Mass Shootings

On SSRIs

The first time I came across the acronym “SSRI” was when Toby Rogers wrote this in Sept 2021:

We have fairly good data that five classes of toxicants increase autism risk:

1. Mercury from coal fired power plants and diesel trucks;

2. Plastics;

3. Pesticides & herbicides;

4. EMF/RFR; and

5. Pharmaceuticals (Tylenol, SSRIs, & vaccines).

--

8 studies show a statistically significant association between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) use in pregnant women and subsequent autism in their children (see meta-analysis in Kaplan et al., 2016). Doctors who prescribe SSRIs to pregnant women are committing malpractice.

Not knowing what Toby was talking about, I made a mental note to come back to it. Here we are only two years later. I had no idea there was a connection to mass shootings.

Along the way I noticed that A Midwestern Doctor wrote about SSRIs in connection with Mass Shootings:

The Decades of Evidence That Antidepressants Cause Mass Shootings (midwesterndoctor.com)

The Evidence for Antidepressants Causing Mass Shootings (midwesterndoctor.com)

Here is a synthesised summary and extraction from both long and excellent articles:

Executive Summary:

The articles delves into the alarming side effects of psychiatric medications, particularly SSRIs and SNRIs, which are often overlooked by medical professionals and regulatory bodies. These medications are strongly linked to violent behaviours, including mass shootings and homicides. The author argues that the risk-to-benefit ratio of these drugs is skewed, often causing more harm than good. They come with a range of severe complications, including akathisia¹ - an extreme form of restlessness that can lead to violent actions. The articles concludes by calling for a comprehensive reevaluation of the widespread use of these medications, given their potential to cause severe harm, and criticises the FDA's inaction and the pharmaceutical industry's undue influence over the narrative.

Key Takeaways:

1.    The articles argues that psychiatric medications like SSRIs² and SNRIs³ are linked to violent behaviours, including mass shootings.

2.    The pharmaceutical industry's influence and significant revenues from these drugs often overshadow the discussion about their risks.

3.    SSRIs and SNRIs work similarly to cocaine by blocking the reuptake of neurotransmitters like serotonin and norepinephrine.

4.    These medications have been associated with a range of severe complications, including suicides and violent crimes.

5.    Akathisia, an extreme form of restlessness, is a common side effect that can lead to violent behaviour.

6.    Despite receiving thousands of adverse event reports, the FDA has not taken strong action against these medications.

7.    Legal cases have found pharmaceutical companies liable for deaths caused by antidepressants.

8.    Published research on the safety of these drugs is often unreliable.

9.    Studies show increased aggression and other precursor events to violence in both children and adults taking these medications.

10.  Some individuals with specific genetic mutations may be more susceptible to the severe side effects of these medications.

11.  The articles strongly advises against abruptly stopping these medications due to severe withdrawal symptoms.

12.  The medications have a poor risk-to-benefit ratio, often causing more harm than good.

13.  The articles calls for a reevaluation of the widespread use of these medications, given their potential to cause severe harm.

14.  The FDA's inaction despite overwhelming evidence is a point of concern.

15.  The articles criticises the lack of unbiased research on the safety and efficacy of these drugs.

16.  The author suggests that the pharmaceutical industry's financial interests are a significant barrier to honest discussions about these medications.

17.  The articles highlights that these drugs are often prescribed without adequate warnings about their severe side effects.

18.  The author calls for more transparent and unbiased clinical trials to assess the safety of these medications.

19.  The articles suggests that current medical guidelines need to be revised to consider the severe side effects of these drugs.

20.  The author emphasises the need for individualised treatment plans that consider genetic predispositions.

21.  The articles concludes by urging for a societal conversation about the ethical implications of prescribing such medications.

Excerpts:

1.    "Many of the stories in here are quite heart-wrenching, and I humbly request that you make the effort to bear witness to these tragic events."

2.    "SSRIs block the reuptake of Serotonin, SNRIs, also commonly prescribed block the reuptake of Serotonin and Norepinephrine, and Cocaine blocks the reuptake of Serotonin, Norepinephrine, and Dopamine."

3.    "There are many serious issues with psychiatric medications. For brevity, this article will exclusively focus on their tendency to cause horrific violent crimes."

