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To: neverdem
Most people are unable to understand that Prozac, a drug they consider to be a powerful mood altering antidepressant, is very capable of altering the mood in negative ways.

They fortunately or unfortunately have never seen the frenzy and obsession this drug can precipitate in an otherwise normal mildly depressed person. I have more than once. I also saw the reaction of the psychiatrist to the mania/frenzy it produced in one person. The person instantly became Bipolar II. Never mind that before an SSRI there were never any of these symptoms. The solution? Addition of Tegretol followed by other "mood stabilizers". And I liked being told that "most in these cases end up on lithium" and "she is going to need medicine to live a normal life". Lithium is a drug with nasty side effects. Thank God that person stopped the Prozac. (With another doctor's help) Today, eight years later, that person lives a normal drug free life without a single "manic" episode.

This drug class has its uses. It is a powerful effective drug (though by no means as broadly effective as they would have you believe). It just should be recognized for what it is and prescribed accordingly. It is a very powerful drug with a risk (how significant we don't know due to the research techniques) of mania, obsession and agitation and should be prescribed with that full knowledge.

29 posted on 03/26/2005 1:05:28 PM PST by Nov3 ("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
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To: Nov3
Most people are unable to understand that Prozac, a drug they consider to be a powerful mood altering antidepressant, is very capable of altering the mood in negative ways.

Not to mention that it prevents orgasm and ejaculation in some individuals. Takes a lot of the fun out of masturbation, which could really mess up a 16 year-old boy's life.

35 posted on 03/26/2005 1:19:33 PM PST by AZLiberty ("Insurgence" is futile. You will be eliminated.)
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