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Originally Posted by MattMVS7
I am afraid of taking the antidepressants I'm on now and wish to get off of them because I heard that cause brain damage. Many people think that they instead grow new brain cells and such. But here in this article, he says that this is flawed evidence. Also, there are reports of people who have had their lives destroyed by antidepressants who have had permanent anhedonia and many other things as well from these medications.
Here is the article that talks about antidepressants causing brain damage:
Negative Effects of Antidepressants | Mad in America |
Hi MattMVS,
Thanks very much for that link!
I think that to any reasonable person taking or thinking about taking antidepressants, this information is VERY concerning at the very least. Given that, I think it makes lots of sense to just try all of the safe, healthy non-drug ways to improve depression BEFORE thinking about taking these drugs. Doesn't that make sense? There are lots of things to try, and many have quite a good chance of making a major improvement. I've made a partial list in post #74 of this thread
http://forums.psychcentral.com/depre...escaped-8.html
which includes links to inspirational success stories even at this site.
Remember, there is a huge multi-billion dollar industry advertising these drugs and, of course, no such industry promoting, say, meditation or exercise or vitamins or improving your diet.
- vital