serotonin
You are browsing the serotonin tag archive.
By Ann Tracy on August 4, 2009
About 6 percent of people were prescribed an antidepressant in 1996 — 13 million people. This rose to more than 10 percent or 27 million people by 2005, the researchers found.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged advertising, Anti-depressants, Antidepressant use, antidepressants, companies, doubles, Drug, Effexor, eli, Glaxo, gloxosmithkline, inhibitors. lamictal, kline, lexapro, Lilly, m.a.o., MAO, mood, Paxil, prescriptions, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, smith, SSRI, U.S., Warnings, wellbutrin, Zoloft |
By retoddb on August 4, 2009
The brain chemical these drugs increase, serotonin, is the same brain chemical that LSD, PCP and other psychedelic drugs mimic in order to produce their hallucinogenic effects. And remember that psychedelic agents are “a class of compounds with no demonstrated therapeutic use, a history of extensive abuse, and the ability to provoke psychosis.
Posted in Articles, Prozac Panacea or Pandora, Scientific Studies | Tagged alcohol, anti-depressant, Antidepressant, Depression, disorder, inhibitors, luvox, mood, Pfizer, s.s.r.i., serafem, serotonin, Sertraline, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, syndrome, Zoloft
By Ann Tracy on August 4, 2009
Seven drugs approved since 1993 have been withdrawn after reports of deaths and severe side effects. A two-year Los Angeles Times investigation has found that the FDA approved each of those drugs while disregarding danger signs or blunt warnings from its own specialists. Then, after receiving reports of significant harm to patients, the agency was slow to seek withdrawals.
Posted in Articles | Tagged alcohol, anti-depressant, Antidepressant, Depression, disorder, F.D.A., FDA, inhibitors, luvox, mood, Pfizer, s.s.r.i., serafem, serotonin, Sertraline, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, syndrome, Zoloft |
By Ann Tracy on August 4, 2009
A REMINDER: IT IS EASIER TO GET DOWN OFF A MOUNTAINTOP ONE GUARDED STEP AT A TIME THAN TO JUMP FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM.
No matter how few or how many side effects you have had on these antidepressants, withdrawal is a whole new world. The worst part of rapid withdrawal does not hit for several months AFTER you quit. So even if you think you are doing okay you quickly find that it becomes much worse.
Posted in Articles, Prozac Panacea or Pandora | Tagged advertising, Anti-depressants, antidepressants, Bouts, Cold Turkey, companies, Critical Piece, dangerous drugs, discontinuation, Drug, Effexor, eli, Glaxo, gloxosmithkline, inhibitors, insomnia, kline, lamictal, lexapro, Lilly, m.a.o., MAO, Medication, Minuscule Amounts, Mountaintop, Overwhelming Fatigue, Paxil, Pills, prescriptions, Psychiatric Ward, Psychotic Break, Rapid Withdrawal, Recovery Period, Reminder, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, smith, SSRI, Ssri Antidepressants, Step At A Time, Term Users, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By Ann Tracy on August 4, 2009
Freeman said the hospital staff prescribed him antidepressants and told him they were so busy that he wouldn’t receive counseling for a month.
A few weeks later, on Feb. 22, 2006, Freeman got in a fight with a man he had never met, Kenneth Tatum, in the China Express restaurant on B Street. Freeman pulled out his .357 and, before he knew it, he said, Tatum was bleeding on the ground. He had shot him through the thigh
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, iraq, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, PTSD, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, veterans, violence, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By Ann Tracy on August 4, 2009
At first, Eastridge said, he enjoyed the intensity of it. He had a competition going with Bressler to see who could kill more bad guys. His final count, he said — and his sergeant confirmed — was about 80.
But after a few months, the raids, gore and constant threat of roadside bombs started to get to him. He couldn’t sleep. He was on edge all the time. Doctors at the base diagnosed him with PTSD, depression, anxiety and a sleep disorder. They gave him antidepressants and sleeping pills and put him back on duty.
When he went back to the doctors a few weeks later saying the pills were not working, his medical records show, they doubled his dose.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, iraq, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, veterans, violence, war, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By Ann Tracy on August 4, 2009
He said he started trading his morphine with other soldiers for an antipsychotic called quetiapine and an anti-anxiety drug called clonazepam. Improper use of either can cause psychotic reactions, anxiety, panic attacks, aggressiveness and suicidal behavior, but, Marquez said, injured soldiers traded them like children in a lunchroom swapping desserts.
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, iraq, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, veteran, violence, war, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By Ann Tracy on August 4, 2009
In March 2007, Needham went to the battalion’s doctor, saying he was “losing it” and needed a break, according to a summary of his service that he wrote. He was prescribed the antidepressant Zoloft and sent back to work. In May, Needham said, he went back to the doctor and was again sent back to work. In June, according to medical records, he went again. And in September. Commanders always sent him back out on patrol, he said
Posted in Recent Cases Blog | Tagged Anti-depressants, antidepressants, celexa, discontinuation, Effexor, inhibitors, iraq, lamictal, lexapro, m.a.o., MAO, murder, Paxil, Prozac, PTSD, s.s.r.i., serotonin, Side Effects, SSRI, SUICIDE, veteran, violence, war, Warnings, wellbutrin, Withdrawal, Zoloft |
By Ann Tracy on August 3, 2009
The end of February 2008 the truth came out about the initial studies done on these new antidepressants. These studies had never before been made public or even submitted to the FDA for their review. Yet these studies showed that the drugs were of no more benefit than a placebo!
Posted in Overview | Tagged Abrupt Change, alcohol, anti-depressant, Antidepressant, antidepressants, Benefit, Closest Thing, Depression, disorder, drugs, FDA, Hostility, inhibitors, Initial Studies, luvox, mood, New Antidepressants, Pfizer, Placebo, psychosis, Risk, s.s.r.i., serafem, serotonin, Sertraline, Side Effects, SSRI, Ssri Antidepressants, Sugar Pill, SUICIDE, syndrome, Toilet, Truth, Zoloft
By Ann Tracy on August 3, 2009
Dr. Candace Pert, who headed the Brain Chemistry Department at the National Institutes of Health for 13 years, publicly came out against the drugs in October of 1997 in TIME magazine. She boldly stated: “I am alarmed at the monster that Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Solomon Snyder and I created when we discovered the simple binding assay for drug
Posted in Overview | Tagged binding assay, Brain, Pert, serotonin