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Misc is SSRI withdrawal really worse than opioid withdrawal?

Dr. John Thackery

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is SSRI withdrawal really worse than opioid withdrawal?

i’ve heard this said before on here but want a more detailed discussion.

it’s pretty unanimous that benzo withdrawl is worse than opioid withdrawal. the only one i have experience with is opioids and such a large percentage of american population is in SSRIs that i often wonder what would happen if it was suddenly rationed for some reason (ie supply chain breakdown) as happened with opioids due to their abuse potential.
 
is SSRI withdrawal really worse than opioid withdrawal?

i’ve heard this said before on here but want a more detailed discussion.

it’s pretty unanimous that benzo withdrawl is worse than opioid withdrawal. the only one i have experience with is opioids and such a large percentage of american population is in SSRIs that i often wonder what would happen if it was suddenly rationed for some reason (ie supply chain breakdown) as happened with opioids due to their abuse potential.
I think its definite for everybody but I seen people have their whole bodies shaking like Parkinsons, get akathisia, and other movement disorders. I knew a chick that offed herself from akathisia caused by it. Some people get no withdrawal. Thats a concern of mine ssris going away do some black swan event a lot people will suffer.
 
I think its definite for everybody but I seen people have their whole bodies shaking like Parkinsons, get akathisia, and other movement disorders. I knew a chick that offed herself from akathisia caused by it. Some people get no withdrawal. Thats a concern of mine ssris going away do some black swan event a lot people will suffer.
what’s a black swan event? i could see them going away due to a authoritarian government (RFK already said he wanted to put ppl on them in camps to detox).

anyways i thought that whole idea was actually a good idea of his as long as it was voluntary and it wasn’t a nightmarish prison like experience ….when is he going to set up the camps?


how long does that shaking shit last for when ppl
go through withdrawal?
 
what’s a black swan event? i could see them going away due to a authoritarian government (RFK already said he wanted to put ppl on them in camps to detox).

anyways i thought that whole idea was actually a good idea of his as long as it was voluntary and it wasn’t a nightmarish prison like experience ….when is he going to set up the camps?


how long does that shaking shit last for when ppl
go through withdrawal?
Black Swan event anything from zombie apocalypse, alien invasion, killer solar flare,WW3, Ebola.. Months to years different for everybody i think its worse for people who are on a shit ton ssris and take them for a while..

Lol you think anybody is gonna be getting their scripts filled when theres zombies out?
 
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Lol you think anybody is gonna be getting their scripts filled when theres zombies out?

for the ppl that understand that it’s a drug withdrawl ….yes.

fentanyl addicts on the street basislly brave zombies all day everyday to get fentanyl


speaking of zombies i love the documentaries on them. it’s a real thing that developed out of haitian voodoo preists drugging ppl with a mix of poisons and drugs
 
for the ppl that understand that it’s a drug withdrawl ….yes.

fentanyl addicts on the street basislly brave zombies all day everyday to get fentanyl


speaking of zombies i love the documentaries on them. it’s a real thing that developed out of haitian voodoo preists drugging ppl with a mix of poisons and drugs
Could happen with the shit there fiddling with in labs. I think it be more like that movie with Will Smith when they fucked up that cancer cure and created a bunch mutant looking creatures that attacked everyone.
 
in severe cases, maybe but in most cases, fuck no
fuck.

i was kind of hoping more of the population could get a taste of what drug withdrawal is actually like to maybe put into perspective that ppl aren’t just continuing to take opioids just for fun.
 
fuck.

i was kind of hoping more of the population could get a taste of what drug withdrawal is actually like to maybe put into perspective that ppl aren’t just continuing to take opioids just for fun.
i mean severe as in REALLY severe cases like youll probably not even notice if your ssri pills are chalk some day
 
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