Posted by SLS on April 17, 2022, at 10:47:40
In reply to 'anything can happen with psych drugs...', posted by Christ_empowered on April 16, 2022, at 17:44:46
> direct quote from my newest (professional, probably temporary) prescriber.
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> what's the point, again?
Undopaminergic is right.Your doctor is right.
As an example, some anti-seizure medications can actually trigger seizures in patients who had previously been seizure-free for years. Doctors often want to find a substitute for Tegretol (carbamazepine) because it requires regular blood tests to detect the onset of agranuloctyosis. This reaction can be fatal.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16194719/
I became suicidal at least 4 times after beginning treatment with a new drug. Unfortunately, having an "antidepressant" exacerbate depression is all to common.
Why did I use quotes?
A molecule doesn't know that it is an antidepressant. It doesn't know that it is a laxative. Once research scientists label a molecule something other than a molecule, its value as a tool becomes limited. For instance, Paxil was found to have value in treating anxiety disorders after it was approved by the FDA for only one indication - depression. Perhaps opposite sides of a single Paxil molecule binds to different receptors. Now, someone has to re-educate Paxil so that it knows it is an anxiolytic.
Stupid, I know. However, humans tend to label things in order to help them make sense of the world.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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