For every Amy Philo, there are 100 women who support and understand the importance of the MOTHERS Act. I was very disappointed to not even see one of them represented.
As a postpartum depression survivor, I know too well how the disease can blindside someone who is not properly educated on the illness. And as far as this quote:
"Women who have been healthy all their lives, who haven't suffered lots of anxiety and depressive symptoms, are unlikely to have problems in the postpartum period — not even close to likely," says Michael O'Hara, a University of Iowa professor of psychology …
I have never suffered from anxiety or depression, I have a Masters Degree, a supportive husband and family, and am financially stable … like many women who have battled PPD. The idea that it is unlikely for a woman to have PPD if she hasn't had a history of depression is foreign to anyone who has truly studied the illness. It is not a respecter of persons.
Your article was un-balanced and under-researched, and an unfortunate misuse of Time Magazine's influence on society. You could have helped so many women if you would have stuck to the facts.
Respectfully,
Kim Rogers
Perinatal mood disorders do not discriminate. Amen.
For every one Amy Philo there are 100 women who support The MOTHERS Act? I must have missed your public petition with 1,261,500 signatures for The MOTHERS Act.
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March 31, 2009…2:18 am
Frequency of Drug Adverse Reactions Such as Psychosis & Suicidal Ideation
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This is just an example of the reactions noted on a Zoloft label (p. 26)
“Infrequent: depression, amnesia, paroniria, teeth-grinding, emotional lability, apathy, abnormal dreams, euphoria, paranoid reaction, hallucination, aggressive reaction, aggravated depression, delusions;
Rare: withdrawal syndrome, suicide ideation, libido increased, somnambulism, illusion.”
Certain “experts” would like to claim that Postpartum Psychosis afflicts 1/1000 women, oh, oops I think they upgraded it to 1 in 500. Gee I wonder how that could have happened? SSRI anyone?
According to the drug label, 1/100 to 1/1000 is an “infrequent” event, and fewer than 1/1000 is a “rare” event.
So if PPP is the big worry that prompts a “need” for the MOTHERS Act, how is 1/1000 having suicidal ideation so much better than 1/1000 being “psychotic?” And how is 1/100 having hallucinations and aggression, abnormal dreams, paranoid reactions and delusions with depression better? Seems like that’s psychotic too…
According to the BLACK BOX SUICIDE warning, 4% of patients taking an antidepressant developed suicidal ideation (not 1/1000 as is mentioned on the RARE section of the original labeling).
“Frequent” means it occurs in at least 1/100 patients or more. So I would say that 4% suicidal ideation is a frequent event, not a rare event, wouldn’t you?
Go to the link on my blog for the Zoloft label.