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Re:Anxiety and Depression Are Symptoms, Not Diseases by Fordrus on Monday March 28, 2016 @10:02PM (#11379018)
Rofl! These are interesting points, and honestly, cause for deep thought. If these premises are sound, one might argue that a large part of the rise of clinical depression as the problem is presently constituted coincided with the phasing out of the so-called 'opium cure.' XD

(I'm so not willing to commit to that position, but I mean, just looking at only those facts you've popped in right there, it sure looks like a possibility, no real harm in admitting the possibility of any given conclusion! :) )

I'd rather have opioid dependent folk than suicides, as well, mostly because I strongly trend towards any outcome where there continues to be choice and opportunity for betterment. Certainly worth exploring, at least in thought! :)

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Re:Anxiety and Depression Are Symptoms, Not Diseases by md224 on Monday March 28, 2016 @10:19PM (#11379076)
If you're interested in studying the closest thing to it, look at the rise in popularity of Kratom, a Southeast Asian plant containing opioid alkaloids. It's commonly used by opiate addicts as a replacement therapy, and also by others as self-medication for anxiety, depression, and pain.

I'm not recommending anyone try it... nobody's entirely sure if it's safe, or if it could function as a gateway drug to harder opiates. But it's worth considering the good it may be doing for some people.

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Re:Anxiety and Depression Are Symptoms, Not Diseases by fucking_tragedy on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @03:09AM (#11379971)
> Kratom.. self-medication for anxiety, depression, and pain. > But it's worth considering the good it may be doing for some people.

The only the good it's doing these people is turing them into opioid addicts with a new problem that has a good chance of eclipsing the original and a certainty of exacerbating it severely in the long-run.

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Re:Anxiety and Depression Are Symptoms, Not Diseases by goldfeld on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @02:36AM (#11379856)
About three years ago I tried kratom and a few hours into it I decided to start an exercise habit and I haven't stopped. I should try kratom again some day.
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