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Darryl-Lee Prince

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135 total appearances

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No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

What I do know, having worked for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals on sertraline for many years, having been around when fluoxetine was first put out there, what I can tell you is that they've done a lot of research, but we're only getting data as we go along.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

And so far, there hasn't been significant improvement.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

issues that happen in the long term.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

But I think it's a cautionary game because we know adults can take these for years and years and years.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

I think the idea of using them in children is to do it for as minimum amount of time as possible to effect a management program alongside other things because you need to have the body system mature and grow and do what it's supposed to do.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

And it is up to us to really think about that and do no harm.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

I mean, that's really the point is not be gung-ho with it because I think that's a mistake.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

Oh, yes, absolutely.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

And I have seen it so often where you've done it and it's life changing.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

And it's amazing.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

It really does rely on a differential diagnosis.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

You have to think complexly about this whole infrastructure that you're dealing with.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

You can't just tick, tick, tick, you've got this.

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

I think you really do have to look at it and think, well, how is this going to fit into the place of this complex situation?

No Such Thing as Normal
34. Mental health, medication and neurodivergent burnout

And what else can we add to this to make it a really holistic approach, not just a full on, here's a medication, go away and get better.

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