I have been depressed my whole life, mostly because of my life as a child and because I am unable to connect with people. I have had two really close friends in my life. I am socially inept, and things just blurt out of my mouth. I want to connect with people and stop being so antisocial, but when I try, people just look at me strangely or find some other reason to avoid me. I was misdiagnosed with bipolar because I had extreme moods but that has calmed down significantly as I get older. I want to break out of this but I can't figure out how. Am I doomed to spend the rest of my life as a socially inept outcast? The ironic thing is that I'm a psychology major who wants to go into counseling. Go figure.
What is the best and safest way to wean yourself off of an antidepressant drug such as Zoloft?
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I am 29 and have been suffering from depression for more than 10 years. It started with losing my virginity in an unpleasant situation, and continues through my mother's battles with severe depression, alcoholism and drug abuse. I have also lost two grandparents to slow, declining dementia. I have tried talk therapy but didn't find it to be very useful. I walk 20 miles a week, try to eat well and maintain social relationships.
I have been depressed my whole life, mostly because of my life as a child and because I am unable to connect with people. I have had two really close friends in my life. I am socially inept, and things just blurt out of my mouth. I want to connect with people and stop being so antisocial, but when I try, people just look at me strangely or find some other reason to avoid me. I was misdiagnosed with bipolar because I had extreme moods but that has calmed down significantly as I get older. I want to break out of this but I can't figure out how. Am I doomed to spend the rest of my life as a socially inept outcast? The ironic thing is that I'm a psychology major who wants to go into counseling. Go figure.
What is the best and safest way to wean yourself off of an antidepressant drug such as Zoloft?
Douglas Cootey is replacing his lightbulbs with brighter ones, but not just to see better. The new broad spectrum lights simulate sunlight, and might help enliven his mood in the gloomy winter months.
Listen up, insomniacs! Tossing and turning into the wee hours may be more harmful than you think.
Twins? Triplets? Octuplets? Sounds like a lot of stress to handle more than one baby at once.
One week after the U.S. Army announced record suicide rates among its soldiers last year, the service is worried about a spike in possible suicides in the new year.
All antidepressant drugs are not created equal, according to the authors of one of the few studies that have ever systematically analyzed and compared "new generation" medicines for treating depression.
What is fibromyalgia? What causes fibromyalgia? Can it effectively be treated without prescription drugs? What is the difference between gabapentin and Cymbalta?
Is it OK to take antidepressants while pregnant?
I am 29 and have been suffering from depression for more than 10 years. It started with losing my virginity in an unpleasant situation, and continues through my mother's battles with severe depression, alcoholism and drug abuse. I have also lost two grandparents to slow, declining dementia. I have tried talk therapy but didn't find it to be very useful. I walk 20 miles a week, try to eat well and maintain social relationships.
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Dr. Ronald Dworkin tells the story of a woman who didn't like the way her husband was handling the family finances. She wanted to start keeping the books herself but didn't want to insult her husband.
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Eli Lilly & Co. sued Barr Pharmaceuticals, a maker of generic drugs, for patent infringement over the antidepressant Prozac Weekly, said the companies on Thursday.
Zoloft, the antidepressant with the household name, is going off patent this summer, forcing Pfizer to bid adieu to billions of dollars in annual sales.
The "lower is better" cholesterol story has been around for decades, but this week researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that a lifetime of low cholesterol looks like a superior way to avoid heart disease.
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Paxil, a blockbuster antidepressant from GlaxoSmithKline, increases the risk of babies' heart defects in pregnant mothers, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
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Paxil, a blockbuster antidepressant from British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline, increases the risk of suicide in adults, according to a study by Norwegian researchers
A judge on Friday upheld the conviction of a boy who killed his grandparents, despite closed-door testimony of two jurors in the case who said they felt misled and pressured during deliberations.
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As it prepares for its latest round of analyst meetings this week, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer faces a range of difficult choices in wrestling with soon-to-expire patents on several key drugs.
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A court hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday on whether a juror improperly spoke publicly about deliberations that led to the conviction of a boy who was 12 when he shot his grandparents to death.
A judge sentenced a 15-year-old boy Tuesday to 30 years in prison for killing his grandparents after jurors rejected defense arguments that taking the antidepressant Zoloft drove the youth to kill.
A jury began deliberations Monday afternoon in the trial of Chris Pittman, 15, who is being tried as an adult in the shotgun slayings of his grandparents.
A clinical psychologist who talked with 12-year-old Christopher Pittman the day after he was arrested on charges of killing his grandparents testified Friday the boy told him, "They asked for it."
A state psychiatrist who began seeing 12-year-old Christopher Pittman two weeks after he shot and killed his grandparents testified Thursday that the now-15 year old knew what he was doing was wrong.
The Food and Drug Administration has backed off its warning that antidepressants such as Zoloft, Paxil and Prozac can cause suicidal actions among children and teens taking those prescription drugs.
A child psychiatrist testified Tuesday that Christopher Pittman's behavior was so bizarre the night he shot and killed his grandparents that the boy was psychotic and not responsible for what he did in her opinion.
When he was 12 years old, Christopher Pittman killed his beloved grandparents -- first shooting them with a shotgun, and then setting the house on fire, as he fled. Afterward, Pittman confessed to the crimes.
Relatives of Chris Pittman testified Monday that shortly before the youth killed his grandparents he complained of burning sensations and exhibited restlessness -- side effects linked to the antidepressant he was taking.
A psychiatrist testified Friday that he believes the antidepressant drug Zoloft could have prompted a boy to kill his grandparents three years ago.
A psychiatrist testified Thursday that the voice that a then-12-year-old boy heard in his head telling him to kill his grandparents was his own.
A family doctor testified Wednesday that a teenager was taking a starter dose of the antidepressant Zoloft when the boy shot his grandparents to death.
A South Carolina boy who shotgunned his grandparents to death and burned down their house told police they "deserved" to die because his grandfather had beaten him with a paddle after locking him in his room for several hours, according to testimony in his trial Tuesday.
A British medical journal has retracted an article and apologized for claiming that internal industry documents it received from an anonymous source had gone "missing" during a 1994 product liability suit against the maker of Prozac.
The medical journal BMJ Thursday retracted and apologized for the claim it made early this month that internal industry documents it received from an anonymous source had gone "missing" during a 1994 product liability suit against Eli Lilly and Co., maker of the antidepressant Prozac.
Internal documents from Eli Lilly and Co. appear to indicate that the drug maker had data more than 15 years ago showing that adverse-effect reports for Prozac were far more likely to list suicide attempts and violence than reports for other antidepressants.
An internal document purportedly from Eli Lilly and Co. appears to show that the drug manufacturer had data more than 15 years ago showing that patients on its antidepressant Prozac were far more likely to attempt suicide and show hostility than patients on other antidepressants.
An internal document purportedly from Eli Lilly and Co. made public Monday appears to show that the drug maker had data more than 15 years ago showing that patients on its antidepressant Prozac were far more likely to attempt suicide and show hostility than were patients on other antidepressants and that the company attempted to minimize public awareness of the side effects.
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