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Why though? We’re so good at short term solutions to shoddily patch the problem but can never find the long term, real solution.
by ozarker 3y ago
Why though? We’re so good at short term solutions to shoddily patch the problem but can never find the long term, real solution.
- habitue 3y agoThe brain is complicated. We don't understand it with the same level of detail that we understand computers. We can't refactor it, or reorganize it or fix bugs in it. All we can do is these large, scattershot system-level shifts that result from various drugs. Pretty much every drug makes some things worse and some things better. We don't have an understanding or a technology level that would allow it to be any different. Despite all that, people often find that, on net, certain drugs are a benefit to them more than they are a detriment. Until we live in the bright shiny future where we can understand and remedy the root causes of mental dysfunction, it seems to me it's a good idea to let people get what relief they can in the meantime.
- jjeaff 3y agoWell, I don't think drugs are the only option. Behavioral therapy works for a lot of people. And there is also just not treating it at all, some people choose to live with the issues rather than deal with the side effects or on effectiveness of drugs/therapy.
- xyzzy_plugh 3y agoThis is a fairly hostile take. For many drugs are the only option. More generally, the usual best strategy is to pursue multiple treatments in parallel. > some people choose to live with the issues rather than deal with the side effects or on effectiveness of drugs/therapy. Many, many others would be unable to be a normal member of society without medical intervention. No one is saying drugs are the only option, but they are an incredibly, consistently effective one. By comparison I'm unaware of any behavioral therapy for any underlying condition that is predictably effective anywhere close to "most of the time."
- jjeaff 3y agoDrugs might be the only effective option, but that still means it is incorrect to say it's the only option. The comment I responded to clearly says that the only thing we can do is try different drugs.
- jitl 3y agoI’d estimate the difference between untreated and treated is about the difference in life path between having an $80k job at 30 years old and a $380k job at 30 years old.
- diydsp 3y agoOur society has rather narrow notions of work... we cant figure out how to incorporate those with disabilities... or even make people useful who arent "mainstream". Dopaminergics are a band aid to make "mundane" tasks exciting enough to do... i agree there must be better ways to organize society.
- idlewords 3y agoPeople stay on this stuff for years and continue to get therapeutic value from it. There's nothing shoddy or fake about doing whatever works.