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I feel like your example shows the inverse of what you want. SSRI are actually great at helping the person develop healthy mechanisms (compared to GLP-1s), beca
by make3 1y ago
I feel like your example shows the inverse of what you want. SSRI are actually great at helping the person develop healthy mechanisms (compared to GLP-1s), because they reduce the mood swings & negative thoughts, allowing the person to be more productive & be more involved in their therapy, in reading, journaling, doing sports, etc. It's just that it might take two or three years and not months, which is fine because SSRI also have much more limited side effects compared to GLP-1s.
GLP-1s don't do that directly.. but at least they might help people move more, and give them confidence to do more for their health instead of seeing it as a lost cause.
- nwienert 1y agoHow are people so consistently wrong about GLP-1s? The side effects are minuscule in comparison to SSRI’s and the effects on improving habits are massive.
- make3 1y agoSSRIs barely have side effects
- nwienert 1y agoGLP-1 - Mild nausea, always temporary and in the beginning, easy to avoid by tapering dose. Extremely effective. SSRI - about 10% chance of major sexual disfunction, often permanent, significant likelihood of sleep disturbance, majority get blunted emotions. Debatably effective. Not really comparable.
- moorow 1y agoAs someone who's currently experiencing significant and crippling gastroparesis due to GLP-1's, being reductive about the side effects is not particularly helpful.
- nwienert 1y agoLower your dose a little? Gastroparesis is a choice on these and only at high doses for long periods, you get signs weeks in advance and you choose to stay on a high dose. Myself never experienced it even when I had extremely strong effects (near 500 cals a day for a few weeks), but I did have some slowness, I lowered my dose and was fine.
- make3 1y agoI've never heard of the sleep disturbance thing, and I think you just made up the permanence of the sexual disfunction thing
- nwienert 1y agoIt’s trivial to look this up which is funny - I double checked everything i said, so I know it’s true, and never claimed you’re making things up. But you are claiming I’m making things up while obviously not even doing basic research.