In my experience with "withdrawal" after the use of antidepressants, it
has usually been when the patient decided to discontinue the medication
and stops taking it "cold turkey." Just as it takes some time (it is
now thought that for some people it may be up to 3 months) to take
effect, it als
Title: Withdrawal from antidepressants
Ed-
Methinks thou doest protest too much. J Seriously, though I think these are all interesting what I’d
really like to say is that regardless of what’s been said by whom and
where I lie in this debate (far more toward the non-reductionism end) I
Pollak, Edward wrote:
Withdrawal from antidepressants
To Chris & Peter:
The problem is that
the term "psychology" (i.e., knowledge of the mind or soul) is an
inherently dualistic concept (sensu substance dualism).
If you want to be a hard reductionist about th
Title: Withdrawal from antidepressants
To Chris & Peter:
The problem is that the term "psychology" (i.e., knowledge of the mind or soul) is an inherently dualistic concept (sensu substance dualism).
You might want to split hairs about these various definitions when discu
You might be interested in two discussions of this issue. One is the opening chapter
of Jerry Fodor's "The Language of Thought", a piece often referred to as "the Special
Sciences paper", in which he argues essentially that psychological tokens (e.g., my
belief at this moment that it is raining
Shearon, Tim wrote:
Message
Edward
Pollak wrote:
=Am I
the only one who thinks that
the "psychological vs. physiological" distinction reeks of the kind
of dualistic thinking of which I try so hard to dissuade my =students?
Do you feel the same way about the difference
ose I need to spend more time on the philosophical elements inherent
in my lectures.
Carol
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From: Pollak, Edward
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On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Pollak, Edward went:
> Am I the only one who thinks that the "psychological
> vs. physiological" distinction reeks of the kind of dualistic
> thinking of which I try so hard to dissuade my students?
You're certainly not the only one. When I've taught the terms
"physiologica
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Carol wrote
"Dependency vs. addiction is another matter. I tend not
to use the word =addiction because of the implications and associations that
go with it. =But, dependency may be physiological or psychological, or both.
Physical =dependency occurs when the body experiences
orrect answer!). Tim
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Sent: Sun 3/14/2004 7:03 PM
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Subject: RE: Withdrawal from antidepressants
On Sun, 14 Mar 200
On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Shearon, Tim went:
> I think that the more likely correct factors (you did reference
> them) in "withdrawal" symptoms to antidepressants are the
> metabolically factors. The timing for up or down regulation is
> simply too long (4 - 6 weeks is more like it) and too subtle to
>
doesn't help much? :) Tim
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From: DeVolder Carol L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sun 3/14/2004 12:33 PM
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Subject: RE: Withdrawal from antidepressants
Good
from antidepressants
On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, DeVolder Carol L went:
> the body adjusts to the med--it changes in dendritic structure as
> well as metabolism. The change in dendritic structure may include
> "upregulation" (becoming more sensitive by adding new dendrites) or
> &quo
On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, DeVolder Carol L went:
> the body adjusts to the med--it changes in dendritic structure as
> well as metabolism. The change in dendritic structure may include
> "upregulation" (becoming more sensitive by adding new dendrites) or
> "downregulation" (becoming less sensitive by r
TECTED]
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Subject:Withdrawal from antidepressants
Hello,
Real quick and dirty, since I rambled in my last note, students in my
Abnormal Psychology class who have taken antidepressants tell me that althoug
Hello,
Real quick and dirty, since I rambled in my last note, students in my
Abnormal Psychology class who have taken antidepressants tell me that although
they did not experience an immediate, upfront "high" when taking them, say that
they definitely experienced withdrawal like symptoms wh
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