"debs" <debs172@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:bdrgqu$e8k$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> The sort of people who tell you not to take prescribed ADs are usually the
> ones who come out with advice like 'pull yourself together' when you are
> depressed.
> Prescribed ADs are a good way for some people to live some sort of
'normal'
> life whether in the long term or the sort term. For some they are life
> saving.
>
> I know that some are able to come off ADs once they are sober because it
was
> the alcohol that was causing the depression, but for others it is not as
> simple.......oh if only life ever was that simple.
> If you need them and they have been prescribed thoughtfully by a GP who
has
> taken into account all circumstances, then continue with them for as long
as
> you need them. If a person who condemns ADs had to walk in the shoes of a
> depressed person for just one day then they would have a change of heart.
>
> debs
>

http://www.breggin.com/
"When trying to withdraw from many psychiatric drugs, patients can develop
serious and even life-threatening emotional and physical reactions. In
short, it is dangerous not only to start taking psychiatric drugs but also
can be hazardous to stop taking them. Therefore, withdrawal from psychiatric
drugs should be done under clinical supervision. Principles of drug
withdrawal are discussed in Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to
Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications , by Peter R. Breggin, MD and David
Cohen, PhD."