Posted by linkadge on June 20, 2006, at 17:18:24
In reply to Re: Opiates, posted by flmm on June 19, 2006, at 20:03:05
>Just because they are hard to get off of does >not mean they are not effective, constructive >drugs. Opiates, on the other hand , are clearly >destructive. SSRI med are very powerfull, and >need to be handled with more care then most >people think. But for most people, they give >them their lives back!
For a little while I suppose. I have yet to meet "anybody" who will contend that their fixed dose of SSRI antidepressant is as effective as it was when it first worked. I have probably asked that question to >=50 people I have met over the years.
The conscensious I repeatedly get from friends and family is that, sure it worked at first, but now I don't notice much at all. I basically just feel like a zombie.
The number of people who have associated the word SSRI with zombie is quite large.
Many polls rate effexor and paxil as harder to get off than prescription opiates used for pain.
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