The Antidepressant Fact Book : What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, Luvox and the Other Newly Approved Psychiatric Drugs

s/t: What Your Doctor Won't Tell You about Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa & Luvox Known as "the Ralph Nader of psychiatry," Dr. Peter Breggin has been the medical expert in countless court cases involving the use or misuse of psychoactive medications. This unusual position has given him unprecedented access to private pharmaceutical research and correspondence files, information from which informs this straight-talking guide to the most prescribed and controversial category of American drugs: antidepressants. From how these drugs work in the brain to how they treat (or don't treat) depression and obsessive-compulsive, panic, and other disorders; from the documented side and withdrawal effects to what every parent needs to know about antidepressants and teenagers, The Anti-Depressant Fact Book is up-to-the minute and easy-to-access. Hard-hitting and enlightening, every current, former, and prospective antidepressant-user will want to read this book. A Reader Alert Acknowledgments Introduction: Drug Facts You Cannot Get Anywhere Else Too Little Skepticism Unique Sources of Information Getting Inside the Drug Companies Hiding the Facts Quietly Settling the Cases ONE: The Meaning and Purpose of Depression The Most Common Causes of Depressed Feelings Mired Down in Depressed Feelings The Special Vulnerability of Depressed Children When Nothing Helps . . . Not a Disease Even Whole Cultures Depression Occurs in a Context Selling "Depression" as a Disease The "Official" Definition of Depression and Antidepressant. Unanswered QuestionsFrom Bile to Biochemical Imbalances The Search for Biological Markers for Depression The PET Scan Scam If the Drugs "Work," It's Biological The Meaning and Purpose of Depression TWO: Damaging the Brain with SSRI Antidepressants The Myth That Millions of Users Are Living Proof of a Drug's Safety Closely Related Drugs How SSRIs Work The Nature of Serotonin Limits of the Serotonin Theory The Complexity of the Serotonin System Disrupting the Serotonin System The Brain Fights Back Evidence for Permanent Damage and Dysfunction from SSRIs. More Evidence for SSRI-Induced Brain DamageDrug Company Responses to the Danger of Permanent Damage Looking for the Critical Research Anticipating the Nature of Permanent Dysfunction We Know Enough to Be Concerned THREE: Dangerously Stimulating the Brain and Mind with Antidepressants1 No Scientific Doubt All of the SSRIs The Stimulant Profile Causing Mania Burying the Mania Threat Hiding the Truth from the Beginning Deciding to Cover Up the Stimulating Effects Dissent Within the FDA Summing Up the Stimulant Pattern The Insidious Danger of Akathisia. Variability in Patient ReactionsFOUR: Multiple Additional Risks When Taking SSRI Antidepressants Lemonade out of Lemons Common Adverse Reactions in the Body1 Cardiovascular and Bleeding Problems More Prozac Problems Extrapyramidal Reactions and Tardive Dyskinesia Fertility, Pregnancy, and Nursing Pituitary Gland Dysfunction Throughout the Body FIVE: How SSRI Antidepressants Can Ruin Love and Family Life Impairing Our Self-Perception Love and the Brain The Mechanism of SSRI Sexual Dysfunction SSRI Indifference SIX: Depression and Suicide Caused by Antidepressants. The FDA Knew from the BeginningLearning from Science and Clinical Experience Many Drugs Cause Depression Antidepressants, Mania, and Depression Prozac-Induced Suicide More Evidence from Drug Company Data Confirming Antidepressant-Induced Suicide The "Smoking Gun" Driving Patients to Suicide with Akathisia Additional Reports Confirming Antidepressant-Induced Suicidality Seeking a Suicide-Free Prozac Making People More Depressed with Antidepressants The Mechanism of Causing Depression and Suicide Antidepressants Do Not Prevent Suicide. Drug facts you cannot get anywhere else Meaning and purpose of depression Damaging the brain with SSRI antidepressants Dangerously stimulating the brain and mind with antidepressants Multiple additional risks when taking SSRI antidepressants How SSRI antidepressants can ruin love and family life Depression and suicide caused by antidepressants Criminal behavior and violence caused by antidepressants Dangerous drug interactions and a genetic vulnerability to severe SSRI toxicity Special dangers of treating children with SSRIs Withdrawal problems when stopping antidepressants Physical conditions that cause or worsen depression No such thing as an antidepressant From lobotomy to electroshock and brain stimulation Safety and efficacy of natural remedies How drug companies can deceive the courts, the medical profession, and the public How to overcome depression: suggestions for patients and therapists alike. A Reader Alert; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Drug Facts You Cannot Get Anywhere Else; Too Little Skepticism; Unique Sources of Information; Getting Inside the Drug Companies; Hiding the Facts; Quietly Settling the Cases; ONE: The Meaning and Purpose of Depression; The Most Common Causes of Depressed Feelings; Mired Down in Depressed Feelings; The Special Vulnerability of Depressed Children; When Nothing Helps . . .; Not a Disease; Even Whole Cultures; Depression Occurs in a Context; Selling "Depression" as a Disease; The "Official" Definition of Depression and Antidepressant.;By the author of Talking Back to Prozac and Your Drug May Be Your Problem, the answers to over 100 questions about antidepressants. Discusses the meaning of depression and the many and various impacts on the brain of SSRI antidepressants, including their dangers, side effects, and the difficulties of withdrawal. The Antidepressant Fact Book will help you make your own informed, health decisions: It is the book you must read before you fill your prescription

By the author of Talking Back to Prozac and Your Drug May Be Your Problem, the answers to over 100 questions about antidepressants

"Tens of millions of people have turned to a new class of antidepressants that now includes Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, and Luvox."