Antidepressant Drugs Causing Epidemic of Mania, Mayhem and Murder

[Anti Federalist]

Whatever. All I know is that I am old enough to remember when crimes rates were higher, and there was more crime. There's no way to disprove the bizarre conspiracy theory stuff - "There's more crime but they're not telling us!" - but I'm not going to believe it, because from what I see, violent crimes are indeed trending down.

Of course, the Nancy Grace effect has all of the soccer Moms believing just the opposite.

With more people in prison than other place on earth, crime had better be going down.

In fact, for all the people we jail and execute, you'd think this would be a crime free paradise.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Part of what's happening is nothing but a downside of peak.

 

[donnay]

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[BlackTerrel]

Part of what's happening is nothing but a downside of peak.

Yes but if these drugs really were causing this mass epidemic then we wouldn't be at less homicides than 1930.

 

[Sjuguy]

Doctors give out these prescriptions like candy. It's terrible. Trying to get off prescription drugs like Effexor is almost as bad as trying to get off of Heroin from stories I have read. Not to mention Xanax, if taken regularly, can become extremely addicting. I wouldn't recommend getting on anti-depression or anti-anxiety medicine. Try counseling and find other ways to deal with depression and anxiety. These medicines are extremely hard to come off of.

 

[donnay]

Here's a true story...

I knew a women who wound up taking anti-depressants for about five years, she was diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). She got into a horrific accident, where an 18 wheeler T-boned her vehicle. She was in the hospital for nearly a month. She had no medical insurance and her hospital bill were astronomical.

When she finally started to get better, one of her family members suggested she take the trucking company to court. The police report was in her favor, she had eye witnesses who saw the accident stating that she was not to blame. So she got an attorney, they filed a suit against the trucking company who happened to be a very big company that had a mule team of attorneys at their disposal.

To make a long story short she lost her case because the trucking company's lawyers subpoenaed her medical records, found out she was taking prozac. Because she was on an psychotropic drug, the lawyers convince everyone that these drugs alter peoples minds, make them much more manic and much more depressed and that she was the reason the truck lost control and slammed into her. The jury believed the defendants attorneys---she lost everything.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Here's a true story...

I knew a women who wound up taking anti-depressants for about five years, she was diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). She got into a horrific accident, where an 18 wheeler T-boned her vehicle. She was in the hospital for nearly a month. She had no medical insurance and her hospital bill were astronomical.

When she finally started to get better, one of her family members suggested she take the trucking company to court. The police report was in her favor, she had eye witnesses who saw the accident stating that she was not to blame. So she got an attorney, they filed a suit against the trucking company who happened to be a very big company that had a mule team of attorneys at their disposal.

To make a long story short she lost her case because the trucking company's lawyers subpoenaed her medical records, found out she was taking prozac. Because she was on an psychotropic drug, the lawyers convince everyone that these drugs alter peoples minds, make them much more manic and much more depressed and that she was the reason the truck lost control and slammed into her. The jury believed the defendants attorneys---she lost everything.

Mutual acquaintance.

True story.

 

[dillo]

xanax is not an ssri

 

[Anti Federalist]

Yes but if these drugs really were causing this mass epidemic then we wouldn't be at less homicides than 1930.

Wait until the shit hits the fan, and the 20-30 day supply of these drugs on the shelf dries up, and 70 million people go cold turkey off these things.

The zombie apocalypse, for real.

 

[Sjuguy]

Wait until the shit hits the fan, and the 20-30 day supply of these drugs on the shelf dries up, and 70 million people go cold turkey off these things.

The zombie apocalypse, for real.

Literally people can go crazy if they cold turkey an SSRI. Brain Zaps. OUCH.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

A gun, sitting on the table, fully loaded, can not enter your bloodstream, disrupt the decision making processes in your brain and cause you to act in ways that you normally would not.

ETA - Unless someone wants to argue that it causes an out of control endorphin rush or something.

You've never seen an angry, out of control, drunk?

I suppose it could, theoretically, go off all by itself and kill someone, but the chances aren't very high of that ever happening. That would truly be a freak accident. Apparently, it's enough for the gun control advocates, although gun control was never about safety and all about controlling people, so the argument may or may not hold sway over gun control advocates.

 

[donnay]

xanax is not an ssri

Xanax (Alprazolam) is a psychotropic drug. Psychotropic drugs alters peoples minds.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

Most people who get anti-depressants were already psychologically disturbed.

This argument has been rehashed over and over again. It's quite clear that what happens to these people is, by no means, normal, even for them.

What frustrates me is when people can say, dead serious, that most psychotropic drugs carry the risk of increasing suicidal thoughts and tendencies and then tell you straight-faced that there is no chance it will also lead to homicidal tendencies.

 

[BlackTerrel]

Wait until the shit hits the fan, and the 20-30 day supply of these drugs on the shelf dries up, and 70 million people go cold turkey off these things.

The zombie apocalypse, for real.

... So you agree then that these drugs have not caused an epidemic of mania, mayhem, and murder?

Look I'm not a fan of over prescription of drugs. I think there is a small percentage of people who have a chemical imbalance who benefit from these and other drugs. I think there is a larger percentage of people who are fine and would be better suited by eating healthier and working out - but instead due to laziness of themselves and doctors end up on these drugs instead.

I'm not in a panic about an army of zombies out to kill me. What's with all the fear mongering lately?

 

[tttppp]

Xanax (Alprazolam) is a psychotropic drug. Psychotropic drugs alters peoples minds.

Thats what the theory is. But they don't work. They are just as ineffective at altering your mind as anti-depressants are at reducing depression.

 

[tttppp]

Most people who get anti-depressants were already psychologically disturbed.

In theory, anti-depressants are for people who are chronically depressed and they can't figure out why. Many times however, doctors are handing out anti-depressants for things happening in the real world. For example, if you have a hard time finding work and are depressed, a lot of doctors will prescribe anti-depressants. Now I'm pretty sure most people here can figure out anti-depressants are not the answer for that problem. A better solution would be to help these people find a career counselor or help them go back to school. Not popping pills.

Additionally, anti-depressants don't work...to top that off they cause numerous health problems. I'd rather live with mental problems, than live with mental problems and physical problems.

 

[donnay]

Thats what the theory is. But they don't work. They are just as ineffective at altering your mind as anti-depressants are at reducing depression.

Psychotropic drug: Any drug capable of affecting the mind, emotions, and behavior. Some legal drugs, such as lithium for bipolar disorder, are psychotropic. Many illicit drugs, such as cocaine, are also psychotropic. Also known as psychodynamic drug.

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=30807

 

[John F Kennedy III]

And how many of these over prescribed poor bastards would have been just fine if they could have smoked a joint or two and chilled?

At least 90%.

 

[tttppp]

Psychotropic drug: Any drug capable of affecting the mind, emotions, and behavior. Some legal drugs, such as lithium for bipolar disorder, are psychotropic. Many illicit drugs, such as cocaine, are also psychotropic. Also known as psychodynamic drug.

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=30807

What does this have to do with what I posted?

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Most people who get anti-depressants were already psychologically disturbed.

False.