> They can also increase suicidal ideation.
A very close family member committed suicide, after Prozac dosage adjustments made his brain chemistry go haywire.
This happened 30 years ago, and it has been known to us that Prozac can cause this, since then.
The Guardians headline is way, way understating the real situation here.
Medications almost always target symptoms and never address root causes.
I'm not sure what kinds of studies have been done about it, but I've had a few therapists same similar ideas. If it's not a studied phenomenon, then it has folks that believe it exists.
But is the only true cure to the suffering. We’d have to undergo a massive reorganization of society (and upset a few hefty profit margins) to prioritize that, so we settle for the messy symptom management we have.
I’m bipolar and a lot of the medication I take does not become fully effective for months. For me, my medication slowly became more effective over years as my brain no longer had to compensate for hardware problems.
> "Mark Horowitz, an associate professor of psychiatry at Adelaide University and a co-author of the study,"
Austria - cold, has mountains, but not Adelaide University
Australia - hot, has kangaroos, and Adelaide University
Is the Grauniad returning to form?
Do not care what the science says. It 100% worked for me. Please get help if you need it, tens of millions of people use this medicine successfully
Articles like this are part of the narrative that SSRIs in general are no better than placebo. Absolutely not true for me!
Having a child forced me to fix my life, and I'm incredibly happy because of it.