I know that these medications come with problems but at the same time, I would be wary of pinning the blame on these alone. There is an absence of context, which may be very relevant
As the Guardian prepare to cover the second Trump administration.
Trump himself observed:The 1st term, everybody was fighting me. In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.Media have begun to capitulate; 2news outlets pulled election endorsements. Prominent reporters bent the knee.ABC paid 16m.
Both sertraline and citalopram come with warnings of increased risk of suicide. I think there needs to be more awareness on tapering as suddenly quitting these meds can lead to adverse side effects very quickly.
Millions of people rely on SSRIs to successfully manage depression/anxiety.
It should become illegal to prescribe them without doing a genetic checkup first. Quite a large proportion of the population has genetic variation that causes them to be super fast or super slow metabolisers of certain types of prescribed psychoactive drugs (like SSRIs for instance.)
Speaking from personal experience, SSRIs are NOT all the same. We're really just beginning to understand how these drugs work and why some work for some people and not others.
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Trump himself observed:The 1st term, everybody was fighting me. In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.Media have begun to capitulate; 2news outlets pulled election endorsements. Prominent reporters bent the knee.ABC paid 16m.
Millions of people rely on SSRIs to successfully manage depression/anxiety.