There is evidence they work

^

they are a treatment and not a cure, however

which unfortunately is a misconception the media will never try to dispel

@Toast @Deleted User most of the studies that are done on these drugs are funded by the people making the drugs

That’s exactly true toast. All of that is simply meant to be a tool to get you through to where you’re not depressed anymore they were never meant to be sending that you’re on for life only temporary

That’s true of all medicine and most medical studies

@RustyShackleford and there are studies that arent, that are peer reviewed by groups not involved with these corporations. you can also interact with a real live person on ssris to know that they work to quell badfeel but they dont bring about much actual help towards resolving depression

ssris are best for getting depressed people off their asses

Toast once again is correct

the reason why a lot of studies are done on certain drugs by the companies with stake in them is because they have to do these studies to know the long term effects and whether they should be released to the public

well, in this case, short term effects

we dont really know about ssris yet

(i think, im no expert)

That is true

Nah I mean I've met people who benefited from SSRI's

the overprescribing

to people who aren't depressed

i agree that that is a travesty

I was put on Zoloft when I was 11-12 and I had an anxiety disorder not depression

it did nothing

just made me lose my sex drive

So I stopped taking them

i have had the choice between taking ssris and not and thankfully i chose not to, but i have a close friend who was made infertile by his antidepressants (which he eventually stopped taking because theyd no longer do anything and he became addicted)

Most people won’t have a perfect response to the first thing they try. It takes 4-6 weeks to gage response. After that if it’s not working, there are too many side effects etc, you change therapy.

@Deleted User How do SSRI's work on the brain and is there solid evidence of how they work?

Yes.

I will type it out but I’m about to drive home so I’ll do it when I get there

The only people worse than weed-smokers are CBD fags

CBD does nothing

Why do you think your CBD pills have thc in them

weed is better than a lot of other shit you could put in your body, especially if you smoke for medical purposes

just dont be gay about it

Weed is disgusting

Feel free to call me an idiot if I'm wrong

stoners are disgusting, weed is fine

the whole SSRI receptor theory has never been solidly proven

there are conflicting studies and studies that have conflict of interest tied in with them

this is why when they market the drugs they have to put in "X drug is thought to act on these receptors"

toast and ially have the right idea on SSRIs

of course if you take them and lack willpower it won't help