Adrenal Fatigue: Depression and Suicide

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Adrenal Fatigue: Untreatable Depression and Suicide

Measurement Matters

We have been talking for multiple posts about depressive conditions that linger beyond the range of current meds – conditions that are refractory to SSRIs. -Conditions that can become worse with SSRIs. We started months ago addressing the fact that the SSRIs could make people suicidal, [prompted by an FDA inquiry]. So do SSRIs cause suicide?

Our answer to that remark: emphatically yes, and for many reasons not appreciated by the public or by many providers. Important starting place: often the SSRI itself is not to blame. I am on record as completely for the use of SSRIs as a treatment for depression. I am completely against using SSRIs incorrectly for the wrong diagnosis. SSRIs do not fix adrenal fatigue. Almost any psych med can make adrenal fatigue worse. Yes, SSRIs can make adrenal fatigue much worse. -So can stimulant meds, and so can atypicals [atypical antipsychotics like Seroquel, Abilify, any of them].

If a person is already severely depressed with suicidal ideation, how do you think they will feel if they actually feel somatically and emotionally worse, and more helpless and hopeless? Read Adrenal Fatigue, by Wilson to see more details.

Time for a brief review of adrenal fatigue: Let’s start with symptoms first.

Questions Matter
These basic questions can begin the inquiry. None of these specific answers make the diagnosis, but can drive the questions more deeply. The whole point is: adrenal fatigue is treatable, but not with SSRIs – they collect neurotransmitters, not cortisol.

Let’s see if these questions make any sense for you or someone you know.

1. I am exhausted and depressed and medications do not help, or only help for a short time.
2. I simply can’t get through the fog in the morning, have no energy, and can’t work.
3. I have experienced long periods of stress that have affected my well being.
4. I have had one or more severely stressful events that have affected my well being.
5. I have driven myself to exhaustion.
6. I overwork with little play or relaxation for extended periods.
7. I have had extended, severe or recurring respiratory infections.
8. I have taken long term or intense steroid therapy.
9. I tend to gain weight, especially around the middle (spare tire).
10. I have a history of alcoholism &/or drug abuse.
11. I have environmental sensitivities.
12. I have diabetes (type II, adult onset).
13. I suffer from post –traumatic distress syndrome.
14. I suffer from anorexia.
15. I have one or more other chronic illnesses or diseases.

Look for the next post to add some more questions specifically on energy states, and making the diagnosis with clinical, laboratory evidence.
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Tagged as: Adrenal fatigue, Antypsychotics, Atypical antipsychotic, Depression, Food and Drug Administration, Major depressive disorder, Psych Med, Psych Medication, Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, SSRI, Stimulant, suicidal ideation, Suicide