4.    "Despite receiving thousands of adverse event reports, the FDA has not taken strong action against these medications."

5.    "The article calls for a reevaluation of the widespread use of these medications, given their potential to cause severe harm."

Statistics:

1.    "After nine years, the FDA received 39,000 adverse event reports for Prozac, a number far greater than for any other drug."

2.    "In data from sertraline pediatric trials submitted by Pfizer, aggression was the most common cause for discontinuation."

3.    "In pediatric trials of Effexor, two percent of children dropped out because of hostility, more than double the rate of dropout on placebo."

4.    "Legal cases have found pharmaceutical companies liable for deaths caused by antidepressants."

5.    "Studies show increased aggression and other precursor events to violence in both children and adults taking these medications."

Which brings me to the article, by Mark Reynolds, that made me decide to write this stack.

I hadn’t heard of the John Noveske⁴ story before.

I hadn’t really made the proper connection between SSRIs and mass shootings. Sometimes the penny just doesn’t drop. It certainly hadn’t dropped that the “official story” about gun violence was another, agenda fueled “narrative” in a long list of untruths.

It is much easier to see and accept the pattern now though. A fake pandemic will do that to you.

The teacher, in this case Mark Reynolds, arrived when the student was ready.

Here it is in full.

List of 45 Different Murders and Pharma Drugs They Were On

By Mark Reynolds⁵

June 2022

February 13, 2013. One month ago, and only three weeks after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook, two well-known 2nd Amendment activists were found mysteriously murdered on two different rural roads on two different sides of the country. One of them, firearms manufacturer John Noveske, had posted one final warning on his Facebook page. It was a list of all the recent mass shootings, the kids responsible and the Big Pharma drugs they were taking. Within days, he was dead. Here is his list.

Below is John Noveske’s final Facebook post before his body was found on a rural Oregon road last month.

John Noveske’s company is one of the most celebrated rifle manufacturers in America. His firearms are widely considered to be some of the finest pieces of American-made hardware in the industry. In the days and weeks following the horrible tragedy in Newtown, CT and the frenzied call for gun control across the nation, many gun owners began to feel increasingly threatened.

But Noveske, one of the country’s foremost gun experts, had quickly become an expert in something else – Big Pharma drugs and their connection to mass shootings. While America’s corporate-owned news outlets invested hundreds of millions of dollars in broadcast air time to ceaselessly blame firearms for the skyrocketing number of mass killings, Noveske and millions of others noticed something else, something the media outlets funded by Big Pharma refuse to disclose for fear of upsetting their largest advertisers – all the people who carried out the bloody massacres were under the influence of pharmaceutical drugs.

Noveske took the results of his research to Facebook. There, he posted a detailed list of 45 of the most recent mass murders carried out by teenagers, young adults and even some small children. He also documented the exact pharmaceutical drugs each killer was taking at the time. As fate would have it, that would be the last Facebook post John Noveske would ever make. One week later on January 4, 2013, his lifeless body was found on the side of a rural Oregon road.

Here is the list published by John Noveske of mass murderers and the pharmaceutical drugs they were prescribed at the time of the killings. Many gun owners and critics of the pharmaceutical industry believe it wasn’t a dark, winding road that cost Noveske his life. They believe it was the publishing of this list.

The last post John Noveske ever made on his Facebook page before he was killed.

• Eric Harris age 17 (first on Zoloft then Luvox) and Dylan Klebold aged 18 (Columbine school shooting in Littleton, Colorado), killed 12 students and 1 teacher, and wounded 23 others, before killing themselves. Klebold’s medical records have never been made available to the public.

• Jeff Weise, age 16, had been prescribed 60 mg/day of Prozac (three times the average starting dose for adults!) when he shot his grandfather, his grandfather’s girlfriend and many fellow students at Red Lake, Minnesota. He then shot himself. 10 dead, 12 wounded.

• Cory Baadsgaard, age 16, Wahluke (Washington state) High School, was on Paxil (which caused him to have hallucinations) when he took a rifle to his high school and held 23 classmates hostage. He has no memory of the event.

• Chris Fetters, age 13, killed his favorite aunt while taking Prozac.

• Christopher Pittman, age 12, murdered both his grandparents while taking Zoloft.

