Posted on 08/12/2025 6:41:26 AM PDT by Heartlander
“”Ain’t psychiatrists and psychologists great!””
In a family member’s case, it was neither - it was a Neurologist! Started with one med and over the years, one med piled on top of another and another and another until that person is unrecognizable.
bingo! Ssri's take away any thoughts of others feelings, no empathy, you want to feel better NOW, and screw your spouse AND any small children's lives.
Years and years ago, I went through this. I was being treated for depression, but I didn’t consider myself particularly depressed, just going through a rough patch. I was put on Zoloft.
It made me feel like a zombie. No highs, no lows. I couldn’t feel joy anymore, but I didn’t cry either. Some people think that’s being steady, but for me, it was like I wasn’t alive, just going through the motions.
I had several issues that I was legitimately working through, which I won’t go into here, and I did need treatment for that. Talking with my doctor took time, but I eventually got it sorted out with his help. Unfortunately, that included years of me being medicated with Zoloft.
When I told him I no longer wanted to be on the medication, he had to taper me off of it. Every time I dosed down, I was a raving bitch maniac on day 2 and day 3. I have a gem of a husband who knew I was truly on the path of being healed, so he put up with those awful days, that happened every 3 months for two years. Two years! Let that sink in! It took two whole years of tapering off that damn SSRI to finally be free of it.
I’m so happy that I am off of those terrible drugs. I think they hand them out like candy, but they are very dangerous.
My gal can go from a princess to a total witch just by missing one day without her pill.
27 years for mine. I now have 28 with a wonderful woman. Was a nightmare when it happened.
Mushroom spores are legal and readily available over the internet. Personally I ignore stupid laws anyway. Last time I checked IV ketamine ( the most effective way of administering it) was rarely covered by insurance. To get a script for Esketamine (intranasal) you have to show you’ve tried all the cheaper antidepressants first and it’s not as effective as IV administration from what I’ve heard.
Incredible story....thank you for being his advocate.
There are some people in the elder generation who feel that they didn’t get their monies worth from a doctor visit unless the leave with a new, additional prescription. And of course the barrage of direct to patient pitched commercials on TV does not help that situation!
That took guts on this thread
The medical industry never stopped performing lobotomies. They switched to chemical ones.
Ping for later
If the mass murderers were checked out, they would find most were on anti-depressants. Columbine for example and others, but no one addresses this.
Very sad.
I have a female friend who married a man totally unaware of his lifelong struggle with depression. He obviously did a damned good job of concealing it during their courtship. The mask came off after the wedding, though. She lived a hellish existence for a while, before getting him on different meds and proclaiming him “cured.” I’m pretty damned skeptical of that, tbh. I pray for them (and their kid).
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon
We are shakin’ the tree
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon
We are shakin’ the tree
Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life
Waiting your time, you’re more than just a wife
You don’t have to do what your mother has done
She has done, this is your life, this new life has begun
It’s your day, a woman’s day
It’s your day, a woman’s day
What happened that we somehow think anxiety is something that should be treated with medication?
Anxiety is normal when you are under stress. You should have started to learn to deal with it sometime about age six or seven.
Medication is for real problems. Not, oh I have three reports to fill out today. You work for the bomb squad you may end up with anxiety that needs medical treatment.
Most people do not.
I have 3 family members whose lives were ruined by SSRIs. Only one was able to get off them and rebuild their life.
Oh no...thank you for posting this.
And GPs! My wife went in for a check-up and she was going through a rough patch (her ex, a child molester, was getting released). The GP asked her two questions: if she was depressed and had suicidal thoughts (”yes” and “sometimes I guess” were the answers). BAM! Instant prescriptions to “anti-depressants”. She became physically and emotionally abusive. She committed several, let’s say, “high risk” behaviors. Then came the painkillers: oxy and lortab.
I talked to my docs, I did my research, and I got her off the pills (used to work in an addiction clinic, and I treated her like she had a heroin addiction). Got her off everything in three weeks and she never went back on that crap.
In this day and age, ANY doctor can prescribe anything at any time for any reason. And I hate them for exercising that ability for their own desires and to hell with everyone else.
😬🙄 You need drugs.
That’s true. As a matter of fact I think I will start the process of growing some psilocybin mushrooms today especially now that’s there’s evidence it prolongs lifespan.
Psilocybin delays aging, extends lifespan, new Emory study suggests
https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/07/hs_psilocybin_aging_study_10-07-2025/story.html
At one time the Pharma/Shrink complex was pushing a completely false narrative that you could have depression without symptoms. Let that sink in.
Read the DSM4 sometimes for a good laugh. My favorite Disorders: drinks too much coffee, can’t do math, disagrees with the shrink’s diagnosis. That last one is very obviously insane. In many jurisdictions you can be involuntarily institutionalized for these disorders.
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