UnfoldingSky Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Largest Meta-Analysis of Antidepressants Finds Doubled Risk of Suicide in Youth http://www.madinamerica.com/2016/01/largest-ever-review-of-antidepressants-finds-doubled-suicide-rate/?loggedout=true In The News January 28, 2016 The largest-ever meta-analysis of antidepressant trials appeared yesterday in the British Medical Journal. Researchers from the Cochrane Collaboration reviewed 70 trials (involving 18,526 subjects), to find that - counter to the initially-reported findings - antidepressants doubled the risk of suicide and aggression in subjects under 18. This risk had been misrepresented in the original study reports, the authors say, and suggest that the risks to adults may be similarly under-reported. "Antidepressants don't work in children, that is pretty clear," said lead author Peter Gøtzsche. "In the randomised trials children say that they don't work for them, but they increase their risk of suicide ... What I get out of this colossal underreporting of suicides is that SSRIs likely increase suicides in all ages." More at above link. I am not a medical professional and nothing I say is a medical opinion or meant to be medical advice, please seek a competent and trusted medical professional to consult for all medical decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btdt Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I think many suspected this was the case with adults and kids nice they are plugging along to prove it. Like other posters at the above link I too believe this information will get no air time on our nightly news. Most doctors will never see it and nothing will change nothing big at least. We have the paxil study we have this one now and so many stories at ssri stories.. I can't help but wonder what it will take for any change to actually take place. Still it is nice to know everybody hasn't given up thanks for the link. WARNING THIS WILL BE LONG Had a car accident in 85 Codeine was the pain med when I was release from hosp continuous use till 89 Given PROZAC by a specialist to help with nerve pain in my leg 89-90 not sure which year Was not told a thing about it being a psych med thought it was a pain killer no info about psych side effects I went nuts had hallucinations. As I had a head injury and was diagnosed with a concussion in 85 I was sent to a head injury clinic in 1990 five years after the accident. I don't think they knew I had been on prozac I did not think it a big deal and never did finish the bottle of pills. I had tests of course lots of them. Was put into a pain clinic and given amitriptyline which stopped the withdrawal but had many side effects. But I could sleep something I had not done in a very long time the pain lessened. My mother got cancer in 94 they switched my meds to Zoloft to help deal with this pressure as I was her main care giver she died in 96. I stopped zoloft in 96 had withdrawal was put on paxil went nutty quit it ct put on resperidol quit it ct had withdrawal was put on Effexor... 2years later celexa was added 20mg then increased to 40mg huge personality change went wild. Did too fast taper off Celexa 05 as I felt unwell for a long time prior... quit Effexor 150mg ct 07 found ****** 8 months into withdrawal learned some things was banned from there in 08 have kept learning since. there is really not enough room here to put my history but I have a lot of opinions about a lot of things especially any of the drugs mentioned above. One thing I would like to add here is this tidbit ALL OPIATES INCREASE SEROTONIN it is not a huge jump to being in chronic pain to being put on an ssri/snri and opiates will affect your antidepressants and your thinking. As I do not update much I will put my quit date Nov. 17 2007 I quit Effexor cold turkey. http://survivingantidepressants.org/index.php?/topic/1096-introducing-myself-btdt/ There is a crack in everything ..That's how the light gets in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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