• Mathew Miller, age 13, hung himself in his bedroom closet after taking Zoloft for 6 days.

• Kip Kinkel, age 15, (on Prozac and Ritalin) shot his parents while they slept then went to school and opened fire killing 2 classmates and injuring 22 shortly after beginning Prozac treatment.

• Luke Woodham, age 16 (Prozac) killed his mother and then killed two students, wounding six others.

• A boy in Pocatello, ID (Zoloft) in 1998 had a Zoloft-induced seizure that caused an armed stand-off at his school.

• Michael Carneal (Ritalin), age 14, opened fire on students at a high school prayer meeting in West Paducah, Kentucky. Three teenagers were killed, five others were wounded.

• A young man in Huntsville, Alabama (Ritalin) went psychotic chopping up his parents with an axe and also killing one sibling and almost murdering another.

• Andrew Golden, age 11, (Ritalin) and Mitchell Johnson, aged 14, (Ritalin) shot 15 people, killing four students, one teacher, and wounding 10 others.

• TJ Solomon, age 15, (Ritalin) high school student in Conyers, Georgia opened fire on and wounded six of his class mates.

• Rod Mathews, age 14, (Ritalin) beat a classmate to death with a bat.

• James Wilson, age 19, (various psychiatric drugs) from Breenwood, South Carolina, took a .22 caliber revolver into an elementary school killing two young girls, and wounding seven other children and two teachers.

• Elizabeth Bush, age 13, (Paxil) was responsible for a school shooting in Pennsylvania.

• Jason Hoffman (Effexor and Celexa) – school shooting in El Cajon, California.

• Jarred Viktor, age 15, (Paxil), after five days on Paxil he stabbed his grandmother 61 times.

• Chris Shanahan, age 15 (Paxil) in Rigby, ID who out of the blue killed a woman.

• Jeff Franklin (Prozac and Ritalin), Huntsville, AL, killed his parents as they came home from work using a sledge hammer, hatchet, butcher knife and mechanic’s file, then attacked his younger brothers and sister.

• Neal Furrow (Prozac) in LA Jewish school shooting reported to have been court-ordered to be on Prozac along with several other medications.

• Kevin Rider, age 14, was withdrawing from Prozac when he died from a gunshot wound to his head. Initially it was ruled a suicide. But two years later, the investigation into his death was opened as a possible homicide. The prime suspect, also age 14, had been taking Zoloft and other SSRI antidepressants.

• Alex Kim, age 13, hung himself shortly after his Lexapro prescription had been doubled.

• Diane Routhier was prescribed Welbutrin for gallstone problems. Six days later, after suffering many adverse effects of the drug, she shot herself.

• Billy Willkomm, an accomplished wrestler and a University of Florida student, was prescribed Prozac at the age of 17. His family found him dead of suicide – hanging from a tall ladder at the family’s Gulf Shore Boulevard home in July 2002.

• Kara Jaye Anne Fuller-Otter, age 12, was on Paxil when she hung herself from a hook in her closet. Kara’s parents said “…. the damn doctor wouldn’t take her off it and I asked him to when we went in on the second visit. I told him I thought she was having some sort of reaction to Paxil…”).

• Gareth Christian, Vancouver, age 18, was on Paxil when he committed suicide in 2002
  (Gareth’s father could not accept his son’s death and killed himself).

• Julie Woodward, age 17, was on Zoloft when she hung herself in her family’s detached garage.

• Matthew Miller was 13 when he saw a psychiatrist because he was having difficulty at school. The psychiatrist gave him samples of Zoloft. Seven days later his mother found him dead, hanging by a belt from a laundry hook in his closet.

• Kurt Danysh, age 18, and on Prozac, killed his father with a shotgun. He is now behind prison bars, and writes letters, trying to warn the world that SSRI drugs can kill.

• Woody ____, age 37, committed suicide while in his 5th week of taking Zoloft. Shortly before his death his physician suggested doubling the dose of the drug. He had seen his physician only for insomnia. He had never been depressed, nor did he have any history of any mental illness symptoms.

• A boy from Houston, age 10, shot and killed his father after his Prozac dosage was increased.

• Hammad Memon, age 15, shot and killed a fellow middle school student. He had been diagnosed with ADHD and depression and was taking Zoloft and “other drugs for the conditions.”

