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Originally Posted by Texas Pete
All drugs have side effects. Every human has genetic differences to the next human. One side effect may affect one human but not another human. One side effect may be minor to one human but major to another human. Making blanket statements about to or not to use a drug because of the outcome for one human is not right. Warning someone of the possibilities is fine.
I just read a medical news article on SSRIs and since this country is in love with anti depressants I found it interesting that a listed side effect is loss of sexual desire. The article was about people who stopped taking SSRI medicines but permanently have the side effect of complete loss of libido for the remainder of their life. Now I don't post online everyone stop taking SSRIs because I understand it's a fixed chemical compound being used on an infinite variable mix of genetics individuals so individual results may vary.
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Yeah, I did overreact a bit. You are right about the variance in how food/drugs affect people differently. But given that I thought I had just had a heart attack, maybe it's understandable. The important thing is bringing to peoples' attention that there are side effects of drugs, and for that matter food ingredients.
It happened again today. Not so much the vise-like feeling on my heart, but the chest pain. Caused by moving around a bunch of stuff in the garage--even worked up a bit of a sweat. Classic trigger for angina if you have a blocked coronary artery. Was OK after 30 minutes of rest. Did some research, and now think I haven't had any heart attacks, it was angina pectoris (i.e. chest pain). This comes from a partial blockage to one/both arteries sending blood from the heart. Took a baby aspirin afterwards to thin out the blood a bit. Will get some willow bark pills (basically old-school aspirin, without stomach irritation). I had already gotten a supplement specifically for heart health.
Another cause might be palm oil. For a few months I have been eating pretty regularly an almond butter that unbeknownst to me (didn't read the label) had palm oil in it. This is bad for cholesterol levels, and high cholesterol is no bueno for the heart. So out it goes.
So once I straighten out the diet and get the right supplements, I will monitor how I feel with various levels of exercise. After giving the body some time to sort itself out.
Recommend this book. I have an older copy.
https://www.amazon.com/Prescription-...ks%2C98&sr=1-1