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Re:Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression ... by throwforthings on Thursday January 29, 2026 @10:11AM (#46811245)
The things that keep me away from SSRIs are the potential for addiction and not being able to take psychedelics.

I had a friend on SSRIs not tell us they were on them when they hit a DMT vape pen at a party years ago and they got serotonin syndrome. Had I known I would have warned them not to.

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Re:Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression ... by nerdsniper on Thursday January 29, 2026 @10:34AM (#46811544)
It's more "dependency" than "addiction". No one's waking up jones-ing for another hit of their SSRI. Dependency works well because some people are dependent on it like I am dependent on glasses/contacts.
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Re:Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression ... by throwforthings on Thursday January 29, 2026 @11:31AM (#46812460)
Yeah, that's fair, there's not really a loss of control so dependency is probably the better term. Still, if you go off of them I've seen people get rocked with physical symptoms. I really try to avoid anything that would have such an affect on me physically.
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Re:Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression ... by wincy on Thursday January 29, 2026 @11:25AM (#46812382)
Whatever the word, getting off of them is not fun. It took 6 months after getting of Paxil to stop feeling like I was being dropped down an elevator shaft at random times day and night.
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