Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Previous post concerning hippocratic oath follows... SSRI medications/message/13807 New Hippocratic Oath: " Give it a shot, but warn them first " > > > > > I took Effexor for a little while and what I noticed right away was > that it inhibited my natural fear response...the good kind of fear. > I found myself coming up with crazy ideas and impulses, stuff which > without the drug I guess I would inhibit somehow. > > So whether SSRI's increase suicidal thoughts etc I don't know but if > people are depressed and suicidal to begin with (duh!) then what > these drugs seem to do is supress any natural tendency to 'not act' > on certain impulses. > > So I wouldn't say that they make people more suicidal. I would say > that they make people much more impulsive and if one is suicidal to > begin with then there's the connection! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Previous post concerning hippocratic oath follows... SSRI medications/message/13807 New Hippocratic Oath: " Give it a shot, but warn them first " > > > > > I took Effexor for a little while and what I noticed right away was > that it inhibited my natural fear response...the good kind of fear. > I found myself coming up with crazy ideas and impulses, stuff which > without the drug I guess I would inhibit somehow. > > So whether SSRI's increase suicidal thoughts etc I don't know but if > people are depressed and suicidal to begin with (duh!) then what > these drugs seem to do is supress any natural tendency to 'not act' > on certain impulses. > > So I wouldn't say that they make people more suicidal. I would say > that they make people much more impulsive and if one is suicidal to > begin with then there's the connection! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Previous post concerning hippocratic oath follows... SSRI medications/message/13807 New Hippocratic Oath: " Give it a shot, but warn them first " > > > > > I took Effexor for a little while and what I noticed right away was > that it inhibited my natural fear response...the good kind of fear. > I found myself coming up with crazy ideas and impulses, stuff which > without the drug I guess I would inhibit somehow. > > So whether SSRI's increase suicidal thoughts etc I don't know but if > people are depressed and suicidal to begin with (duh!) then what > these drugs seem to do is supress any natural tendency to 'not act' > on certain impulses. > > So I wouldn't say that they make people more suicidal. I would say > that they make people much more impulsive and if one is suicidal to > begin with then there's the connection! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Previous post concerning hippocratic oath follows... SSRI medications/message/13807 New Hippocratic Oath: " Give it a shot, but warn them first " > > > > > I took Effexor for a little while and what I noticed right away was > that it inhibited my natural fear response...the good kind of fear. > I found myself coming up with crazy ideas and impulses, stuff which > without the drug I guess I would inhibit somehow. > > So whether SSRI's increase suicidal thoughts etc I don't know but if > people are depressed and suicidal to begin with (duh!) then what > these drugs seem to do is supress any natural tendency to 'not act' > on certain impulses. > > So I wouldn't say that they make people more suicidal. I would say > that they make people much more impulsive and if one is suicidal to > begin with then there's the connection! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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