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Interesting perspective for all the past shootings drugs perhaps?
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<blockquote data-quote="murphy j" data-source="post: 2030187" data-attributes="member: 6452"><p>Based on personal experience, I think there's more to this than is realized by even mental health professionals. I was diagnosed with mild PTSD after my return from Iraq in 2008. The doctor at the VA put me on Zoloft. After 2-3 weeks on that drug I was feeling really weird, but thought it was just me. One night, while my wife was having after work drinks with her cousin, I was watching our baby boy. He was in a state that night and wouldn't quit crying for anything. After a couple hours of this, I was at my wits end. I had tried everything I knew how to do, but nothing was working. As I was holding him, I fortunately had the presence of mind to realize what I was about to do. I caught myself lifting him slightly as if I was going to throw him down. Realizing what I was about to do, I was immediately horrified and lay him on the couch and called my wife to ask her to come home. I stopped taking that drug the very next day. I was later placed on Prozac, but have taken myself completely off that because, in my opinion, I was too apathetic about everything. I've been told by more than one mental health professional that finding the right drug is a crap shoot. From my limited experience that's true. I'd rather live drug free and deal with the bouts of depression, crying at odd times and occasional angry sounding outbursts, than live with a medicated mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="murphy j, post: 2030187, member: 6452"] Based on personal experience, I think there's more to this than is realized by even mental health professionals. I was diagnosed with mild PTSD after my return from Iraq in 2008. The doctor at the VA put me on Zoloft. After 2-3 weeks on that drug I was feeling really weird, but thought it was just me. One night, while my wife was having after work drinks with her cousin, I was watching our baby boy. He was in a state that night and wouldn't quit crying for anything. After a couple hours of this, I was at my wits end. I had tried everything I knew how to do, but nothing was working. As I was holding him, I fortunately had the presence of mind to realize what I was about to do. I caught myself lifting him slightly as if I was going to throw him down. Realizing what I was about to do, I was immediately horrified and lay him on the couch and called my wife to ask her to come home. I stopped taking that drug the very next day. I was later placed on Prozac, but have taken myself completely off that because, in my opinion, I was too apathetic about everything. I've been told by more than one mental health professional that finding the right drug is a crap shoot. From my limited experience that's true. I'd rather live drug free and deal with the bouts of depression, crying at odd times and occasional angry sounding outbursts, than live with a medicated mind. [/QUOTE]
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