I don’t want to undermine her faith in antidepressants as she takes them herself, but I do think it is important that patients are given correct information to help them make decisions about antidepressants with their doctor. I’m not convinced Dr Ellie understands the criticisms of what she said by labelling them “anti-psychiatry”. Although she may have been trying to dispel myths, she has perpetuated the myth that depression is due to a “chemical imbalance” in the brain (see eg. previous post). She’s not the only doctor that misleads her patients in this way.
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Sad how many are springing to defend her and calling prescribed harm victims “trolls” who are a “mob” piling on this GP and “harassing her” bc she has a “different opinion”. She has a dangerous, wrong “opinion” and has not addressed the serious risks of dependency, severe WD, mania, PSSD, suicide from akathisia or other drug reactions.
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