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Originally Posted by Gogar
I know I say it every time, and it's only my opinion, ...............but........Watch and wait until tomorrow when we learn of the shooter's history with SSRI drugs.
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Your opinion is wrong.
Sometimes, in severe depression / mental illness, you are so unmotivated / disorganised that doing anything is hard.
As the mental pathology is treated, this apathy / disorganisation can begin to lift BEFORE the mental pathology entirely resolves. The suicidal patient who was so amotivational that they couldn't be bothered to take action now regains some motivation before their depression lifts. This is the danger window when the risk of suicide paradoxically increases as the patient begins to improve. The risk of dangerous behaviour is actually a marker of efficacy of treatment.
Also, SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) are now very commonly prescribed for a range of mental illnesses. This is not because doctors are getting kick-backs  , or because the SSRI drug reps are the prettiest it's because the stuff works.
Does it work for everyone?
No.
Does ANY drug in existence for ANYTHING work for everyone?
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Originally Posted by KC911
+1....first thing that pops in my mind EVERY time one of these events occur.
It's drug roulette pure and simple...
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Originally Posted by aap1966
Not a douche-like question. Always valid to check the bona-fides of others.
21 years Intensive Care (General, Cardiothoracic Surgical and general cardiac), with quite a bit of general "Hospitalist" work mixed in.
(4 years of residency rotations before that, but that remains a blur of night duty, unpaid overtime and caffeine)
Cheers
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I appreciate you background and clinical explanation, but that still doesn't make the "roulette" part of the equation invalid imo....YMMV.
One thing I learned a LONG time ago....(when in my field, communications protocols were being debated by PHD's with WAY more experience/knowledge than I).....sometimes they just turn out to be wrong
This Internet thingy is proof....it's based upon pretty simple protocols that some "experts" dismissed 25 years ago....