• Matti Saari, a 22-year-old culinary student, shot and killed 9 students and a teacher, and wounded another student, before killing himself. Saari was taking an SSRI and a benzodiazapine.

• Steven Kazmierczak, age 27, shot and killed five people and wounded 21 others before killing himself in a Northern Illinois University auditorium. According to his girlfriend, he had recently been taking Prozac, Xanax and Ambien. Toxicology results showed that he still had trace amounts of Xanax in his system.

• Finnish gunman Pekka-Eric Auvinen, age 18, had been taking antidepressants before he killed eight people and wounded a dozen more at Jokela High School – then he committed suicide.

• Asa Coon from Cleveland, age 14, shot and wounded four before taking his own life. Court records show Coon was on Trazodone.

• Jon Romano, age 16, on medication for depression, fired a shotgun at a teacher in his New York high school.

“The news shouldn’t be left wing or right wing, conservative or liberal. It should be the news. It should be independent” – Mark Wachtler, Whiteout Press founder

Missing from list… 3 of 4 known to have taken these same meds:

• What drugs was Jared Lee Loughner on, age 21…… killed 6 people and injuring 14 others in Tuscon, Az?

• What drugs was James Eagan Holmes on, age 24….. killed 12 people and injuring 59 others in Aurora Colorado?

• What drugs was Jacob Tyler Roberts on, age 22, killed 2 injured 1, Clackamas, Or?

• What drugs was Adam Peter Lanza on, age 20, Killed 26 and wounded 2 in Newtown Ct?

*Roberts is the only one that I haven’t heard about being on drugs of some kind.

**End post**

This was John Noveske’s final Facebook post. Again, within a week, his lifeless body was found on a rural road. Keep in mind, the above information was compiled by one amateur researcher. The true cost of unnecessary pharmaceutical drugs on American society, and the list of additional unexplained killings, is unquestionably much, much longer.

Source: Whiteout Press

The Best of Mark Reynolds

It’s virtually exclusively boys.

It’s the ages that standout for me. Median age of 15.

And it’s the same drugs that keep being mentioned:

• Prozac⁶ (11)

• Zoloft⁷ (8)

• Ritalin⁸ (8)

• Paxil⁹ (6)

One of my favourite Substacks by Dr Robert Yoho has also written about this subject.

110. ANTIDEPRESSANTS ARE THE ROOT CAUSE OF MASS SHOOTINGS (substack.com)

• Yoho argues that antidepressants, specifically SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors), are a significant factor in mass shootings.

• It cites multiple cases where shooters were either on antidepressants or had recently stopped taking them.

• The article claims that the pharmaceutical industry and the FDA are aware of the risks but have not acted sufficiently to address them.

• It suggests that the side effects of SSRIs, such as emotional blunting and suicidal thoughts, can escalate to homicidal tendencies.

• The article criticizes the media for not adequately covering the link between antidepressants and mass shootings and calls for more transparent disclosure of the side effects of antidepressants.

163. A SLEDGEHAMMER TO THE FOREHEAD—PROOF THAT MASS SHOOTINGS ARE CAUSED BY SSRI ANTIDEPRESSANTS (substack.com)

• Yoho presents a personal story of David Carmichael, who killed his son while under the influence of the SSRI Paxil.

• Carmichael was diagnosed as "not criminally responsible on account of a mental disorder," although he had never had a mental disorder before taking Paxil.

• The article discusses the side effects of Paxil, including delusions and psychosis, which are listed as rare but were experienced by Carmichael.

• It highlights that Carmichael's homicidal behaviour was calm and organized, attributing this to the combination of emotional blunting and delusions caused by Paxil.

• The article argues that many mass killers were in an antidepressant-induced state of psychosis.

• It criticizes the legal system for not considering prescription drugs like Paxil in the same category as illicit drugs when it comes to criminal responsibility.

In a nutshell, this is how it seems to me. Remember I don’t live in the US and I haven’t studied this subject for years, but I think the shape of the following thesis is right. I’d love to hear from Americans with a different view. I hold my ideas lightly.

I also have not lost a loved one to a mass shooting, or any shooting for that matter. Under the weight of that darkness, I might think about this subject differently.

There are three meta-interests, that opportunistically converge in this subject.

