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A comment on Ask HN: Best resources to support a partner with depression?.

Re:Ask HN: Best resources to support a partner with depression? by Konohamaru on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @06:46PM (#28067431)
Don't take SSRI's. They're the worst medicine, with horrific side effects. Worse than antipsychotics. I lost my ability to sit still because of SSRI's, now I must always pace due to this strange inner restlessness. Learn from my mistakes.
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Re:Ask HN: Best resources to support a partner with depression? by SkyPuncher on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @08:33PM (#28068265)
My wife is a psychiatrist.

There are several class of related drugs - SSRIs, SNRIs, and a few other classes.

Different people react differently to each category. If one type doesn't work for you, you may have significantly better results with a different type.

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Re:Ask HN: Best resources to support a partner with depression? by tenfourwookie on Friday August 06, 2021 @12:48PM (#28089721)
So agrees every psychiatrist (and seemingly ever psychiatrist‘s spouse). Finding patients who agree could be somewhat more challenging.

Are you a pharmaceutical sales rep? Wouldn't that be sweet. One spouse a shrink, another a shrink's drug dealer, both in collusion to grow “the business”. I see a Netflix series in the near future.

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Re:Ask HN: Best resources to support a partner with depression? by smcleod on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @11:01PM (#28069313)
Your symptoms are / were your own but this advice is biased, unhelpful at best and harmful at worst.

For many people SSRIs, SNRIs and other mental health medications are a life changing and at times life saving tool. Advising people not to take prescribed medication is potentially very dangerous.

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