Thanks for your comments -- on this and other adjacent posts.
--- In [email protected], "shanti2218411" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --#1 the large majority of people using SSRIs are NOT mentally ill > (if by that term you mean people who have a psycotic disorder eg > schizophrennia)BTW it is very unfortunate that anyone having emotional > or psychological problems would be stigmatized > > #2 when SSRIs work that can have very positive effects and do not > make people feel or look drugged etc.However,some(im my experience not > that many) people do have significant side effects however these > effects typically cease once the medication has been withdrawn or > changed(under the supervision of a competent psychiatrist. > > Kevin > > > > - In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shanti2218411" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Also I don't think there is anything like universal agreement re the > > > effectiveness of SSRIs.However to be fair I think the same thing can > > > be said of psychotherapy. > > > > My primary interest in the SSRI discussion relates to misconceptions > > about the drugs and their effects. Two primary positions have emerged > > on this list that I hold are false, and can be quite harmful to > > individuals who could benefit from treatment, and society as a whole. > > > > Kevin, Peter, Easyone, Stokes if he is around, and other medical and > > mental health professionals, could you post your views on these two > > statements about SSRIs. > > > > 1) All people who take SSRIs are mentall ill. > > > > This view, when propogated, can stigmitize any and all users, and > > cause many who could benefit from treatment to shy away from it. At > > great harm to themselves and society. SSRIs, when effective, increase > > serotonin and/or other neurotransmittors to normal levels. Having > > subnormal levels is a physiologic condition parallel to any number of > > other physiologic conditions: low thyroid, low blood sugar, high blood > > pressure, low estergen levels, etc. While physiologic in nature, they > > all can affect mental and emotional functions. However to classify an > > SSRI user as mentally ill, is equivalent to labeling a diabetic > > mentally ill. Or a woman with PMS as mentally ill. (Jokes aside, think > > of the horrific political, economic and social ramifications of such a > > position.) > > > > 2) SRRIs make the user tranquilized and/or high, anestisized, numb, > > obvlivious to pain (and pleasure), unnaturally blissey or polyannish, > > without inhibitions, escapist, way relaxed -- like vallium, etc. > > > > These attributes have nothing to do with the responses I have > > heard directly, or seen in studies from SSRI users. A common response > > is that people feel natural and themselves again. That something was > > out of kilter and now its back in balance. To equate SRRI use with the > > above attributes, other than being uninformed, again stigmitizes users > > and more importantly potential users who could benefit substantially > > from the drug. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
