was prescribed tricyclic antidepressants off label for pain. doc told me they weren’t addictive. they lied. soul–crushing anxiety withdrawal. symptoms improved immediately with one dose. ‘dependency’ is what they called it. pain would have been easier to deal with. two years of tapering and treating anxiety with SSRI etc. nortriptyline is addictive. say no. weed has no withdrawals and helps with the pain.
We don’t understand happiness or contentment and so money is the north star.
So our society is run by brain broken rich people, who continue a destructive pattern of behavior long after it’s useful. To them I guess happiness feels like materialism. I assume that’s why they project jealousy on everyone and view everything as a zero sum game.
Yes, some people actually need antidepressants but we will never know who those people are because the bar is so low for prescribing antidepressants.
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fill out a short questionnaire with limited options for answers.
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no further significant clinical evaluation done like bloodwork, scans or testing is performed. Providers are just eyeball low levels of hormones in your brain.
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not enough time for a provider to come up with a proper treatment in a 15 minute appointment. Providers can’t overhaul the system they work in. They have 40 other people to see today.
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Kickbacks. Wait, that’s illegal and never happens.
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Oof. And your insurance won’t cover the ones that work for you so hope you can get a hardship application in.
Or the doctor won’t prescribe the one you know works unless you try 2-3 that gave you a psychotic break last time because “It works for most people”.
…y’all found ones that work?
because
“It works for most people”.“The drug reps catered us Outback last week.”I mean sure, you’re going to be climbing the walls and losing your shit for 90+ days (if you’re lucky) but on the other hand… That Bloomin onion!!
Take your Soma.
I don’t appreciate this characterization of antidepressants but I do understand it
dick pills. let little brain drive a while 🧠
Nowadays it’s this is kinda transparency is hard to get 🤔 who say to your face I am fooling you
“Sounds like a you problem”
That’s fair. Your therapist isn’t there to fix the whole world with you.
That what you do outside the therapy room
“They’re the most expensive placebo I can prescribe”
Depressing. Any optimistic stances here on Lemmy to cheer me up?
Yeah, but it usually won’t get as much engagement. The good things that are happening to this day don’t really get much coverage, so it can be easy to despair and become pessimistic. There are certainly some awful things happening in the world, but that’s basically always been true. We’re not helpless to overcome the systems of oppression that hold us down/back. It’s in our nature as humans to work together and there are plenty of movements out there already working tirelessly to make the world a better place. Did you know we can pretty safely say we’ve avoided the absolute worst possible scenario of climate change? As in, it’s still getting worse right now and we’ve still got a hell of a fight right in front of us, but we’ve made actual real progress despite all the current bullshit. Fighting the systems creating climate change and winning is possible. Not only is a better world possible, but people are actively coming together to make it happen. People are being pulled out of poverty, plastic in the oceans are getting cleaned up, harm reduction programs are popping up everywhere, malnutrition is still on the decline, there are plenty of good things happening in the world. It being the nature of humans to work together and it generally being in the best interest of everyone for us to all to work together, I see no reason to believe the work for good will even slow down.
Thanks a lot!
Everything dies?
Pills aren’t there to convince us everything is ok. They’re more often useful in getting us to a baseline where we can better manage and take control of our lives where we can. If a psychiatrist/therapist is saying something like in this meme, get a new one. There are more resources out there than just pills and therapy
I say this as someone taking pills, going to therapy, and receiving a ton of other support through government programs in a red state in the US. I’d been struggling with suicidal ideation for decades, and in the last year I’ve made some good progress. There’s shitty aspects to life, and I’ve got a ways to go to meet the goals I’ve set for therapy, but it’s still worth living for me
Glad to hear you’re doing better. All the best to you!
I’m on an SNRI and my wife is on an SSRI.
Both have been life changing for both of us in the best way.
Our psych is great and also requested a genetic test that found out I was predisposed to serotonin syndrome from the drug most commonly prescribed for my issue.
So we caught that early and we have been doing great for years now.
It’s not a trick of the brain. That much is obvious when you are able to use the drugs to get back to and maintain a much better baseline, but it’s not drugs alone.
You have to work for it, you cannot just take drugs and think they’re going to fix you. Underlying mental issues from buried trauma are so much more real than most people still think in 2026.
Yess I did the genesite test, too. Weirdly found out I also don’t process synthetic folate from it!
Same here! Menthyl folate has also helped me greatly.
That test should probably be done more often 😂
Thank you ❤️ you as well
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Yes, but if you where medicated you might have the means to create that society. Not alone obviously.
The best I can do is some soma to help you in this Brave New World.
I’m in if you also invite me to your mandatory orgy
The real cure will take far more than any amount of pills can provide.
But they can assist you along the way
Disagree. In my experience, a lot of pills brought me really close to the real cure
“Better living through chemistry”
