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IbogaProject

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5. SSRIs have bigger risks w teens

Reply to NNadir (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 3, 2023, 08:28 PM

Mar 2023

I think those under 25 don't have fully developed frontal lobes so the SSRIs while ok for over 25 might present different risks w that age cohort. The risk of "sucidial ideation" is increased by those meds and more severely for the younger group. Might be a small shift from 1 in 1000 to 1 in 100, but that's an possible effect. I am aware that our countries lax gun policies bear most of the blame for our mass shooting carnage.

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