Addictive Quote by Irving Kirsch Download Open image “Antidepressants can have troubling side effects and are addictive for some people.” — Irving Kirsch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Addictive Antidepressants Effects People Side Side effects Sides Some Some people Troubling
I notice a lot of people think they can solve their problems with antidepressants. That, I noticed, being like a bigger issue, like, it… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
While anti-depressants can work for some people, I became a little too reliant on them - if you forget to take one, you feel… — Caroline Flack Copy Share Image
[Psychiatric] drugs have so many side effects because using them to treat a complex psychiatric disorder is a bit like trying to change your… — Suman Rai Copy Share Image
If you're an addict, if you drink and you're putting a depressant into your body, it's going to cause serious problems. — Mariel Hemingway Copy Share Image
Imagine a society that subjects people to conditions that make them terribly unhappy then gives them the drugs to take away their unhappiness. Science… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
This is a common misconception about antidepressants: many people believe they're simply 'happy pills' that will wipe a person's emotional slate clean. Used correctly,… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
In my view, prescribing antidepressant drugs is too often a quick and easy substitute for developing treatment plans that address the totality of health… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
“Day after day, more and more medications are prescribed for depression and addiction, assuming that these things run in our blood, when really they… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“Compulsive substance addiction can have disastrous effects because it blocks off the path to genuine emotions and feelings. The drug can supply feelings of… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“And then there’s physical dependence. As defined in medical terms, physical dependence is manifested when a person stops taking a substance and, due to… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“You know,” Hallie said, “they make all these antidepressants. They should make a pill that stops you from loving the people you can’t have,… — Caren Lissner Copy Share Image
Depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, and it is not cured by medication. Depression may not even be an… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
To someone who is not currently on anti-depressants, I would suggest trying other treatments first - for example, psychotherapy. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
“Many of the benefits of CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) can be obtained without going into therapy. There are a number of self-help books, CDs… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
“The results of decades of neurotransmitter-depletion studies point to one inescapable conclusion: low levels or serotonin, norepinephrine or dopamine do not cause depression. here… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
“Our analyses of the FDA data showed relatively little difference between the effects of antidepressants and the effects of placebos. Indeed, the effects were… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
Perhaps anti-depressants should be best reserved for the very extreme cases and, more importantly, for those who do not respond to alternative forms of… — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
If doctors just spent more time with their patients so they felt more reassured, that might help. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients. — Irving Kirsch Copy Share Image
Why are online games so addictive? It's mostly the narcotic appeal of 'leveling.' — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
I have an addictive personality. I was addicted to computer games... and then all that obsessive nature just piled into music. — Chet Faker Copy Share Image
I found popularity through self-destruction, and that can be quite addictive. — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
Work is like a drug. I'm jonesing for more. It's gotten more addictive than I had realized. I get anxious when I have nothing… — John Benjamin Hickey Copy Share Image
Dieting by portion control doesn't work because one is constantly fighting addictive drives. — Joel Fuhrman Copy Share Image
That grit of fighting is addictive, I'm scared of it. It's a very weird thing. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
I would not hesitate to say I was addicted to the Internet in the first two years. It can be addictive, and things not… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
There's a reason why anger, fear, and hatred are paths to the dark side: they all spring from a single source - the same… — Matthew Stover Copy Share Image
The addictive pleasure of abandoning yourself to a book, of losing consciousness of your worries, your body, and your surroundings, to become a ghost… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
I have a completely addictive personality. Diet Coke is my last - God, I know people counting days off Diet Coke; I'm such a… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image