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I'm sorry that happened. The last sentence wasn't necessary, and you should edit your comment to delete it. It's not an unusual observation to make, that there

I'm sorry that happened. The last sentence wasn't necessary, and you should edit your comment to delete it. It's not an unusual observation to make, that there exists alternatives to drugs, and making it personal seems to detract from your point, which I think is that there is likely to be some population that doesn't respond to getting in shape, doing healthy leisure activities and so on. This is a pretty anodyne observation that is hard to disagree with. Consider that your response seems to reinforce my point about how "they can't ever get off of [it]".

protocolture 1y ago
>that there exists alternatives to drugs There exists alternatives to some drugs in some scenarios, best investigated with a medical professional and not an internet commenter. There also exists alternatives to implying people are less than because they found a pharmaceutical method to improve their lives.
goku12 1y ago
I can't agree with the 'they can't ever get off of it' part. Newer generations of psychotropic drugs are much more effective and way less dependency inducing than even what was available a decade back. For many illnesses that are caused by life events rather than genetics, those medications are effective at improving the symptoms to a level where they can be weaned off and further management with just the therapy is possible. And while at it, not everything can be treated with gym or hobbies. They work well for mild to medium severity depressions. But even getting up from bed is nearly impossible for people with high severity depressions, much less attend a gym or go fishing. The doctors usually prescribe the medications till they can manage to do start them. And then there are other conditions for which a healthy lifestyle is simply not the appropriate or effective treatment.

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I'm sorry that happened. The last sentence wasn't necessary, and you should edit your comment to delete it. It's not an unusual observation to make, that there

by remarkEon 1y ago

protocolture 1y ago
>that there exists alternatives to drugs There exists alternatives to some drugs in some scenarios, best investigated with a medical professional and not an internet commenter. There also exists alternatives to implying people are less than because they found a pharmaceutical method to improve their lives.
goku12 1y ago
I can't agree with the 'they can't ever get off of it' part. Newer generations of psychotropic drugs are much more effective and way less dependency inducing than even what was available a decade back. For many illnesses that are caused by life events rather than genetics, those medications are effective at improving the symptoms to a level where they can be weaned off and further management with just the therapy is possible. And while at it, not everything can be treated with gym or hobbies. They work well for mild to medium severity depressions. But even getting up from bed is nearly impossible for people with high severity depressions, much less attend a gym or go fishing. The doctors usually prescribe the medications till they can manage to do start them. And then there are other conditions for which a healthy lifestyle is simply not the appropriate or effective treatment.