Interesting....very interesting
 

(From Yahoo) HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Variations in two genesmay help spur suicidal thinking in individuals taking a commonlyprescribed antidepressant, research suggests.

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Interesting....very interesting
 

i pasted it here. don't think doc would mind. if he does....i'll let the fl;ying monkeys out after him. :wink:

The Oct. 1 issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry will release both a study and editorial suggesting that a set of suicidal gene markers have been discovered. That is, people with these markers have a higher incidence of suicidal thinking (which is often the precursor to suicidal action). This is a significant finding, since there has been little previous evidence that suicidal thoughts or behaviors might be coded all the way down into our genes.
Obviously, genes are not the whole story and environment plays a significant factor into deciding whether we act on a thought, or whether our personality has learned enough resiliency to “go against” such genetic encoding.
Rumor has it that a company will also be marketing a genetic test kit for this set of “suicide markers.”
We’ll post more about this when the study is published on Monday, but thought we’d give a heads-up ahead of time.

i copied doc's headline news post with the link to the full article here. sorry it messed up the sequence...but hey...i have nothing to do with the software. :o it puts posts in the days order.

LOLOL! So it's a little confusing...so mods make mistakes too. LOLOL!

hehe..just don't go calling the spelling police on me. :D

Thanks for posting that.
Sure makes sense to me and I don't find it one little bit surprising.
I know that the genetic issue hasn't been studied very much but one of our members from the past (sue) got me interested in learning about the genetic influence on suicidal thinking a very long time ago.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-gta092707.php
Genetic test announced for suicidal ideation in patients using antidepressant drugs
Safer prescribing anticipated

Watch this space...

http://www.neuromark.com/

I've got to get going but can't get this out of my mind.

Some of the wording in their article above makes me a little sceptical sadly. Good way to sell more antidepressants and more genetic test kits?

hmmnnn, we'll see I guess. It actually doesn't surprise me one bit that there is some genetic trigger that might cause increase in suicidal ideation while taking antidepressants however, I'll remain a sceptic about this one for a while longer I think. I find it a little confusing considering the incredibly horrible experience that some people who have Bipolar Disorder get when they take an SSRI, for example.

Plus, this seems to be only for Celexa / Citalopram isn't it???

Sheesh, and now I have to go . ugh.

And I wonder what we've learned since then....07...????

But...what about the part about 'a commonly prescribed antidepressant'? I didn't seen in the article anything about that. Did it say and I'm just not seeing it????? Or are we talking antidepressants in general?

Hmm, I found this article and it addresses antidepressants as well. Maybe that was the reference??? http://www.drugs.com/news/genes-migh...ghts-9466.html

And boy howdy, they should include Cymbalta with that group as far as I'm concerned!

I really find this to be very interesting!! I don't do well on AD's and have dealt with suicidal attempts and ideation since I was a child, and know it is not just due to childhood trauma.