Posted by notfeelingthebest on January 21, 2006, at 13:12:09
In reply to Re: Dependance, Benzoz, APs » notfeelingthebest, posted by yxibow on January 21, 2006, at 1:04:18
Whoah, when you say things like "that is the only political comment I am making here," you're not supposed to descend into a bitter studenty pro-cannabinoid rant and end by declaring somebody to be a scientologist. You've completely misinterpreted my post, and you know what? I think you're "projecting." It's not good to go from thread to thread being argumentative cuz Bob doesn't like it and he'll be in here in a flash.
Since this is a forum where people discuss their difficulties, there are bound to be alot of shiny happy people present, but I think its a little odd not to have a sense of humour about modern psychiatry. You don't have to dig too deep into the archives here to find that being cynical about SSRI's is hardly a fringe point of view. People's personal accounts tend to contrast with the spirit of tag-lines like "YOUR LIFE IS WAITING!"
I don't have a problem with the fact that scientists are researching new drugs which could potentially make the lives of many people alot better. But I do think its wrong that the sales pitch of your average SSRI is completely at odds with reality. Its certainly more of a concern to me than what the government doesn't want me to know about cannabinoids. How about:
PAXIL CR -
We don't exactly what it does or how it works. Our research is flawed, which is irrelevant because it hasn't yielded any results which are substantial enough to make any claims one way or another. There is an obvious conflict of interest here, as our company is involved in both the publication of research and sale of this drug. Long term side effects: unknown. Now available in CR, though.
I'll admit that its not very sexy, but since they're peddling brain medicine, it should be as accurate as possible don't you think?
Also, if you want to get an idea of what heroin withdrawal is like, don't watch trainspotting (and certainly not twice). Besides being bad in an artistic sense, movies like that are actually, as you would put it, "a heartless and great disservice to those who suffer from heroin addiction."
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