Posted by McPac on June 15, 2003, at 19:41:03
In reply to I never would've believed it but (re SSRI's):, posted by Janelle on June 15, 2003, at 18:23:09
The question is, did the ssri's CAUSE your anger OR did they just trigger the hypomania, which had anger as one of it's symptoms? (There is a difference; I'm wondering if it is the ssri ITSELF that caused the anger or if the ssri could have been "interchanged" with any other anti-dep. and merely acted as a catalyst which triggered the hypomanic anger?)
I am REALLY beginning to believe that MANY people get very bad anger/irritability that is CAUSED by the ssri's. They then, in many cases, attribute the anger/irrit. to hypomania, or some other psychiatric condition when for MANY (if not MOST) it is the ssri ITSELF that is to blame! These supposedly "safer, better, less side effect" ssri's (so the hype goes) will one day be acknowledged for being just the opposite. If it weren't for ocd and absolutely NEEDING to take an ssri (not much else to choose from for severe ocd), I'd run from these ssri's.
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