Anti-Depression, Anti-Anxiety and Pain Pills
Prescription Gateway Drugs - Addiction Not Always Due to Misuse
Sep 30, 2008
“ Side Effects May Include: abdominal cramps, agitation, anxiety, black tongue, blurred vision, breast development in males, breast enlargement, confusion, constipation, delusions, diarrhea, dilation of pupils, disorientation, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth, excessive or spontaneous flow of milk, excessive urination at night, fatigue, fever, fluid retention, flushing, frequent urination, hair loss, hallucinations, headache, heart attack, high or low blood pressure, high or low blood sugar, hives, impotence, inability to sleep, inability to urinate, irregular heartbeat, […more...] yellow eyes and skin”
These and many more are the side effects of a drug called Pamelor, or more generically named Nortriptalyne. It is a regular, commonly prescribed anti-depressant. That’s a lot of side effects. But doctors only prescribe this for anti-depression, so if there are no depression symptoms, one need not worry, right? Wrong.
Doctors have also been known, in recent years of pain research, to prescribe this medicine for chronic pains that medicine has not found immediate cures for: like migraine headaches, or nerve pain. So let’s say a patient has this strange injury – not life threatening – just persistent pain he is concerned about, because pain relievers aren’t cutting it. He goes to the doctor, and no physical ailment is found. A doctor may classify that as neuropathic pain, and prescribe an anti-depressant.
Most people believe their doctors would tell them all the side effects, and explain the dangers of anti-depressants. Other people would just stop the medication as soon as they found out the dangers. Unfortunately, doctors are prescribing this medicine all the time, and withdrawal is not that easy an option. Here are the withdrawal effects of suddenly stopping your daily doses of, for example, the anti-depressant, Pamelor:
"aggression, anxiety, balance issues , blurred vision , brain zaps, concentration impairment, constipation, crying spells, depersonalization, diarrhea, dizziness. Electric shock sensations, fatigue, flatulence, flu-like symptoms, hallucinations… [more]."
And guess what else? These dangerous effects all are also associated with pain killers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety pills, and other long term prescription medicines that affect the nervous system. What is the more common side effect? Anxiety disorder; or panic attacks.
Imagine driving to work one day, one month into a prescription for Pamelor, and for no reason at all, you feel a bit light headed. Then your whole body begins to tingle – especially your hands and feet. Don’t freak out yet – it will only get worse. Your hands and feet go completely numb, and your hands are beginning to ball up against your will. You’re puffing for air like Thomas the Train, and your heart starts racing like a derby prize winner. Completely convinced you’re having a heart attack, you pull over, whip out your cell and call the ambulance. When they arrive, and you’re mentally writing your last will and testament, the emergency team assesses your condition. Finally, right before you know you’re about to lose consciousness, the medic straps you to a stretcher and tells you to “calm down – you’re only hyperventilating. You’re just having a panic attack”. Yeah. That’s classified as anxiety disorder, and now, you suddenly need to see a shrink because it keeps happening. That is a true story.
So what can be done? Read up on how Heath Ledger died. Imagine if the side effects of weaning one self off a sleeping pill – trying to get healthier, and get off the medications – are these. A person can have these side effects and start seeing psychiatrists and neurologists. People start labeling that person as a hypochondriac, or say they "misused" the prescription. What if the shrink just prescribed more or different pills that have the same effects? Some people are just doing what the doctor orders, and they just keep taking the pills.
If you or someone you know is taking anti-depressants, anti-anxiety pills, or sleeping pills, please share this information. There are systems to help. Thousands of people are getting informed and taking their lives back. No self help books, no more drugs, no hippie herbs. There is a thoroughly researched, all natural, reputable system that is said to work for hundreds. More information is provided in the links and references.
References :
1. Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 3rd Edition byPhyllis A. Balch,CNC, Avery Publishing, Garden City Park, N.Y.. ISBN: 9781583330777
2. Understanding Benzodiazepine Withdrawal by Dr. David Spiro - web url : Labelmesane.com/physicians_and_healthcare.html
