Posted by Chairman_MAO on February 7, 2004, at 12:26:40
In reply to NOT EFFEXOR!, posted by justjustine on February 7, 2004, at 11:26:59
No drug is "addictive". Addiction is psychological, and many things that are not drugs are addictive. Addiction is the desire to do something repeatedly, and in its severe form is the desire to do something to excess at the expense of everything else. Were you pawning your valuables and prostituting yourself to get more Effexor, or missing work or school so that you could stay home and take Effexor all day?
Only drugs that actually FEEL GOOD to take generally are associated that behavior, although you'd be surprised ... And it also is worth mention that most healthy adults given IV morphine strongly dislike the experience.
Many, many drugs induce "dependency", which is what you are confusing addiction with. Dependency is your body being acclimated to a drug after chronic administration. This is _NECESSARY_ for a therapeutic effect in the case of SSRIs. During that 4-6 weeks that it takes these drugs to work, neurophysiological changes occur as a result of continued administration of the drug. One cannot reasonably expect, then, that it's possible to withdrawl the drug after these changes have occurred and expect no withdrawl syndrome.
Many psychiatrists/psychologists will agree with this entire post, and all would agree about "addiction" vs. "dependency". That is, all who should have licenses.
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