Do psychiatric tablets cause permanent brain damage?!
Question: Do you know what Thalidomide was originally intended for and why it was taken off the market? It was used as a sleeping aid and to treat morning sickness in pregnant women. It was taken off the market due to the severe birth defects. It is still being researched and has been used for newly diagnosed cancer patients with a specific cancer, leprosy, and other illnesses since, however is very closely monitored.
However there are many times that doctors use medications that are indicated for one illness to treat another and it is very successful. That is the case in many medications like: Gabitril, Lyrica, Nerontin and many others. Their original intended use was for seizures and one was for nerve damage. However they found that they were very helpful in treating Fibromyalgia. That's how I know, I have been on all three and the latest, Lyrica was approved by the FDA for use in Fibromyalgia after it was proven that it treated it very well.
In regards to your question, the answer is probably no. I wish I could say absolutely no, however medicine is not an exact science and one never knows. I will have to say that it is not likely that they cause permanent brain damage, and I have not seen any evidence suggesting that any have.
EDIT: I don't think Andre's severe depression can be blamed on the use of Zoloft. Many times talk therapy is tried first or in conjunction with medications. However sometimes people find it easier to blame the medication and the doctor than to admit to the fact that medicine is NOT an exact science by any means and Doctors do what they believe is right for their patients. (In most cases) END of EDIT
There is no completely safe medication of any kind on the market. There are always risks and side effects with all of them.
However, as vigilent as they are being with psychiatric medications, I do not believe that any that are currently on the market will cause permanent brain damage. With any medication for any illness or disease, the benefits of the medication must be weighed against possible side effect and long term effects.
Because many psychiatric medications do work on the chemicals in the brain, there may be change in the brain, however research has shown that once off the medications, people's chemical amounts go back to the same way they were before the medication.
Heck, I found that most of my medications not only have a lot of the same side effects, but also can cause the illness that they are supposed to treat. That is how it is. Medicine and medications are not an exact science.
The best we can do is research and work with our doctors so that we may receive the best possible treatment with the least amount of undesirable side effects as possible.
Answers: Do you know what Thalidomide was originally intended for and why it was taken off the market? It was used as a sleeping aid and to treat morning sickness in pregnant women. It was taken off the market due to the severe birth defects. It is still being researched and has been used for newly diagnosed cancer patients with a specific cancer, leprosy, and other illnesses since, however is very closely monitored.
However there are many times that doctors use medications that are indicated for one illness to treat another and it is very successful. That is the case in many medications like: Gabitril, Lyrica, Nerontin and many others. Their original intended use was for seizures and one was for nerve damage. However they found that they were very helpful in treating Fibromyalgia. That's how I know, I have been on all three and the latest, Lyrica was approved by the FDA for use in Fibromyalgia after it was proven that it treated it very well.
In regards to your question, the answer is probably no. I wish I could say absolutely no, however medicine is not an exact science and one never knows. I will have to say that it is not likely that they cause permanent brain damage, and I have not seen any evidence suggesting that any have.
EDIT: I don't think Andre's severe depression can be blamed on the use of Zoloft. Many times talk therapy is tried first or in conjunction with medications. However sometimes people find it easier to blame the medication and the doctor than to admit to the fact that medicine is NOT an exact science by any means and Doctors do what they believe is right for their patients. (In most cases) END of EDIT
There is no completely safe medication of any kind on the market. There are always risks and side effects with all of them.
However, as vigilent as they are being with psychiatric medications, I do not believe that any that are currently on the market will cause permanent brain damage. With any medication for any illness or disease, the benefits of the medication must be weighed against possible side effect and long term effects.
Because many psychiatric medications do work on the chemicals in the brain, there may be change in the brain, however research has shown that once off the medications, people's chemical amounts go back to the same way they were before the medication.
Heck, I found that most of my medications not only have a lot of the same side effects, but also can cause the illness that they are supposed to treat. That is how it is. Medicine and medications are not an exact science.
The best we can do is research and work with our doctors so that we may receive the best possible treatment with the least amount of undesirable side effects as possible.
whats the chemical name of the drug your asking about?
Yes,I'm still dealing with high depression from zoloft,my depression used to be so low when I was 15,all I needed was someone to talk to,go figure.
No. The only problem is that one may become dependant on some of them, but if you're on psychiatric medicine, you'll probably have to take it for life. Chemical imbalances have no cure.
They wouldn't give it to you if it caused permanent brain damage.
Short answer is no! If they did the companies would be sued absolutely for their product.
I am on anti-depressants and doing well
Colin
Your question is too vague. I mean just what is a psychiatric tablet? There are many types of meds given to someone who is psychotic, from risperdal, goedon, abilfly, to haldol, and many more. All of them have potential side affects, but none cause permanent brain damage. Some that were used like 75 years ago, I'm sure did, but not now. It takes many years for a drug to go on the market in the US now a days. Now one more thing, a mental illness may last forever and there is a physical difference with a brain of someone who has a mental illness then a normal brain. Some people do recover completely about 25%, but the rest have to be on a medication for the rest of there lives.
NO! What kind are you talking about.. you do mean antidepressants, right?