SSRI addiction

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I think there are too many people who are just entirely brainwashed. And its really screwed up how many people dont know that SSRIs can cause an addiction. The doctors wont tell you that. And if i ever get my MMD, ill make sure its the first thing i tell people. While there is no psychological addiction that is conscience, there is physical. If someone stops using heavy dosage , they get sick and have a wd that could potentially kill them. So those who stop using and find themselves plagued with depression again and anxiety have to go back. SSRIs, esp paxil, have been implicated in decreased brain volume of the amygdala, they cause a decrease in the number of serotonin receptors and cause a decrease in their efficiency. Swim was addicted to hardcore opiates. When he got enough for the day, swim functioned better than he ever did on SSRis (swim can never work as good as before he was on ssris or drugs though so hes not saying hes better, hes just better off then he was when he didnt get enough or when the ssris made him fat and jittery. luckily swim was in shape again, real good shape. however, swim is getting slightly bigger due to his kicking opiates and using food and suboxone to stop. swim would rather be addicted to this that his old quick acting stuff.). Its fucked up how there are all these people against suboxone therapy for depression. There are subtypes of depression coming out. Those who would respond better to this than conventional therapy due to definciencies in their opiate receptors, those who would respond better to Ketamine due to the influence on NMDA receptrs plays in memory. Memory is key to how we see the world and also ketamine ultimately will effect the kappa opiate receptors and shit. The point? this is different and much more effective than the ssri serotonin model. Some people, these drugs work better than anything. However, its just frustrating that work on suboxone and depression has been pushed to the side and everyone is acting so shocked by ketamine results. They think people are just getting addictive drugs and thats why there not depressed. Well, no its not that. While it may cause some euphoria, ultimetely, its a different biological mechanism and they deserved to be recongized and researched. Because ssri addiction is sometimes alot worse than opiate addiction. The difference? a ssri junkie gets enough for a hit. opiate users never get enough due to the quick lastedness of drugs. Thats why methadone and suboxone stand a chance in treating the chronically depressed. Its now the same playing field for both drugs.