Columnist @davidlaz has spent the last year and a half trying to get off antidepressants.
“At first I felt a bit better. Now I feel worse...I've even started thinking about going back on antidepressants, maybe for the rest of my life,” he says. https://lat.ms/2lA1MMX
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Not sure where to start with this article, but terrible use of irrelevant statistics seems as good as any
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Replying to @mzmargulies @latimes
The statistics related to use of prescription drugs?
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Yes. It’s meaningless to say Americans are more medicated now than ever before. First, grouping all medications together? Second, even if that’s true for antidepressants, so what? Have effective drugs become cheaper and more accessible? Did people used to sub illicit drugs?
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You start from the premise that more=bad. Maybe there are more effective treatments now. Maybe more awareness of conditions. Just like w harassment. Do we assume more reports mean ppl are worse today? Or is it possible things were always bad and we are reporting/seeking help more
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Replying to @mzmargulies @latimes
Nope. My premise was this was my experience. I explicitly said I wasn't telling others what to do or what their own experiences would be like
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A meaningless disclaimer that doesn't change the impact of your conflating dependence on antidepressants with addiction to opioids.
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