Posted by linkadge on May 10, 2007, at 17:01:04
In reply to Re: NIMH on Bipolar Spectrum Disorder » polarbear206, posted by MaddieB on May 10, 2007, at 14:48:51
>Why is that PolarBear?? Because the first thing >out of the gate is an SSRI Which Increases >Cycling (and there is evidence that w/o >introduction of an SSRI, there is less cycling >later on. Read: you're only a virgin once.)
Exactly. Things like rapid cycling are much more prevalant since the widespread use of antidepressants. These drugs are very much like street drugs.
Check this out. Its an entire page devoted to the research of *why* these meds are increasing incidence of mania, rapid cycling etc. Antidepressants activate some of the same genes as do cocaine, amhpetamines etc. PKC, CREB, GSK, GRK, Clock, etc.
http://www.neurotransmitter.net/admania.html
The bottom line is "drugs are drugs". If you start with the incorrect assumption that a bunch of scientists cannot create drugs that do harm, you're in for a lesson.
It wasn't that long ago that methamphetamine was prescribed for depression. So when people had psychotic reactions to that, I wonder what they tried to blame it on?
Just a few months back, permax, and cabergoline were presumed perfectly safe, untill we find out that they were severly dammaging peoples hearts.
What makes people think that they cannot make mistakes about psychiatric drugs?
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