The Danger of Antidepressants
Robert Levin asked:
It seems you can’t throw a stone these days without hitting someone that has either been on or knows someone that has been on antidepressants. They have become nearly as ubiquitous and easy to obtain as taking an antibiotic when one has a fever or taking sleeping pills when one can’t sleep. This ease of their availability and frequency and lax standards that doctors use to dispense these ‘miracle’ drugs, as some call them, has unfortunately glossed over the reality that for most people taking them, they are being mis-and over-used.
Instead of dealing with the problems in their life, both long and short term, that is actually the root cause of the depression or anxiety, the person is actually taking the easy way out, avoiding the true issues and hurting themselves in the long run. For many, antidepressants become nothing more than their ‘drug of choice’ instead of alcohol, marijuana or nicotine and simply because it has a ‘stamp of approval’ from the FDA and are sold by pharmaceutical companies, they believe they aren’t doing themselves harm. The sad truth is that nothing could be further from the truth.
The first thing one must remember when it comes to antidepressants, typically the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) or SNRI (including Norepinephrine to the mix) is that these are products being peddled by pharmaceutical companies. These companies have one primary goal…to make money. They don’t have any special interest in your health, your welfare or anything about you except to get you to buy their product. It is in THEIR interest that you believe that antidepressants are the ‘correct’ way to treat depression, even though numerous studies have shown that not only do they have no long term benefit over placebo, but that in fact great harm can be done through various side effects, as well as the distraction of the patient from tackling the problems in their life that going on the antidepressants allows.
Remember…your emotions are your warning signal in life. They are there for a REASON. If you feel fear, agitation, depression, sadness, anxiety, etc, there is usually GOOD reason. The way you grow as a person…and the way your brain adapts by growing new synapses, electrical and chemical pathways is by working through your challenges in life. This is how MATURITY occurs. By avoiding dealing with things and simply using antidepressants as a ‘crutch’, you are actually slowing your maturity…your healing…and your progress through whatever adversity you are facing.
So then the question becomes…is there a right way to use antidepressants? I believe that in cases where emotionally, someone is so distraught and overwhelmed, and is so un-self-aware as to how to go about conquering ones problems there is a place for antidepressants for the short term. But only for as long as it takes for the person to get into therapy and is working with someone that helps them identify and tackle the problems that are causing the depression. After a person has started that journey, they should be slowly taken off the drugs.
It is now known that many antidepressants in fact have very strong withdrawal effects that can make getting off them ‘trick’ the person into thinking they are becoming depressed again and that they have to stay on. In many, if not most cases this is simply not true. After several weeks or in some cases even months, the ‘withdrawal’ will subside as your brain re-equalizes and starts to produce the necessary chemicals that it was ‘relying’ on the drug for. For more great information and articles about antidepressants and depression please visit www.sedatednation.com.
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It seems you can’t throw a stone these days without hitting someone that has either been on or knows someone that has been on antidepressants. They have become nearly as ubiquitous and easy to obtain as taking an antibiotic when one has a fever or taking sleeping pills when one can’t sleep. This ease of their availability and frequency and lax standards that doctors use to dispense these ‘miracle’ drugs, as some call them, has unfortunately glossed over the reality that for most people taking them, they are being mis-and over-used.
Instead of dealing with the problems in their life, both long and short term, that is actually the root cause of the depression or anxiety, the person is actually taking the easy way out, avoiding the true issues and hurting themselves in the long run. For many, antidepressants become nothing more than their ‘drug of choice’ instead of alcohol, marijuana or nicotine and simply because it has a ‘stamp of approval’ from the FDA and are sold by pharmaceutical companies, they believe they aren’t doing themselves harm. The sad truth is that nothing could be further from the truth.
The first thing one must remember when it comes to antidepressants, typically the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) or SNRI (including Norepinephrine to the mix) is that these are products being peddled by pharmaceutical companies. These companies have one primary goal…to make money. They don’t have any special interest in your health, your welfare or anything about you except to get you to buy their product. It is in THEIR interest that you believe that antidepressants are the ‘correct’ way to treat depression, even though numerous studies have shown that not only do they have no long term benefit over placebo, but that in fact great harm can be done through various side effects, as well as the distraction of the patient from tackling the problems in their life that going on the antidepressants allows.
Remember…your emotions are your warning signal in life. They are there for a REASON. If you feel fear, agitation, depression, sadness, anxiety, etc, there is usually GOOD reason. The way you grow as a person…and the way your brain adapts by growing new synapses, electrical and chemical pathways is by working through your challenges in life. This is how MATURITY occurs. By avoiding dealing with things and simply using antidepressants as a ‘crutch’, you are actually slowing your maturity…your healing…and your progress through whatever adversity you are facing.
So then the question becomes…is there a right way to use antidepressants? I believe that in cases where emotionally, someone is so distraught and overwhelmed, and is so un-self-aware as to how to go about conquering ones problems there is a place for antidepressants for the short term. But only for as long as it takes for the person to get into therapy and is working with someone that helps them identify and tackle the problems that are causing the depression. After a person has started that journey, they should be slowly taken off the drugs.
