Ssris - Is Continuing To Prescribe Them A Contravention Of "do No Harm"?

[anthony]

Maybe I am lucky in the GP I have found... ...she has always listened to my own opinions and desires when it came to drugs. My psych, not so.

That's the problem. The mental health professional doesn't listen to the patient, the non-mental health professional does. Go figure! My history has been the same way... the GP listens, the shrink, not so much.

 

[Anarchy]

And now a study finding an increase in violent offending in the 15 to 24 age group, who are taking SSRIs
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-...-scientifically-linked-violent-behavior-youth

There is a link to the journal at the start of the piece. The site I have linked to is a financial and economics aggregator, so this in the comments is particularly apt:

Does anyone else ever get teh feeling our "medical professionals" are right about their drugs about as often as our "financial experts" are right about their products?

 

[anthony]

I think anyone who believes a prescribing physician has any real clue about medication for psychological contexts -- they're in denial of the reality that is pharmaceuticals.

I'm not talking any conspiracy type nonsense... just the facts. There is very little hard evidence that support most psychological based medication on the market, let alone those medications being prescribed off-label. Most of the information is theoretical, limited testing, and relies on patient feedback vs. science. People don't know their arse from their head, most days -- let alone feedback from leading questions.

SSRI's have been around a long time now -- their trail of destruction is pretty much well documented that they do not work on the majority. If this was physical medicine, these medications would have been banned long ago. Because they're psychological, they continue getting away with the excuse of, "they're better than nothing." Which is false to be honest, compared to known medications that are working outside the SSRI group, and specifically trying to treat depression -- something that is unproven in physical medicine compared to what they claim to be treating with the medication.

Wrong isn't a strong enough word for what's going on in psychological medication prescribing.

 

[shimmerz]

relies on patient feedback

And rarely have I found a doctor who actually listens to patient feedback when it comes to these medications, as has been detailed by others throughout this thread.

 

[Ocean5]

compared to known medications that are working outside the SSRI group, and specifically trying to treat depression

Feel free to do private conversation, but can you say, or point to list of these non-SSRIs for depression? I have a meeting with new psychiatrist Thursday. I don't want another SSRI. They mess me up.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Fadeaway]

I have a nasty scar on my wrist thanks to the prozac I was put on at age 15. It's not a thin razorblade cut across the wrist either, it is multiple cuts on top of each other since I heard that you have to cut downward. (Note: Hitting the vein is much harder than it looks.) Anyways, I am so self conscious about that scar and people notice it when I get my blood draw, which is a lot lately. That prompts the Dr. to come in and ask me to tell him about my suicide attempt.

My life was crappy back then, but i wasn't suicidal until they put me on the prozac. So are they dangerous? YES. Yet they are handed out like candy. It's harder to get a prescription for antibiotics when you have pus leaking from a wound (sorry not to be gross, just factual) than it is to get an SSRI.