• Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
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    “I’m going to create these wellness farms where they can go to get off of illegal drugs, off of opiates, but also illegal drugs, other psychiatric drugs, if they want to, to get off of SSRIs, to get off of benzos, to get off of Adderall, and to spend time as much time as they need — three or four years if they need it — to learn to get reparented, to reconnect with communities,” he said during the broadcast.

    Isn’t it neat how he mixes in prescribed medical treatments? Neato.

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      Uh yeah, no.

      I once thought it might be an idea to try and back off from 100mg sertraline to 50mg sertraline and on day two I wanted to strangle people. You can take my SSRIs from my cold dead hands.

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        “Have you tried going outside and snapping out of it?”

        -RFK Jr., probably

        So school shootings are a mental health problem, so he wants to do the opposite of help. Goddamn, make these people make sense.

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          “Have you tried going outside and snapping out of it?”

          He should let the brain worm get some sunlight.

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        Yeah, getting on and off medications is no easy task sometimes. And we already have mental health facilities you can go to for med adjustments. It’s just not free.

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          I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say. On my current dose, I’m pretty good. Less? I very quickly go back to the state that brought me to where I needed to get on this medication. I am much better off staying on this dose until the end of my days, and frankly, so is everyone who has to interact with me.

          That said, “not being free” made it so that I couldn’t stay on meds when I was in my twenties. The several other obstacles I dealt with over the decades mostly had to do with insurance that I had.

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        Yeah, I’m on 300mg sertraline daily, and I sometimes have trouble getting my prescription filled (understandable, it’s a way bigger dose than usual)

        But if I’m not on it, the suicidal thoughts usually start on day 3

        So if they were to take my SSRIs, I would quickly be killed by my own cold, dead hands

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          I’m going to try and write on my brain to turn those thoughts entirely on the people who decided I shouldn’t get my meds anymore.

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          How are you going to kill yourself with your own cold dead hands? That implies you’re already dead. I guess you could chop them off and strangely yourself with them. That’d be pretty gruesome, but you do you I guess.

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      I sure hope there will be people there that know what they’re doing. Benzo withdrawal is no joke and can lead to seizures.

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      It’s all the same when you believe in conspiracy theories, are not a Dr., and had a brain worm die in your head.

      Also, how in the hell do we not have at least a medical degree as the very 1st requirement for a position that controls/shapes medical care for the country?!

      … to spend time as much time as they need — three or four years if they need it — to learn to get reparented, to reconnect with communities …

      Is this paid time/leave? Who does he envision paying for his “wellness farms”? Or is this him envisioning everyone creating some commune farm where everyone is eating mushrooms and killing bears?

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      does that include his new bosses?

      gonna need at least four years to get them all cleaned up and ‘reconnected with communities’.

      and we better lock 'em all up just to make sure we don’t miss a straggler or two.