Posted by yxibow on January 21, 2006, at 14:24:15
In reply to Re: My heartless scientological diatribe, posted by notfeelingthebest on January 21, 2006, at 13:12:09
> Whoah, when you say things like "that is the only political comment I am making here," you're not supposed to descend into a bitter studenty pro-cannabinoid rant and end by declaring somebody to be a scientologist.
Actually I have no pro-cannobinoid stance. I just dont have an anti-stance. Its more of a if you want to do something that has yet to be proved more than marginally harmless, go ahead. I've never engaged in any illegal drugs.
>You've completely misinterpreted my post, and you know what? I think you're "projecting." It's not good to go from thread to thread being argumentative cuz Bob doesn't like it and he'll be in here in a flash.
And my post has been at least partially misinterpreted also. Online doesn't hold a candle to things and sometimes we try to one up things. Speaking of which I did try to respond to your posting question later on in this board a civil manner, as it seemed like a civil posting.
Yes, he's here, as I figured... I went off a little bit more than usual on a subject that has been touched time and again, and I'm not projecting, I'm merely offering my viewpoint on what did not seem to be a completely sarcasm free view on the other side."> Dependancy is a softer term, and it implies that the "patient" needs some help from his little buddy Alloseroxoracital(XR)in a cold and unforgiving world."
Is that sarcasm free, why am I the one being slapped ? This is where I started getting a little irked.
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> Since this is a forum where people discuss their difficulties, there are bound to be alot of shiny happy people present, but I think its a little odd not to have a sense of humour about modern psychiatry. You don't have to dig too deep into the archives here to find that being cynical about SSRI's is hardly a fringe point of view. People's personal accounts tend to contrast with the spirit of tag-lines like "YOUR LIFE IS WAITING!"I never said that "your life is waiting"... it just rang true of the whole SSRI debate, one, which I will admit saved my life twice. But everyone is entitled to their own view.
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> I don't have a problem with the fact that scientists are researching new drugs which could potentially make the lives of many people alot better. But I do think its wrong that the sales pitch of your average SSRI is completely at odds with reality. Its certainly more of a concern to me than what the government doesn't want me to know about cannabinoids. How about:
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> PAXIL CR -It's a patent extender, I don't believe in patent extending drugs that really serve no purpose.
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> We don't exactly what it does or how it works. Our research is flawed, which is irrelevant because it hasn't yielded any results which are substantial enough to make any claims one way or another. There is an obvious conflict of interest here, as our company is involved in both the publication of research and sale of this drug. Long term side effects: unknown. Now available in CR, though.They have to say that. Its available on every drug including ibuprofen before it became OTC. I agree, it ranges from mildly amusing to ridiculous. It protects them from drug suits, with all sorts of lawyers.
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> I'll admit that its not very sexy, but since they're peddling brain medicine, it should be as accurate as possible don't you think?Brain chemistry is in its infancy. If we knew what could be tailored for someone's condition I would be ecstatic. But that requires [political comment coming up] things like stem cell research, etc.
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> Also, if you want to get an idea of what heroin withdrawal is like, don't watch trainspotting (and certainly not twice). Besides being bad in an artistic sense.....Again, a personal view, and also entitled to it.
I was afraid this would be interpreted in a different fashion and I'm sorry I offended you. I'm just tired of this addiction debate on benzodiazepines I guess. Everyone will have their own views on things. But as for the scientology debate [political warning], they are well versed in discontinuing all medication, as are a host of people on Quackwatch, Breggin included, etc.Things said online tend to be taken out of their context, but I believe I may have been a little acerbic towards the end. As I noted, your previous comments were not acerbic free either.
So lets call it tomato tomatoe and leave it there.
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