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Yet for others, stimulants and/or antidepressants are a potentially life-stabilizing treatment that cannot be achieved any other way. The only thing your dismis
by jointpdf 8y ago
Yet for others, stimulants and/or antidepressants are a potentially life-stabilizing treatment that cannot be achieved any other way. The only thing your dismissive comment could achieve is to make people who need them feel discouraged (which is potentially dangerous).
- galangalalgol 8y agoThe context is 75% of a profession in training taking these drugs to handle the pressure they are under. Not people with ADHD or chronic depression/anxiety that doesn't respond to therapy.
- jointpdf 8y agoI also meant to say that stimulants and antidepressants shouldn’t be expected to solve the entire problem. Stimulants, in particular, are a double-edged sword that can amplify sleep deprivation, anxiety, poor-diet, etc. and make problems worse in the long term. But I wouldn’t hesitate to encourage someone to seek medication that they need. I can see how the line gets a bit blurry with medical and PhD students—at what point does chronic academic stress crossover into anxiety/depression/ADD? We don’t want people popping Adderall as an academic requirement. In any case, I think preventative mental health education and destigmatization would be a more effective solution overall.