DirkMcCallahanRFK Jr. Is Already Taking Aim at Antidepressants
Go ahead and take mine away. See what happens. I dare you.
Were you clearly diagnosed with clinical depression?
Or did your doctor not know what was wrong, said it was stress related and gave you pills to go away?
Oh yeah definitely. I always knew I had it, I’ve had it my whole life. You try being a suicidal 7-year-old and see how well you like it. I didn’t start getting better until my 30s.
You have my sympathy.
But I’m sure many lemmings reading this recognize the second “lazy doctor” scenario.
PsychadelligoatBut I’m sure many lemmings reading this recognize the second “lazy doctor” scenario.
You’re wrong and an idiot and a shitstain
I have experienced lazy doctors who dismiss everything as stress.
Ask your doctor friends what the phrase “stress related” really means.
I have experienced lazy doctors who dismiss everything as stress
You think people are getting depression diagnosis and SSRIs on that?
Just admit you’re completely uninformed and stay out of discussions in which you are so in future, dude
No. I made that distinction at the top of this thread.
You don’t need clinical depression for a lazy doctor to prescribe Xanax.
Like I said, you don’t know what you’re talking about: Xanax isn’t an SSRI, it’s a Benzodiazepine, literally a depressant
You prescribe Xanax for anxiety because it relaxes you, you prescribe SSRIs for depression to help with serotonin processing, they are not even the same class of drug
Ok, Prozac then. The specific drug is not the point of this conversation.
Your inability to differentiate between specific drugs, all of which are commonly known, sure makes it seem like you have absolutely no fucking idea what you’re talking about.
I chose a common drug that is prescribed when doctors run out of options but must provide a solution.
No, you chose the first mental health drug that came to mind, not knowing that SSRIs and benzos are two very different classes of drug. Because, again, you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.
I’m talking about lazy doctors whi diagnose “stress” and prescribe anti-depressant drugs as a generic solution.
I’m sorry if that was your personal experience, but it is far from the model experience and shouldn’t be used as a basis for how we evaluate medical treatment or medications themselves. Like I said, you have no idea what you’re talking about.
it is far from the modal experience
Unfortunately not true
If I send you an article about a horrific car crash, would you conclude that the majority of drivers are killed in car accidents?
Who said majority?
But we need to recognize that there exist lazy doctors cars that crash.
if you had a doctor Rx Xanax for your fibromyalgia they were giving you more credit than you realize, since they never actually give that out unless they have no choice… they also almost never give out Prozac… what meds did they give you? Was it Lyrica, one of the drugs meant to treat Fibro? Was it Wellbutrin, an SN(D)RI which also treats Fibro? Celexa? Effexor? Because THOSE ARE ALL USED TO TREAT FIBRO, WHICH YOU CLAIM TO HAVE???
Would you also like by blood work and full family history?
It’s not just fibromyalgia symptoms. So many times the “stress” excuse is rolled out by lazy doctors, but it’s never mentioned by ones that actually investigate the causes.