Reply To: Is every other Woman on Zoloft?

One other valid point is that this Zoloft business can completely mess one up sexually and cause arousal disorder. This is a signifcant part of the brain! Again, it can last for months, years, or sometimes indefinitely after the discontinuation of SSRIs. My point is that one should be well informed about this. I was not. Do I really want to possibly change the structure and function of my brain? No, thanks.

If you remember — in the 1950’s there was a pandemic of mothers taking barbituates or let’s call it an epidemic of doctors over prescribing in order to help them cope. THe rock band the Rolling Stones wrote a song called “Mothers little helper” regarding this phenomena. Here are the lyrics :

What a drag it is getting old

“Kids are different today,”

I hear ev’ry mother say

Mother needs something today to calm her down

And though she’s not really ill

There’s a little yellow pill

She goes running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper

And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day

“Things are different today,”

I hear ev’ry mother say

Cooking fresh food for a husband’s just a drag

So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak

And goes running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper

And two help her on her way, get her through her busy day

Doctor please, some more of these

Outside the door, she took four more

What a drag it is getting old

“Men just aren’t the same today”

I hear ev’ry mother say

They just don’t appreciate that you get tired

They’re so hard to satisfy, You can tranquilize your mind

So go running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper

And four help you through the night, help to minimize your plight

Doctor please, some more of these

Outside the door, she took four more

What a drag it is getting old

“Life’s just much too hard today,”

I hear ev’ry mother say

The pusuit of happiness just seems a bore

And if you take more of those, you will get an overdose

No more running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper

They just helped you on your way, through your busy dying day

Notice the last line “Dying day”. I feel on these drugs we are very possiblyl digging our own graves by tranquilizing ourselves.