LSD-like molecules counter depession without the trip

Re:LSD-like molecules counter depession without the trip by lm28469 on Sunday October 02, 2022 @10:40AM (#33056226)

But that's the thing, a lot, if not the majority, of people getting prescribed these awful drugs aren't depressed, they just have a shitty life, a shitty job, no hygiene, no nutritional education, are going through a hard place, etc.

Giving pills to these people is a crime

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Re:LSD-like molecules counter depession without the trip by heavyset_go on Sunday October 02, 2022 @06:38PM (#33061098)

It's not your place to decide if the quality of life improvements others experience with medication are worth it or not. Sometimes life gives people circumstances that are hard to cope with, and sometimes medication helps them cope.

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Re:LSD-like molecules counter depession without the trip by lm28469 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @06:06AM (#33078297)

> It's not your place to decide if the quality of life improvements others experience with medication are worth it or not

It's our place as a society to ask questions and be very concerned about the fact that more and more people need medication to operate as normal human beings, especially when these medications are dangerous and/or addictive

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Re:LSD-like molecules counter depession without the trip by c4ptnjack on Sunday October 02, 2022 @09:19PM (#33062303)

all of those things cause depression, leading to a nuerobiological effect needing the treatment

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Re:LSD-like molecules counter depession without the trip by lm28469 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @06:28AM (#33078462)

You forget the part where the treatments can cause addiction, sexual disorders, suicides, emotional issues, cardiovascular diseases, &c.

These things are prescribed way too easily to people who have tons of others ways to get out of their issues without relying on these potentially dangerous drugs.

Medication definitely has a place, but the current trend of over prescription is very alarming.

It's so much more complex than "take that pill and you'll be happy", in lots of countries these things are prescribed by general practitioners without any kind of mental or lifestyle evaluation. You just show up there: "hey I feel down and anxious" and boom you go home with 6 months of xanax. In my country (France), 25% of people consume antidepressant in any given year, 12% are regular users, several studies concluded that out of these 25%, only 1/3rd have signs of depression [0], I know it's the same thing in other EU countries, and apparently also in the US [1]

[0] https://www.slate.fr/monde/76468/depression-medecins-prescri...

[1] https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/1...

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Re:LSD-like molecules counter depession without the trip by guerrilla on Sunday October 02, 2022 @11:37AM (#33056850)

Why do you think you know this? What do you base it on?

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