View on Antidpressants

[Phillip]

Soulman,
How is your sister? How long has she had this problem? And has she tried several different meds? The first med is not necessarily the right med. I tried many before I found the one that I felt like a real person....my old self. Some will cause you to be dazed or to loose your personality. That's not the right med for that person. She, or someone for her, needs to be persistently seeking the right med for her. I will be praying for you and your sister.
:Fish:

I would ask her to see if her doctor will let her try Serzone. I used it for a while myself when I was down and after about two weeks I started feeling normal again. Supposedly, Serzone has less side-effects than many other anti-depressants; however, this is not always true--sometime the originals have less side-effects because the second medications are invented to get around the patents held by the first drug, so they may not be the great chemical to use.

Unless you know for sure (like Serzone), I would stick with Prozac and the earlier anti-depressants. Just my humble opinion--talk to your doctor before taking any medications and never, ever borrow an anti-depressant from someone to "see" if it works.

My wife probably wouldn't be alive today if it wasn't for Serzone. Her story is one of great sadness and hurt and Serzone was one of those "God send" drugs that helped her through it.

By the way SFIC, she was always trusting in Christ during ALL of these situations; praying, reading the word and even attending church when she didn't feel like it.

It is easy to be judgmental about this stuff if you have never needed it or had a bad experience with something (and people do, when doctors are trying to adjust medications--often the first choices are not the best.)

 

[lgpruitt]

Phillip,
I agree with you. His version of Baptist is not one that I've heard of. It must be his own version of baptist.....
raying:

 

[Friend of God]

I agree (this is in response to SFIC's statement that drugs cover sin.)



As a very conservative doctor that I know says (I mean conservative--he will seldom prescribe pain medications period): His statement is anti-depressants are one of the best drugs we have in family medicine (his specialty) they don't make a person "feel good"----they make them "feel normal". By the way, he's a Christian.

Sounds like your doc has a good handle on what anti-depressants are for, and what they can do.
I've been on anti-depressants for over 2 years now, and yes, I've had to try more then one, even combinations of anti-depressants.
I agree with your doc. I just want to "feel normal" - nothing more/nothing less.