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All the women on that thread talking about how their psych meds caused weight gain surely possess the self awareness to see that makes it a double red flag rather than a reasonable excuse, right?
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lol the intention about bragging about that stuff is supposed to be 'my life is so hard I need the happy potions just to get through the day aren't I strong, don't you wanna give me pity'
irl people see them as kind of borderline druggies, I've never known anyone get impressed by that stuff
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What do you mean "kind of" lol
People prescribed benzos/opiates/amphetamines are junkies simple as, the thin veneer of legitimacy having a doctor and pharmacy rather than a dealer lends them isn't fooling anyone with half a brain
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It's an easy but stupid spiral to get into. You're depressed so they prescribe you an anti-depressant but that makes you sleepy so they prescribe you something else that makes you gain weight so they prescribe you...
I've lost a friend to the spiral. Stopping taking all of the drugs would probably make her 10x better.
Do you wonder why therapy is being pushed so hard at the moment? It's because it's the easiest gateway for pharmaceutical companies to get into zoomers.
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Tbf Psychiatry is different than talk therapy. It's usually doctors who are burdened with cases and have people who basically nag them for drugs.
Most of them are talking about Seroquel which doctors will hand out without a shrink
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Used to be you'd go to a Church and they'd tell you to be grateful for your blessings and pray, now they bill your insurance for $800 a month and the "priest" is some dumb b-word feeding into your self pity and medicalizing it
One of the many reasons I only date conservatives and BIPOCs
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They also prescribe these things to teenagers who don't know enough to question things, and you just kind of have to take meds if your parents really want you to. By the time you're an adult if you're in that situation you're already pretty fricked.
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Why not just use amphetamines?
Makes you less depressed
Prevents you from feeling sleepy
Makes you lose weight
It's the perfect drug!
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Wow are there any downsides?
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Only if you are a kitty.
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I have a friend like this and it started with shit the VA recommended him
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The "impressive" part is a lie we tell to people who are unwell. It's a way to say "hey you're fricked up but don't be so proud that you neglect getting better. It's actually Cool and Brave that you're in treatment". The problem is people with low willpower just latched onto the last part while losing sight of the end goal of getting better.
Of course the medical industry at large can't reveal this or the whole thing unravels.
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The psych meds may be a red flag but the binge eating is real. I took Seroquel for more than 10 years and it's totally possible to fall alseep eating / eat while you're basically asleep. I only didn't gain weight because I binged fruit juice popsicles and didn't keep any other food in my place. It actually is a pretty good excuse for gaining weight.
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A pharmacist replied in the thread and explained it's pretty well known
It's always a big decision to take these things with balancing trade offs, but a lot of people chase them down from their doctors looking for happy pills
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Reddit pharmacist
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Quetiapine/Seroquel is a serious anti-psychotic medication. The fact that doctors give it out like candy shits me, they will prescribe that shit to teenagers with a bit of angst and/or depression.
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My roommates in college sold Xanax, rather unsuccessfully absolutely horrible ebita.
I would pig out Every time I would steal a bar or two. A bottomless pit. I guess because you lose all shame when you take that shit
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It turns you into an r-slur, you were giving into your base instincts. Because all you can do on xans is eat, shit and talk gibberish.
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The only men who want to date fat chicks are guys with extremely low self esteem or guys with a fetish for it. It makes them so mad they can't morally brow beat men into wanting to date them lol
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Quetiapine is a pretty heavy antipsychotic, too. Like that's not a fricking SSRI or some shit for your basic depression.
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Meds can't increase caloric intake
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