SSRIs

topic on 8 shows · 15 statements across 14 episodes

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15 statements about SSRIs, every show

a16z Assertion Partly supported
Mares: Ketamine therapy works better than SSRIs for severe depression and PTSD
“Ketamine therapy, ketamine assisted therapy works better than SSRIs in many cases, especially for treating things that are very intense, like treatment resistant depression, PTSD, things like this.”
Justin Mares Feb 4, 2026 ▶ 27:57 How Truemed Is Incentivizing Americans to Invest in Prevention
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Calacanis: Upwards of 20% of American kids are on SSRIs, Adderall, or stimulants
“I'll be, I talked a little bit earlier about the medication that they're putting all these kids on, and I'm going to keep talking about it because we're talking about, you know, upwards of 20% of our kids have been on SSRIs or on Adderall or some stimulant rig…”
Jason Calacanis Sep 19, 2025 ▶ 20:09 Charlie Kirk Murder, Assassination Culture in America, Jimmy Kimmel Suspended, Ellison Media Empire
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Carlson: One-fifth of Americans are on SSRIs
“One-fifth of the entire American population is on SSRIs”
Tucker Carlson Sep 9, 2025 ▶ 49:31 Tucker Carlson and Mark Cuban Debate How to Save America 🔥 | All-In Summit 2025
ALL-IN Opinion
Tucker Carlson calls for an immediate ban on SSRIs
“The whole country is addled on drugs, and it's changing the nature of people, and making them into something that is less than people, and it should be banned immediately.”
Tucker Carlson Sep 9, 2025 ▶ 49:58 Tucker Carlson and Mark Cuban Debate How to Save America 🔥 | All-In Summit 2025
Wilkinson: Taking an SSRI improved my mental state more than wealth
“No amount of money or success or attention or anything else had done what this little tiny yellow pill could do for my mental state. And so now I've been on an SSRI for four and a half years or something like that.”
Andrew Wilkinson Jul 3, 2025 ▶ 1:13:17 I’ve run 75+ businesses. Here’s why you’re probably chasing the wrong idea. | Andrew Wilkinson
ALL-IN Assertion Contradicted
Tony Robbins claims meta-studies prove SSRIs do not work
“SSRIs don't work. They don't. They've been proven not to work by the meta studies, but we're still giving them millions of people.”
Tony Robbins Jun 19, 2025 ▶ 22:08 Tony Robbins | All-In Live from Miami
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Supported
Mack: Meta-analysis shows dance therapy is the top treatment for depression
“The number one, however, significantly more than exercise and cognitive behavioral therapy, higher than yoga, higher than Tai Chi, was dancing. Dance therapy outperformed exercise significantly. Dance, According to this meta-analysis had the greatest impact in…”
George Mack May 5, 2025 ▶ 47:35 The Most Valuable Skill For Any Founder
TBPN Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mares: Exercise and sleep treat chronic conditions better than pharmaceuticals
“If you look at studies, they show that exercise, sleep supplements, all these things actually work better for treating many chronic conditions than, you know, SSRIs or any such sort of other like pharmaceutical intervention.”
Justin Mares Mar 14, 2025 ▶ 3:38 Justin Mares talks Tru Med, MAHA, and the Future of CPG.
BIGDEAL Assertion Contradicted
Codie Sanchez: 60% of US women under 30 have taken antidepressants
“For women under 30 in the US, 60% of them at some point in time have been on an SSRI or an antidepressant.”
Codie Sanchez Nov 30, 2024 ▶ 31:53 Kim Kardashian’s Personal Trainer: Transform Your Body In 1 Month | Senada Greca
TBPN Insight
Coogan: Medical practice consistently shifts over time from lifestyle advice to drug prescriptions
“There's some condition that doctors recommend a lifestyle changes for. Then an exciting new medication comes out and over a generation or so, doctors go from demanding the lifestyle change to gesturing at the lifestyle change before prescribing the medication …”
John Coogan Nov 19, 2024 ▶ 53:00 Who's Getting Rich Off Ozempic? (e12)
BIGDEAL Assertion Supported
Israetel: Exxua antidepressant matches SSRI efficacy without libido or appetite side effects
“There's a new medication that just got approved in early twenty-twenty-four, late twenty-twenty-three. Japerone is the not the trade name, Japerone is the generic name, the trade name is Exua. E-X-X-U-A. I don't know who the hell comes up with these drug names…”
Dr. Mike Israetel Nov 13, 2024 ▶ 18:56 THIS One Thing All Fit People Know — | Mike Israetel
MY FIRST MILLION Assertion Contradicted
Means: 25% of American women are taking SSRIs
“SSRIs, now 25% of women are in SSRIs.”
Calley Means Jun 26, 2024 ▶ 3:06 The Dark Story Behind Ozempic’s $500B Business Empire
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Supported
Patrick: Running Matches Antidepressant Efficacy of SSRIs
“It's undeniable that doing aerobic exercise, like they've compared running to classical antidepressants like SSRI, so serotonin reuptake inhibitors, right? The, in terms of the antidepressant effects, it's like the same only the running has all the other benef…”
Dr. Rhonda Patrick Apr 2, 2024 ▶ 1:20:16 Dr. Rhonda Patrick: Diet Essentials For Healthy Living
a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated
Robbins: SSRI antidepressant medications do not work
“They don't work, and yet we still sell them for some reason.”
Tony Robbins Dec 20, 2023 ▶ 20:50 Tony Robbins on the Future of Health & Longevity
Ley: SSRIs are very likely causing many mass shooting incidents
“And then the second thing is that it's very likely that SSRIs are actually causing a lot of these.”
Brian Lay Jun 16, 2016 ▶ 11:12 The Math Behind Donald Trumps Brain, EP 293: Brian Ley,

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