In 1990, 36 years ago, I published a very pious book entitled The Devil, the Evil SyndromeI also did it in co-authorship with a Galician writer, with whom I have never published anything jointly again. Yes, I bring up this issue, it is not because of the book, which is already distant in theme and time, but because of part of the title: The Evil Syndrome.
At that time I found it interesting to reflect on what happened in trials, where many people confessed to acts supposedly motivated by the influences of negative entities, but at the same time, when in some of the cases you scratched the surface, you could find one with the always recurring consumption of pills against certain moods.
Today, many years later, the consumption of antidepressants or anxiolytics has been normalized, in fact, they are usually prescribed, not only by dangerous doctors such as psychiatrists, but also by family doctors, who have been given a license so that they can determine, without knowledge, that a state of mind is nothing other than a mental disorder.
We are, in general, a society of pill-popping addicts; We attribute anxiety, depression, sadness, melancholy, etc. to the symptom. a disease status, when it is absolutely nothing more than a mechanism of the body. Instead of looking for the causes, often hidden in our own daily attitudes, we look for the chemical remedy and resort to the famous pills of what I have called The Devil’s Pills: antidepressants and anxiolytics.
ABOUT ANTIDEPRESSANTS: (Ex.: Fluoxetine, Sertraline, Amitriptyline, among others)
Main contraindications
The first is allergies, which generally manifest in certain patients to some of its components. Likewise, they are usually prescribed without a prior study of whether their consumption can directly affect the person, due to the incompatibility with any other medication they are already taking. They can cause kidney or liver problems, sometimes serious. Almost always, they tend to lead, depending on the person, to some cardiac disorders. And of course, its consumption can cause problems, not in all cases, in pregnancy and of course in breastfeeding, babies, through breastfeeding, ingest everything that the mother consumes.
Common side effects
The consumption of these medications usually causes nausea, diarrhea, insomnia or drowsiness, decreased libido, anxiety or nervousness, and weight gain or loss, depending on the patient. But the most dangerous thing is the overmedication of the symptoms. Let’s take the example of a person who consumes antidepressants or anxiolytics and as a side effect has diarrhea, it is normal that they end up being prescribed other medications, with their corresponding contradictions; This situation can make you fall into a loop where overmedication would surely have serious consequences, which could be fatal.
More serious risks
What has already been mentioned, a serotonin syndrome (dangerous mixtures of incompatible drugs), Suicidal ideas may arise, especially at the beginning of consumption and more easily in young people. And of course, once detected, whenever a professional strives to make more humane medicine, the withdrawal syndrome when stopping consumption, which must always be done progressively.
ABOUT ANSIOLYTICS: (Ex: Diazepam, Alprazolam, Lorazepam, among others)
Main contraindications
Generally, respiratory failure or sleep apnea will manifest, which usually causes states of anxiety, which will favor a diagnosis of anxiety and thus antidepressants can be recited by health professionals, to start the Devil’s wheel, which, I repeat, could end your social and even physical life. They usually have myasthenia gravis as a contraindication.
What is myasthenia gravis caused by anxiolytics? I asked this question to the Google search engine and among millions of other answers, the summary is as follows: myasthenia gravis caused by anxiolytics is a form of autoimmune disease that affects the neuromuscular junction, causing muscle weakness and fatigue. Anxiolytics can trigger myasthenic crises, which are sudden episodes of severe muscle weakness. This weakness can affect voluntary muscles, such as those of the eyes, face, throat, arms and legs, and can be so severe that it compromises the ability to speak, chew, swallow and even breathe.
Anxiolytics, for example, if taken during pregnancy, can affect the fetus; cause dizziness; Furthermore, they tend to stop having an effect when the same compounds have been consumed for some time, which is why doctors end up increasing the dose, thus generating greater addiction and counterproductive reactions in the body. Furthermore, depending on other medications you are taking, your own diet, etc., they do not work the same in the same consumers, what works well for one person may go badly for another. A whole vertigo of sensations that usually harms more than helps.
Remember that the Devil’s pills are not friends of anyone, except doctors and big pharmaceutical companies and that they only treat symptoms, because anxiety or depression itself are only symptoms of the real illness, which can be in the body or in the soul and which manifests itself in this way. It’s like when we itch somewhere on our body, that’s not a disease, that’s a symptom, or like when we have a headache and we take a pill that relieves us, that’s not a disease, that’s a symptom. Be careful when approaching the Devil’s pill, because we can end up burning in the bonfires of hell of some medical practices.
Originally published at LaDamadeElche.com
