Posted by SLS on May 5, 2009, at 16:19:49
In reply to Re: How do these meds affect us, no one knows., posted by Alexanderfromdenmark on May 5, 2009, at 15:55:48
> Hehe sorry meant 10 years.
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> Also the dangers of SSRI's are showing up in studies, osteroposis, increased risk for diabetes, studes showing lower testosterone, persistent sexual dysfunction and let us not forget our own personal experiences with apathy, numbnes, fatigue and anhedonia.
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> No drug is without it downsides, but SSRI's really are a marketing truimph in my opnion.Yes. I am not sure it was such a good thing for psychiatrists to latch on to these SSRI drugs in such a way as to ignore everything that came before. They should not have deemed them to be a magic replacement for tricyclics and MAOIs. Thank God they still make the older drugs.
- Scott
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