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http://www.geocities.com/doncyberdadmckinley/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jann Bell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 1:22 PM Subject: Re: PAXIL & GINGO U MUST UNDERSTOOD ME I TAKE PAXIL A JUDGE IN CA PUT A STOP TO IT. > So, should diabetics stop taking insulin because they have a habit of using > it in order to live? Should asthma sufferers figure out a way to stop their > medication because it is lets them continue one of the most ingrained habits > of all, breathing? > > Excuse, I am mentally ill, an obsessive compulsive with a bad case of > circular thinking. Some form or another of it runs throughout the > strangely-wired brains of all my blood relatives. Everybody (hopefully) > finds a way to cope. > Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, of which Paxil is one, helps people > optimize their thoughts and energy instead of using an inordinate amount > working around their malfunctioning synapses. And, since Serotonin and > Dopamine seem very related to each other, who can presently say that taking > a drug that helps get all the goodie out of what Serotonin we are able to > utilize efficiently that it doesn't have some good benefit for the Dopamine > connection (they have no long term studies on any of the SSRIs that I am > aware of). > > Yes, most drugs are habit forming, if not physiologically then for the > benefits they enable. I will always take a SSRI (unless something more > targeted comes along). I work with a division of Medicaid and our beef with > the companies that advertise their designer drugs is the affect it has on > advertising targets. The ads always mention to ask you doctor about their > specific drug at the expense (literally) of a generic one that might be just > as effective (granted some aren't) It's a money thing for state run Medicaid > HMOs whose administrators have little hair left on their heads after so much > pulling for creative solutions to a shrinking budget. > > Now, if Don was asking about SSRIs as specifically related to Parkinson's, I > cannot answer that. My Dad is very depressed altho' his generation would > never put a name to his despair. > > If I have missed Don's point, nevermind. > > > > CG Jann > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn