Posted by Christ_empowered on January 16, 2012, at 20:33:16
In reply to Re: Why All Negative On SSRI's Now?, posted by EERR11CC on January 15, 2012, at 17:11:55
I think part of it is timing. I read somewhere that every 15-20 years, new meds come out in psychiatry that are hailed as the best thing ever, while the old meds get demonized and tossed aside. Look at benzos vs barbiturates (the barbiturates apparently weren't that dangerous, from what I've read). Look at benzos vs SSRI drugs for anxiety. SSRI vs TCA for depression (the definition of which changed after the ssri drugs came on the scene, btw).
I think now that its been over 20 years since Prozac hit the scene in the US, we're in a good position to look at the SSRI drugs more critically. Yes, they help some people. They're also overused, used in inappropriate circumstances, and they come with side-effects (some of which we're only now discovering).
I'm for benzos over SSRI drugs just because I think benzos are better for a lot of people, unless you have really bad depression or something and then an antidepressant (not necessarily an ssri) might be helpful.
Personally, I don't like antidepressants because of personal experiences of being told that I'm "just depressed" and to take high dose cymbalta and some other crap. Come to find out...Bipolar w/ psychotic depression. So, at a certain level, I associate antidepressants with shutting people in distress up and moving on to the next patient.
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