A clip of Terence McKenna giving his opinion on the SSRI anti-depressant Prozac (Fluoxetine). INTELLIGENCE DECREASED BY ANTIDEPRESSANTS: Schmitt et al. (2001) suggested that the SSRI antidepressant Paroxetine (Paxil) negatively affects cognition (ie, IQ). In their study, healthy participants given Paroxetine (Paxil) for 14 days (20 mg for days 17 and 40 mg days 814) showed poorer recall of words on day 14 compared to those receiving a placebo. Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Does Prozac cause neurogenesis? “A previous study showed that the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac) also increases new cell growth, and the results indicated that it was this cell growth that caused Prozac’s anti-anxiety effect. Zhang wondered whether this was also the case for the cannabinoid, and so he tested the rats for behavioural changes.” Sources: www.newscientist.com www.jci.org