Comment Re:For goodness' sake, think about this for a sec (Score 2) 656
> Seriously: I've done the homework. I am convinced that there is no basis in fact for the number of prescriptions that we have for Lubox. See my postings regardint he proven interaction of sugar with depressive symptoms.
I understand and respect your commitment to nutritional treatment. I also agree to some extent with your analysis of doctors and the pharmaceutical industry. I didn't appreciate the backhand swipe at St.John's Wort, but that's off topic. Heck, I'll even try the B-complex thing on myself. Unlike you, though, I'm not ready to toss antidepressants out the window.
> Oh yeah, you say "the kids don't go back to the doctor to get the medication altered". Read the product insert for Luvox and tell me that that is appropriate!!! It says, specifically, that the drugs are to be given in the smallest quantity possible and that children are to be treated regularly.
> Luvox is not for treating compression. It's often used for that because the pharmaceutical companies have found depression to be a better market than it's approved use: treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
You know more about Luvox than I do, but that sounds reasonable. The most likely response by the doctor, though, would be to try a different antidepressant. And yes, the doctor may not have known what he was doing.
> Oh yeah: most of the drugs don't come from Psychiatrists or even licensed counselors: they come from family doctors who know very little about psychiatry.
This is true. Here's the reason: depression is underdiagnosed, so the docs put their heads together and decided to start writing a lot more prescriptions. This has an upside (more people getting treatment promptly) and a downside (the docs don't necessarily know what they're doing.)
> Every single school shooting that I'm aware in the past several years (since Jonesboro, AR) has involved a child on a psychotropic drug.
Sigh. That goes back to my main point; nobody should be surprised when a deranged person turns out to be under psychiatric treatment.
> You give it away at the start of the article, when you say "Are we plagued by an epidemic of people killing themselves because Prozac messed up their mind?". In a word: the answer is yes!.
OK, folks, this guy may be a fanatic, and nothing I say may get past his rejection of antidepressants. The issues aren't as black and white as they may seem from this thread. Like I said, psychotropic drugs scare a lot of people. Don't judge everything he says by that, and please don't jump to conclusions about drugs causing the murders. They may have contributed, but that's not the only possible explanation.
I understand and respect your commitment to nutritional treatment. I also agree to some extent with your analysis of doctors and the pharmaceutical industry. I didn't appreciate the backhand swipe at St.John's Wort, but that's off topic. Heck, I'll even try the B-complex thing on myself. Unlike you, though, I'm not ready to toss antidepressants out the window.
> Oh yeah, you say "the kids don't go back to the doctor to get the medication altered". Read the product insert for Luvox and tell me that that is appropriate!!! It says, specifically, that the drugs are to be given in the smallest quantity possible and that children are to be treated regularly.
> Luvox is not for treating compression. It's often used for that because the pharmaceutical companies have found depression to be a better market than it's approved use: treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
You know more about Luvox than I do, but that sounds reasonable. The most likely response by the doctor, though, would be to try a different antidepressant. And yes, the doctor may not have known what he was doing.
> Oh yeah: most of the drugs don't come from Psychiatrists or even licensed counselors: they come from family doctors who know very little about psychiatry.
This is true. Here's the reason: depression is underdiagnosed, so the docs put their heads together and decided to start writing a lot more prescriptions. This has an upside (more people getting treatment promptly) and a downside (the docs don't necessarily know what they're doing.)
> Every single school shooting that I'm aware in the past several years (since Jonesboro, AR) has involved a child on a psychotropic drug.
Sigh. That goes back to my main point; nobody should be surprised when a deranged person turns out to be under psychiatric treatment.
> You give it away at the start of the article, when you say "Are we plagued by an epidemic of people killing themselves because Prozac messed up their mind?". In a word: the answer is yes!.
OK, folks, this guy may be a fanatic, and nothing I say may get past his rejection of antidepressants. The issues aren't as black and white as they may seem from this thread. Like I said, psychotropic drugs scare a lot of people. Don't judge everything he says by that, and please don't jump to conclusions about drugs causing the murders. They may have contributed, but that's not the only possible explanation.
