RE: Interesting - Psychiatric Drugs

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Strange to have found this e-mail this AM. After a year of one major event

after another, I was put on two drugs for depresion. Last weekend I took myself

off of them because I found myself suddenly becoming even more depressed,

becoming a loner and contemplating suicide. NONE of these are like me. I tend

to be very outgoing and have a positive outlook on life. I STRONGLY believe

that some meds can and DO create these tendencies in some people. I am going to

the Dr. this AM as you are never to stop taking them as I did. However, waking

up depressed, hating to hear the phone ring, little events of the day sending me

into depression and living a life that is just not me is no way to live.

-Helen

 

 

 

 

Mike Adams has done some good reporting on the connection between

kids/psychiatric drugs and homicidal tendencies. Good read.

http://www.naturalnews.com/022656.html

 

Be well,

Marcia Elston

 

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Oh gosh, everyone is different.

 

I, too, have gone through a series of events ... seems to be a

lifestyle now ... that certainly did a number on me. While I was

continuing to function (in terms of showing up for work), I did

little else. Cried a lot. Slept alot. Lexapro certainly made a

difference for me. I guess I was lucky, got the right meds for my

situation.

 

The causes and such of mental illness/depression/etc. are so vast and

varied. They never write news articles on the people thsee meds have

worked for. Only the tragic situations. And one does not just quit

these drugs, you have to wean off them slowly under a doc's care.

 

This young man had a history of mental illness. He obviously kept

his demons well hidden even from his girlfriend who was so very

devasted and understandably confused by it all.

 

I think young men in general, say between the ages of 17 to 30, are

vulnerable to the angry young man " syndrome " (my words). Hormones

wildly fluctuating, hurtful things going on in school (is there

anyone in this group who would happily go back and live through their

jr. high or high school years?). If they are weaken by some

biological, genetic, or home-based, etc. reason and don't somehow

make it beyond that, then there's an ever-lasting kink in the armour.

 

I read today that there seems to be an increase in suicide among

middle-aged men. The pressures are always there, be it financial,

relationship, etc. Unless coping skills are learned and we realize

it's OK to be largely imperfect, life can be tough.

 

Dede

 

, " Steven Allensworth "

<worth249 wrote:

>

> Strange to have found this e-mail this AM. After a year of one

major event after another, I was put on two drugs for depresion.

Last weekend I took myself off of them because I found myself

suddenly becoming even more depressed, becoming a loner and

contemplating suicide. NONE of these are like me. I tend to be very

outgoing and have a positive outlook on life. I STRONGLY believe

that some meds can and DO create these tendencies in some people. I

am going to the Dr. this AM as you are never to stop taking them as

I did. However, waking up depressed, hating to hear the phone ring,

little events of the day sending me into depression and living a life

that is just not me is no way to live.

> -Helen

>

>

>

>

> Mike Adams has done some good reporting on the connection between

> kids/psychiatric drugs and homicidal tendencies. Good read.

> http://www.naturalnews.com/022656.html

>

> Be well,

> Marcia Elston

>

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[Guest guest]

Helen wrote:

<Last weekend I took myself off of them because I found myself suddenly becoming

even more depressed, becoming a loner and contemplating suicide. .

 

And:

I am going to the Dr. this AM as you are never to stop taking them as I did.

 

PHEW! You scared me for a moment! The poor kid who murdered all those people in

Illinois had just quit cold turkey too. Do NOT do that!

That warning is the first thing you see on

the http://drugawareness.org website.

 

Ien in the Kootenays

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[Guest guest]

Glad to see the responses and such diverse opinions and good advice. Shows

to go that so many of us have personal experience in our families with these

issues. Sadly, I remember a time when it was the exception, not perhaps the

rule. I totally agree that this is only one of the causes for this kind of

behavior and we could drive our selves crazy trying to come up with any one

definitive answer that fits all circumstances. The thing I think we have to

get, however, is that every action or deed has unintended consequences and

we perhaps haven't been as in tune with that concept. With the right

information, we perhaps can avoid those consequences we might not desire

some of the time.

 

Be well,

Marcia Elston

Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence, est. 1988

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" Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide and slavery - have

resulted from obedience, not disobedience. "

Howard Zinn

 

 

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> On Behalf Of Ieneke van Houten

> Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:53 PM

>

> Re: Interesting - Psychiatric Drugs

>

> Helen wrote:

> <Last weekend I took myself off of them because I found

> myself suddenly becoming even more depressed, becoming a

> loner and contemplating suicide. .

>

> And:

> I am going to the Dr. this AM as you are never to stop

> taking them as I did.

>

> PHEW! You scared me for a moment! The poor kid who murdered

> all those people in Illinois had just quit cold turkey too.

> Do NOT do that!

> That warning is the first thing you see on the

> http://drugawareness.org website.

>

> Ien in the Kootenays

> http://freegreenliving.com (blog)

[Guest guest]

The hardest part for many of us in the area of this tragedy (I'm within 30

minutes and have friends and relatives as well as neighbors associated with NIU

and the Dekalb area) is that there was no way to see it coming and even though

he is said to be " off his meds " he planned and strategically enacted a horrific

act and at this time there has been no mention as to any reason or association

that may have drawn him to his former school to take the lives of innocent

people. The community is shaken beyond belief. To top it off we now have that

Baptist Church trying to protest the vigils being held for the victims. They

can pass new gun laws they can try and legislate mental illness the truth is you

can't stop crazy things with band-aid legislation. There is no easy answer.

 

Kathryn Chapman

Painted Goat Farm

 

BEWARE OF THE SHEEP!

 

" Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to reform. "

Mark Twain

 

 

 

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Kathryn, " Beware of the Sheep " -- precious!

 

Dede

 

, Kathryn Chapman

<paintedgoatfarm wrote:

>

> The hardest part for many of us in the area of this tragedy (I'm

within 30 minutes and have friends and relatives as well as neighbors

associated with NIU and the Dekalb area) is that there was no way to

see it coming and even though he is said to be " off his meds " he

planned and strategically enacted a horrific act and at this time

there has been no mention as to any reason or association that may

have drawn him to his former school to take the lives of innocent

people. The community is shaken beyond belief. To top it off we now

have that Baptist Church trying to protest the vigils being held for

the victims. They can pass new gun laws they can try and legislate

mental illness the truth is you can't stop crazy things with band-aid

legislation. There is no easy answer.

>

> Kathryn Chapman

> Painted Goat Farm

>

> BEWARE OF THE SHEEP!

>

> " Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's

time to reform. "

> Mark Twain

>

>

>

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