RFK Jr. Is Already Taking Aim at Antidepressants
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/kennedy-rfk-antidepressants-ssri-school-shootings/

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr has been planted by Trump in the role of Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

He wants to slash scientifically-established medication, hospital treatment, financial benefits, and government programs for people with these conditions:
- Chronic illness.
- Autism.
- ADHD, and medication including Adderall and Ritalin.
- Asthma.
- Obesity.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Psoriasis.
- Mental illness such as depression and anxiety, and SSRI medication including Prozac and Zoloft.

RFK Jr says wants people who live with chronic illness such as those listed above — who often require daily preventative medication, a professional carer/assistant, or an assistive device for their daily functioning and to maintain their quality of life and sense of dignity and autonomy — to be stripped of their treatment and put into in "Wellness Farms" for "three or four years if they need it".

This is the sort of inhumane mistreatment of people requiring medical care that happened in the USSR and still goes on today in North Korea. It should not happen in the USA.

This move by RFK Jr is going to destroy childhoods, ruin families, cause people financial ruin, and for some people it will cost them their life.

For those of you who claim side effects occur with SSRIs, and an informed, consensual risk-benefit analysis is needed to decide whether to try them,

For you male white reply guys whose pecker went inactive because of them & so you distort the clear science behind the NNT vs NNH,

1) Vancomycin in patients criterial for sepsis has a similar NNT to sertraline in treating generalized anxiety in adolescents.

2) people with autism have greater intolerance to them, & more side effects hence risk-benefit discussion & informed consent

You're basically advocating analogously against antibiotics using the logic of NNT.

Hey #Fediverse. Let's crowdsource important medical decisions.

Doc wants me to try an #antidepressant called #lexapro.

Anyone got an experience to share, good or bad? With this or any other #SSRI drugs?

Someone recently told me that he won't try taking antidepressants because he doesn't want to be numbed by drugs. I probably thought this way, too, but I've found it to be the other way around.

Depression is numbing. Anxiety is a locked room. I'm not a psychiatrist, but it's my understanding that #SSRIs reverse the neurological damage caused by #depression. I've experienced this as winter into spring.

New blog post comparing running therapy to antidepressants!

This isn't the first study to find equivalent outcomes. What's a bit more interesting is thinking about the adherence & sub populations who this is a viable alternative for.

@psychology@newsmast.social
@psychology@a.gup.pe

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-do-you-know/202310/the-all-natural-difficult-alternative-to-antidepressants

The Truth about #depression Serotonin, #ssris and #psychedelics | Psychedelic Spotlight https://psychedelicspotlight.com/the-truth-about-depression-serotonin-ssris-and-psychedelics/

Drugs like #naltrexone “are as effective for treating #alcoholism as #SSRIs are for #depression.” https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/09/14/drugs-to-treat-alcohol-addiction-are-underused

I look away for 5 seconds and the BBC did another stupid story on SSRIs, why am I not surprised #panorama #ssris #mentalhealth #antidepressants

Cardiovascular toxicity induced by #ssris Analysis of spontaneous reports submitted to FAERS - PubMed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37364503/ Let’s talk about the harms associated with SSRI’s which are primarily used without adjunctive psychotherapy and for oftentimes years at a time as we familiarize ourselves with the new paradigm of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies with medicines like #ketamine #mdma and #psilocybin.

this is your regular reminder that #SSRIs/#antidepressants and other drugs can make you more susceptible to overheating! Please make sure you're hydrating, wearing cool, covering clothes/hats, and keeping to the shade

#Depression #SSRIs

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/14/the-great-serotonin-debate-do-depression-treatments-work-by-boosting-the-happy-hormone

A friend in the states has a set-up to grow magic mushrooms. Unfortunately I’m unsure of the species, but I believe it’s #Psilocybe and likely cubensis. Never tried them myself though I would relish the opportunity

Because I’m on antidepressants that function as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) I run the risk of serotonin syndrome from the mushrooms and, hence, I don’t take them

Turns out #marijuana and certain #antidepressants don't mix well. #SSRIs #cannabis
Read more in the latest Research Annual Report from #CincinnatiChildrens: https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/cincinnati/annual-report/2022/reports/child-adolescent-psychiatry/featured-research/ Study: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34209709/

Finally new research suggests other factors such as tryptophan deficiency as well as other neurotransmitters may influence depression, not just serotonin #SSRIs #Depression #Tryptophan
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-cause-of-depression-is-probably-not-what-you-think-20230126/

This fits me to a t! I've often considered taking a tolerance break, but I worry that the stable misery that is my life may shift too drastically and affect the people who rely on me the most. https://apple.news/ABzatLuW-QI-dp96M7TQZHw What we really need, is research into how long it takes for the effects of an #antidepressant to return the user to baseline.#SSRIS #depression #mentalillness

Antidepressants can take away enjoyment along with emotional pain, research suggests | The Independent
#SSRIs
#Antidepressants
#EmotionalBlunting

Scientists explain why SSRI medication can cause ’emotional blunting’

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/antidepressants-side-effects-emotions-positive-negative-b2267178.html