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Sparkly

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35. If you've ever seen someone try to come off heroin addiction
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 10:28 PM
Jan 29

(or methadone), you know there is NO comparison at ALL.

What an IDIOTIC thing to say.

(There's are also criminal, legal, financial, health insurance limitations for most heroin addicts -- maybe not the privileged ones - that prevent challenges so absurd that a successful person couldn't jump through the hoops. Not so with prescribed anti-depressants that didn't cause arrests, felonies, jail sentences, drivers' license revocations, the "box" that makes employers say no forever, etc...)

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Ah, no iemanja Jan 29 #1
Nonsense! MineralMan Jan 29 #2
Agreed. I got off Zoloft without subsequent cravings for it. John1956PA Jan 29 #9
Yes, people stop taking SSRIs all the time. MineralMan Jan 29 #10
He ought to know about heroin Historic NY Jan 29 #3
Getting off of SSRIs Is No Picnic Deep State Witch Jan 29 #4
Whoever said he quit heroin? Sneederbunk Jan 29 #5
He's has been in AA for over 40 years womanofthehills Jan 29 #28
Does he have a medical background to make this claim? 33taw Jan 29 #6
LOL, he's just a rich privileged white guy IzzaNuDay Jan 29 #32
I've gotten off SSRIs TBA Jan 29 #7
He and the rest of the psycho pack are.... Lovie777 Jan 29 #8
I've quit cold turkey. Lunabell Jan 29 #11
I Never Had A Problem RobinA Jan 29 #17
great, now a junkie wanting to govern public health! IzzaNuDay Jan 29 #12
Any medicines he does like? Any treatments? Anything at all based in science? Solly Mack Jan 29 #13
She was referring to a statement he made womanofthehills Jan 29 #19
He was putting down both SSRIs and people who need them. He calls them addicts. Solly Mack Jan 29 #20
SSRIs do have a black box warning TexasBushwhacker Jan 29 #29
Do you mean publicly or privately? misanthrope Jan 29 #21
Exactly right. I agree. Publicly one thing. Privately, another. Solly Mack Jan 29 #22
"Any medicines he does like?" Dave Bowman Jan 29 #27
He is probably confusing SSRIs with Xanax. John1956PA Jan 29 #14
I know some folks had issues tapering off Effexor TexasBushwhacker Jan 29 #30
I take an ssri... Mountainguy Jan 29 #15
If confirmed he will try to stop Meowmee Jan 29 #16
Is he going to "worm" his way out of that one? GreenWave Jan 29 #18
Do Republicans really want the welfare of leftyladyfrommo Jan 29 #23
Yet another reason he should be kept from public healthcare responsibility. (nt) Paladin Jan 29 #24
I think they will come back with medical experts to say that karynnj Jan 29 #25
Toast face has spent years talking shit with no pushback Klarkashton Jan 29 #26
"Toast face" LOL TexasBushwhacker Jan 29 #31
No it isn't. I've gotten off of loads of them because they don't work for me. Crunchy Frog Jan 29 #33
Stopping SSRI's cold turkey put me in the ER in college NickB79 Jan 29 #34
If you've ever seen someone try to come off heroin addiction Sparkly Jan 29 #35
Really? It takes 1 weeks to 1 months, depending on the dosage. haele Jan 29 #36
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