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I'd think hard and long before taking medications (personally, I already have, and decided not to). Psychologists have a tendency to overprescribe drugs and yo
by jokethrowaway 4y ago
I'd think hard and long before taking medications (personally, I already have, and decided not to).
Psychologists have a tendency to overprescribe drugs and you have no idea how that will screw up who you are and what you think.
Even if you don't have to pay for those drugs thanks to some healtcare insurance (whether public or private), some money will still flow towards the maker of drugs and that means they have an interest in doctors overprescribing medicines.
Instead of drugs, why not try to change something else in your life?
Change job, increase your autonomy, find another way to live?
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- omginternets 4y agoPsychologists don't prescribe drugs.
- mikeyouse 4y agoNot necessarily true - several states allow clinical psychologists to prescribe now.
- thomastjeffery 4y agoThat may have worked will for you, jokethrowaway, but for many of us, it's medication that makes us able to change the other things in our life. The reality is that the effects of medication have been thoroughly studied, and prescriptions are obsessively managed. Meds don't work for everyone, but they work reality well for most of us. --- No lifestyle choice is going to help me manage the chemical imbalance of my brain as effectively as medication does. Even deeper than that, making an active lifestyle choice, or even any choice at all, is literally the thing my brain is bad at. It's called executive dysfunction, and it's the main symptom of ADHD. If I have to overcome my ADHD in order to treat my ADHD, then I will never satisfy the circular dependency. Just like I literally cannot pick myself up by my own bootstraps.