Posted by Donna Louise on June 20, 2006, at 18:21:11
In reply to Re: Opiates, posted by linkadge on June 20, 2006, at 17:18:24
> >Just because they are hard to get off of does >not mean they are not effective, constructive >drugs. Opiates, on the other hand , are clearly >destructive. SSRI med are very powerfull, and >need to be handled with more care then most >people think. But for most people, they give >them their lives back!
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> For a little while I suppose. I have yet to meet "anybody" who will contend that their fixed dose of SSRI antidepressant is as effective as it was when it first worked. I have probably asked that question to >=50 people I have met over the years.
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> The conscensious I repeatedly get from friends and family is that, sure it worked at first, but now I don't notice much at all. I basically just feel like a zombie.
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> The number of people who have associated the word SSRI with zombie is quite large.
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> Many polls rate effexor and paxil as harder to get off than prescription opiates used for pain.
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> Linkadge
Everything you have said here has been the absolute truth of my experience with sri's.donna
poster:Donna Louise
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