Posted by Ima on August 13, 2003, at 12:55:47
Let me try this again. Ill try to be more plain. Can someone understand my fears? Am I the only depressed person who is more afraid of the cure than the disease?
Im a complete cynic but I am open to being convinced. I have been on pain killers for a year. Ive realized that I am self medicating my depression, pain aside. But why should I mess with my brain and take the latest drug panecea to hit the market that has no foundation in real science. The whole chemical imbalance thing is a promo gimmick. They know there is no proof of such a statement and they dont know what the long term effects of these antidep. meds are. Has anyone on this sight looked at the sights by people who are suing the pharms? Permanant facial ticks, permanant hyper active states, etc..Zoloft ruined my life kind of stuff...it scares me.
I know there are many here who feel they are helped but I also read alot of "Im taking this and Im still depressed or cant sleep or have thoughts..."
They just increase your dose and send you home.
The opiates I have taken dont interfere with brain chem. I know people who feel they could never go off there antidep. ever. How are they less addicted than someone with chronic pain to opiates?
I just dont want to be another test rat.
Forget about close monitering nonsense, the pdoc Im going to completly missed a drug interation between my pain meds and the ssri she put me on. I couldnt sleep for 3 days. Even after taking the Zoloft am. and doubling my Nerontin dose, my pergesterone dose and my muscle relaxer dose. When the tremors started I looked up drug reactions on web and called her to let her know the interaction was listed as potentially fatal. So she wants to try a different class of antideps. I dont know what to do. I know there is not one answer, but what frightens me more is that no one seems to question this. Its like the new anti biotic.Ima
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