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But sometimes treating symptoms is the only usable treatment. There is a big difference between someone "self medicating" with a drug with high abuse potential
by abruzzi 13y ago
But sometimes treating symptoms is the only usable treatment. There is a big difference between someone "self medicating" with a drug with high abuse potential, and falling into addiction and a controlled dose in a therapeutic setting where (as the article stated) the benefits far outlasted the high.
- lutusp 13y ago> But sometimes treating symptoms is the only usable treatment. This is the argument of the mental health establishment as they continue to offer drugs that haven't been proven to have a connection with the actual condition, only its symptoms. The result is that an absurdly high percentage of people are on drugs of high cost, serious side effects, and questionable effectiveness. An example, not about depression, but ADHD: http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/number-young-adults-adhd-drugs-soars-n50856 http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/number-young-adult... Quote: "The number of young adults taking drugs for ADHD has soared in five years, particularly among young women, whose use of the drugs is up 85 percent, according to a new report." An 85% increase in five years, for a drug that only treats symptoms, and not very effectively at that. I guess the program is working.