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Whatever you do please don't advocate to replace ssri with psychedelics. Listen to a doctor or psychiatrist, just like it was for vaccines. And avoid personal
by jokoon 3y ago
Whatever you do please don't advocate to replace ssri with psychedelics. Listen to a doctor or psychiatrist, just like it was for vaccines.
And avoid personal anecdote, they have little value compared to what a doctor says.
Thanks in advance.
- bigyikes 3y agoI agree with your main point, but the bit about anecdotes is tricky. We live in a society where research and information on these substances has been suppressed. As a result, anecdotes, to a large degree, are all we have. This is gradually changing as we see new studies emerging with the relaxation of regulation. However, the picture the data paint is still quite limited compared to the wealth of personal experiences that have been recorded over the decades.
- jasonhansel 3y agoThe fact that you only have anecdotes doesn't make those anecdotes more reliable.
- p0pcult 3y ago[dead]
- caniszczyk 3y agoagreed... I know a lot more folks that SSRIs have messed up in a variety ways than psychedelics... we should offer folks MORE options when fighting depression/anxiety and encourage experimentation
- HeWhoLurksLate 3y agoIt seems to me that this is a fairly dangerous take- during and after the schooling required to become a doctor, surgeon, or nurse, the real-world experiences that these medical professionals have tends, over time, to outweigh the institutional knowledge they started with. Ideally, reading new research should be part and parcel to everybody's professional career, but a ton of the advice that you'll receive from your doctor will be informed more by experience (compounding anecdote) than anything else.
- the6thwonder 3y ago> avoid personal anecdote, they have little value compared to what a doctor says. Doctors are like engineers. There is a body of science and research for their field. They were once trained on part of it. But day to day each individual doctor is a practitioners. What they say is often just their own anecdotes. Research on a topic may exist but it's up to personal interest and work style whether they read it.
- jokoon 3y agoDoctors are not like engineers. Human health and biology is far more complex and tricky that whatever engineers deal with.
- the6thwonder 3y agoI agree with that difference, but it's not relevant to the comment I made.
- InCityDreams 3y agoMy doc is great at medicine, knows fuck-all about tripping.
- chownie 3y agoCounterpoint: I listened to my doctors for 8 years and took the medication they advised, didn't help me one bit. Getting off SSRIs, changing my work situation and enjoying some LSD made a much bigger positive difference than endless sweaty nights on Prozac ever did.
- HaZeust 3y agoThe reverse works for many other people. NEVER prescribe a "one-size-fits-all" policy or perspective for psychological methodologies.