years later) and he became almost suicidal.
Sure, why not? My Rabbi doesn't mind and neither would the people I got off of these drugs when I spent years working in a rehab facility.
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