/lit/ - Literature

>>8687607
>You probably took these not suffering from the disorder they're meant to treat.
False. Diagnosed with anxiety and depression, which is what they are "designed" to treat.
>If you have a lack of serotonin in the brain, SSRIs are meant to treat that.
False. SSRI stands for Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, the key there being REUPTAKE and INHIBITOR, meaning that the drug acts a long a neural pathway that prevents your brain's Mast Cells from reabsorbing your naturally occuring serotonin, keeping you "happier" for longer. No drugs used to treat depression add serotonin to the brain because that causes schizophrenia.
>If you're just thinking you're clinically depressed because of bad habits or over-thinking your current life, SSRIs are definitely a bad idea.
I was unable to function due to being so anxious despite literally nothing being wrong with my life.
>it's you and your doctor that aren't cognizant enough of your needs
Do you know how many psychopharm courses i've taken in school since this happened to me? Do you know how little correlational evidence there is supporting the idea that SSRI's actually treat depression? Do you know the failiure rates?

Jesus christ, you are so full of shit.

>>8687618
exactly

>>8687723
THIS. I was placed on a fuckload of drugs, taken off drugs, and put on new drugs since the age of 8. When I turned 18 and emancipated myself from my parents, I got off of everything, started CBT, meditation, and therapy for post traumatic stress disorder, and I am able to string senteces together for the first time in 12 years. The best tools we have to heal are our own minds.

>>8687885
>>8688402
Cringe just remembering it. Withdrawal is it's own wonderfully unique type of pain, very difficult to put into words. Explaining what its like to the dipshits here is like trying to tell a blind person what the color red is like.

>>7102546
>tfw writing in journal
>trying to explain your emotions and thoughts in a way that strongly hits the reader
>it falls flat on it's face and falls straight into shitty melodrama

I have so much to say, but it all comes out as drivel

>>6724981
The Sorrows Of Young Werther