Comments: Meet The New Anti-Depressants, Worse Than The Old Anti-Depressants
Excellent posting and 'eye-opening'...thank you!
Posted by mtd at February 29, 2008 05:36 AM
P.D. You wrote side effect of "spontaneously moving lips" are you serious? This is real?
I have had this and thought and FELT I was nuts. No one tells the patients(like me) the possible side effects. Bastards.
Posted by mark p.s. at February 29, 2008 05:41 AM
Mark, yes I personally have witnessed this in many, many inpatient people in psych wards, it is involuntary movement, like head jerking, etc. Shuffling walking, leaning to the side, it's all part of the antipsychotic package that is so real. And they can be permanent side effects long after the damage on the med is done and med removed.
[Why little kids are being placed on these drugs is mind-boggling].
Posted by Stephany at February 29, 2008 11:51 AM
Last Psych is right on target with this one. I couldn't agree more that there's only one reason why there is suddenly so much "clarity" around antidepressants and no fear of discrediting them. It's to pave the way for the new generation. Watch out -- we have barely seen anything yet in terms of harm and, given what I believe about the power to harm of antidepressants, that is really saying a lot.
Posted by Sara at February 29, 2008 12:16 PM
BUT why does Pharma still not fear being discredited by these studies? Why will the public trust them on new drugs if the emperor has been shown to be without clothes for the old drugs?
Posted by Susan at February 29, 2008 03:01 PM
Wow, I decided to discontinue use of Lamictal and Seroquel a month ago. They were prescribed for bipolar disorder which I seriously doubt I ever suffered from. Thanks for the wealthy of information to back up my decision.
Posted by Tessa at February 29, 2008 04:50 PM
Pharma doesn't fear anything but loss of revenue. The general public [generally speaking]does not research medication, and most rx'd say Abilify for depression wouldn't have a clue it is an antipsychotic originally created for schizophrenia. That's what's going to happen. From anxiety, depression, social anxiety, you name it, Seroquel and Abilify are going to start taking over good old anti depressants.
The scary thing is, that PCP's will be rx'ing this stuff. Not always a psychiatrist. I was rx'ed Seroquel for insomnia by a PCP. Just over a year ago. He knew nothing about the med. No warnings about weight gain, diabetes or train wreck fog in the morning either, let alone withdrawals from hell.
This is a topic that needs to remain highlighted for the next year as far as I'm concerned, people are focused on the anti depressant sugar pill thing, and really, really need to know what's happening with the antipsychotics getting shipped right into age 10 and up, what a sorry state this country is in, and SHAME on the FDA.
Posted by Stephany at February 29, 2008 05:03 PM
Well now wait one minute, these selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have to cure depression and OCD and bfn because these diseases are caused by lack of serotonin UNLESS there's new research that shows depression wasn't caused by a lack of serotonin but by a lack of zyprexa and geodon, or perhaps it's all bs. I'm sure the commercials will be cheerful at least.
Posted by Sally at March 1, 2008 01:58 PM
As the director of Novus Medical Detox, I often see patients who are on alcohol or opioids, central nervous system depressants, also taking antidepressants. When they detox they find they don't need the antidepressants. Like Phillip, patients off antidepressants feel much more alert and better.
This is good news because a Swedish study showed that 52% of the 2006 suicides by women on antidepressants. Since antidepressants work no better than placebos and are less effective than exercise in dealing with depression.
There is a prescription drug epidemic and these are leaders in the list of terribe abuses.
Steve Hayes
http://novusdetox.com
Posted by steve hayes at March 1, 2008 08:00 PM
Remember that 'blob' Zoloft commercial for depression? Then remember the Abilify one? giving a woman hope for grass is greener on the other side, on an antipsychotic!
Posted by Stephany at March 1, 2008 09:11 PM
Over the years I'd been on them all for "depression" caused by a car accident that left me in severe pain.Sent to a shrink for crying/insomnia-due to pain. If I'd only known the road I'd travel because of this.I developed facial tics, gained 125 pounds, trembled, couldn't sit still, didn't sleep for 3-4 days at a time, fits of laughter/non-stop talking and would fall asleep while talking/eating.
Acute Pancreatitis/Diabetes/Critical Care Unit from the Seroquel.Almost denied ER treatment as the meds I was on meant "mental patient" to the staff doctor.In my foggy brain I finally realized these drugs had to be stopped and my shrink said there would be no problem going cold turkey-he really didn't know.
Six years later still completely drug-free and a new person who is confident and thinks clearly. All the above mentioned symptoms went away.I did lose the weight too and have became a happy gardener.
Posted by Shelby at March 7, 2008 11:13 PM
Wow! Shelby your story is encouraging. I'm traveling that road right now. I hate anti-depressants and what we don't know about them which lead me to try and come off in January with a doctor who knew little about taking someone off of them. It was horrible, like nothing i had ever experienced before and 4 months later I was forced to go back on one just so I could function to take care of my children. I look forward to the day that I am free of them.
Posted by Traci at September 17, 2008 10:09 AM