Jane Kelley On (04 Jan 97) was overheard to say to Bob Moylan
BM> Prozac is not the medication of choice for treatment of bipolar
 JK> The reason why it is not a treatment of choice for bipolar individuals
 JK> is that there have been too many lousy results from doing just that.
Well no duh.  Then you must have at least two incompetent docs in your
little corner of the world since you brought up the subject of the two
individuals on prozac who you "drove" over the edge in your little
wagon.
 JK> The goal is to relieve depression, not to do anything else.  In the
 JK> case of the bipolar, this becomes intolerable at times.  The lithium
 JK> takes the high down and brings the depressed cycles up.  At times,
 JK> the bipolar can become suicidal in the lows.  That is when another
 JK> medication is usually prescribed.
 Another disorder you pontificate on without knowing much about it.
 JK> However, eating tryptoophan and elevating serotonin levels by
 JK> nutritional methods will work just as well and not elevate them
 JK> temporarily to the point where the individual acts like a
 JK> schizophrenic for a brief period of time.
 Second time I've seen you advocating for tryptophan.
 Do you have any idea dear, why L-tryptophan was taken off the market
 by the FDA roughly 10 years ago?  No... I didn't think so.
 JK> It would be very useful for you to have a long discussion on that
 JK> subject with either a nurse who works in a detox unit, a doctor who is
 JK> a specialist in addictions, or a pharmacist.  There is a danger in
 JK> doing this that cannot be overemphasized. Quitting abruptly will put
 JK> someone in danger in certain instances.  And any blanket statement
 JK> such as yours above indicates a total and complete lack of any real
 JK> knowledge in this subject.
 I'd agree IF I'd been taking it for weeks or months.  If I had a
 really adverse reaction after a couple of days I'd stop taking it.
 Anyone who continues to take anything that exacerbates the condition
 it is supposed to be helping because their doc or a wanna be doc
 nurse type tells them to needs to be running in the opposite
 direction as fast as they can.
 I am reminded of the old Jane Curtin bit on, I think Saturday Night
 Live where there was a classic line delivered to her every episode.
 JK> Therefore, I see no use in trying to continue any further discussion
 JK> on the subject of chemical dependency or drug use with you.
 I haven't been attempting to have a discussion on the subj of
 chemical dependency with you.  You have been interjecting your ill
 informed comments cloaked in the aura of a "nurse" who received her
 training some 30 years ago.  You are so far out of touch it is
 frightening.  I have the deepest sympathy and concern for anyone who
 is unfortunate enough to run across you in a so called professional
 capacity.
... Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.
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