The first is a long-term interest in a disarmed American population. Who that may be and why they would want it so is for another day. I’ll call it Agenda A. You might say it’s the Government, you might say that it’s Supranational globalising interests. I think Carroll Quigley’s work is a pathway to understanding this agenda which is now far more obvious to far more people. I will say this though, I am now of the opinion that the whole world is a darker place with a disarmed US population.

The second is an interest that would like to deflect the blame for the side effects of its products. This is Agenda B (Pharma). We saw how they did it with their genetic vaccines, blaming all the deaths on anything and everything but the vaccines. SADS™.

The third interest wants to defend its own manufacturing turf (gun makers), and again deflect the blame, but without disrupting the ruling class ecosystem too much. Agenda C.

So, here are my simple thoughts:

• There was a time where guns were widely and freely available in America without mass shootings (see next article by Mark Reynolds).

• Certain medications are known to induce violent tendencies in some people. These drugs are now being overprescribed, leading to an increase in the absolute number of “some” people.

• We now have mass shootings, where the vast majority of the offenders are taking these drugs, often in combination!

• Agenda B (Pharma) deflects the blame, via its wholly captured media and political class, onto the offenders and gun manufacturers and “loose gun laws”. Cartels do this on a regular basis, they will “trade” blame with and onto each other when it’s convenient. Think Pharma suggesting that glyphosate might be the cause of autism and not its childhood vaccines (it certainly and synergistically makes it worse but isn’t primarily causal).

• Agenda C (Gun manufacturers) blame the offender, “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people”. The truth is in the omission. They should say “guns don’t kill people, its mentally ill people on dangerous drugs with known violent side effects, that are over prescribed, that kill people”. But that’s too long, not catchy, and they have an understanding with their other cartel buddies to take some of the “medication heat”.

• Agenda A sits back as all this back and forth (dialectic¹⁰) is happening and gradually and ever so slowly tightens the noose on gun access and ownership.

The old me thought that a civilised society should be gun free. What a naïve idiot I was. I never understood why the gun rights people kept talking about the “tyrannical State” … “what the hell are they talking about” I would pontificate.

Who’s the fool now, hey? I now know full well what they mean. Only took me a fake pandemic for the penny to drop.

The State’s posture, particularly that of its police force, towards an armed civilian population is quite different to an unarmed one, and within that difference we are just that bit freer, that little bit safer from their tyranny.

Anyway, this article was not meant to be about gun rights, but about mass shootings and what’s really behind them and the lies told every day to try to disarm the US population.

With that I want to end with another excellent and more recent Mark Reynolds article on the subject. Here are a couple of extracts from the article and 10 bullet points.

The SSRI Connection To Suicides, Spontaneous Murder and Mass Shootings.

By Mark Reynolds

July 2022

Mass shootings 1954-1968

• 1968 ONE

• 1967 NONE

• 1966 TWO

• 1965 ONE

• 1964 NONE

• 1963 NONE

• 1962 NONE

• 1961 NONE

• 1960 NONE

• 1959 NONE

• 1958 NONE

• 1957 NONE

• 1956 NONE

• 1955 NONE

• 1954 ONE

--

Could it be that we have an epidemic of over prescribed SSRI medications that are affecting some people in bad ways? Realize this…not everyone is the same. EVERYONE has different make ups in their personality, chemistry, body type, size, etc. Wearing a mask if you have a big head will likely do more to keep you from getting the oxygen you need compared to someone with a small head that actually can breath AROUND the mask.

In another words, one fix for everyone just doesn’t work. Say 100,000 people are on a particular SSRI med and 50 of them have a bad reaction. Say that reaction is violent in nature. Am I being fair? Maybe it’s less then 50. Maybe 10. Well if those TEN go stark raving MAD due to the SSRI drug and pick up a rifle and go to a shopping mall and turn it into a shooting gallery, that would be TEN TIMES more mass shootings then took place in 1965! And using the numbers available currently we are having 600 times more mass shootings than took place back then.

1.    Mass Shooting Statistics: In 2021, there were 692 mass shootings in the USA, with an average of 11 per week. In the first six months of 2022, there were 386 deaths and 1,389 wounded in mass shootings.

