Could Psych-drugs contribute to violent behavior?

melow and spacey?, desn't do me or anyone I know like that.

 

Unfair comparison, IMO. By and large, people who take anti-depressants are trying to get themselves to a "normal" state.

Folks who take LSD are looking to escape from normal.

Apples and oranges.

 

Tell us about it Alfred E.

 

I thought that was a liberal trait.

 

Modern medications for depression are not at all like the old "uppers" and "downers" that we remember. They do not work the same way the old meds did. They do not make people "mellow" and "spacey" in general and if they did that would probably be considered an adverse side effect. Individuals can have idiosyncratic reactions to most any medication, though.

 

Well, James, you can, but you'll have to pay royalties...:laugh:

 

Yeah, like, I know what you mean. That stuff in the 60's can never be matched. Like man, do you remember the pin ball machines and the pretty colors they put out, like wow, that got you to another deminsion. First they ripped out the pin ball machines, then the little pill thingys dont even make as pretty colors any more.

Well, I proved them all wrong. They said if I took this stuff for 40 years, my brain would be fried, and look at me today.

 

Quite the contrary.
The antidepressants are prescribed to help people with
depression. One of the signs of depression is a sense of
humor.

Some other signs are (not all depressed people have
all signs):

1. lost sense of humor
2. inability to made decisions
3. sleep disruptions (too much & too little)
4. eating disorders (too much & too little)
5. hypocondria (lots of various aches & pains)
6. drug disorders/substance abuse
7. inability to deal with stress
8. feelings of loneliness
9. 'who cares'? 'Why bother'? syndromes
10. /this is a joke / their blood type is B-negative
11.

Depression is the #1 health problem in the USofA.
Depression is an epidemic.

One person in five in the USofA will have a depression
some times in their lives

People over sixty-five are four times more likely
to have depression than the total population

Depression is NOT a sin (but all who get depressed
are sinners; all who don't get depressed are also
sinners)

Depression is NOT a lack of will power (though some
of the 'signs' above may look like it).

More than 80% of the people with depression can
be successfuly treated with meds

 

A sign of depression is a sense of humor and another sign of depression is a lost sense of humor? So whether you have a sense of humor or have lost it, pass the Prozac. Isn't psychiatry wonderful, no matter what the signs are, you can't be wrong.

 

Ha ha! :laugh:

 

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Ha. Ha.

I mean like dexedrine, etc., man. The modern SSRIs do not work the same way at all. It is utterly impossible to get high with antidepressants.

 

Rufus_1611: //A sign of depression is a sense of humor
and another sign of depression is a lost sense of humor? //

When you have clinical depression, you will understand.

 

According to your stated criteria, I already exhibit the signs, now all I need is the dope.

 

If you want to go there you have to provide your own dope :laugh: .

Matthew 16:4a (KJV1611 Edition):
A wicked and adulterous generation
seeketh after a signe, ...

 

Well, it seems that all liberals are depressed. They haven't managed to drain us dry yet.

But, many conservatives are depressed as well.

 

How does that scripture apply Ed? You posted all of the signs, are you calling yourself wicked and adulterous?