As I've said before on this list, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, and the other SSRI
antidepressants, ARE NOT PANACEAS. Too often they are prescribed
inappropriately, without concomitant counseling and with no ongoing
monitoring. Any psychoactive agent has to be titrated carefully to
determine the proper level for each individual...and even whether that
particular medication is itself correct for that particular person.
When my wife was going through a major depression several years ago, the
first medication her psychiatrist tried was Paxil. That had absolutely no
effect, so she was switched to Prozac. THAT had no effect. Many of her
symptoms were related to obsessive-compulsive disorder, which among other
things often involves thoughts that seem to race out of control, "forcing"
the patient to engage in constant ritual behavior to control their thoughts.
So the psychiatrist added haloperidol (Haldol) to the mix. It slowed her
down all right, but did not change the bizarre behavior, and we were finally
forced to abandon the combination of medication, counseling, and behavioral
therapy that we'd been trying, and hospitalize her for a month. Once there,
her behavior could be monitored and her medication adjusted, and she could
be given intensive counseling. Finally she managed to slow down enough to
catch up with herself... That was six years ago.
She has been on Prozac ever since, and she freely admits that she feels
whole for the first time in her life. Without Prozac, I honestly doubt that
she would be alive. But PLEASE note: she wound up on Prozac only after a
lot of cautious experimentation to determine what would work with her. And
that's the key. The problem is not with the SSRIs in themselves, but rather
with the way in which they are administered and dispensed.
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