Well that's the thing, we really don't understand the long-term effects of SSRIs. PSSD[1] is a thing, reports of long-term anhedonia and/or emotional numbness after quitting SSRIs are widespread.
The parent poser never said anything about "evil big pharama mind control", however "pharma companies trying to make money disregarding long-term health of patients" is not a particularly narrow-minded view, anti-depressants are used to put people back to work disregarding their long-term health, and widespread over-prescription of SSRIs by physicians (not even psychiatrists), even to children, is a thing as well.
If 15 years ago, when I was 16, someone had told me that these meds would potentially make me lose the ability to feel pleasure, I probably would'nt haven taken them, but there was no such warning.
Thank you. I have just deleted a long comment because I don't want to get into this discussion for my own well-being.
I was once told that ADs were as well-understood as insulin for diabetes. In retrospect I feel hard-pressed to find any other word for that than "blatant lie". I was 21 when I was put on Effexor.
The parent poser never said anything about "evil big pharama mind control", however "pharma companies trying to make money disregarding long-term health of patients" is not a particularly narrow-minded view, anti-depressants are used to put people back to work disregarding their long-term health, and widespread over-prescription of SSRIs by physicians (not even psychiatrists), even to children, is a thing as well.
If 15 years ago, when I was 16, someone had told me that these meds would potentially make me lose the ability to feel pleasure, I probably would'nt haven taken them, but there was no such warning.