2.    Pre-1968 Gun Control Comparison: The text compares the period before 1968, when there were fewer gun control laws, to the present day, suggesting that firearms were more accessible in the past.

3.    Gun Control Act of 1968: The Gun Control Act of 1968 is highlighted as a pivotal moment when significant gun control reforms were passed in the USA.

4.    Historical Mass Shootings: The text provides examples of mass shootings before 1968, suggesting that firearms were readily available even then.

5.    Psychotropic Medication: The text suggests a potential link between mass shootings and the use of psychotropic medications, particularly SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors).

6.    Variability in Drug Effects: It argues that not everyone reacts the same way to medications, and side effects can vary widely, potentially leading to violent behavior in some individuals.

7.    Pharmaceutical Industry Influence: The text raises questions about the influence of pharmaceutical companies on media and suggests that their advertising budgets may deter the discussion of the SSRI-mass shooting connection.

8.    SSRI Side Effects: Several cases of violent side effects associated with SSRI medications are presented, highlighting the potential dangers of these drugs.

9.    Call for Responsible Prescribing: The text calls for greater responsibility in prescribing psychotropic medications and suggests closer supervision of patients when using these drugs.

10.  Blaming Law-Abiding Citizens: The text concludes by arguing against blaming law-abiding gun owners for the actions of individuals who commit mass shootings, emphasizing the need for a more holistic approach to addressing the issue.

Thanks for being here.

Please consider a paid subscription. You will get nothing more for your support, as everything is made freely available. The money goes towards covering the costs of this work, medical freedom causes and support for the vaccine injured.

I am always looking for good, personal GMC, covid and childhood vaccination stories. You can write to me privately: unbekoming@outlook.com

If you are Covid vaccine injured, consider the FLCCC Post-Vaccine Treatment

If you want to understand and “see” what baseline human health looks like, watch (and share) this 21 minutes

If you want to help someone, give them a book. Official Stories by Liam Scheff. Point them to a safe chapter (here and here), and they will find their way to vaccination.

Here are all eBooks and Summaries produced so far:

FREE Summary: Bitten by Kris Newby (Lyme Disease)

FREE Summary: The Great Cholesterol Con by Dr Malcolm Kendrick

FREE Summary: Propaganda by Edward Bernays

FREE Summary: Toxic Legacy by Stephanie Seneff (Glyphosate)

FREE Summary: The Measles Book by CHD

FREE Summary: The Deep Hot Biosphere by Thomas Gold (Abiogenic Oil)

FREE Summary: The Peanut Allergy Epidemic by Heather Fraser

FREE eBook: A letter to my two adult kids - Vaccines and the free spike protein

FREE eBook: The Climate™

FREE eBook: What is a woman? - “We don’t know yet.”

1. Akathisia is a movement disorder characterised by a subjective feeling of inner restlessness and an inability to sit or stand still. It is often a side effect of antipsychotic medications, although it can also be caused by other types of drugs, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and certain antiemetic medications. The condition can manifest in various forms, including:

Symptoms

1. Restlessness: A constant urge to move.

2. Fidgeting: Involuntary movements such as tapping feet or rocking back and forth.

3. Anxiety: Increased levels of anxiety or agitation.

4. Distress: Emotional discomfort often accompanies the physical symptoms.

2. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) are a class of medications commonly used to treat depression, anxiety disorders, and certain other mood disorders. They work by increasing the levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter associated with mood regulation, in the brain. Here's a breakdown of key aspects:

Mechanism of Action

SSRIs inhibit the reuptake of serotonin into the presynaptic cell, increasing the levels of serotonin available to bind to the postsynaptic receptor. This enhances serotonin neurotransmission, which is thought to improve mood and reduce anxiety.

Common SSRIs

1. Fluoxetine (Prozac)

2. Sertraline (Zoloft)

3. Paroxetine (Paxil)

4. Citalopram (Celexa)

5. Escitalopram (Lexapro)

Indications

1. Depression

2. Generalised Anxiety Disorder

3. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

4. Panic Disorder

5. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

6. Social Anxiety Disorder

Side Effects

1. Gastrointestinal Issues: Nausea, diarrhoea

2. Sexual Dysfunction: Reduced libido, erectile dysfunction

3. Weight Changes: Weight gain or loss

4. Sleep Disturbances: Insomnia or drowsiness

5. Akathisia: Restlessness and agitation

Precautions

1. Suicidal Thoughts: Particularly in adolescents and young adults.

2. Serotonin Syndrome: A potentially life-threatening condition when used with other serotonergic medications.

3. Pregnancy: Some SSRIs are associated with risks during pregnancy.

3. Selective Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs) are a class of medications used to treat various psychiatric conditions, including depression, anxiety disorders, and chronic pain syndromes. They work by inhibiting the reuptake of both serotonin and norepinephrine, neurotransmitters that play a role in mood regulation and pain perception.

