SSRI's are meds such as Paxil. There are about 20 of them by now. If you "Google SSRI's you will find a large controversy about whether or not they cause more harm than good. Now they have finally been forced to put warnings about murder/suicide from teens on the box.
The controversy started with their release on the market. L-Tryptophan is a natural chemical that you get from eating turkey, for example that produces serotonin that your brain uses to calm you and make you happy. We got a bad batch from overseas that killed a person so the gubmint banned ALL L-Tryptophan for sale. The same week, Big Pharma introduced Paxil and the rest is history. A large percentage of people are now on SSRI's of some sort and it alters your brain chemistry. You will have some difficulty getting off of it should you chose to. I've personally seen it with a family member and it looks like someone withdrawing from heroin. Ask a doctor, he says no way.
If I was a conspiracy theory type, I might think the government wants all of us on a drug that we can't live without so we will get Government insurance and accept anything they want to do gladly. A few school shootings will pale in comparison when the government gets 50% hooked and then we vote to cut the program. Ain't gonna happen. I think one of the Robo Cop movies had a similar plot.
Go to a doctor and tell him you have trouble sleeping, He will whip out his pad and give you an SSRI. Tell him you don't want one and he's ready to get you committed. They want you on an SSRI if your toe hurts.
Remember soma in Brave New World?
My son was in the care of a quack who gave him Ritalin.
My ex-wife did it without my approval nor with my knowledge. Once he was on it, I was reluctant to take him off because of the withdrawl effects.
A year later, she’s telling me how wonderful he’s doing in school and in camps. Come to find out, my sweet son was having so much rage that if he hadn’t been 8 at the time, he’d have been arrested for assaulting her. He threatened to kill another student. Threatened to chop another into little pieces and threatened to slit another’s throat with a pair of scissors. She was hiding all this so I couldn’t get him back.
Now, we’ve found out all this and finally got him off that horrid drug, and he’s doing so much better. He’s calm, loving and wonderful to be with.
It’s horrid. He went from a sweet little boy to a monster. Now, he’s back.