Posted by Christ_empowered on January 15, 2019, at 13:50:55
In reply to Re: SSRIs work by numbing emotions? - Myth?, posted by rjlockhart37 on January 15, 2019, at 12:35:05
i think the 'emotional novocaine' effect is a big part of the 'antidepressant effects,' and i think that's one reason these drugs have fda approval for so many indications and they are still used extensively, off-label, for others...
it reminds me of those old Librium ads, aimed at doctors: "Whatever the diagnosis, LIBRIUM!"
if psychiatry was a rational discipline, ssri use would have long ago been restriced to cases of phobias, ocd-type problems, ruminations and agitation associated with forms of depression. interestingly enough...
these are many of the same indications that marked people/patients as good candidates for lobotomies.
it isn't even necessarily the case that the numbing effect is what the -person- is after...
especially in hospitals, group homes, prisons+jails, foster care, nursing homes...or dealing with low status people...
the numbing effect is often what those who control the 'medicated' individual want.
having said that, some of use get forms of despair that...well, since its not legal to just go out and get a valium or a vicodin or a dexamyl...these 'life saving medications' are often the only available option.
when i had intense agitation, ruminations, etc...celexa was OK, for a couple months. then I became too placid and too...celexa'd, i suppose. i wasnt jumping for joy over an ssri, but what option do most people have, especially with the dea declaring war on any substance that might make someone feel good (especially non-rich, non-white people...) ?
it seems -most- psych drugs work by numbing the emotions, tranquilizing, sedating...subduing, subtracting, basically. i would say that the stimulants are a major exception, but...even there, the uppers are mostly used to improve conformity, with school, work, etc. :-(
i vaguely remember reading "Listening to Prozac" . Not that most profound book ever, but...interesting, nonetheless.
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