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Markus 03:53 pm UTC 02/28/07 |
| In reply to: | re: NYC - I can't come off the anti-depressants... - CaptainCaffeine 12:08 pm UTC 02/28/07 |
| I agree with what you wrote but I really wonder why someone has to LEARN most of these things. If a human being with a brain uses this damn thing most of the things here should be obvious. Markus. > Allow me to start off by mentioning that I have a > license as a pharmacy technician. Keep in mind that's not > a pharmacist. We go to school for about one year. I > worked in the medical area as a pharmacy assistant and as > a medical assistant for about ten years. I have better > knowledge than average, but I am in NO way an expert. > You should definately consult your doctor as suggested by > a few others. If you can find a really good pharmacist, > talk with them as well. Follow that advice first and > foremost! > With every medication you should always consider the > benefits of taking it vs. the risk of side effects! ADs > do occassionally have long term side effects. Almost every > drug does. Liver damage is one possibility that comes to > mind. ADs should probably only be taken short term, > unless your medical need demands longer term. > Everybody had different phisiology. I had some ADs that > were just a nightmare. Paxil made me angry and agressive. > Every movie I saw while on Zoloft I cannot remember. > Other people swear by those drugs. Prozac was the one I > did the best on. Initially it was for depression due to > some bad things going on in my life (sick mom). I was put > back on it for fibro-myalgia. I stopped taking it due to > developing a liver problem (probably from acetaminiphen > (Tylenol)) and discovering that it was causing me to have > writers block. The Prozac was helpful for both > conditions. > I also develped a tolerance to Prozac and had to be put > on higher and higher doses. > A lot of ADs have the side effect of decreasing the > libido. I've known a few people that actually got > increased libidos from them. Again think phisiology. If > you had a good sex drive just prior to being put on the > drug, it is reasonable to think they MIGHT be the cause. > ADs can be either a good thing, or a bad thing. They get > prescribed in A LOT cases when the person can deal with > the problem in other ways. Having said that, they are > wonderful medications for the people that truly need > them! > You really need to talk to your doctor(s) about your > concerns and get their input! If you have serious chronic > depression you probably need to stay on them. Did you stop > taking them because you were afraid of being dependant on > them or some other reason? > > | |
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