Antidepressants can have serious side effects that can persist even after stopping. Look up the Surviving Antidepressants forum. That doesn't mean don't use them, but it's just a truism that all pharmacological intervention has risks. To see randos diagnosing & medicalising someone for a lemmy post that isn't an obvious cry for help is...objectionable, and in poor taste, and imo diagnostic of some much larger problems, but I don't have the time to spare to argue that point. But people promoting what could be life-altering compounds as no biggie demands a response. (Again, my position isn't 'don't use antidepressants,' it's 'messing with your brain chemistry demonstrably can have serious consequences and is a serious decision.')
Antidepressants can have serious side effects that can persist even after stopping. Look up the Surviving Antidepressants forum. That doesn't mean don't use them, but it's just a truism that all pharmacological intervention has risks. To see randos diagnosing & medicalising someone for a lemmy post that isn't an obvious cry for help is...objectionable, and in poor taste, and imo diagnostic of some much larger problems, but I don't have the time to spare to argue that point. But people promoting what could be life-altering compounds as no biggie demands a response. (Again, my position isn't 'don't use antidepressants,' it's 'messing with your brain chemistry demonstrably can have serious consequences and is a serious decision.')
edit: rephrased