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DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months ago

RFK Jr. Is Already Taking Aim at Antidepressants

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RFK Jr. Is Already Taking Aim at Antidepressants

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RFK Jr. is already taking aim at antidepressants
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The new HHS secretary has made baseless claims that the drugs are addictive and cause violent behavior.
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    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

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      No. I made that distinction at the top of this thread.

      You don’t need clinical depression for a lazy doctor to prescribe Xanax.

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        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

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          Ok, Prozac then. The specific drug is not the point of this conversation.

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            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.

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              I chose a common drug that is prescribed when doctors run out of options but must provide a solution.

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                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.

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                  I’m talking about lazy doctors whi diagnose “stress” and prescribe anti-depressant drugs as a generic solution.

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                    I’m sorry if that was your personal experience, but it is far from the modal 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.

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            You realize that in order to get an SSRI you have to go see a psychiatrist right? Like the regular docs won’t / can’t prescribe them? You don’t just go see some GP and be like ‘i r the depress’.

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              most antidepressants are prescribed by primary care doctors-not psychiatrists

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                Weird how people want to downvote facts backed by sources.

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