Young People Question their Antidepressants

Like many enthusiastic freshmen of the year, Amy * made her Northon Eastern University her home with an optimistic attitude and new excitement in a new, unfamiliar place. But just a year ago, she was a high school student, but her opportunities to attend college are almost gone, so her performance has declined and depressed, the future of life and academics is in danger. The scar remaining on her body talks about her struggle with depression, painful psychosis, which she had treated secretly for four years before she finally asked for help.

The problem of antidepressant utility in young people whose brain is still developing has been raised before. More than a decade ago, the US Food and Drug Administration added a black boxer to some of the antidepressants we use to warn that teens may strengthen suicidal thoughts. This new paper, the so - called meta - analysis, examined 34 previous studies. This study included more than 5,200 children and adolescents who took one of 14 antidepressants or took placebo for an average of 8 weeks. Cipriani said that research did not consider long - term use of these drugs, as there was not enough research to analyze them earlier.

All antidepressants are in great danger for children and young people suffering from depression. Evidence supports their cautious and well-monitored use. During the first few months of adolescent antidepressant treatment (or increase or decrease in dose or weight loss), family members / families and caregivers of antidepressant patients noticed some excitement about the importance of seeking medical professional help If symptoms of hypersensitivity or abnormal behavior. These symptoms may be related to the appearance of suicide

Antidepressants are a way to treat the symptoms of severe depression and there is good evidence. Antidepressants are one of the most widely used medicines among all medicines, but many people believe that there are still many fears and doubts as treatment options. The following myths and facts are aimed at addressing some of these problems and were created by the BC Department of the Canadian Mental Health Association as an information report of the BC Pharmacy Association distributed to patients through a member pharmacy in 2001 it was done. Remember that these answers are for adults. For teen antidepressant advice, see Visions articles on children and adolescents and more articles on visual suicide.