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Reading this, I am reminded of an article from the New Yorker about how difficult it is to stop some medications prescribed for mental health. https://www.newy
by Ajay-p 3y ago
Reading this, I am reminded of an article from the New Yorker about how difficult it is to stop some medications prescribed for mental health.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-challenge-of-going-off-psychiatric-drugs https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-challenge-...
- jffhn 3y agoReminds me of a doctor saying that his french peers were much more reluctant than USA ones to give mental medication to children, due to the unknown long term effects on these young and developing minds.
- gavinhoward 3y agoAs someone who has stopped SSRI's 8 years ago, this is true.
- Ajay-p 3y agoA startling revelation in the article for me was that drug companies that produce SSRI's do not publish (easily accessible) guidance for stopping them. That made me deeply suspicious because to my layman's perspective of pharmaceuticals, it is as if the companies do not intend for a person to stop taking them.
- gavinhoward 3y agoExactly. It gets worse because yes, you are expected to keep taking them. After stopping, some five years after stopping, I tried to get a medical to become a pilot. The FAA told me that they wanted me back on the SSRI that I had been taking in order to get a medical. I refused and was grounded for life.