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"stOp reLYiNg on mEdiCInE! juSt be hAPpy!"
(lemmy.ca)
Discontinuation Syndrome goes brrrrr... [Error, brain.exe has crashed because antidepressant.dll is not found]
Don’t think of it like a weakness or anything like that - it’s brain chemistry (not always, but for most of what we’re talking here, it is). Presently, the only way to change the chemicals in your brain is through medication
Think of it like diabetes. Would you feel that way if you were taking insulin?
Or think of it like chemo. Chemo sucks, cancer is a “game over”
The medicine works and very often we don't know why but who cares if it's helping us? It could be a placebo for all I know. I'm just glad someone goes to the trouble of making this stuff.
There are people who think insulin dependency is a choice.
In case of diabetes from obesity - it is a choice. Irreversible one.
Edit: not always irreversible.
Thought it actually is reversible, at least in some cases?
~~Are you talking about KRISP or another gene editing technique?~~
That was stupid from my side.
Nah, just thought that obesity-induced diabetes is (at least partially / in some cases) reversible by losing weight
You're right
A series of choices, the implications of which are hard to gauge in a string of minor "well, this once can't hurt" decisions. It's really easy to slide down slowly, because you may not notice you're sliding. And when you veer into the territory of permanent damage, it may still take a while to be noticeable.