• @Hobbes_Dent
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    562 hours ago

    “I’m going to create these wellness farms where they can go to get off of illegal drugs, off of opiates, but also illegal drugs, other psychiatric drugs, if they want to, to get off of SSRIs, to get off of benzos, to get off of Adderall, and to spend time as much time as they need — three or four years if they need it — to learn to get reparented, to reconnect with communities,” he said during the broadcast.

    Isn’t it neat how he mixes in prescribed medical treatments? Neato.

    • Nougat
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      Uh yeah, no.

      I once thought it might be an idea to try and back off from 100mg sertraline to 50mg sertraline and on day two I wanted to strangle people. You can take my SSRIs from my cold dead hands.

      • @[email protected]
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        Yeah, I’m on 300mg sertraline daily, and I sometimes have trouble getting my prescription filled (understandable, it’s a way bigger dose than usual)

        But if I’m not on it, the suicidal thoughts usually start on day 3

        So if they were to take my SSRIs, I would quickly be killed by my own cold, dead hands

        • Nougat
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          I’m going to try and write on my brain to turn those thoughts entirely on the people who decided I shouldn’t get my meds anymore.

      • @NocturnalMorning
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        Yeah, getting on and off medications is no easy task sometimes. And we already have mental health facilities you can go to for med adjustments. It’s just not free.

        • Nougat
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          I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say. On my current dose, I’m pretty good. Less? I very quickly go back to the state that brought me to where I needed to get on this medication. I am much better off staying on this dose until the end of my days, and frankly, so is everyone who has to interact with me.

          That said, “not being free” made it so that I couldn’t stay on meds when I was in my twenties. The several other obstacles I dealt with over the decades mostly had to do with insurance that I had.

    • @just_another_person
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      He’s a big believer in the whole “keeping people on drugs isn’t the fix” kind of thinking. It’s short-sighted and ignorant of the fact that a lot of people on them have a net benefit to function in society.

      What he is proposing is something far more stupid akin to “Well look at me. I’ve never needed these drugs, and I’m totally fine. WTF, people?”

      If you want a country that is doing the proper work to stop jumping to long-term prescriptions as problem solvers, I’m all for that. DO NOT confuse that with these dumb shit he’s suggesting though.

      • Nougat
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        92 hours ago

        “Well look at me. I’ve never needed these drugs [He does], and I’m totally fine [He’s not]. WTF, people?”

      • @aesthelete
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        What he is proposing is something far more stupid akin to “Well look at me. I’ve never needed these drugs, and I’m totally fine. WTF, people?”

        Except he looks like a reanimated corpse and sounds like a frog that died on a log in a bog.

    • @Viking_Hippie
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      Also, “get reparented” is some very sinister cult programming (ie brain washing) language…

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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      72 hours ago

      It’s all the same when you believe in conspiracy theories, are not a Dr., and had a brain worm die in your head.

      Also, how in the hell do we not have at least a medical degree as the very 1st requirement for a position that controls/shapes medical care for the country?!

      … to spend time as much time as they need — three or four years if they need it — to learn to get reparented, to reconnect with communities …

      Is this paid time/leave? Who does he envision paying for his “wellness farms”? Or is this him envisioning everyone creating some commune farm where everyone is eating mushrooms and killing bears?

    • @[email protected]
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      11 hour ago

      does that include his new bosses?

      gonna need at least four years to get them all cleaned up and ‘reconnected with communities’.

      and we better lock 'em all up just to make sure we don’t miss a straggler or two.