Jan 24 2010, 05:11 PM
Next, it's best to see a doctor, to properly diagnose how serious your problem is. If it is not that serious, some lifestyle mods like what bassist said should suffice. If not, the doc might prescibe some pills to induced remission while coupled with lifestyle changes and slowly wean off the pills.
Do not buy pills from pharmacist as they are not allowed to sell anti-depression drugs without a prescription and they are not qualified to diagnose. They might suggest some supplement such as valerian though...
Added on January 24, 2010, 5:14 pm
QUOTE(basSist @ Jan 18 2010, 12:40 AM)
before prescribing the drugs, why wouldn't pharmacists and doctors advise patients on lifestyle changes and nutritional? Are they assuming patients couldn't get well with these methods and straight away giving the last resorts - drugs to them? If drugs is prescribed, have the patients been notified about the side effects? Hope to get optimistic respond.
i am not sure SSRI is the 5-HT drug - the active compound in Prozac,
but Prozac has also been known to affect nearly every system of the body, including the nervous, digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and urogenital systems, and the skin and appendages. These side effect include, most commonly, visual disturbances, palpitations, mania/hypomania, tremors, symptoms of flu, cardiac arrhythmia, back pain, rashes, sweating, nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and loss of sex drive.
Less Common effects include antisocial behavior, double vision, memory loss, cataracts or glaucoma, asthma, arthritis, osteoporosis, stomach bleeding, kidney inflammation, and impotence.
*quoted from <<What Doctors Don't Tell You The Truth about the Dangers of Modern Medicine>>
Doctors do advise patients on lifestyle changes 1st. However, if he thinks the patient is at higher risk of jumping off any building coz of his/her depression, they put them on pills. It's better to risk the side-effects that having a patient with permanantly crushed brain right?i am not sure SSRI is the 5-HT drug - the active compound in Prozac,
but Prozac has also been known to affect nearly every system of the body, including the nervous, digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and urogenital systems, and the skin and appendages. These side effect include, most commonly, visual disturbances, palpitations, mania/hypomania, tremors, symptoms of flu, cardiac arrhythmia, back pain, rashes, sweating, nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and loss of sex drive.
Less Common effects include antisocial behavior, double vision, memory loss, cataracts or glaucoma, asthma, arthritis, osteoporosis, stomach bleeding, kidney inflammation, and impotence.
*quoted from <<What Doctors Don't Tell You The Truth about the Dangers of Modern Medicine>>
Also, the side effects can be found on many books, both proffesional and layman, and depressed patients in particular doesn't need more stuff to worry about isn't it?
This post has been edited by Kain_Sicilian: Jan 24 2010, 05:16 PM
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