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Avoid SSRIs
By Rich Russell
A couple of years ago, I experienced about of depression. I was offered medication but declined it at first. After awhile, I did start to take beta blockers for the physical symptoms I experienced through stress. Later, the dose was increased. When these seemed to be no longer effective I had another change of medication. At the time, I didn't even think about what it was. It turned out to be a class of drug known as a Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitor,(SSRI). Seratonin is a chemical that occurs naturally in the body and is associated with mood. A more positive mood equates to a higher level of seratonin. SSRIs came onto the scene in the 1980s. Then, they were thought to have fewer side effects than the current drugs of the time. Plus, the drug companies were keen to promote them as they were more expensive. The theory pushed by the companies was that their action of keeping more seratonin available in the brain helped to improve the mood of the patient. The problem is that only 5% of the bodies seratonin is in the brain. This means that these drugs can have widespread effects throughout the rest of the body. Plus, the side effects from them are much more common than was first claimed. The worst aspect of them is that they don't do very much for most of the people who take them. At best, they lighten the mood for a while but do nothing to promote a long term cure for depression. At worst, they can be addictive, requiring patients to be weened off them. When I realized what I was taking and researched them, I asked to come of them straight away. There are only a few people in a very acute state of depression who might get some slight benefit from them. They could get you to the point of being able to benefit from proper treatment. For the rest of us, I would suggest leaving them well alone. I certainly don't believe they did me any good. Also,
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Contributor's Note
I am not a medical professional. These are my own views, based partly on some of the reading I did that helped me to get out of depression. Having said that, some of this information came from doctors and psychologists. But I have to admit that my judgment is clouded by my general distrust of drugs of any kind:-)
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