Posted by poser938 on May 16, 2013, at 18:53:40
In reply to Re: Antidepressants and suicide - Corrections » Willful, posted by Phillipa on May 16, 2013, at 9:48:57
One idea for the suicide rate going up since 2004 could be that there are fewer people seeing a psychologist. It is usually recommended to someone seeking mental health treatment that they see a psychologist as well as a psychiatrist. But, definitely giving much more thought on prescribing chemicals for mild depression, since in mild depression there has not been shown to be a benefit over a placebo.
When antidepressants first came out it was thought they would only be used for maybe 1 in ever 1000 people. Today, they say its more like what, 1 out of every 5? Maybe recommend therapy for 1 in 5.
If psychiatrists used these meds how they're supposed to be used there wouldn't be near as much a controversy over them.
There are too many conflicts of interest in the psychiatric Med system for people to get the most benefit out of mental health treatment.I went to my psychiatrist and told her in the past about how I responded to Wellbutrin. That it caused a decreased libido. She Said "Wellbutrin *can't* cause decreased libido.
Also, I'm on Lamictal and she thought I was describing its effect as making me more depressed. She said Lamictal *can't* cause depressed mood. But I was actually saying it hasn't had an effect on me yet.Anyway, where do you think she's getting her information? Its not the official side effect information. I'm thinking its all coming from drug company representatives.
If I were to take her information to heart about how Wellbutrin affected my libido, then I'd think there's something seriously wrong. I might go waste money on a blood test to measure my hormone levels. I might think its a good idea to waste money on supplements claiming to increase libido. And after getting nowhere with all this I would just continue feeling such distress from my genitalia staring at the floor all the time.
But like many times, I degrees.
But when they say "talk to your psychiatrist about this or that" in my experience you'd be better off talking to a wall.
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