Posted by on-the-wave on February 4, 2004, at 14:47:40
In reply to Re: does this go away? Is this normal » on-the-wave, posted by PoohBear on February 4, 2004, at 14:04:27
It is a free country, and every-one is entitled to their opinion.
SSRI SNRI, is that important. The general issue is seratonin, be it re-uptake inhibition or release. You are physically changing the functioning of the brain and the nervous system. Yes the long term effects are unknown. My point is that not all depression sufferers need to take these drugs. AND IF THEY DO BE AWARE OF THE CURRENT INFO. You are aware, and have taken a decision based on what you know. I was astounded to hear that GP's prescribed SSRI's. I have seen many gp's for follow-up prescriptions and every one, without fail, wanted a shot at "curing" me. I knew enough to ignore them all. Some wanted to change my dose over night, cutting it half. One summarily cut it because she wouldn't prescribe over a certain limit. I new more about the drug than them. Isn't it suprising how many people are self medicating on this forum, with drugs like effexor.
My second pdoc told me i could take 800mg of effexor and it wouldn't harm me. Is this true. As above no-one knows the answer, but where did this pdoc get this information?
I am not inferring that this one book is the last word, it is a different view and from my personal experience, accurate. In retrospect, it answered alot of unanswered questions I had from during my depression/anxiety. Things my pdoc couldn't answer.
If you read my initial post, all i am saying is be aware, and you have to do this yourself, because i believe a lot of dr's out there do not know what they are dealing with when it comes to these drugs.
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