Re: Introduction and question

[Guest guest]

,

I think you already know the answers to the questions you are

asking. If you have any doubts, please just read the homepage again.

Vornan

-- In SSRIsex , " james186282 " wrote:

>

> Hi everyone:

>

> My wife came home from the Doctors last night with a bottle of

> Citalopram. She went in for a hurt leg! I asked her how this came

> about and she said that she had symptoms of depression for a

while.

> This new doctor agreed (on the first ever visit) and wrote the

script.

> Now, the odd thing is that the doctor admitted she wasn't well

versed

> in this area. Told her to follow up with a doctor that " knew this

med "

>

> I am reading what I can about depression and SSRIs and I'm scared

half

> to death.

>

> I suggested she visit another doc for a second opinion. I feel

that

> not checking her hormones (she is 45) is a serious error. I also

> think that the choice of this pill is??? Scary at least. My first

> scan around the internet showed that perhapes there are better meds

> available for depression that don't have all these side effects.

> Wellbuten maybe?

>

> I'm reading two books but I'm NOT up to speed. Please if you don't

> mind send me your thoughts on a good course of action other. Even

if

> it is to take the Citalopram.

>

[Guest guest]

This kind of sloppy prescribing is meaningless. , you spent more time on

the

Internet looking at information than the doctor did. A second opinion is

worthless as the

physicians know less about antidepressants than you would ever imagine. All

psychotropic meds have the possiblity of incredibly severe consequences. SSRIs

and

Wellbutrin. Unless the situation is dire, the risk/benefit ratio does not favor

using any

psychotropic -- especially considering that doctors get their information almost

exclusively from the drug company sales force.

> >

> > Hi everyone:

> >

> > My wife came home from the Doctors last night with a bottle of

> > Citalopram. She went in for a hurt leg! I asked her how this came

> > about and she said that she had symptoms of depression for a

> while.

> > This new doctor agreed (on the first ever visit) and wrote the

> script.

> > Now, the odd thing is that the doctor admitted she wasn't well

> versed

> > in this area. Told her to follow up with a doctor that " knew this

> med "

> >

> > I am reading what I can about depression and SSRIs and I'm scared

> half

> > to death.

> >

> > I suggested she visit another doc for a second opinion. I feel

> that

> > not checking her hormones (she is 45) is a serious error. I also

> > think that the choice of this pill is??? Scary at least. My first

> > scan around the internet showed that perhapes there are better meds

> > available for depression that don't have all these side effects.

> > Wellbuten maybe?

> >

> > I'm reading two books but I'm NOT up to speed. Please if you don't

> > mind send me your thoughts on a good course of action other. Even

> if

> > it is to take the Citalopram.

> >

>