Posted by Christ_empowered on October 23, 2015, at 8:20:09
In reply to Re: 'What goes up must come down': Antidepressants, posted by Lamdage22 on October 23, 2015, at 7:47:50
I think it depends on the person, the medication(s) involved, duration of treatment, etc.I think too many people are on ADs. Plenty of people seem to be on the wrong kind of AD--SSRI when something else would be good, SNRI when something less stimulating would be good, so on and so forth--and plenty of people seem to be on ADs for a looooooooong time when other treatments (possibly doing nothing) would have/could have worked.
ADs were developed as an alternative to amphetamines and the combo pills they had way back when (ThoraDex, for instance, was thorazine and dexedrine). Tofranil was developed off the Thorazine molecule. It makes you sleepy and then is activating, so docs considered it a tranquilizer w/ stimulant properties. There really isn't such thing as a true "antidepressant;" they're just drugs with different effects that help some people w/ some symptoms/problems.
Anyway..blah blah blah...not all AD treatment ends in failure and misery, lol. I've done OK on celexa and very well on Wellbutrin. Some people have even taken TCA drugs for years upon years, no big deal.
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