OliviaG Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) Dear all, This month marks 30 years since Prozac was released and I'm working on an article about how drugs have shaped our understanding and treatment of depression. Though such drugs are of course an absolutely necessary form of treatment, I also think their use has allowed us to ignore potential social causes of depression (such as growing workload and isolation.) Plus, there's too little investment in more expensive treatments, such as talking therapy. I'm interested in talking to anyone with experiences that relate - antidepressants helped them cope, but they didn't address the underlying issues, whether personal or circumstantial, that contributed to depression. Do let me know if you'd be interested in talking. I'm writing for Quartz and my email is o at qz. com Edited December 20, 2017 by Altostrata masked e-mail address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz11 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Well we can only talk about things that are definable What does this word 'depression' mean? Can you please explain what that is. On 12/13/2017 at 7:37 AM, OliviaG said: Though such drugs are of course an absolutely necessary form of treatment Sorry I couldn't disagree more.... imho you would be better served writing about the harms of these chemicals and how people are having to take years that's right years to taper off safely in order to manage traumatizing wdl symptoms. Horrific wdl symptoms I might add that are incorrectly blamed on the person and not the drug...and labelled 'relapse' . write about how these drugs have taken addiction to a whole new galaxy and how they were marketed and approved under an orchestrated litany of fraud lies and deceit. Write about how there is an epidemic in society creating an ever increasing mountain of the iatrogenically harmed caused by pharma. Write about these chemicals and their dirty little secrets -addiction and side effects -pssd and the brutal wdl horror in which death becomes a welcome relief. Write about how pdocs are a law unto themselves , cowboys operating with no auditing or supervision writing nonsense and labeling people from an unvalidated manual in order to push drugs and get pharma prescribing kickbacks. Write about how criminal it is that they do not acknowledge wdl of these drugs. oh yeah and write about the urgent need for withdrawal and tapering clinics to be set up across the country to help those trapped in iatrogenic addiction. Better still go to the doctor and get 60mg of Prozac take that for a month and then quit it. Then write about how you feel over the following months and years. Don't worry you'll get plenty to write about , trust me. Don't worry about not being able to get the medicine all you have to say to the doc is you just split up with your boyfriend and are feeling a bit emotionally stressed. You'll have a script in your hand and hurried out of the consultation before you can blink. All the best with your article nz11 Thought for the day: Lets stand up, and let’s speak out , together. G Olsen We have until the 14th. Feb 2018. URGENT REQUEST Please consider submitting for the petition on Prescribed Drug Dependence and Withdrawal currently awaiting its third consideration at the Scottish Parliament. You don't even have to be from Scotland. By clicking on the link below you can read some of the previous submissions but be warned many of them are quite harrowing. http://www.parliament.scot/GettingInvolved/Petitions/PE01651 Please tell them about your problems taking and withdrawing from antidepressants and/or benzos. Send by email to petitions@parliament.scot and quote PE01651 in the subject heading. Keep to a maximum of 3 sides of A4 and you can't name for legal reasons any doctor you have consulted. Tell them if you wish to remain anonymous. We need the numbers to help convince the committee members we are not isolated cases. You have until mid February. Thank you Recovering paxil addict None of the published articles shed light on what ssri's ... actually do or what their hazards might be. Healy 2013. This is so true, with anything you get on these drugs, dependance, tapering, withdrawal symptoms, side effects, just silent. And if there is something mentioned then their is a serious disconnect between what is said and reality! "Every time I read of a multi-person shooting, I always presume that person had just started a SSRI or had just stopped." Dr Mosher. Me too! Over two decades later, the number of antidepressant prescriptions a year is slightly more than the number of people in the Western world. Most (nine out of 10) prescriptions are for patients who faced difficulties on stopping, equating to about a tenth of the population. These patients are often advised to continue treatment because their difficulties indicate they need ongoing treatment, just as a person with diabetes needs insulin. Healy 2015 I believe the ssri era will soon stand as one of the most shameful in the history of medicine. Healy 2015 Let people help people ... in a natural, kind, non-addictive (and non-big pharma) way. J Broadley 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz11 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 On 12/13/2017 at 7:37 AM, OliviaG said: experiences that relate - antidepressants