us election thread

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i both agree and disagree w mentally ill ppl being overmedicated. it's very much a case by case basis considering some medications that help people live much more happy lives can completely ruin the lives of others (looking at you ssris) and there's an issue with general practitioners prescribing medicine that will affect you extremely negatively if you have any comorbid issues (again, ssris) and not really having the full knowledge of psychiatry to know that. but like i said, case by case. is a person w depression being overmedicated by being given meds before trying therapy or anything else? maybe. is a person w schizophrenia on antipsychotics who can hold a job because of them overmedicated (and don't take this to mean that's what should always happen bc antipsychotics are dangerous and hit or miss but it's what we have)? absolutely not. and alternative medicine will not help this group of people. this is also all from my experience tho so ymmv.

and that's true, drug companies are evil, but is forgoing medication for medically shaky at best alternatives the answer to that? probably not. there are better options available for medical care, especially in the us, and those come down to breaking up the huge pharmaceutical companies if not disbanding them altogether (to b replaced with what i don't know but im sure someone smarter does) and/or holding them significantly more liable