I gotta tell you you're wasting your time. His intent isn't to prove a point. It's to get a flame started. BTW I learned grammar in jr. high school. I learned it from the sister of a world famous writer and educator. That sister was absolutely obsessed with grammar and why it was important. She made sure all her students learned it well. And I guess the fact the Supreme Court agreed with my conclusion doesn't seem to matter to some people. My grammar is far from being perfect all the time but that sentence is one I've spent a lot of time on.
Oh and for the record the Royal College Of Psychiatry says, "...people who stop SSRIs and SNRIs have withdrawal symptoms which can last between 2 weeks and 2 months."
We can split hairs about the definition of "addiction" but everyone should know that there is a big chance they will face horrible withdrawl symptoms if they try to discontinue the use of serotonin reuptake inhibitors. The Mayo Clinic says they cause physical dependence which may not be exactly addiction but it's close enough that you certainly won't enjoy the ride. IMO our French friend may be damaging people by discrediting the fact they cause terrible withdrawl. No you aren't driven to take more and more of them like a true "addict" but I'm confident that most people understand the word "addiction" is used for many things that aren't true addiction. Like internet addiction or even conflict addiction. Do a search for those terms and you'll get a bunch of hits. Here, I'll do it for you:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Con...msedr...0...1c.1.64.serp..0.1.282.Fdkp_i5T-Jk
Maybe you'll understand why this guy frequently follows me around nitpicking what I say. The term addiction may not properly apply but people use it that way all the time anyway. It certainly is a real condition. How many of my posts has this guy gone after just in the last few days? He wants to argue politics on a board that expressly prohibits it. Now he wants to nitpick the words I use when he has to know that they are commonly used in that manner. Yeah he cares a lot about people getting the proper care. If he care about people he would want them to know about the withdrawl they might face. I saw a report last week in one of the London newspapers that said about 70% of the people on SSRI's aren't really depressed at all. And if he thinks doctors won't deliberately get you addicted just to keep you coming back I can point him to some glaring examples of doctors who went to prison for that. One doctor local to my area had my friend's father taking narcotics for years and didn't bother telling him they were addictive. And the guy was falling into withdrawl often because he didn't understand he couldn't just quit taking his pills. So don't tell me that doctors won't deliberately get you addicted to stuff. I know they do.
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