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Margaret Golden's avatar

The Eli Lilly defense is real and that has been in play for a long time. They hand these anti-depressants out like candy. They trust the Dr. giving it to them & do not question. But each person has to read about the medicine, read the side effects because each individual reacts differently to any kind of medication....many times the patient is better off with cognitive behavioral therapy before popping an anti-depressant in their mouth and thinking that will take everything away. It never does. You have to deal with the underlying cause. There are no magic pills.

Joy Lucette Garner's avatar

I read a book back in 2001 which had compiled all of the "mass shooters" and the "gone postal" people up to that time. 9 out of 10 were either taking SSRIs, or they had recently stopped taking them, (withdrawals). Seems that suddenly stopping is even more dangerous. The remaining 10% had been seeing shrinks, so it appeared (but was not confirmed) that they too were most likely taking SSRIs.

The warning inserts for these "anti-depressants" mention "suicidal thoughts" and "aggression" as side effects. WHY does someone take a drug that can cause them to kill themselves, (and others) when they are DEPRESSED?

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