Healthy Living; An SSRI Epidemic

An SSRI Epidemic – Healthy Living

What are SSRI’s

Antidepressants work by changing the balance of certain neurotransmitters in your brain, but which ones they affect and how they affect them varies from one antidepressant to another — and there are many different classes of antidepressants.

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, are indeed the most common type of antidepressant prescribed in the United States, and they have been ranked number one for several decades.

Serotonin regulates certain aspects of your mood, including feelings of happiness, and SSRIs increase the amount of serotonin in your brain by blocking your brain cells from reabsorbing (or reuptaking) existing serotonin. Most of the time, SSRIs produce a noticeable improvement in people affected by depression within about two to four weeks.

Currently, several different SSRI antidepressants are used to treat depression, anxiety disorders and other conditions. They include: 

  • Citalopram (Celexa®)
  • Escitalopram (Lexapro®)
  • Fluoxetine (Prozac®)
  • Fluvoxamine (Luvox®)
  • Paroxetine (Paxil®)
  • Sertraline (Zoloft®) 
  • Vilazodone (Viibryd®)
  • Vortioxetine (Trintellix®)

SSRI Side Effects

  • Gastrointestinal Issues
  • Insomnia
  • Weight Changes
  • Dry Mouth
  • Dizziness, Tremors and Headaches
  • Nervousness, Restlessness and Agitation
  • Sexual Side Effects

Sexual dysfunction is a common side effect among SSRIs. Women may experience sexual side effects such as difficulty experiencing an orgasm and decreased sex drive. These side effects can affect both men and women. For men, adverse effects can be having difficulty  experiencing orgasm, erectile dysfunction and decreased sex drive. Between 40 and 65 percent of people who take an SSRI experience some form of sexual dysfunction, according to a review of studies published in the journal The Mental Health Clinician.

SSRI’s and Gender Dysphoria

Anti depressants (SSRI’s) can potentially have nasty side effects long after stopping them. One of these is PSSD Post SSRI sexual dysfunction This can cause Total loss of libido Genital numbness Emotional blunting For years or decades You think people are told this prior?

For many users of antidepressants, the sexual side-effects are the reason they eventually discontinue the drug, with or without medical supervision.

When patients bring our concerns about sexual functioning while on antidepressants to our health care providers, they are almost universally told that their sexuality will return to normal after tapering off the drug. Unfortunately, recent data has emerged showing that this is not always true. Some people continue to experience sexual dysfunction for weeks, months, or years after stopping the medication. Sometimes, these symptoms emerge only after tapering off the medication.

For an unfortunate minority, a total elimination of sexual drive persists indefinitely. They may have severe or total loss of erotic sensation in our genitals, sometimes to the point of tactile numbness.

The effects of losing my sexuality have been absolutely devastating to my relationships and mental health. I have been robbed of an essential aspect of my humanity.

Emily, age 24, PSSD 2 years

A growing movement of people across the globe are trying to raise awareness about a seldom discussed topic: youth sexual dysfunction and its ties to these popular medications. Sexual issues such as low libido and erectile dysfunction are not unusual for those over the age of 40, but many young people may not know that they could possibly run into these physical health issues if they are prescribed meds to treat mental health issues.

The brain chemical mechanism that many of these drugs use to prevent low emotions may also have the side effect of killing the joy of not just sexual relations, but also of human experience joys such as music and artwork.

In addition to the loss of libido and sexual sensation (numbness of genitalia and other erogenous zones), my general sensitivity to the pleasure of touch has declined. A caress on bare skin registers as little more than pressure…. There is a feeling of numbness, as if there is some kind of barrier between my skin and the source of contact.

Ellen, age 48, PSSD for 14 years

SSRI’s, Violence and Murder

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a mass murder occurs when at least four people are murdered, not including the shooter, over a relatively short period of time during a single incident. Over the last 30 years, the US has seen a significant increase in mass shootings, which are becoming more frequent and more deadly.

“Violence and other potentially criminal behavior caused by prescription drugs are medicine’s best kept secret.”

Professor David Healy Leading Psychopharmacology Expert and Professor of Psychiatry in Wales

Tucker Carlson aired a segment on July 25, 2022 talking about the damage done to our young men.

“The irritability and impulsivity [from antidepressants] can make people suicidal or homicidal.”

Joseph Glenmullen Harvard Medical School Psychiatrist

Law-abiding Americans who own guns are not the problem. Consider the following: The more gun control laws that are passed, the more mass murders have occurred. According to the Crime Prevention Research Center, 97.8% of public shootings occur in ‘gun-free zones’ – and ‘gun-free zones’ are the epitome of the core philosophical tenet of gun control, that laws are all the defense one needs against violence.

“The link between antidepressants and violence, including suicide and homicide, is well established.”

Patrick D. Hahn A•iliate Professor of Biology, Loyola University Maryland

Ignoring what’s going on in the heads of these psychopaths not only allows mass shootings to continue, it leads to misguided gun control laws. Random violence is a complex manifestation of various thoughts, feelings, and external factors. When a multivariate analysis of these factors is conducted, it becomes apparent that it’s not just mental health issues that are leading to such an increase. There may be an underlying substance which plays a role in a high percentage of these violent acts – the use of prescription antidepressants, specifically selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs.

90 percent of school shootings over more than a decade have been linked to a widely prescribed type of antidepressant called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs. Writing in Ethical Human Sciences and Services, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, in 2003, Dr. Peter R. Breggin concluded SSRI drugs could be a factor in suicide, violence and other forms of extreme abnormal behavior, as evidenced in case reports, controlled clinical trials, and epidemiological studies in children and adults.

Note: a minority of people who take SSRIs greatly benefit from them, while others tend to have the worst reactions.

Before COVID, if you had told me antidepressants cause mass shootings I wouldn’t have believed you. It turns out their trials showed the drugs caused psychotic violence (e.g. suicides) but the industry hid that from the public until lawsuits revealed it.

Pierre Kory, MD MPA

Krista Monroe shared her thoughts on a solution to the SSRI problems on X

Amidst the ongoing political debates, a stark statistic demands our attention – a significant number of mass shooters have a history of SSRI medication use.

This critical point underscores the urgent need to reassess our approach to mental health solutions and ask some serious questions about the dangers of SSRI meds and the agenda behind their status within these increasingly-demonstrative corrupt institutions.

On the flip side, cannabis emerges as a potential game-changer, untethered to the troubling associations seen with traditional medications, most of which seem to be prime catalysts for patsies and tragedies. But there are still far too many states hesitant to jump on board the legalization movement, mostly because of conservatives who subscribe to false narratives that stem from an intentionally wrong classification by the federal government. That has to change.

Cannabis, backed by a growing body of research, offers a multifaceted and attested approach to mental health- without the side effects linked to dangerous traditional medications, which keep showing up in shooter case after shooter case. By championing cannabis rather than letting the neocons keep privately benefitting from its unconstitutional illegality, and dragging the entire party down because of it, we can really make an impact and slash the dependency on nasty pharmaceuticals that are killing people at alarming rates.

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