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Re:The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs by captainredbeard on Monday April 01, 2019 @08:25PM (#19549805)
Let’s not forget that 8% of SSRI users end up having an SSRI-induced [hypo]manic episode. It’s a hidden epidemic.

Additionally, there are few longitudinal studies that show antidepressants as being effective and reasonably side effect free.

Worse, neuroleptics leave the majority of long term users with lifelong tics, tremors, rigidity, and other Parkinson’s style symptoms.

But yeah, there’s a study showing they make people happy with a slightly better efficacy than placebo.

Playing with fire has its risks. Listen to the burned ones, it’s more complicated than a whitepaper.

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Re:The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs by sjg007 on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @12:17AM (#19551067)
That 8% are likely bipolar.
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Re:The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs by mastox on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @12:31AM (#19551115)
Source? My understanding is the 8% would also include people with just family history.
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Re:The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs by captainredbeard on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @11:46AM (#19564325)
They arbitrarily removed SSRI-caused (i.e. NOT latent bipolar) as a subtype in DSM-V. The only reasoning behind this that I could find was a decision by a "round-table" of experts. Most other changes in related categories were substantiated by much more.
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Re:The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs by sjg007 on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @01:40AM (#19551360)
Here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2922360/

The issue with SSRIs for people who are bipolar is that it can trigger a manic episode.

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Re:The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs by captainredbeard on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @11:45AM (#19564310)
That's an awfully convenient explanation. Many people never develop symptoms, so exposing folks with latent bipolar disorder is still a near criminal offense.
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