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Posted by Dinah on May 10, 2012, at 9:10:35

In reply to the Truth(s), posted by Dinah on May 10, 2012, at 9:04:48

I do think that doctors should stop prescribing SSRI's like candy, with the assumption that they are the least harmful of the psych meds and you might as well start with them.
Anxious? Don't want to prescribe a nasty addictive benzo or a scary AP. At least an SSRI won't hurt and might help.
Depressed? Well, there might be situational factors, but it can't hurt to give an SSRI and might help.
That kind of thinking is wrong. SSRI's are not harmless to certain subsets of patients, and doctors need to be more discriminating. Doctors are just too fond of having a first line course of treatment for any presenting condition.

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