Psilocybin Bests SSRI for Major Depression in First Long-Term Comparison

Re:Psilocybin Bests SSRI for Major Depression in First Long-... by threecheese on Saturday October 12, 2024 @07:53PM (#41823833)

Not OP, but the answer is probably what you expected. That being said, as someone prescribed multiple serotenergic drugs concurrently who was knocked on their ass by an errant Vit D dose, the symptoms are pretty obvious (and terrible) and do a good job of convincing one to “not do THAT again”.

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Re:Psilocybin Bests SSRI for Major Depression in First Long-... by AStonesThrow on Sunday October 13, 2024 @12:48PM (#41829490)

I know, right? This is why we must be extra cautious with anyone's claim of disorder or disease, because just because someone thinks they are ill with a particular thing, doesn't mean that they, or even their HCPs have done due diligence -- modern health care is nothing like House or Doc Martin.

In fact, Wikipedia's fatal flaw is that we're forced to take medical claims at face-value when they're made by the subject himself.

Personally, my HCPs are very conservative and reluctant to diagnose -- particularly something they can't treat, and especially adverse, untreatable side effects such as "gynecomastia" or "tardive dyskinesia", etc. (Those could contribute to material grounds for lawsuits!) What physician in their right mind would formally diagnose "Serotonin Syndrome", other than one who's on the payroll of a tort/malpractice attorney?

It's interesting for me to balance a distinct tendency for Somatic Symptom Disorder (also shall never be formally diagnosed) with an impulse for self-knowledge, but an aversion to shitty "treatments" that invariably do more harm than good.

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