Saturday, January 19, 2013

Can SSRI’s Help Recovery From Stroke? - Anti-depressants

This has been out there for quite a while so your doctor/hospital should have already incorporated this into standard stroke protocol. You really think so? Then you are ascribing way too much intelligence to those with the ability to change medical processes.
http://www.dailyrx.com/antidepressants-may-help-people-recover-stroke-even-if-they-are-not-depressed

Antidepressants may help people recover from stroke even if they are not depressed


This line from the article is really divorced from reality;
"Ask a doctor which stroke recovery treatments are best."
 Since there seem to be no stroke protocols at all that is a unfunny statement and impossible to be useful.
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4 comments:

  1. BrookeFullerOctober 3, 2013 at 5:14 PM

    Before I read the article, the first question that came to mind is, whether or not antidepressants actually helped recovery or if they helped the person's motivation and perhaps concentration? My question was not clearly answered by the article. But it seems to be pointing to the idea that they improve motivation and concentration, which would, in turn drive recovery. Sound right? Please correct me, or clarify for me. I am a newb. This idea is also really interesting to me because my husband (in my opinion) could use a little increase in motivation. He is a super laid back person to begin with and it seems to have carried forward after his illness and it may even be a bit more intensified.

    This is the quote I am referring to:
    "Even when people were not depressed, the SSRI helped reduce dependency and disability.

    SSRIs did not improve thinking skills, lower the chances of dying from stroke or improve recovery of physical function."

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    1. oc1deanOctober 3, 2013 at 8:10 PM

      Thats where getting the complete research article is required and your doctor - if any good at all will be subscribing and reading this.

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    2. BrookeFullerOctober 4, 2013 at 4:40 PM

      We go back to the neurologist in a few weeks, so, should I enquire about this? At his previous visit, a few months ago (the first since being out of the hospital) she said she didn't want to do anything more treatment wise since he was progressing at a good rate. He words first were, "the fact that he is still here and is doing as well as he is, is a very good sign."

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    3. oc1deanOctober 4, 2013 at 5:21 PM

      You can ask all you want but your neurologist has no clue on recovery. See if the 'All strokes are different, all stroke recoveries are different' is used. That is the sign of a doctor that has not studied stroke recovery at all.

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