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Posted by Sebastian on June 6, 2003, at 21:27:59
Are there any long term effects that anyone knows are associated with any of these medicines, any thing bad? Particularly health wise.
Sebastian
Posted by Paulie on June 6, 2003, at 22:51:56
In reply to Long term effects, posted by Sebastian on June 6, 2003, at 21:27:59
Sebastian,
What medicines are you referring to?Paul
Posted by bookgurl99 on June 7, 2003, at 0:48:42
In reply to Long term effects, posted by Sebastian on June 6, 2003, at 21:27:59
Sebastian, It depends on what drugs. For many of today's drugs, there's simply no (or, I believe, suppressed) information on the long-term effects of using psych drugs.
If you want to freak out about it, go to www.breggin.com and read about the drug you're interested in. This guy disagrees with many of the treatments on the market today. Just glancing at his site made me never want to take meds again.
books.
Posted by linkadge on June 7, 2003, at 4:31:25
In reply to Re: Long term effects, posted by bookgurl99 on June 7, 2003, at 0:48:42
Don't base your decision on one website. Usually the people that make these 'anti-drug' websites are depressed and slighly paranoid to begin with.
They often refer to mouse studies, where mice are fed hundreds-to-thousands the recomended human intake of the drugs just to offset a companies sucess.
One report revealed how certain indiduals start with what they want to prove, then adjust the dose to cause the side effect.
Remember that untreated depression causes significant brain shrinkadge and atrophy, the likes of which cannot be compared to that of SSRI's, which can protect, and reverse this process.
Beleive me there are many anti-psychiary pages that would rather have people living in fear, than enlightened.
If you are concerned, then be sure to use the lowest dose possible, and augement with things like vigerous excercise, folic acid, omega 3, light thereapy, talk thereapy, all all the other usefull tools.
Best of Luck
Linkadge
Posted by Simcha on June 8, 2003, at 2:11:16
In reply to Re: Long term effects, posted by bookgurl99 on June 7, 2003, at 0:48:42
Here is an interesting assessment of Dr. Peter Breggin...
Look under "Hot Topics" over to the top right of the index page. Apparently Dr. Peter Breggin has been known to "um, shall we say?" exaggerate and distort the medical truth?
All drugs have side effects, even aspirin. Some of these side effects can be long term. My depression will kill me. Being on medication has stopped me from being depressed.
I also have asthma and in order to keep breathing I need to take corticosteroids. These drugs have side effects too. But, ya know, breathing seems to be important for my overall health. So, I think I'll keep taking the corticosteroids.
Posted by stjames on June 8, 2003, at 11:32:10
In reply to Re: Long term effects, posted by Paulie on June 6, 2003, at 22:51:59
> Sebastian,
> What medicines are you referring to?
>
> PaulIt would really help to be more specific as to what class or med(s) you are conserned about.
As a class, AP's all carry a risk of movement
disorders.
Posted by bookgurl99 on June 9, 2003, at 3:14:11
In reply to Are you not taking bookgirl ??, posted by linkadge on June 7, 2003, at 4:31:25
linkage, thx for your note.
i think there is a grain of truth in what Breggin has to say.
however, my experience is due partly to a negative experience i had with an old-school anti-psychotic, reglan, which is now administered for nausea in hospitals every day. after one shot of this (for vomiting and migraine, in the ER), i had a rare 1-in-500 reaction of short-term memory loss and confusion that lasted for a week in full intensity and longer before i began to feel truly normal. during that bad week, i went from a bright, talkative college student to a mute individual who had trouble figuring out my parent's advanced remote control! this was really scary.
that one experience made me tenative about other meds, because knowing that i've had some strange neuro stuff happen in the past makes me aware that it _could_ happen again.
books
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