Equinox: What are SSRIs made of?

[Equinox]

Hello everyone,

i am new to this forum and first of all i want to say thank you for all the important and great work you're doing here!

I am an antidepressant surviver by myself and after almost 4 years without drug i am still struggling with the aftermath. I am looking for a deeper understanding concerning these chemicals and their destructive nature.

At the moment i want to know why and how exactly these drugs were invented and what these people had in mind when they were playing god in their laboratories.

Now to my actual question, i guess it's a quit uncommon one.
What excatly are SSRIs made of ? Paxil for example, what is the raw material for chemically producing this substance ? Is it made of oil ?  And what other chemicals are involved in the process?

And how is it manufactured? I couldn't find much about this on the internet. Maybe there's someone here that's got an answer to this question or an idea where i can find out something like this.
Maybe also there's some literature about this topic you can recommand?!

Thanks very much in advance, Equinox
 

[Petunia]

Welcome Equinox,

I moved your introductory post here to your own intro/update thread so we can get to know you and maybe answer some of your questions. Its a good idea to bookmark it or follow it, so its easy to find again.

 

What drugs were you taking and how did you stop? If you would like to share a little more of your story, many of us here would be interested and can probably relate to what you are going through now.

 

I don't know much about the formula of the various antidepressants, but a good place to start with learning about how they came into being is Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker.

 

Please feel free to write whenever you want, you will find a lot of friendly help and support here.

 

Petunia.

[oskcajga]

There are two theories on protracted withdrawal that I understand to be the closest thing the world knows to "the mechanism":

 

1.  Nerve damage - http://withdrawal.rxisk.org/new-model/complex-withdrawal-model/

2.  Dysregulation/dysfunction/gene expression challenges - http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/603-what-is-withdrawal-syndrome/

 

In my opinion, it's a combination of the above two hypotheses.

 

 

As to what they're made of:

 

Basic answer, molecules.  More specific answer, here's the chemical structures:  https://www.google.com/search?q=ssri+chemical+structures&num=40&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMgtCCsL7JAhUF9R4KHXnlAQEQ_AUIBygB&biw=1129&bih=585

 

Trust me - it's not what they're made of that's causing protracted withdrawal - it's what they do to the body and how the body tries to adapt to their effects.

[AprilShowers]

Hi Equinox, welcome. 

 

I would say chemicals, in and of themselves are not destructive by nature. In fact many of them are from nature, certain salts, certain solvents, certain oils (oil is essentially very old natural composted sludge really) and then these chemicals or reagents are combined in varying ways and processes to make things chemists think will be useful some of which are medicines although I'm loath to call antidepressants medicine because they really aren't. Each 'brand' is made from combinations of different elements that effectively are designed to work on the same or similar brain receptors for reasons that are.. arbitrary at best. 

 

What is very destructive is the reaction the finished drug has when it's introduced into our bodies where it prevents a normal process in our brains, the re-uptake of neurotransmitters. I'm sorry that you're one of the people who's had ongoing trouble from that but you are not alone. I hope you'll find practical answers to the things that you're dealing with here. Whatever is in the ridiculous drugs is less important than how you go about living day to day and getting the most out of your life now without them. 

[nz11]

At the moment i want to know why and how exactly these drugs were invented and what these people had in mind when they were playing god in their laboratories.

 

As well as Petu's rec book by Whitaker i rec a book by Healy called 'Pharmageddon' its a walk through the historical timeline to how we got to where we are now.

Its a brilliant piece of work. I learnt a whole heap reading this.

 

oh yeah one more thing a person called Candice Pert i believe was responsible for getting these drugs across the bloodbrain barrier and then went on to say i have created a monster

 

http://www.drugawareness.org/i-am-alarmed-at-the-monster-ssrisnri-antidepressants-i-created-dr-candace-pert/

[nz11]

Thanks for that post Osk.

Hey osk I wonder if the molecular structure off ssris(paxil say ) is similar to ecstacy tablets....something i have thought about but been too scared to look into as i dont think i am able to absorb the resulting humiliation that may result.

Apparently these are a form of hypnotic type drugs..?

Apparently the best way to sell worthless goods is to 'advertise' ...sadly it seems to be working.

[btdt]

a lot of folks say effexor is like ecstacy 

https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=ecstasy%20is%20like%20effexor