Posted by linkadge on July 3, 2007, at 8:50:20
In reply to Re: paxil - permanent hell ?????, posted by mike lynch on July 2, 2007, at 21:58:39
Thats exactly the problem. If you're withdrawing from heroin, you get medical treatment. Heroin abusers are breaking the law! Yet law abiding citicens people who are suffering withdrawl from prescription SSRI's get ZERO support.
I'd even recomend using opiates over SSRI's. SSRI's rewire the human brain. When you come off its not just simple withdrawl, its the fact that your brain will not work the same again. Heroin withdrawl is painfull, but once its over you usually don't have residual symptoms like say...inability to walk in a straight line?
There should really be rehabilitation programs for survivors of SSRI's. Sure some people don't have too much problem, but I am working under the assumption that the young (ie the developing brain) has a harder time adjusting if it was developed around a drug. People who have taken the drugs longer ususally also have a harder time getting off.
And the doctors just follow the b.s. package inserts. "What, withdrawl??...no, if there was withdrawl, it would be listed here on this insert"
They either just believe the drug companies, or just don't want to make trouble.
Linkadge
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