Emily Spellman & her talk of SSRIs
emily comes on the internet, claims she sees a behavioral specialist, claims she’s depressed, and tells us she was recommended an SSRI medication.
i’m sorry but the part about not wanting to try it because she “already knows how she’ll feel” based on how her family members reacted to ssris is fucking pissing me off.
you don’t inherit your relative’s reaction to an antidepressant. that is not how medication works. people can react completely differently to the exact same medication, which is why you work with a doctor and figure out what works for you. obviously she doesn’t have to take it, but deciding you already know how a medication will affect you when you’ve never taken it is certainly a choice. especially if you’re actually depressed.
and as someone who has been on psychiatric medication for years, this shit drives me insane. medication isn’t some moral failure. for some people, it quite literally gives them their life back. i know that firsthand.
are we supposed to give this woman grace when she is doing literally nothing to make herself actually better? congrats for nothing loser