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RFK Jr. plans to curb antidepressants, which he falsely compares to heroin

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14 pointsrbanffy9 comments

i know this is controversial in highly medicalized societies, but this is a good plan overall.

we still don't know why and how antidepressants work. we know they work, but we don't know why. and hell, to be honest, we still have a poor grasp of how depression works.

a priority is tho to limit reliance of the populace on "moms' little helpers", that might give dependency, and financial drain. and finding a humanist way to deal with depressions and its symptoms.

i feel american society is not ready for it, popping pills is way easier, but it is important to start somewhere.

> we know they work

Then why not use it?

> and finding a humanist way to deal with depressions and its symptoms

If only everyone could afford psychotherapy!

I need those to prevent panic attacks. Therapy is not effective against that.

And they are not expensive at all. They cost me €10 a month when I didn't get them subsidised in the past. Also RFK is not about humanist approaches at all. There's almost nothing human about him except the worst aspects like hate and bigotry.

I don't think anything that comes from him can be considered a good thing.

sorry for your loss. the odds that this administration provides and implementa a plan is laughable.

Even the best scientists have trouble with real world effects of the best lab controlled studiws.

again, sorry for your loss.

we also don't know how your (or any) really brain works. But we know it does, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to write this comment. So should we just shut your brain down?

We should shut yours down since your comment reads like nothing more than a veiled ad hominem attack. If you disagree with this person, fine, but at the very least try to have a constructive back and forth without resorting to name calling.

I didn't call anyone anything. I was just pointing out that we accept lots of things working without understanding why. Biggest example being our very selves.

How you interpreted it as an ad hominem attack, I have no idea.

That's like saying we shouldn't be letting people access glasses or wheelchairs because we need a way to fix the issue at the root. Nope.

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