Does anyone know of good resources or explanations of the actual risks and benefits of SSRIs in a non-alarmist way? My parents seem to think all psychiatric medications are Very Dangerous Drugs that nobody should ever take. I am not in danger of losing access to my meds, as I'm an adult and they're not abusive or controlling in that way, but it's exhausting to deal with their well-intentioned attempts at intervention, especially since I'm still on their insurance. Also, they're generally good parents, whom I love, and I do not want them to be in mortal fear for my health and safety. Right now I'm flailing around on Google finding mostly inaccessible pubmed papers and misleading bleating about Big Pharma. Halp?
Perhaps have them talk to your psychiatrist if that is something that you are willing to do? I have found that with people like this the actual doctors doing the prescribing have more clout than a random webpage or newspaper article.
Also consider talking to your pharmacist, and basically asking them if they could help you do what you asked us to help you do. Explaining the risks and benefits of medications and their potential interactions is what they are specifically trained for, and the way that a lot of pharmacies operate nowadays, most of them don't get to do it that often anymore, so there's a really good chance they will be actually thrilled to get a chance to do one of the specific things for which they were trained. This might be a good solution, especially, if it's easier for you to get to a pharmacy than to your doctor's office. (Source: interned as a writer at a professional association for pharmacists; sometimes they made it sound like they wanted to kidnap people off the street and talk to them about medication adherence and drug interactions)
