[protoman3000]

> Note 2: do not fix with cognition what can be fixed with chemistry. Before anything else, your brain is a biological machine.

No no no. Stop with the senseless proliferation of pills. If pills were the solution we would not see the huge need for talk therapy - which works only if there is a genuine therapeutic relationship. If you think this further, if you’re in a situation where your therapist is the only non-toxic person in your environment and the only person you can truly connect to, then it’s not your “brain chemistry” but the toxic environment you need to get out of. Don’t take pills to endure shit. Don’t drink coffee to replace sleep.

[schneebyte]

Sometimes they can be a prerequisite for talk therapy to be useful. Or lets say, without them, the chance of success would be very low.

[zero0529]

Huh thought he meant proper nutrition. Didn’t even think he meant pills.

[bruce343434]

Talk therapy can not fix depression or ADHD or bipolar or schizophrenia. Pills can mitigate some of the fundamental chemical imbalances present in those brains.

[mattnewport]

At least for depression, the chemical imbalance theory has long been disproved, a recent summary of the evidence: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/20/scientists-q...

[Nonoyesnoyes]

Very simple view you have.

Ritalin helped me a lot.

[BytesAndGears]

Your use case doesn’t contradict the post that you replied to

[Nonoyesnoyes]

Yes it does.

The pill was the solution.

[Arisaka1]

A pill solving something doesn't mean that it's the only way or even the best way to solve that something.

[Nonoyesnoyes]

I didn't say that. But in my case it does and I can't talk through adhs...

Pills are.nit inherently bad.

Pills are/can be what glasses are for eyes.