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Comment by JimBlackwood | Hacker News Reader

> I’m not gonna bother posting any links … only because no one listens.

This is why I don’t listen. If you have any sources, please share. I’d be interested.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/026988111037254...

The fact that I have to post this and that is not known for a drug that’s existed for this long is because People need to be spoonfed their sources.

It’s hacker news, I’m not writing a research paper.

And even just ligically, if Prozac worked why do we still have all these issues with depression and PTSD?

> The fact that I have to post this and that is not known for a drug that’s existed for this long is because People need to be spoonfed their sources.

> It’s hacker news, I’m not writing a research paper.

You are the one making claims. If you aren't going to take the time to back them up with trusted sources don't expect anyone to take your claims seriously.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4592645/

Why does it matter? Even if I do post from "trusted sources" no one takes it seriously. Children continue to be prescribed prozac to this day, and now we have the next prozac; MDMA.

Get someone here with a degree in Psychiatry and they are a "trusted source" still giving out this medicine that doors not work for the vast vast vast majority of people.

"Even if I do post from "trusted sources" no one takes it seriously."

People would take you more seriously if you didn't come on with the attitude that you know everything and anybody who disagrees with you is an idiot.

I do not care if people take me seriously, I care if they take the facts seriously. I know I know more about psychopharmacology than the majority of people on HN. I do not need to prove that to anyone.

I have been talking nicely about this stuff for years, it does not matter because the corporate propaganda for these meds is too powerful, so what you hear is a normal human response; frustration. I do not think most people are stupid, I think they are ignorant.

This method of treating symptoms of mood disorders is at best, harmful.

> I have been talking nicely about this stuff for years, it does not matter because the corporate propaganda for these meds is too powerful, so what you hear is a normal human response; frustration.

I hear you, but you're not going to change minds with this kind of talk either. Sorry this has affected your life and those of your loved ones in the way that it has, but it's not helping your case.

I wish you had included even one citation in your first reply, because it would have gone a really long way, even accompanied with the frustration.

I was nice for 25 years. It didn’t change minds. Being nice doesn’t change their mind and neither does being angry. I’m just frustrated and I don’t care anymore. There’s too much money involved in all this for people to change their minds.

This information about the effectiveness of Prozac and most anti-depressants has been out for over 12 years now. What good is it for me to site this information? No one cares. And let’s see if more people started caring, don’t you think the interest, the money interest in these drugs will come back full force?

And whatever about references, references don’t change peoples minds either. Did you just see what happen with Covid? You can show people proof and fax all you want but everyone is in their own individual cult now.

> I’m just frustrated and I don’t care anymore.

You clearly do care. Otherwise you wouldn't have been so actively involved in the comments here.

Your argumentative, dismissive, downright rude attitude does more harm than good. Perhaps take a step back and think on things for a while before returning to discussions like this.

I meant I don’t care what people think of how I write or speak. I don’t care about being nice. My frustration stems from me caring about people. And caring about people who are being mistreated by doctors.