This article has many excellent points. I do not believe SSRIs are justified in teens in any way. Medicalizing normal and teaching youth there is a pill for all ailments does not lend itself to independence and success in adulthood. The idea of all these kids being 'gender dysphoric' though is preposterous to me. The diagnosis is bogus t…
This article has many excellent points. I do not believe SSRIs are justified in teens in any way. Medicalizing normal and teaching youth there is a pill for all ailments does not lend itself to independence and success in adulthood. The idea of all these kids being 'gender dysphoric' though is preposterous to me. The diagnosis is bogus today and handed out like candy (although a few might actually suffer form this mental condition). It is highly subjected, has changed through the years to capture more victims, often comes from young people indoctrinated via peers and social media and culture, is trending in medicine , etc...saying you are 'gender dysphoric' and being so are different things in today's world. Saying you are so gets access to drugs. Teens know this. That is all that is needed to get a prescription. Youth are taught to game the system on YouTube, with peers, etc. Having language to attribute feelings to can be dangerous in and of itself and 'gender dysphoria' serves that purpose well. Pharma is drooling.
That being said the points made about dumbing emotions and post SSRI sexual dysfunction cannot be overlooked. It is hard to know what comes first - the drugs for depression and anxiety or the drugs to 'transition'. Many of these young people become worse off on cross sex hormones and then are readily prescribed SSRIs. Testosterone though increases libido in females and causes aggressive behaviors. Spend any time on YouTube and the libido talk is there. (I have written about it). Who knows what the cocktail of cross sex hormones combined with SSRIs does but it cannot be good.
The cocktail hardly stops there. Females are often encouraged to go on finasteride for hair loss? Males uses this as part of transitioning. Often HIV drugs are encouraged.
Finasteride has a horrific risk profile. I wrote about it here:
This article has many excellent points. I do not believe SSRIs are justified in teens in any way. Medicalizing normal and teaching youth there is a pill for all ailments does not lend itself to independence and success in adulthood. The idea of all these kids being 'gender dysphoric' though is preposterous to me. The diagnosis is bogus today and handed out like candy (although a few might actually suffer form this mental condition). It is highly subjected, has changed through the years to capture more victims, often comes from young people indoctrinated via peers and social media and culture, is trending in medicine , etc...saying you are 'gender dysphoric' and being so are different things in today's world. Saying you are so gets access to drugs. Teens know this. That is all that is needed to get a prescription. Youth are taught to game the system on YouTube, with peers, etc. Having language to attribute feelings to can be dangerous in and of itself and 'gender dysphoria' serves that purpose well. Pharma is drooling.
That being said the points made about dumbing emotions and post SSRI sexual dysfunction cannot be overlooked. It is hard to know what comes first - the drugs for depression and anxiety or the drugs to 'transition'. Many of these young people become worse off on cross sex hormones and then are readily prescribed SSRIs. Testosterone though increases libido in females and causes aggressive behaviors. Spend any time on YouTube and the libido talk is there. (I have written about it). Who knows what the cocktail of cross sex hormones combined with SSRIs does but it cannot be good.
The cocktail hardly stops there. Females are often encouraged to go on finasteride for hair loss? Males uses this as part of transitioning. Often HIV drugs are encouraged.
Finasteride has a horrific risk profile. I wrote about it here:
https://margox.substack.com/p/sometime-hair-does-not-grow-back?r=1kuq0