• TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee
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    20 days ago

    no… that’s not how that works.

    But I also understand that it is the cheapest option available, as the best option is therapy,

    outcomes of both treatments combined are superior to outcomes from either alone. SSRIs are just a tool to help you retrain your brain more easily during the course of behavioral modifications, which a therapist typically helps you identify and implement

    they’re powerful which makes them difficult to use, i get it. finding the right medication can be exhausting, because you need to build up the drug in your body to have an effect and you need to titrate off to safely stop the drug. so it’s a long game of trial and error.

    But I can assure you that psych meds are ridiculously important for managing certain conditions.

    i really wish the fuckers who tote pharmaceutical population control conspiracies would just spend a weekend in the Before Times when people with mundane mental disorders by today’s standards were locked up and abused. yeah, totally randy, it’s lexapros fault your life is a mess, you’d be way better having a manic episode in 1700

    • Narri N.@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      okay yeah, I think this might be the most sensible answer here. I myself tend to get “a bit” frothing at the mouth when it comes to these things, because of personal experiences. So sorry everyone, I got carried away.