Reply #132: I agree

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Years ago, I was prescribed Elavil for pain. It helped with the pain and also with the devastating depression I'd had since I was 13. I don't know why the tricyclics aren't used much anymore except maybe it has to do with how much money the drug companies can make off the newer, non-generic, versions.

And according to my therapist, one of the times when depressed people are most vulnerable to suicide is not when they're in the bottom of a depressed cycle, but when they're coming out of the depression. Perhaps that explains why people on anti-depressants might be more vulnerable to suicide. Or it could be that THEY'RE SUICIDAL BECAUSE THEY'RE DEPRESSED!!!! (sheesh.)