#antidepressants — Public Fediverse posts

@hedders I was reminded to revisit #Suede on listening to their 2025 release #antidepressants. Very good stuff 😎👍

Prescribed Antidepressants Thwarted by Mitski

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thehardtimes.net/music/prescribed-antidepressants-thwarted-by-mitski/

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-millions-birth-uncover-autism-surge.html

(if past is prologue US litigiousness will not take long to board this train, this time perhaps deservedly)

Prenatal exposure to medications that inhibit #sterol #biosynthesis, including certain #antidepressants, #antipsychotics, #betablockers, and #statins, is associated with a significantly increased risk of #autism spectrum disorder in offspring, with risk rising in a dose-dependent manner…pregnancies with such exposure increased from 4.3% in 2014 to 16.8% in 2023.

@news That's a misleading interpreation.

You know what increases #suicidality in people with #depression? Getting better.

#Antidepressants often help depressed #patients get better.

#Suicide is hard. It's against fundamental human program. So it takes lots of energy to do it. When a depressed person gets better, they gain necessary energy.

A common solution is to give antidepressants + benzodiazepines for a while. A study that finds suicides with antidepressants ONLY confirms this.

Drugs boost serotonin, socialization in multiple autism mouse models

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/drugs-boost-serotonin-socialization-in-multiple-autism-mouse-models/

#neurotransmitters #antidepressants #clinicaltrials #socialdeficits #socialreward #mousemodels #treatments #serotonin #16p11.2 #autism #News #FMR1