GL2020
NES Member
I do believe they probably were over prescribed. In the 90's when they first hit main stream you could say you cried cause your dog died and walk out with an Rx for prozac.Lol except that allergic reactions don't create random public danger/zombies/time bombs. I'm not saying the shit needs to be banned but it's weird enough that a GP shouldn't even be allowed to perscribe them without other considerations. SSRIs are way overperscribed in this country. Do they work? Sure, but imho there's rarely free lunch here.
Admittedly I am biased because I've spent a large portion of my life around people "on meds" and I'm very skeptical of their overally efficacy. I think there's a lack of attention on the dangers of the crap, pharma has the "well, they were already crazy so its not our fault" excuse but sometimes it's not abundantly clear that the drugs played zero role in making things worse.
But I do think the psych field is being a bit more aware that it shouldn't always be the first line of defense and have dialed it back a little since then. They were trying it for everything...bipolar, OCD, schizophrenia. My son was having issues in his late teens (much better in his late 20's)....and was diagnosed and misdiagnosed and re-diagnosed multiple times...different meds. Yup, plain old AHDH with a mother (my ex) convinced he had bi-polar and putting her thumb on the scale.
I like to remind people that the psych field overall has a horrible record with figuring out what's wrong.
Their first diagnosis (according to a study I saw from the UK) was wrong about 60% of the time...makes sense the treatment response would be wrong as well. But to be fair to them on another front....there are lots of times they'd like to hospitalize someone but can't because of insurance, or they don't meet the criteria for being locked up legally. We all know people get bounced out a hospitals when insurance says so, not the docs. An acquaintance of mine in my 40's was a shrink and he described (chatting at a party) the insanity insurance made him go through trying to get a woman into a psych hospital who was catatonic. Things gotta be really bad for them to try.
I agree when you said it shouldn't be prescribed by PCP's. Certainly in the initial weeks/months there needs to be closer monioring for those poeple who have bad reactions.
We know most people who have "bad" acute reaction are "usually" males under 35. That's not absolute but seems to be more common. Suspect a little testosterone thrown in the mix is what helps.
Those that have been suicidal/male/and lethargic often get enough energy and motivation to finally take action.
I'm still inclined to lean toward more societal/social issues and social contagion for shooting. It had become the "popular" thing to do to air a grievance with the world when you want to go out in blaze of glory.
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