Oh, The Places You'll Go When Trying To Figure Out The Right Dose Of Escitalopram

There has, however, been a recent change in the approach of the medical establishment towards the use of SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) medications for children and teenagers. The WHO fact sheet about depression refers to antidepressants and states that, “They should not be used for treating depression in children and are not the fir

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Also, psychedelics have a fundamental discordance with allopathic research which can never be overcome. The placebo problem is unsolvable. And these medicines are customarily adjacent to non-directive therapy, and ongoing integration. We'll never be able to quantify those things in a trial format the same we we can for a blood pressure pill. Finall... See more

Z-drugs also don’t have much of an anti-anxiety effect and so don’t promote psychological dependence as powerfully as the benzodiazepines. I know this lack of tranquillizing effect from personal experience. When I first took a zopiclone tablet on the night flight back from Atlanta to London, it didn’t seem to be working. After about half an hour I

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It is known that the likelihood of long-term therapeutic gains increases with the likelihood of the subject having a mystical experience, prima facie evidence favoring a critical role for subjectivity. It is precisely the high emotional impact of the memories of the vivid and highly unusual psychedelic experience that serves as the primary source o

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