Posted by catachrest on September 8, 2003, at 22:49:52
In reply to Re: anti-depressants given to those not depressed » catachrest, posted by KimberlyDi on September 8, 2003, at 12:50:16
Just for the record, I never intended to nor would I ever give my medication to someone to whom it hadn't been prescribed, especially just for kicks. I had tried to make it clear that she was just joking - she wouldn't take them either, and both of us for just the reasons you mention below. My question was purely hypothetical. :D Thanks for caring, though. I really do appreciate your answer. And really, even if she were serious about wanting to try it for those reasons, I'm sure the initial acclimatization side-effects would cure her of that really fast. :)
Yours,
Susan
> I wouldn't like to give my son or younger siblings drugs just so they could experience the side effects. That's just curiosity and it falls under drug abuse; taking a drug for reasons other than what it was prescribed for. AD's mess with your brain, period. In theory, it's interesting to wonder if a non-depressed person would become manic after taking an AD? In reality, someone interested in popping a pill to see how it feels might become a illegal drug user in the future.
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> There's no good reason to do it. And you already know it's illegal.
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> Good Luck!
> KDi in Texas
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