Posted by peddidle on February 20, 2008, at 21:27:50
In reply to Re: Suicide and Antidepressants, posted by bleauberry on February 18, 2008, at 15:43:48
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> All one has to do is look at the side effects of drugs. All of them show depression as a possible side effect. The instructions warn to keep an eye out for worsening of depression.
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> It is hard to find the detailed information of clinical trials of exactly why people quit the trial or who got more depressed. With some deep digging, it is there. Depending on the drug, the number of people who get severely worse on any drug ranges between 5% and 15%.
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> People here for years have said how Lamictal made them feel suicidal. I'm not picking on Lamictal, just using it as one example of many. Were those babblers just making it up? I think they genuinely felt a lot worse. These drugs all twist the mind powerfully. Hopefully in a good direction, but sometimes not.
>**Thank you so much for this information. I just started Lamictal last Thursday, and I was told the only side-effect to be concerned about was the possible rash. Well, since Friday, I've been extremely tired, regardless of how much sleep I get. Then just within the last couple of days, I've started to feel very depressed and suicidal. I'm only on 25mg right now, and it's barely been a week, so I don't know that I can blame it on the Lamictal, but after doing a little research, I found that worsening depression is a possible side-effect, albeit an uncommon one. I read that FDA report that came out just a few weeks ago regarding worsening depression and suicidality on anti-convulsants, and it was very interesting.
So anyway, now that I know that "people here for years have said how Lamictal made them feel suicidal," I know I'm not crazy for at least thinking that the Lamictal might be responsible for how I'm feeling right now.
Thanks again!
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