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Are you sure it isn't the condition that they were seeking treatment for that contributed to these things?

I'll give an example, I read once that about 60% of people with bipolar disorder are unemployed. It isn't the diagnosis that does that.

So I just read that comment as "they sought treatment and ever since they were a wreck". Seems like the causality could go the other way.

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There's some very scary anecdotes out there. I saw one on an obscure subreddit for people suffering from negative antidepressant drug symptoms where a person said they went to the hospital immediately after taking an SSRI due to an adverse reaction and they have had trouble concentrating on things since.

If the person is correct and not dusional they had a statistically unlikely reaction to the drug- presumably too rare to show up in the drug approval process- and it ruined their life.

While I only had positive experiences with SSRI so far, I can definitely say that substances can cause suicidal thoughts. When I took xanax, I had a lot of suicidal thoughts and really had to fight to not kill myself. It’s just like being on autopilot and having to fight against autopilot who wants to crash your car into a wall.

I could imagine that SSRI can activate this autopilot for some people and worsens their negative thoughts.

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