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This is some terrible mental health advice. First, she claimed to be on 11 antidepressants, I doubt it but I bet she was on a few. ecstasy and many anti-depre
by faeriechangling 4y ago
This is some terrible mental health advice.
First, she claimed to be on 11 antidepressants, I doubt it but I bet she was on a few. ecstasy and many anti-depressants are serotogenic and you'll give her serotonin syndrome. You really don't want to screw with that, there's reports of ecstasy users ended up with permanent depression issues. To lower such risks, you'd want to ween somebody suicidal off anti-d's first to take a drug that's pretty similar to anti-d's in the first place. There's some recent research that shows if you've already done the one you won't benefit as much from the other usually [1] but if you were going to do this I'd taper off some of the anti-d's first.
The idea of taking heroin for mental health so you can go to rehab I think speaks to buying into Hollywood narratives. Hitting rock bottom doesn't help you recover from mental health issues usually, it only makes your mental health worse, look around people who don't have a home and you won't see paragon's of mental health.
[1] https://www.psypost.org/2021/03/previous-antidepressant-use-may-blunt-the-effectiveness-of-mdma-assisted-psychotherapy-for-ptsd-59934 https://www.psypost.org/2021/03/previous-antidepressant-use-...
- bergenty 4y agoI don’t think you have the nuance to understand what I’m trying to say. Yes, some heroin addicts may be on the street but they still have a desire to live and get their next hit. It’s not about “hitting rock bottom”, it’s about being able to find a quick and dirty purpose when you wake up everyday.