I see suicidal thoughts listed as a rare medicinal side effect. How can such a specific thing be a side effect? Can other specific thoughts be a side effect?
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There’s 2 reasons mainly… the first is you’re impacting chemicals related to depression, this side effect is very common in anti-depressants, so there’s a possibility messing with that at all will increase it.
Secondly though, and I’ve found this myself, in the early days of anti-depressants…you’re possibly already suicidal to begin with which is why you’re going on it…. and before it ever actually impacts your mood, you’ll find you have an increase in energy.
So there’s a paradoxical period where you’re still very depressed, but suddenly have more energy and focus to carry out anything. So you’re at a higher risk of acting on something you already thought
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