Anti-depressants cause..... Depression... article....

How depressing. The very drug they "intended" to treat depression, now is found to cause depression in some. These drug makers sure aren't very accountable.

Mice treated with the antidepressant Prozac early in life grow into adults with emotional problems, a new report concludes.

"If they really need these drugs, people should take them. They can be life savers," says Jay Gingrich, a psychiatrist at Columbia University in New York City, US, who led the research. "But it is a little bit alarming to find they might carry risks that aren't apparent until later in life."

The team found that rodents who received drug as newborns were more intimidated by new surroundings and moved more slowly to avoid painful shocks compared to controls. "They are more inhibited in novel situations," says Gingrich. "Extrapolating to people, we'd say the mice are showing symptoms of anxiety and depression or emotional problems."

"It's fascinating," says Tim Oberlander, a developmental paediatrician at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. "It suggests these chemicals can cause crucial changes in the developing brain."

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says it made them zombies.

and it took 6 months to get off it. Those 6 months were filled with weird electrical shock feelings in my brain, manic depression and very clear thoughts of suicide. I've never been so close to killing myself; I actually practiced for it. What helped me most was getting in touch with others going thru the same thing and talking about it. Funny, the prescriber for the drug mentioned none of these side effects nor did the Prozac website or PDR. I was truly "crazy" for 6 months.

Cause things fucking go wrong, that's why. Pets die, my bills come due, my furnace breaks, I get a flat tire on the interstate, and it's fucking raining, and and and I'm getting old, damnit, that's all. If they invent a furnace fixing, bill paying, flat tire inflating, eternal youth giving, sunny day in a pill, then I'll be the first one to take it.

sometimes, that's for sure!

I count my blessings every day and wake up every morning hoping for the strength to cope, and go to sleep every night grateful I got through the day.

and it has been a godsend for me.

Before starting on it, I was so filled with severe anxiety and dizziness that I couldn't drive, except slowly, for short distances, on local streets. Now I can drive on the Washington Beltway, I-95, etc. My PMS was also horrible, but calmed down considerably thanks to Prozac. I don't feel like a zombie.

The downside is that it's made me gain weight that I can't seem to lose. Prozac weight gain is far more common that doctors tell you.

We are all individuals and our specific body chemistry reacts to medications in different ways. I'm not saying that people don't have bad reactions to Prozac -- many do. I'm just fortunate to be someone who has been helped by it.

Some of us have a much different reaction than others. I'm glad for you that it helps. It's a shame that many people do not understand that depression can be debilitating, life altering, overwhelming. I hear a lot from those who seem to blame antidepressent users for not being able to handle the annoying little details of daily living and popping a pill instead of being steadfast. Those people have obviously never suffered major depression. Good luck to you:)

Zyban started out (still is?) a mild anti-depressent. Researchers found that many people would stop smoking while on it, so they started prescribing it for smoking cessation.

My experience was:

1) it made everything taste/smell weird and different than I 'remembered'...that experience in itself was weird/bad. Imagine going to smell a rose, for example, expecting to to smell that 'rose smell' and it smells entirely different than what you 'knew'. Same thing for taste. (Yes, it made cigarettes taste and smell really bad too, but it wasn't worth it with everything else perceived differently as well).

2) Even though I was never a depressed person, when I stopped taking the Zyban, I felt totally depressed and horrible. (It was weird that I really didn't make the connection between my new 'feelings' and cessation of Zyban for awhile. I was wondering 'what the heck was going on with me'). It took a 4-5 weeks off of Zyban before I was feeling normal again.

Now I just try and stay healthy and stay away from all prescription (and most non-prescription) drugs.