/rec/ - Ex-NEET / Recovery

I think it's deeply ironic that the kind of person who overanalyses things and is less likely to take SSRIs because of reported inefficacy and withdrawal symptoms is the exact kind of person who should be taking SSRIs

They are very effective in people with ruminating anxiety and neurotic fixations, not people with anhedonia from losing their job or partner or whatever. The success rate vs. placebo is like 20% in this population compared to like 3% for everyone else, what works for the majority is something that stimulates glutamate receptors a la ketamine

The reason they're the first line treatment for everyone is because rich people are neurotic and they were most likely to get them when they came out