It is now known that many antidepressants in fact have very strong withdrawal effects that can make getting off them ‘trick’ the person into thinking they are becoming depressed again and that they have to stay on. In many, if not most cases this is simply not true. After several weeks or in some cases even months, the ‘withdrawal’ will subside as your brain re-equalizes and starts to produce the necessary chemicals that it was ‘relying’ on the drug for. For more great information and articles about antidepressants and depression please visit www.sedatednation.com.
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Seeking Alternatives Treatments to Antidepressants
Terje Brooks asked:
A lot of people are not keen to use prescription drugs to solve their health problems, and very often they will turn to more natural healthier solutions for their struggles, depression specifically being a prime example. The rate of diagnosis for depression is one of the highest of all illnesses, and people who suffer with depression are four times more likely to die as a result, compared to other illnesses.
Of course, you need a clear diagnosis of your depression before you start hunting for an effective, more natural solution to your problem. Believe it or not, something as simple as vitamin deficiencies, such as lacking vitamin B12, can manifest symptoms similar to depression. So it can be that what you are suffering is a B12 deficiency, not actual depression and in this circumstance, taking some vitamin B12 supplements can solve the problem.
A deficiency in magnesium or vitamin C can have the same effects and be treated in a similar fashion. Vitamin C is particularly effective for treating depression because lower serotonin levels can be a contributing factor, and vitamin C works to convert tryptophan into serotonin so an extra supply can alleviate the deficiency. And again as mentioned, a lack of magnesium is also usually found in people who suffer with depression.
Clinical trials showed that even making an effort to orally take some vitamin C or magnesium decreased the intensity of the depression; however, the evidence from these clinical trials was apparently not compelling enough to prove that this is the best natural solution for depression problems.
St John’s Wort is a very popular choice as a natural solution or remedy for depression and is licensed throughout Europe, including Germany. The way it helps is not actually completely clear, but some ideas are that certain complexes within the extract function together to provide a solution.
Older people who don’t always react well to normal antidepressants or show enough of a response to them often respond well to ginkgo, which is another popular remedy for sufferers of depression. There was a clinical trial that ran across eight weeks wherein the people taking gingko saw their depression decrease significantly, from a 14 on the Hamilton Depression Scale to a level 7. There was a control group also taking part in the trial who only saw a decrease of one point on the scale when taking a placebo.
Other medical professionals hold the opinion that effective treatment for depression can be found with good nutrition and a balanced approach to diet. Cutting out refined carbohydrates and sugar are some of their main suggestions. People who battle symptoms of depression after not eating for a period of time, or suffering depression in the morning or late afternoon, have responded well to this approach. But all of the medical professionals would counsel you to receive a correct and thorough diagnosis before you take any kind of action to find a solution.
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A lot of people are not keen to use prescription drugs to solve their health problems, and very often they will turn to more natural healthier solutions for their struggles, depression specifically being a prime example. The rate of diagnosis for depression is one of the highest of all illnesses, and people who suffer with depression are four times more likely to die as a result, compared to other illnesses.
Of course, you need a clear diagnosis of your depression before you start hunting for an effective, more natural solution to your problem. Believe it or not, something as simple as vitamin deficiencies, such as lacking vitamin B12, can manifest symptoms similar to depression. So it can be that what you are suffering is a B12 deficiency, not actual depression and in this circumstance, taking some vitamin B12 supplements can solve the problem.
A deficiency in magnesium or vitamin C can have the same effects and be treated in a similar fashion. Vitamin C is particularly effective for treating depression because lower serotonin levels can be a contributing factor, and vitamin C works to convert tryptophan into serotonin so an extra supply can alleviate the deficiency. And again as mentioned, a lack of magnesium is also usually found in people who suffer with depression.
Clinical trials showed that even making an effort to orally take some vitamin C or magnesium decreased the intensity of the depression; however, the evidence from these clinical trials was apparently not compelling enough to prove that this is the best natural solution for depression problems.
St John’s Wort is a very popular choice as a natural solution or remedy for depression and is licensed throughout Europe, including Germany. The way it helps is not actually completely clear, but some ideas are that certain complexes within the extract function together to provide a solution.
Older people who don’t always react well to normal antidepressants or show enough of a response to them often respond well to ginkgo, which is another popular remedy for sufferers of depression. There was a clinical trial that ran across eight weeks wherein the people taking gingko saw their depression decrease significantly, from a 14 on the Hamilton Depression Scale to a level 7. There was a control group also taking part in the trial who only saw a decrease of one point on the scale when taking a placebo.
Other medical professionals hold the opinion that effective treatment for depression can be found with good nutrition and a balanced approach to diet. Cutting out refined carbohydrates and sugar are some of their main suggestions. People who battle symptoms of depression after not eating for a period of time, or suffering depression in the morning or late afternoon, have responded well to this approach. But all of the medical professionals would counsel you to receive a correct and thorough diagnosis before you take any kind of action to find a solution.
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