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Common Migraine, Epilepsy Drugs to Suicide

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Post  Paradox Fri 06 May 2011, 9:42 am

This is an interesting article, and on that should make us pay close attention to the drugs we take. When I was in my darkest place, where I had the means and method determined, I just didn't have the energy to write notes to my family, I was on high doses of one of these drugs.

There is one comment though that almost sent me over the edge:

Migraines can really, really hurt but they don't increase your risk for suicide as far as we know," said Grisolia.
Really, Dr. Grisolia? Untreated, chronic daily pain, doesn't raise the risk of suicide? Having that pain untreated because someone has determined that it is MOH because "sometimes" they are, doesn't eventually make you suicidal? Losing your job, your friends, being treated like dirt in ERs when you're in excruciating pain, wouldn't make you think that life isn't worth living? I'm sorry, I disagree with that statement.


http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/common-drugs-pain-epilepsy-linked-suicide-study-finds/story?id=10365405
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Post  alli Fri 06 May 2011, 10:24 am

I agree Charlotte. Unending pain is hard to deal with. There have been many times when I wasn't actively thinking of suicide but was definitely thinking that I didn't care if I died. If that isn't the beginning and a strong sign of suicidal thoughts, then I don't know what is.

Some of the experts are just idiots.

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Post  Cluelesskitty Fri 06 May 2011, 8:27 pm

Dr Grisolia, you probably missed a few of this:

http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/8501/37503/migraine-suicide
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1736172
http://www.findcounseling.com/help/news/2007/04/migrainesuicide_link_may_appear_as_early_as_middle_school.html

Perhaps the most startling result, though, was that suicide attempts were very much higher in migraine sufferers, especially in those with aura (Figure).

http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band67/b67-5.html
http://headaches.about.com/od/advocacyissues/a/er_suicide.htm

Why are such dolts even interviewed??

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Post  milo Sun 15 May 2011, 10:34 pm

This makes me want to swear! I can't believe that anyone with any amount of common sense would be able to think such a thing. Clearly anyone living in constant pain is going to be a higher risk for suicide. This just makes me angry!
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