Oh, now that's a good question... This brings to mind the merits/liabilities of "self-medication" ala non-prescription "pharmaceutical" means. Maybe you had something different in mind?
I'm tempted to questions to compensate for my lack of answers.
It's just the masking of problems with drugs. Works with the latest SNRIs just as it does with vodka.
Merits and liabilities ought to be evaluated on a per-compound basis; Big Pharma support seems to relate more to the patentability of various compounds as opposed to their efficacy or danger.
In my opinion, establishment-approved or not, drugs are only a short-term fix. It's a hell of a lot easier, though, to keep on popping pills as opposed to facing those demons.
I wonder what happens to those problems if you use the 'prozac pause' button for a few years? Do they remain static, or will they emerge with a vengeance when the health benefits get cut?
I wonder what happens to those problems if you use the 'prozac pause' button for a few years? Do they remain static, or will they emerge with a vengeance when the health benefits get cut?
I think that issues, demons, whatever they are tend to make themselves known. Seal off one outlet, and another emerges. Which is to say that I don't think anything pressing will allow itself to stay paused for too long - it'll just find a creative new way to make itself heard.
...Which is why denial is so damn handy (for the individual that is, not for those around them).
LiveJournal decided to have an error when I went to post my comment, so fuck it. It was [almost] witty and had to do with shooting demons with guns that shoot pills and I just don't care enough to type it all over again.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm-a gonna cry in the corner over the loss of my comment.
Maybe after I get some work done...which I should've done earlier...but didn't because I was trying to get in on the CAD BF2142 Gameday server...because it's Wintereenmas.
Wow, I just remembered this and it's been nearly a week, so I can't really remember all too well, so I'm just going to half-ass it and try to be funny.
Why not just face one's demons with a pill-shooting gun? Bystander 1: "Oh my God, he's got a gun!" Bystander 2: "And a demon, too!" Man w/ gun: "Eat hot Prozac, demon!" *shoots demon with full-auto spray of Prozac* Demon: "Grarrr! I'm overdosing!" *demon asplodes*
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Or, moving backwards..
Pills exorcise demons only to usurp them?
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This brings to mind the merits/liabilities of "self-medication" ala non-prescription "pharmaceutical" means. Maybe you had something different in mind?
I'm tempted to questions to compensate for my lack of answers.
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Merits and liabilities ought to be evaluated on a per-compound basis; Big Pharma support seems to relate more to the patentability of various compounds as opposed to their efficacy or danger.
In my opinion, establishment-approved or not, drugs are only a short-term fix. It's a hell of a lot easier, though, to keep on popping pills as opposed to facing those demons.
I wonder what happens to those problems if you use the 'prozac pause' button for a few years? Do they remain static, or will they emerge with a vengeance when the health benefits get cut?
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I think that issues, demons, whatever they are tend to make themselves known. Seal off one outlet, and another emerges. Which is to say that I don't think anything pressing will allow itself to stay paused for too long - it'll just find a creative new way to make itself heard.
...Which is why denial is so damn handy (for the individual that is, not for those around them).
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Now if you'll excuse me, I'm-a gonna cry in the corner over the loss of my comment.
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Why not just face one's demons with a pill-shooting gun?
Bystander 1: "Oh my God, he's got a gun!"
Bystander 2: "And a demon, too!"
Man w/ gun: "Eat hot Prozac, demon!"
*shoots demon with full-auto spray of Prozac*
Demon: "Grarrr! I'm overdosing!"
*demon asplodes*
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But heh, I can see where sometimes it would be a toss-up. ;)
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