Mechanism of Action

SNRIs block the reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine into the presynaptic neuron, thereby increasing the levels of these neurotransmitters in the synaptic cleft. This enhances neurotransmission and is thought to improve mood and alleviate pain.

Common SNRIs

1. Venlafaxine (Effexor)

2. Duloxetine (Cymbalta)

3. Desvenlafaxine (Pristiq)

4. Levomilnacipran (Fetzima)

Indications

1. Major Depressive Disorder

2. Generalised Anxiety Disorder

3. Chronic Pain Conditions: Such as fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain.

4. Social Anxiety Disorder

5. Panic Disorder

Side Effects

1. Gastrointestinal Issues: Nausea, vomiting, and constipation.

2. Sexual Dysfunction: Reduced libido and erectile dysfunction.

3. Increased Blood Pressure: Particularly with venlafaxine.

4. Sleep Disturbances: Insomnia or drowsiness.

5. Akathisia: Restlessness and agitation.

Precautions

1. Suicidal Thoughts: Particularly in adolescents and young adults.

2. Serotonin Syndrome: When used with other serotonergic medications.

3. Withdrawal Symptoms: Such as dizziness, nausea, and irritability upon discontinuation.

4. John Noveske was an American firearms designer and the founder of Noveske Rifleworks, a company specializing in the design and manufacturing of firearms, particularly AR-15 style rifles. Noveske was born on April 10, 1976, and he passed away on January 4, 2013, in a “car accident” near Grants Pass, Oregon. He was known for his focus on producing high-quality, accurate, and reliable firearms. His rifles were often considered some of the best in the industry and were highly sought after by both civilian gun enthusiasts and military operators.

Noveske was particularly known for his innovation in barrel manufacturing, which contributed to the accuracy and reliability of his rifles. He was a pioneer in using stainless steel barrels and implementing polygonal rifling, which improved the ballistic performance of the firearms. His company also specialized in producing rifles with shorter barrels without sacrificing accuracy, which made them more versatile for various applications, including close-quarters combat.

5. Mark lives with his wife Kathy of 45+ years in the place most folks call Arkansas. Major turning points in his life were reached after reading the small book “Letters to Jessica” by Robert Bisset and "The Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine back in the 1990’s. He can be reached at Courageous Lion's Den here: markreynolds.bhg5@gmail.com

6. Prozac

• Manufacturer: Eli Lilly and Company

• Generic Name: Fluoxetine

• Indications: Major Depressive Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, and Bulimia Nervosa, among others.

7. Zoloft

• Manufacturer: Pfizer Inc.

• Generic Name: Sertraline

• Indications: Major Depressive Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), among others.

8. Ritalin

• Manufacturer: Novartis Pharmaceuticals

• Generic Name: Methylphenidate

• Indications: Primarily used for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy.

9. Paxil

• Manufacturer: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

• Generic Name: Paroxetine

• Indications: Used for Major Depressive Disorder, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

10. In the context of politics, the term "dialectic" can refer to the problem-solution dynamic that politicians often use to further their cause. Essentially, politicians identify a problem or issue that resonates with their target audience. This serves as the "thesis" or starting point. They then present their own policy or solution as the "antithesis" to the existing problem, aiming to resolve or alleviate it. Finally, the "synthesis" occurs when the proposed solution gains support and is implemented, ideally resolving the problem and leading to a new status quo.

This dialectical approach allows politicians to frame themselves as problem-solvers and visionaries, thereby gaining public support and political capital. By effectively using this dynamic, they can rally people behind them, secure votes, and even push for legislative changes.

In summary, politicians use the dialectic method of problem-solution to identify issues, propose solutions, and gain support, thereby furthering their political objectives.