News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: Beating depression with or without anti-depressants?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Beating depression with or without anti-depressants? by TameAntelope on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @01:40AM (#30928833)
You're playing with people's lives when you give them medical advice without being qualified to do so.

If you trust a stranger's anecdotes on the Internet over your doctor (or even your own massively undereducated and biased interpretation of the situation), you are a fool, full stop. Unfortunately, sometimes the very disease you have causes you to make foolish decisions.

The only sane answer here is to get help from another medical professional. Any other option is exceedingly stupid.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Beating depression with or without anti-depressants? by grp000 on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @02:49AM (#30929168)
You didn't even read what I wrote: "Regardless, I think it's important for people to trust their own judgement, and weigh anecdotal experiences and advice from regular people, with the understanding that all advice comes from a certain context."
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Beating depression with or without anti-depressants? by TameAntelope on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @08:42AM (#30931349)
Yes, that advice is both wrong and wildly irresponsible to give.
[ Parent | on HN ]