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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!gatech!concert!rutgers!uwvax!zazen!uwec.edu!nyeda
  2. From: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.med
  4. Subject: Re: post-Prozac reactions
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec22.082008.2979@cnsvax.uwec.edu>
  6. Date: 22 Dec 92 14:20:07 GMT
  7. Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
  8. Lines: 13
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  10. [reply to kja@cbnewsf.cb.att.com]
  11.  
  12. >what effect would antidepressants have on people who are known to be
  13. >bipolar or cyclothymic?  Do people ever commit suicide during manic
  14. >phases?
  15.  
  16. Yes, but a more common occurrance is that many patients who are severely
  17. depressed and suicidal lack the energy to act on their suicidal impulses.
  18. Once the antidepressant starts to work, they get back enough energy to
  19. kill themse>rZ?'aZ4={;>[Omhe suicidal ideation receeds.
  20.  
  21. David Nye
  22. nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu
  23.