It’s time to say again what I’ve been saying for too many years on end. The antidepressants aren’t antidepressants. They are more likely to make a person worse than better. More tragically, these toxic agents push may people over the brink into suicide and violence.
It’s astonishing as I approach my 70th birthday that the FDA is beginning to catch up with what I’ve been saying for decades in regard to the limits of drugging children and adults to control their emotions and behavior. It’s gratifying but also a little frustrating. No, I don’t have a biochemical imbalance, I am outraged that my profession has consistently tried to foist off self-serving mythology as science and that so many people have been damaged or killed by the effects of the false biochemical diagnoses and toxic medications.
Meanwhile, the antidepressants are very difficult to stop taking. Withdrawal from antidepressants can lead to “crashing,” with agitation, violence and suicide. Withdrawal from these noxious drugs should be done slowly with experienced clinical supervision. These drugs are not only unsafe to start—they are dangerous to stop.
The best approach to antidepressants: Don’t start taking them.
Research into anti-depressants will show that 67% of people on them will show positive improvement compared to previous medication.
However, the 33% who don't like the new meds tend to under-report suicidal ideation either during treatment or when they discontinue medication.
The bottom line is, ADs are not recommended to substitute for proper treatment of depression, which should always be cognitive behavior therapy with temporary use of medication, as needed (mainly anxiolytics and sometimes sedatives).
To prevent any suicide attempts, medication should be doled out in 3-week allotments unless the patient can demonstrate lack of suicidal ideation.
Even a layman such as myself can figure this out on his own. Why can't shrinks?
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