Posted by Susan J on August 7, 2003, at 12:15:28
In reply to Re: NYTimes:Debate on SSRIs and Suicide risk continues » jrbecker, posted by Larry Hoover on August 7, 2003, at 11:43:31
As Larry said >>To blame the drugs is a little bit short-sighted. The issue is how the patients are managed, under care.
<<I agree with this completely. However, I was getting biweekly therapy sessions, had eliminated as many stress factors in my life as possible, and my therapist swears up and down that I'm emotionally "healthy" (e.g. healthy habits), but chemically depressed.
I never felt any suicidal urges until I starting taking Paxil. While this is anecdotal evidence only, I really believe that it was the drug, which gave me almost every side effect in the book and which never subsided, that caused me to fall into such despair as to want to kill myself.
I don't think there is any sole factor that causes depression, but I do think it's very difficult to pin down exactly what is not working or even hurting you. My therapist touted Paxil as the Miracle Drug. I truly hope for some people it is. It wasn't for me.
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