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Re:Anxiety and Depression Are Symptoms, Not Diseases by NoGravitas on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @12:58PM (#11382872)
The way I've heard it put is that opiates are an extremely effective treatment for anxiety and depression, with the common and serious side effect of ruining your life. But I hear they're working on eliminating the side effects:

http://mentalhealthdaily.com/2014/12/20/ly-2456302-for-depre...

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Re:Anxiety and Depression Are Symptoms, Not Diseases by md224 on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @01:23PM (#11383077)
That does seem to be the conventional wisdom. But it's a bit contradictory, don't you think? I mean, crippling depression already ruins your life, and suicide... well, that's the ultimate life-ruiner.

Opioid replacement therapy seems to work, so I'm just not convinced that all opiates inevitably lead to doom... it feels more like FUD rather than anything backed by scientific evidence.

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