Posted by hello321 on September 23, 2015, at 21:39:19
In reply to Re: Young people on SSRI's commit more crimes?, posted by baseball55 on September 22, 2015, at 21:12:34
It can be difficult to replicate results when each and every brain affected by psychiatric drugs uniquely. I'd say this is particularly true in my case since I had encephalitis in 2001 that resulted in a coma. Over 75% of my brain was infected and my immune system was attacking the infection as well as my brain. This could have altered my brain in more unique ways. But it didn't take too long after waking from the coma before I seemed to fully recover and was able to live a normal life. Now I'm guessing any of my experiences I've had with medications are going to be blamed on the encephalitis instead. I'd say that could be partially correct. But my thoughts are that I react to psych meds in the way I do because of the encephalitis I had. A month before I stepped into a psychiatrists office for the first time, my mental health was majorly different and *better. One manor thing I can point out is I had absolutely zero problem staying in school a whole day. I could also have better relationships with friends and family. But everything changed about a month after starting my first meds. So naturally I stopped the meds to see if I'd improve, and I didn't. So I figured it likely wasn't psych meds that caused my situation and went a year off them with zero improvement. I decided to go back to the psychiatrist and tried a few antidepressants over some months. Long story short, I ended up worse off.
But still, it may be simple to replicate results of research in a lab under controlled conditions. Even with more simple organisms. But every human brain starts out in.the womb as unique, and the more it develops, the more unique and complex it becomes. and the way it is affected by the world throughout life is unique. Every brain is exposed to different stresses, toxins and trauma as we make our way through the world. And I'm sure these can also affect how our brains are effected by something like Prozac in minor or major ways. I don't know how common it is for someone's brain to react to the chemicals used to alter brain function in a similar manner to my brain. It doesn't seem all that common, but you can find terrible experiences similar to mine posted on various sites. You can also discount these too, if you'd like. But will we keep progressing with psychiatry if the less common experiences with it are ignored? At some point I think it will be a road block.
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