What people seem to forget is that even with drugs, depressed people need to be in regular competent counseling!
depressed people need to be in regular competent counseling!
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They do not need to be depressed for doctors to give it to them. And they certainly not monitored.
_I have a friend who had to get off the estrogen patch and was having night sweats.............her doctor put her on effexor.
Primary care doctors prescribe SSRI-antidepressants to millions of adults, adolescents and children, certainly not only for treatment of depression anymore. SSRI’s are prescribed for school phobias, bed wetting, eating disorders, sleep disturbances (insomnia), nail biting, hair pulling, headache, gambling addiction, alcohol addiction, back pain, stomach upset, premenstrual syndrome, etc., and even to “feel better then well”. SSRI’s have become all purpose “feel good pills”, nowadays, Unfortunately many doctors are unaware of the major consequences and some of them don’t even seem to care. They argue that the positive effects of SSRI’s far outweigh their negative effects. Nothing could be further from the truth.
http://www.antidepressantsfacts.com/introduction.htm
Almost 3.5 billion was made on effexor alone last year and other anti-depressants following closely.
Clinical studies of these drugs are alarming.
What can be done about these greed lobbying drug comapnies?
Sad for our nation.