Asperger’s/Mental Illness/Gun control are Red Herrings? Adam was taking controversial drug FANAPT

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185. she was lucky

I have a friend who's been hung up on them for over a decade. She goes on and off different anti-depressants and the period of adjustment to a new one is hell. I don't know why her doctors don't try to get her off them.

Here's the way I feel about anti-depressants--they can be useful for a few months to help get over a bad period of depression or grief. But then the talk therapy should address going drug free and learning how to get past psychic pain and down feelings without drugs. There are some cases where this is not possible but I believe those are relatively few.

I do not feel this way about other mental problems or psychoses at all, where pharmaceuticals can be a huge benefit. Only when depression is the main issue and anti-depressants have been prescribed. I think this should be considered a short-term solution.

Beyond the serious side effects in the case under discussion, people who have been on them for a long time can lose a sense of perspective and sometimes do not exhibit normal emotional responses. They become less capable of feeling empathy for others.

for your daughter.