Posted on 04/08/2018 5:36:25 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Victoria Toline needed nine months to taper off Zoloft. “I had to drop out of school,” she said. “My life’s been on hold.”
Victoria Toline would hunch over the kitchen table, steady her hands and draw a bead of liquid from a vial with a small dropper. It was a delicate operation that had become a daily routine — extracting ever tinier doses of the antidepressant she had taken for three years, on and off, and was desperately trying to quit.
“Basically that’s all I have been doing — dealing with the dizziness, the confusion, the fatigue, all the symptoms of withdrawal,” said Ms. Toline, 27, of Tacoma, Wash. It took nine months to wean herself from the drug, Zoloft, by taking increasingly smaller doses.
“I couldn’t finish my college degree,” she said. “Only now am I feeling well enough to try to re-enter society and go back to work.”
Long-term use of antidepressants is surging in the United States, according to a new analysis of federal data by The New York Times. Some 15.5 million Americans have been taking the medications for at least five years. The rate has almost doubled since 2010, and more than tripled since 2000.
Nearly 25 million adults, like Ms. Toline, have been on antidepressants for at least two years, a 60 percent increase since 2010.
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“Too many doctors are just pharma salesmen.”
Tylenol destroys the liver and kidneys.
Soros wants everyone on drugs.
Eli Lilly doesn’t pray.
But it collects billions.
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, the answer's always Jesus.
You are really silly.
I was given xanex by a doctor to help sleep even though I did not need it (did not use).
Robin Williams was given all sorts of drugs for his perceived issues. He killed himself due to them.
Yep. Fact.
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