helped them cope Sorry couldn't help myself.... ads have not helped anyone with anything! The only people they have helped is doctors, providing them with an annuity till perpetuity. Thought for the day: Lets stand up, and let’s speak out , together. G Olsen We have until the 14th. Feb 2018. URGENT REQUEST Please consider submitting for the petition on Prescribed Drug Dependence and Withdrawal currently awaiting its third consideration at the Scottish Parliament. You don't even have to be from Scotland. By clicking on the link below you can read some of the previous submissions but be warned many of them are quite harrowing. http://www.parliament.scot/GettingInvolved/Petitions/PE01651 Please tell them about your problems taking and withdrawing from antidepressants and/or benzos. Send by email to petitions@parliament.scot and quote PE01651 in the subject heading. Keep to a maximum of 3 sides of A4 and you can't name for legal reasons any doctor you have consulted. Tell them if you wish to remain anonymous. We need the numbers to help convince the committee members we are not isolated cases. You have until mid February. Thank you Recovering paxil addict None of the published articles shed light on what ssri's ... actually do or what their hazards might be. Healy 2013. This is so true, with anything you get on these drugs, dependance, tapering, withdrawal symptoms, side effects, just silent. And if there is something mentioned then their is a serious disconnect between what is said and reality! "Every time I read of a multi-person shooting, I always presume that person had just started a SSRI or had just stopped." Dr Mosher. Me too! Over two decades later, the number of antidepressant prescriptions a year is slightly more than the number of people in the Western world. Most (nine out of 10) prescriptions are for patients who faced difficulties on stopping, equating to about a tenth of the population. These patients are often advised to continue treatment because their difficulties indicate they need ongoing treatment, just as a person with diabetes needs insulin. Healy 2015 I believe the ssri era will soon stand as one of the most shameful in the history of medicine. Healy 2015 Let people help people ... in a natural, kind, non-addictive (and non-big pharma) way. J Broadley 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fema4psychiatrists Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 On 27/12/2017 at 7:36 AM, nz11 said: Well we can only talk about things that are definable What does this word 'depression' mean? Can you please explain what that is. Sorry I couldn't disagree more.... imho you would be better served writing about the harms of these chemicals and how people are having to take years that's right years to taper off safely in order to manage traumatizing wdl symptoms. Horrific wdl symptoms I might add that are incorrectly blamed on the person and not the drug...and labelled 'relapse' . write about how these drugs have taken addiction to a whole new galaxy and how they were marketed and approved under an orchestrated litany of fraud lies and deceit. Write about how there is an epidemic in society creating an ever increasing mountain of the iatrogenically harmed caused by pharma. Write about these chemicals and their dirty little secrets -addiction and side effects -pssd and the brutal wdl horror in which death becomes a welcome relief. Write about how pdocs are a law unto themselves , cowboys operating with no auditing or supervision writing nonsense and labeling people from an unvalidated manual in order to push drugs and get pharma prescribing kickbacks. Write about how criminal it is that they do not acknowledge wdl of these drugs. oh yeah and write about the urgent need for withdrawal and tapering clinics to be set up across the country to help those trapped in iatrogenic addiction. Better still go to the doctor and get 60mg of Prozac take that for a month and then quit it. Then write about how you feel over the following months and years. Don't worry you'll get plenty to write about , trust me. Don't worry about not being able to get the medicine all you have to say to the doc is you just split up with your boyfriend and are feeling a bit emotionally stressed. You'll have a script in your hand and hurried out of the consultation before you can blink. All the best with your article nz11 I totally agree with this response already, thought I better mention that. Cocktail drugged since 9 Genitals went numb Extreme intestinal gas and pain Extreme anxiety cant concentrate All permanent Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) http://pssdblog.