antidepressants

also referred to as: antidepressant

6 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 11, 2021 by Sean Weisbrot · across every show →

Everything said about antidepressants, oldest first

Nov 11, 2021 negative
Opinion
Weisbrot: Pharma and Healthcare Industries Design Medications for Profit, Not Healing
“Pharmaceutical industry and the medical industry and the hospitals are all in it together to get you onto opioids, painkillers, antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications, anything like that is designed not to help you. It's designed to keep you giving them mon…”
Sean Weisbrot Nov 11, 2021 ▶ 34:49 He Called It a State of Flow Multiplied by 100
Feb 2, 2022 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Weisbrot: 80% of American adults take antidepressants
“Eight out of 10 adults in America are on some sort of antidepressant.”
Sean Weisbrot Feb 2, 2022 ▶ 21:11 Psilocybin Made a Purely Logical Man Say I Love You to His Brother
Apr 28, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Current antidepressant use is an exclusion criterion in psychedelic clinical trials
“Being on an antidepressant so far is an exclusionary criteria in probably all the clinical trials right now.”
Dr. Linda Strauss Apr 28, 2022 ▶ 22:45 Psilocybin Breaks Neural Connections - Then Therapy Rewires Them
Dec 26, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
Tombot is designed to replace antidepressants and opioids in elderly patients
“Looking for things that can replace an antidepressant. Something that can replace a an opioid type of medication. Is really the mission that Tombot is on and the void that we felt is that children or loved ones, other loved ones or pets are frequently what peo…”
Tom Stevens Dec 26, 2023 ▶ 24:29 Dogs Evolved Unique Eye Muscles Just to Make You Care for Them
Jun 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Sean Weisbrot: Psilocybin acts as a serotonin inhibitor without antidepressant withdrawal symptoms
“Mushrooms are a natural serotonin uptake inhibitor. Just like these you know, these antidepressants, however, they don't have the awful withdrawal symptoms. You know, it doesn't take months to get off of. You can start it and stop it whenever you want. So it's…”
Sean Weisbrot Jun 3, 2025 ▶ 4:39 One Turns the Lights On. The Other Walks You Toward Them.
Jul 11, 2025 negative
Opinion
Weisbrot: Many Americans use antidepressants to numb reality rather than face hardship
“And I think a lot of them are on antidepressants because it's easier than not being on antidepressants. It's easier to numb yourself than to be part of reality. And to accept that things are not always as easy as you want them to be.”
Sean Weisbrot Jul 11, 2025 ▶ 25:09 People Learn What They Think When They Hear Themselves Speak
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