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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:13 AM Original message |
Is the US an overmedicated Prozac nation? Or are those who think so overopinionated? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. Prozac and Xanex gulping, SUV drivin' morons seems to be the status quo |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. What any of those things have to do with each other |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. not true. i got the point. and i agree. n/t |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. That people on Prozac are self-absorbed yuppies? |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. that taking Prozac and Xanex is as common/popular/frequent |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Have any personal experience? |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. maybe it's crap to YOU but it isn't crap to everyone who has used it/them |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 06:09 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. My apologies for the tone |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. No dope-smokers are on Prozac? No dope-smokers are yuppies? |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think it's some of both. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. what bothers me |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Severe trauma can fuck people up for life. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I'm very aware of that |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. actually sounds like your friend needs different meds |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I totally agree that |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. even the right meds for an individual are not much help without good cognitive therapy too |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. We can't know. Because prescribing docs do not monitor |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. All I know is |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Doug had six or seven docs in 12 years and all but two were |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. OT: Gosh, you have a lot of hearts there. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I agree with that. It's much more likely for people to avoid meds |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 02:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. "the anti-medication bias is exactly that--a bias" |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. Not just prescriptions... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
18. people who think the country is over-medicated need to take a chill pill. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
22. Yes, antidepressants are glad-handed out like candy canes at Christmas, |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I had withdrawals from Effexor as well. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. "It's not the kind of addiction where you crave the substance and want more of it. Not at all." |
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