Posted by Francesco on August 31, 2003, at 13:17:36
In reply to Re: Questions about SSRI's, any feedback? » krybrahaha, posted by galkeepinon on August 31, 2003, at 1:51:40
My personal insight about SSRIs and violence is that TCAs are quite sedating so, even if you would like to commit violence you'd probably not have the strenght. Onether reason could be that, according to my psychiatrist's opinion, TCAs kick in a more gradually way while SSRIs more suddenly. I think that SSRIs can sometimes disinhibit without improving mood (at least in the first weeks). Last but not least I think media are more interested in blaming SSRIs because they are perceveid by the public as THE antidepressants (few people knows about Anafranil but almost everyone has heard about Prozac). Anyway I found that both lessen my empathy and strenghen my assertiveness. I think that this could lead to violence in predisposed individual. When I was on Paxil my sexual fantasies were quite rude ... but if you put them in pratics or not, I think, depend strongly on your previuos moral code, education, and so on.
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