On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, curious wrote:
> well how about guytalk here a linuxchix?
Well, that would be beyond the scope of LinuxChix, I would think but
you are certainly welcome to create such a list elsewhere.
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The problem with herbal cures is that no one is regulating the
manufacturers for standards in dosage and purity, but the manufacturers
themselves. Tablets of St. John's Wort can vary in effectiveness between
brands and batchs, while 20mg of prozac will always have the same dosage
of active drug.
Prozac can have some serious side effects and drug interactions (just like
any other medication). They are pretty much serious when they tell you not
to drink alcohol, for example, and I'm not certain if they ever ruled it
safe for pregnant or nursing women. :) There are people who -do- worry
abou
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Deirdre Saoirse wrote:
> In other words, my experience is pretty much irrelevant to yours. :)
Everyone's experience with anti-depressants is unique. I was merely
offering mine to demonstrate that and in response to the original question
asked, not necessarily your particular
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> So anti-depressants depress me. Ain't that paradoxical?
>
> Any other geeks find that?
>
> Not at all. I did find that they suppressed the highest moments of
> emotion, both good and bad. Sort of like an amplitude limiter.
>
I don't experienc
On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Rikki McGinty wrote:
> It sounds to me like people tried one kind of antidepressants and then gave
> up? Just because Prozac doesn't work doesn't mean antidepressants don't work
> or always have horrid side effects. There are a big variety of anti-Ds and
> often you have to g
You know, parts of this article had some rather good advice... "There's More
To Life Then Computing" in particular, but the article has a flaw in the opening where
it is essentially recommending the 1950's self-sacrificing, meek, and walk-upon
version of the wife. IMHO, if someone is lo
