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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 7 Sep 2019

    David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted David Lazarus

    You're not a drug addict. You have depression and need medicine to keep its symptoms under control. And by publishing your irresponsible article, you made it about more than you. You made it about every person with depression who needs medicine, whom you've stigmatized as addictshttps://twitter.com/Davidlaz/status/1170371124200271872 …

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    David LazarusVerified account @Davidlaz
    Recovery community friends: This isn’t about you. It’s about me. This isn’t about your addiction. It’s about weaning yourself from prescription drugs if that’s your choice. Have a nice day https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-09-05/prescription-drug-dependence …
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      2. Gordon Haas‏ @DaKineOregon 7 Sep 2019
        Replying to @gorskon

        @gorskon Would it be relatively fair and accurate to say that a person with depression has a chemical imbalance in their brain which needs to brought back into balance by antidepressants and other therapies?

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      3. Muscaria‏ @conazole 7 Sep 2019
        Replying to @DaKineOregon @gorskon

        It's a gross oversimplification that (I believe) should be abandoned; it's far more complicated than that:https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/what-causes-depression …

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      1. Danielle C. Lindholm‏ @DCLindholm 7 Sep 2019
        Replying to @gorskon

        Would @davidlaz say the same thing to someone suffering from diabetes, migraines, or heart disease? eg Should I not carry an inhaler because it's weak/addictive of me to need pharma products to breathe? Or is it only treatment of #mentalhealth that he labels as "addictions?"

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      1. Skane2600‏ @skane2600 7 Sep 2019
        Replying to @gorskon

        He says "This isn't about you" but then immediately says "This isn't about your addiction". What addiction? Oh, the addiction of people he isn't talking about.

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      1. Crocker on my Rocker ~~U 🏗️on a  🗺️‏ @NehiMomma 8 Sep 2019
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        Crocker on my Rocker ~~U 🏗️on a  🗺️ Retweeted Crocker on my Rocker ~~U 🏗️on a  🗺️

        https://twitter.com/NehiMomma/status/1170710252230258689?s=19 …

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        I take a seizure med for migraine prevention. It's a complete nightmare to cold turkey it. 2 days after running out of the med I feel like I'm dying. Seizure meds don't give you a high, no street value, the cold turkey side effects isn't indicative of an addiction for all meds.
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      1. maddie hayes‏ @Airemaddie 8 Sep 2019
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        Do you really know what he needs? You have not examined him. He discussed this with his specialist, who agreed and assisted him in tapering.

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      1. Grumpy Pediatrician‏ @grumpypedi 8 Sep 2019
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        Jeez, god help the hospital nurses if I ever try to quit my daily 10mg of fluoxetine! I am definitely not an addict but why make everyone’s life miserable (including my own)? Benefit >>>> Risk

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      2. BOB FIDDAMAN‏ @Fiddaman 9 Sep 2019
        Replying to @gorskon

        Maybe the term 'addict' was wrong. The message, however, seems to be lost. There is a high percentage of people who struggle with withdrawal when they decide to come off psychiatric drugs. They feel like they have to keep taking them because the withdrawal is so bad.

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      3. S Randolph Kretchmar‏ @MentalHealthLaw 9 Sep 2019
        Replying to @Fiddaman @gorskon

        The term ‘addict’ is not wrong. It may be hurtful to those who need to believe in medicalized ‘depression’ that ‘needs medicine like diabeties needs insulin’. But we know what bullshit that is.

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      1. BOB FIDDAMAN‏ @Fiddaman 9 Sep 2019
        Replying to @gorskon

        New government report out today, Mr Gorski. You shouldn't be stigmatising those trying to get off prescription drugs. Shame on you. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prescribed-medicines-review-report …pic.twitter.com/L95Ar3V2q4

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