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[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers[S] 3 insightful - 6 fun3 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 6 fun -  (4 children)

I know how these drugs work and yes they were prescribed in consultation with a doctor by doing actual tests and these drugs have helped me immensely. Without my ADHD meds I would have no job because I wouldn't be able to concentrate at all and without the SSRIs I would be laying in bed all day.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I mean this as gently as possible but that’s not how the drugs work. That’s the effect they have. Twain is asking if you understand the drug mechanisms or their history.

Like, do you know what an SSRI is?

[–]GenderbenderShe/her/hers[S] 3 insightful - 9 fun3 insightful - 8 fun4 insightful - 9 fun -  (2 children)

Yes it produces serotonin.

[–]MarkTwainiac 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Genderbender, the fact that you think an SSRI drug "produces serotonin" shows you don't understand. Such drugs do not produce serotonin, they inhibit/delay the uptake or re-absorption of serotonin in/by nerve cells.

The acronym SSRI stands for selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor. If these drugs produced serotonin, they'd be know by the acronym SP, short for serotonin producer.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No. No it does not.