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS11 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 On 12/26/2017 at 11:36 PM, nz11 said: Well we can only talk about things that are definable What does this word 'depression' mean? Can you please explain what that is. Sorry I couldn't disagree more.... imho you would be better served writing about the harms of these chemicals and how people are having to take years that's right years to taper off safely in order to manage traumatizing wdl symptoms. Horrific wdl symptoms I might add that are incorrectly blamed on the person and not the drug...and labelled 'relapse' . write about how these drugs have taken addiction to a whole new galaxy and how they were marketed and approved under an orchestrated litany of fraud lies and deceit. Write about how there is an epidemic in society creating an ever increasing mountain of the iatrogenically harmed caused by pharma. Write about these chemicals and their dirty little secrets -addiction and side effects -pssd and the brutal wdl horror in which death becomes a welcome relief. Write about how pdocs are a law unto themselves , cowboys operating with no auditing or supervision writing nonsense and labeling people from an unvalidated manual in order to push drugs and get pharma prescribing kickbacks. Write about how criminal it is that they do not acknowledge wdl of these drugs. oh yeah and write about the urgent need for withdrawal and tapering clinics to be set up across the country to help those trapped in iatrogenic addiction. Better still go to the doctor and get 60mg of Prozac take that for a month and then quit it. Then write about how you feel over the following months and years. Don't worry you'll get plenty to write about , trust me. Don't worry about not being able to get the medicine all you have to say to the doc is you just split up with your boyfriend and are feeling a bit emotionally stressed. You'll have a script in your hand and hurried out of the consultation before you can blink. All the best with your article nz11 nz11, Thank you for your eloquent and heartfelt words. Your passionate response made me sad yet gave me hope and a sense of belonging at the same time. And yes, Prozac was my "first Pharma" 26 years ago, I think. 80mgs at one time. Then a couple dozen others followed, sometimes alone, sometimes in combination, and sometimes with good ole' Prozac. And here I am along with all the others dealing with the fallout. Ironically, at the time of Prozacs release, the "Just say no to drugs," campaign was being released in schools. Go figure. Too bad they didn't warn the kids and the grownups that antidepressants were among the culprits. take care, JS11 26 years of Anti-depressants (probably 32, lost track, alone and/in combination Vyvanse 30mg Discontinued Feb. 22, 2013 Topamax 25-75mg Feb 23, 2013--Feb 2016 0.0 mg Discontinued Lamotrigine 25-50mg Jan 15, 2016-Adverse Reaction Discontinued Feb 2, 2016 T3 25-50mcg Feb.11, 2016 Discontinued April 23, 2016 Escitalopram 20mg-omg fast taper Nov. 2015-Jan.7, 2016 Crash! Reinstated 20mg Taper Jan 14, 2016 0.0mg Sept 2016 Reinstated Feb.21, 2017 Escitalopram 5mg Dosage Adjustments Escitalopram to 2.5mg June 28-30; Increased to 3.75mg July 1-28, 2017 July 29-Aug 4 10mg, alternated between 5 and 10mg next couple days. Aug 9, 7.25mg; Aug 10-14 10mg; Aug 15-25 7.25mg, August 25-29, 10mg. Levofloxacin (January 2017 2 doses) (Adverse Reaction: Neurotoxcity; 3 daysE.R.$30k+tests) Adderall 25mgXR (start April 23, 2013) (Nov.2016 20mg) (Dec.2016 15mg) (Feb. 5, 2016 10mg) (June 15, 2017) 5mg XR Crossover July 7 to Adderall I.M 5mg Discontinued Reinstated Adderall 5mgXR July 28th Minipress 1mg began July 20-23, 2mg July 24 last dose Discontinued (Prescribed to assist with side-effects of updose of Escitalopram) WellbutrinXR 150 mg July 24, 2017 Discontinued; Hydroxyline 25-200 mg daily, began July 20, Discontnued; (Prescribed for side-effects-sensitized; W/D)Gababentin 100mg August 28, 8/29: 00mg, 8/30/17 100mg discontinued (Prescribed for side-effects of sensitized, W//D)Zolipidem PRN (2.5mg.) Reinstated May 15, 2017 after18m+ discontinuation Between May and Aug18-Aug 30, 2017 Discontinued Aug. 30. 2017 Escitalopram 8.2mg, Sept. 6 Ecitalopram (7.25 tablet) September 28 Escitalopram (7 mg tablet) Omega 3's , October 1 Escitalopram (6.25...I think) November 1, Escitalopram (approx. 5.75mg) December 1 (5mg) Missed .75 for few days, lowered dose. W/D ramped up Dec.23; Escitalopram 4mg tab. .75ml liquid March 5. Adderall XR 5mg, Synthroid 112mcg March 23 Escitalopram 4mg tab .50ml liquid.April 23 Escotalopram 4mgtab .25ml liquid Escitalopram dropping .25 every 30 days; July 23, 2018 Escitalopram 3.50mg, Adderall XR 5mg, Synthroid 112mcg July 2021: Took last dose of Escitalopram .02mg. Do dah! Current: Synthroid/Generic 100mcg decreased November, 2018 (TSH has changed 5 times since August 30, 2018 resulting in both Hyper and hypothyroid symptoms.) November 1, 2018, increased Adderall XR to 10mg to combat brain fog after decrease in Synthroid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimatumprisoncell Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 NZ11, 👏 👏 👏 I couldn't have said it better!!! (Of course I could have tried. But my efforts would have taken me at least 3 hours in my current brain fog, And likely wouldn't have made it far through the censor filters). Thank you for the much needed smile that resulted as well ☺ UPC Ativan 1or2mg PRN: 2003 - present Paxil up to 60mg: Aug 2005 - Feb 2013 Adderall XR Varied dosages on and off: 1994? - present Pristiq 100mg: Feb 2013 - Feb 2014 Effexor XR 150mg: Feb 2014 - Jun 2016; then gradual taper. D/C'd in Nov 2017. Xanax 1mg: PRN 1998 - Jan 2018 Zoloft 200 mg: 2016, Taper then CT Dec 2017 AMA. Destroyed my life. And everyone I love. Prozac 5mg daily: JAN 2018 - OCT 2018, CT'D against my will and despite my protests. Current: (NOV 2018) Ativan 1mg prn, Adderall XR 15mg daily, Clonidine 0.1mg twice daily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now