Antidepressants Get Suicide Warning From FDA, page
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Topic started on 3-5-2007 @ 09:04 PM by anxietydisorder
Young adults face an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior when they first begin taking antidepressants and should be warned about the danger, federal health officials said Wednesday.

The Food and Drug Administration asked makers of the drugs to expand its warning labels to include adults age 18-24. The labels already include similar warnings for children and adolescents.

Eli Lilly and Co., the maker of Prozac, Zoloft manufacturer Pfizer Inc. and other pharmaceutical companies said they would comply with the FDA's request.
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I may not be a youth, but I have personal experience of what these people go through.

Most people that suffer from bi-polar disorders only show up at the doctors office when they are suffering from the depressive side of a cycle. It's when they're at their lowest point that they go to their physician, possibly from a family member being concerned, or some aberrant behavior being noticed by a friend.

Most of the time they spend 15 min. with a general practitioner, and then get passed off to a psychiatrist in a few weeks, if they're lucky. The doctor tends to prescribe an SSRI or something in the "pam" family, and then they wait for additional help.

If they do get to see a shrink, it's an hour at most.
They walk away with a prescription for an antidepressant and an appointment to come back in 2 - 3 weeks.
This is when they're most at risk to commit suicide........
After spending a little time exposing the feelings that are causing the depression they walk away with a bottle of pills, and a "see me in a couple weeks".

At their most vulnerable time, and when families think everything is being taken care of by the doctor, they kill themselves. And then the families are surprised when they find the person dead in the weeks following the start of a new medication.


I'll be honest, I'm on new medications right now.
They change the way your mind works, and you go through periods of elation and depression that can cycle within a few hours. It's like being extremely happy one minute, and then you crash into a dark hole with no escape, and the smallest thing can destroy your world.


I don't want anyone to think I'm running for the exit, but I think it's an important point to note. People that are depressed need a bit more support than a doctors visit and a bottle of pills to get them through a tough time.

All antidepressants must carry a "black box" warning, the government's strongest safety alert, linking the drugs to increased suicidal thoughts and behavior among children and teens taking them, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

Because the warnings are primarily seen by doctors, the agency also is creating an information guide for patients to advise them of the risk.
www.cbsnews.com...


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today proposed that makers of all antidepressant medications update the existing black box warning on their products' labeling to include warnings about increased risks of suicidal thinking and behavior, known as suicidality, in young adults ages 18 to 24 during initial treatment (generally the first one to two months).
www.fda.gov...


From personal experience, this is a very important issue.


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reply posted on 4-5-2007 @ 03:27 PM by billybob
it's a brave new world.

emotions are there for a reason. look, there's even "motion" as the majority of it.

people are MOTIVated by eMOTION. eMOTIONs are the result of reACTing to your environment. if you emotions are 'off', it is BECAUSE YOUR ENVIRONMENT is OFF.

'chemical imbalance', and 'bipolar' are just WORDS.

menopause is also not a DISEASE, and yet, has been treated like one for decades.

do not take the blue pill, or the red pill. they are both placebos.

these drugs do not help anything. there is something wrong with 'overfilled with joy' when your whole world is in shambles.

people should be depressed, and angry, and reACTive.

a person VERY dear to me, hung herself because she thought she was ugly(and she was, if you think kim basinger is ugly) and a burden(and she was, if you think florence nightengale was a burden). she did so after one week on a new 'anti-depressive'. she had been on various 'anti-depressents' since she was fourteen.
none of the 'doctors' in her teen years considered it might be the fact that she was raped repeatedly by her babysitter when she was a little girl, and her father protected the rapist.
none of the 'doctors' in her final years thought about the cause of her woe, either. you simply write a drug name on a prescription slip, and the 'disease' goes away?

the pharmaceutical/medical scam is a massive crime against humanity.

social disorders are not chemical disorders. these guys are butchers and snake-oil salesmen, not 'doctors'. real doctors find the root of the problem, not just the symptoms.


reply posted on 4-5-2007 @ 04:49 PM by Kr0n0s
I have to agree 100% that you are correct, I cant believe that doctors these days are so quick to label a person with ADHD or Depressed. After a 5 minute visit the Dr. whips out his Rx pad, like quick draw McGraw and prescribe these kids and adult alike with these very powerful drugs.
Ive mentioned this before but ill say it again here. About 8 years ago, I had taken my son with me to a Dr appt for myself. My son was very hyper at a young age but he was just a kid that was having fun, he was a good kid that always minded me but he was just very active.
So after my Dr seen my child for less than 5 minutes he labeled him ADHD and wrote out an Rx for a HUGE bottle of ritalin. I showed his mother, (whos now my X-Wife) the prescription she had it filled and brought it home with the intention giving it to him. I took the bottle from her, kept it with me in my truck for a few days while i thought about it. After a week or so I had made my decision to pour the pills out in the toilet. She did not agree with me, she said that it wasnt fair to her because she had to stay home with him everyday while i worked and if this drug made watching him easier then she was all for it. I blew my stack when she said that and our relationship was never the same after that.
My son, who I now have sole custody of, is now a normal very intelligent 13 year old boy.

By the way, good post billybob

Originally posted by billybob
it's a brave new world.
you simply write a drug name on a prescription slip, and the 'disease' goes away?

the pharmaceutical/medical scam is a massive crime against humanity.

social disorders are not chemical disorders. these guys are butchers and snake-oil salesmen, not 'doctors'. real doctors find the root of the problem, not just the symptoms.


[edit on 4-5-2007 by Kr0n0s]


reply posted on 5-5-2007 @ 05:21 AM by Shar
www.abovetopsecret.com...'

I guess it don't matter. But, this is another thread I started on this subject the same day. 2:50am.

4 pages long and 6 flags as well.

[edit on 5-5-2007 by Shar]
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