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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know you mean well and I'm very sorry for what you've been through with your DD but I hate it when people like you post these anecdotal stories.  You don't know that it was the SSRI that worsened your DDs depression and led her to attempt suicide.  As you stated, your DD was on an SSRI for a reason and she already had a history of self-harming. Every person with anxiety/depression, especially one like your DD, is at increased risk for suicide and the risk increases if not treated.  All your 'warning' is doing is reinforcing the idea that SSRIs are too dangerous and make people less likely to accept that medication is an effective treatment for anxiety/depression.

Nothing is without risk including ibuprofen (heart attack/stroke), acetaminophen (liver damage/kidney disease/heart attack/stroke) and every other thing that enters the body. Whether your DD was on an SSRI or not, she was at increased risk of suicide and you should have been watching her.  While shocking, this should not have been a surprise.

I say this as someone whose father and two brothers killed themselves and they were not on SSRIs.  I also have 2 boys that have been on SSRIs since ES and my DH has taken them for 20 years.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799109/[/quote]

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My father, who suffered from depression all his life, committed suicide when he was 60.  He had never been treated for depression and was taking no medicine.  I started taking Prozac in my 20's, after recognizing depression in myself.  It literally has changed my life.  I will happily take it for the rest of my life, and only wish I had been diagnosed with depression as a teen so I could have taken it earlier.

Both of my children are now on Prozac - diagnosed with depression in their teens.  Depression is a real disease and can be successfully treated with SSRIs.  I only wish my dad had taken them.  His life might have been so different.[/quote]

A sample size of 3 doesn't allow drawing this conclusion. The FDA didn't ask around the neighborhood before putting on these warnings. They halp many people. They also cause suicidal behavior in others. Both are true. Your experience is great, but cannot be used to gloss over these problems, which are real. By dismissing these concerns you are doing people a disservice.

Look up Study 329.  It was the original Paxil study and a reanalysis was performed in the original data. They found serious errors. Remember Paxil was marketed as being especially suited for teens -- found it was not safe and not effective for teens. Think about that: it was literally found to be not safe and to have no measurable benefit. But it is still on the market. [/quote]

I will go by the dramatic effect SSRIs have had in myself and in family members.  Just as I would go by real life experiences with a drug like Accutane, which all three of my kids have successfully taken.  Are there side effects?  Yes, among some people.  [b]However, the vast majority of people who take SSRIs (and [/b][b]Accutane) have life-changing results.  [/b]

By dismissing these real success stories, you are doing people a disservice - people who could very well benefit greatly from medication.[/quote]

Inaccurate on the SSRI claim. [/quote]

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