Posted on 07/21/2019 10:34:42 AM PDT by Kaslin
About 15 years ago, I convinced one of my doctors to prescribe some generic Wellbutrin (bupropion XL ) for me. The product had been advertised as a game changer for depression. My doctor, at that time, was reluctant at first; but he eventually succumbed to my repeated requests and wrote the prescription.
Now, unlike many people, I actually read some of the warning fliers that come with medicines. Bupropion had an interesting list of precautions, along the lines of: if thoughts of suicide or violence occur, call your doctor right away.
That warning jumped out at me.
One might go to sleep waiting for the medicine’s effect to kick in, like Dr. Jekyll, and wake up as Mr. Hyde. The problem is that in a Mr. Hyde operating state, one may not be predisposed to call the doctor for advice. True, this may not happen to most people, but it happens to enough to be newsworthy.
Antidepressants have been linked to 28 reports of murder and 32 cases of murderous thoughts, in cases referred to the UK medicines regulator over the past 30 years, a BBC investigation has discovered. -- The Telegraph
So I decided not to chance things. I did not take the drug after all. When I told my doctor -- who had been reluctant to begin with -- he was happy. I had made the right choice. I tossed the pills out, years ago.
No doubt, many are aware how often school shooters are on psychiatric medications.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
That is what beer is for.
“and I get a better night sleep”
That is what beer is for.
Yep-wasn’t questioning it. I haven’t read the side effects for 17 years. It may have been there at that time or it may have been added as more have been observed. It was available by prescription only back then so all I read was the pharmacy insert. I just found it curious because of all my kids, he’s the one who falls asleep immediately and never wakes up until his alarm goes off.
He has been on allergy and asthma meds since he was two years old. At one point I tried to find non pharmaceutical ways to relieve his allergies. Nothing helped enough to eliminate meds, but nettle was the only herb that helped him just a bit. Has your wife tried Nettle tea? It might be worth a try.
Interesting, but I don’t think medications can make you a murderer. I think some of this is driven by the desire to raid the pockets of drug companies.
Lol! I have that many murderous thoughts myself after reading what leftists are up to on Free republic!
Have you tried Valerian? It too, is natural (non-addictive), though I don’t know about side affects.
no i have not. But thank u, I can research it!
I used Wellbutrin for a while for help in smoking cessation; found it did curb my desire to smoke; also curbed my desire to do damn near anything. When I realized I didn’t care about my music anymore, I realized this was the wrong road to be on; dropped it and quit with other methods; only one anecdote, but part of a bigger picture.
The possibility does exist that a generic may have a different response, as described above; but the incidence of suicide or harm to others which can be empirically tied to the patented drug is vanishingly small.
I don't take it but know someone who does and it's really been a help for them. Her mood swings have decreased and she seems happier about life. I'm sure everyones experience may be different to a degree.
Most of them are thrilled to put people on antidepressants and statins.
After it became obvious that school and other mass shooters had all been on such psychoactive drugs as Wellbutrin XL, the drug companies all revised their Physicians Desk References entries and the drug insert warnings to REMOVE the “thoughts of violence” and/or “homicidal ideation” warnings from those drugs. Now they just say “suicidal ideation”. No mention of violence or homicidal ideation. Can’t have that on there, no sir.
malpractice writ large
For some, it’s a definite cause...anything that is “designed” to work on a sick mind with unhealthy impulses runs the risk of generating/exacerbating the same impulses...hell, they don’t really understand all the hows and whys of how many of the drugs “work”....it’s part of a long experiment with a lot of bad results.
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