Originally Posted by jackie66

Over the past couple of years i have been reading on sites such as this that more and more doctors are prescribing anti-epileptic drugs for depression and pain relief.

Personally I am horrified, since I have first hand knowledge of the effects of these drugs, and have studied the subject of Neurotoxicology.

These drugs do indeed ease pain and miniscule doses do ease depression. What worries me most is the fact that doctors are prescribing high doses on par with anti-convulsant therapies.

All anti-epileptic drugs are cerebellar toxic. The cerebellum is a part of the brain responsible for regulating movement and balance. I personally have cerebellar lesions caused directly by these drugs. I have cerebellar/brainstem dysfunction. This means that I cannot stand or sit unsupported.

Withdrawal from these drugs is very dangerous. In my case the neurologist withdrew the drugs abruptly. I suffered a withdrawal convulsion so severe that I broke my back. I also suffered spinal cord damage and a dislocated rib.
I am now paralysed and need a wheelchair to get about. Do not ever discontinue taking these drugs abruptly.

Experience has shown me that doctors do not study the actions and effects of drugs--especially this group. They do indeed stop pain but only by causing damage to the central nervous system. The right side of my face is paralysed and the right sterno cleido mastoid has shrunk to nothing. All this has occurred over many decades of long term low dose.

It is true that the doctors have found an effective painkiller. What will the eventual price be?. They used to use arsenic and mercury as cures in the same way that they are blindly using these very powerful drugs. They dont seem to be bothered about the final outcome, after all, they are only patients aren't they. The doctors are professionals who are allowed to conceal their failures