Posted by jacquie on April 13, 2000, at 20:07:27
In reply to Re: Cam, posted by Cam W. on April 13, 2000, at 7:14:55
>cAM-THANK YOU FOR THE SOUND ADVICE. THE EMAIL ABOVE IS TO YOU AND LIZ, BUT IT DELETED YOUR NAME SOMEHOW. BOTH OF YOU ARE VERY HELPFUL TO ME AND I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
BEST, JACQUIE
> Jacquie - I'm just a community pharmacist who works with a local mental health clinic and reads a lot. We really don't know all the things that antidepressants do in the body. We just call them SSRIs or SNRIs because we are human and like things to fit together in neat classifications (not unlike stereotypes). I believe serotonin reuptake blockade to be one effect (eg side effect or artifact) of SSRI activity. All antidepressants seem to readjust (reset?; resensitize?) our body's stress defence mechanisms (HPA axis). They do many other things as well (side effects). Side effects are just effects of the drug that we don't want to happen at that particular time. For example, Nytol is a sedating antihistamine used as a sleep aid, but it could also stop an allergic reaction. It is just that a 'side effect' of this antihistamine is sedation.
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> The 'feeling like you've slept' may catch up with you eventually. Your body needs sleep to heal and function properly. Give it another week and tell us how it goes. - Cam W.
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