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The worst part of ADHD (IMO)
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Fr. The doctor that diagnosed me gave me Prozac for depression, but nothing for the ADHD problems, which are the main cause of my stress and likely the source of my depression. I had said I wanted to treat that first, but he didn't care. The Prozac didn't even help anything. It just made me unable to get an erection.
SSRIs are far too over prescribed. There I said it.
I don't think saying this with no proof whatsoever does anything other than make people who take SSRIs feel guilty about themselves. (Maybe it doesn't, I just imagined my reaction if this said "stimulants" instead of "SSRIs") (sorry about the tone if this comes off as confrontational)
It isn't talked about as much as it used to, but in my own life, I've had multiple people prescribed SSRIs that didn't need them. My wife is now being prescribed SSRIs for a bout of anxiety, and although she's nearly back to her old self without taking them, her psychiatrist is still pushing her to take them. The side effects of them, and the withdrawal from them are often not worth the investment. It takes weeks for them to start working, and getting off of them can often cause problems worse than the problems that prompted taking them. I've had multiple people close to me become suicidal when trying to stop taking them, when they weren't even close to that point before.