Correlation seen between antidepressants, violence

News-Press.com ^ | 9-10-01 | Andi Atwater

[Slyfox]

While Southwest Florida reels from news that yet another mother is accused of killing her child, a handful of doctors and researchers say the link to antidepressant drugs cannot be ignored.

Leslie Wallace, 39, of North Fort Myers, is one of a startling number of people whose unexpected acts of violence are being correlated to depression and the drugs prescribed to curb it.

[Al B.]

There is a mountain of solid medical evidence linking these drugs to violence/suicide.......research done by people renowned in their field.

But don't let me spoil your fun....they're all scientologists. Right?

[Fred Mertz]

Bump!

[Cogadh na Sith]

When you see it happen to somebody with your own eyes you will realize it is not propaganda.

You've seen someone actually taking antidepressants, with the correct level in their bloodstream commit murder!?

Really?!

As I have said on another thread--I was diagnosed with clinical depression. I am currently on zoloft. I have taken it before and gotten off of it successfully with no side effects or anything weird.

I am happy, productive and entirely rational. I am also a gun owner.

If you think there is such a strong link, do you think the police should confiscate my guns while I am on zoloft?

The Scientologists are not your friends. They are nobody's friends.

[ctdonath2]

Such mind-altering substances affect different people differently. What you take clearly works for you. What one dear friend took (prozac) promptly sent her over the edge; fortunately she's still alive, but won't talk about those three weeks. Such mind modifiers do work in general, which is why they're prescribed; question is, is it worth the risk of what it does to a small but significant percentage of the population?

[Cogadh na Sith]

There is a mountain of solid medical evidence linking these drugs to violence/suicide.......research done by people renowned in their field.

Prove it, Yankee...

[Slyfox]

Unless they can prove that this behavior wouldn't happen if the people were depressed but not on drugs, this is just propaganda and not real research.

From what I understand, this behavior is expressed as results of taking the medication in a certain percentage of people, according to the list of complications provided by the drug companies themselves. What are we to do with people who actually do have these specific complications? Even if it is a small minority of people, they deserve to have their complication studied at length.

[Petronski]

There is a mountain of solid medical evidence linking these drugs to violence/suicide.......research done by people renowned in their field.

Citations please.

[Orual]

Go here for information on antidepressants.

[Al B.]

How many do you want?

[Slyfox]

At it again, I see.

Just posting a topic worthy of discussion.
Unless of course, you don't think I have the right to do that.

[Petronski]

It's your point, you prove it.

[Cogadh na Sith]

but won't talk about those three weeks.

Three weeks is not even long enough for the drug to reach the correct level, the 'theraputic' level in the bloodstream. It takes more like 4-6 weeks. Any doctor will have an individual slowly increase the dose to the correct level so it takes more like 6-8 weeks.

Like I said before: Liberals have guns as their bogeyman, conservatives have antidepressants as theirs...

[technochick99]

Even if it is a small minority of people, they deserve to have their complication studied at length.

Which is why you take these meds under medical supervision. C'mon... we all know it's the guns that cause murder and violence anyway. /sarcasm

[Slyfox]

Boris, You are in the majority of people who are not bothered by complications. What about the minority of people who do have real problems? Are they just a statistic?

[dighton]

Tricyclics? I don't even need training wheels!

[sten]

actually, one of the main blockers of serotonin would be asparatame, otherwise known as NutraSweet. This was known since the FDA approval of NutraSweet, back in the early 80's. About 1 in 1,000 are susceptible to it. Check the label of a diet soda. Notice the warning label? it's there, look closely...

One of the main known side effects was depression. Tumors, cysts and siezures are also among then other known side effects.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Just posting a topic worthy of discussion

You have posted Scientologist propaganda. It should be discussed in that context.

[ctdonath2]

You've seen someone actually taking antidepressants, with the correct level in their bloodstream commit murder!?

Yup. She was stable until they switched her to Prozac. Promptly slit her own wrists. (Self-murder counts, right?)

Just because mind-altering medications work for you doesn't mean they don't mess up anyone else.

[ctdonath2]

Three weeks is not even long enough for the drug to reach the correct level

Those weeks were when she went over the edge. Don't recall how long the ramp-up period was, but methinks it was short. It was clearly the antidepressant that induced the behavior.

[Cogadh na Sith]

What about the minority of people who do have real problems? Are they just a statistic?

What about the minority of children murdered by firearms? Are they just a statistic?

Don't you know that Americans are too stupid to be trusted with firearms and antidepressants--let alone firearms AND antidepressants!

< /heavy sarcasm >