Posted by Larry Hoover on December 10, 2005, at 13:51:28
In reply to Re: Dr. Tracy on SSRIs.., posted by linkadge on December 10, 2005, at 12:40:37
> I think you're missing the point. Although some of what she has said may be inacurate, a lot of what she says is accurate, even if not medically backed up at the time.
Anybody can be correct, once in a while. I expect more than that from someone holding themselves out as a doctor. And she hasn't a clue about medical science. "one tab of LSD....the same effect on body and mind as Prozac"? One shouldn't have to filter the data supplied by self-accredited experts.
> She may make some bold statements to try and get people's attention.
You are too kind. If the evidence can speak for itself, let it. Otherwise, it rightly has no voice. She is spreading falsehoods.
> Her comments on SSRI's and rem sleep disorders not inacurate.Again, I'm not going to try and find where she's right. If I did, I'd consider it a fluke.
> As well, she is not the first one who implicated serotonin in aging. "The Zone" books also have implicated it. Mainly because elevated serotoin can surpress melatonin and cause premature aging.
She can't explain her theory. Essential oils will not solve "the problem". Elevated serotonin is not the problem, because there is no such condition. Serotonin is a precursor to melatonin, so how could it suppress melatonin? What is premature aging? She cannot bring these ideas into a coherent whole. There is no coherency.
> I don't think her link between the widespread distibution of SSRI's and increased frequency of bipolar diagnosis is inacurate either.
Correlation. Children with larger feet spell much better than children with smaller feet. Be wary of a third factor.
> Her comments on serotonin syndrome are accurate as well.That's all it takes?
> What about her comments on the Lilly employee?
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> LinkadgeI make no broad conclusions out of anecdote. She ought to know better, if she had the training she claims. I have yet to discover the institution that granted her Ph.D. I have seen some of her original writing. She is barely literate. She is not a scientist. At least, not in a sense which I appreciate.
Believe what you want. She makes a living out of that.
"All mental illness is blood sugar related."
"We have never seen drugs so similar to LSD and PCP as these SSRI antidepressants are."Come on, link. You know those are false statements. Any theory built on them is false, a priori. Anyone who says these things, must invoke skepticism.
(Hint: LSD and PCP are themselves totally dissimilar.)
Lar
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