Historically, there have always been some patients who report that any treatment for depression—including bloodletting—has worked for them, but science demands that for a treatment to be deemed truly effective, it must work better than a placebo or the passage of time without any treatment. This is especially important for antidepressant drugs—including Prozac, Zoloft, and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), as well as Effexor, Cymbalta, and other serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)—because all of these drugs have uncontroversial troubling side effects.
Antidepressants don’t change the reality that the world is on track to get a whole lot shittier for virtually everyone, and that there is a significant portion of the population that is full-force all-in behind the enshittification. Antidepressants won’t make me forget about it and they won’t make me ignorant about it, they will only numb me to it and everything else. I may not feel as “good” as being on antidepressants, but at least I’m able to feel something.
Considering a trip to Oregon to see what I can find there…
Antidepressants don’t change the reality that the world is on track to get a whole lot shittier for virtually everyone, and that there is a significant portion of the population that is full-force all-in behind the enshittification. Antidepressants won’t make me forget about it and they won’t make me ignorant about it, they will only numb me to it and everything else. I may not feel as “good” as being on antidepressants, but at least I’m able to feel something.
Considering a trip to Oregon to see what I can find there…