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- From: dacc@cmp-rt.music.uiuc.edu (Andrew C. Crowell)
- Subject: Re: people who've tried antidepessants
- References: <szikopou.724940795@cunews>
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- Organization: University of Illinois School of Music
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:45:57 GMT
- Keywords: antidepressant agents
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- In article <szikopou.724940795@cunews> szikopou@alfred.carleton.ca (Steven Zikopoulos) writes:
- >I have been suffering from chronic depression and as a last resort I
- >decided to try an antidepressant. (fluoxetine trade-name Prozac) It
- >didn't do more than triple my already crushing anxiety--sanke oil as
- >far as I'm concerned.
- >
- >I posted this article to get some responses from people who have taken
- >antidepressant agents with or without success.
-
- Well, during two severe periods of chronic depression, I've taken Prozac, and
- it did precisely what it was made to do; within a period of weeks, the
- drug had helped reverse my emotional state. And I definitely felt a sense of
- improvement from the drug, and that drug in particular, as I've been in the
- same state before and have taken a _host_ of other chemicals, with no or
- _adverse_ effects.
- Unfortunately, what's happened to you is that you've run across
- one of the contraindicatory effects of Prozac. No drug is perfect, although
- some are more effective in more cases (such as Prozac) than others (such
- as, in my case, the amitryptalines -- bleah!). Try something else, especially
- if what you're dealing with is the not-all-that-uncommon-as-it-seems problem
- of bipolar disorder. "Ask your doctor", as the commercial sez...
-
- D.A.C. Crowell
- Computer Music Project/School of Music
- University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
- (dacc@cmp-rt.music.uiuc.edu)
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