Posted by Vesper on February 17, 2000, at 0:48:07
I have had bad experiences with SSRIs, and I told my Pdoc(this happened last year) that I wouldn't take SSRIs. He recommended Effexor. I asked if it was an SSRI and he said no. Of course I got the same side effects as the SSRIs and when I looked it up I discovered it is not an SSRI, but it IS an SRI. In other words, almost the same thing, with roughly the same side-effect profile, it just isn't selective in its inhibition of the reuptake of seratonin(or something like that.) This seems to be a common thing with psychiatrists, they think they can just say anything they want as long as it is *technically* true. Now they say if I don't do certain things they won't treat me anymore at UCLA, but I'm not sure I can do these things, and if they won't see me anymore, there's nothing else I can do. Anyway my therapist is leaving for several months at least anyway, I don't know what I'm trying to say, sorry for the ramble.
Hey, does anyone know how many stories one must fall to be certain of death?
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