https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1803841862329077762
US has 9x the rate of antidepressant use as South Korea. People often use stats like this to criticize America, but considering South Korea is setting record lows for family formation and childbearing maybe they need to be more medicated. pic.twitter.com/HROvN0KWwp
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) June 20, 2024
Hooray, more babies exposed to SSRIs in utero!
[The
@US_FDA
was recently sued for failing to warn that SSRIs and SNRIs can cause potentially irreversible sexual dysfunction (#PSSD). There is also evidence from animal studies that these drugs may permanently impair fertility.](https://twitter.com/PSSDNetwork/status/1803846560033247629)
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Bruh wtf, >10% of people (ok let's be fair, >10% of white women in the US) are on antidepressants?
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I live in seattle so im surprised its not higher tbh
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Its terrifying honestly
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Yeah, pretty much
but sometimes it feels like more depending on who you're around
College graduates are more likely to take ssris, so are women, and people over 40
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doctors just describe them like candy, "oh you are feeling down and exhausted? take these psychoactive pills 2 a day for the rest of your life!"
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