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j4r8h t1_j2qpuc6 wrote

I haven't done a ton of research on the topic but I can say that anecdotally I was prescribed methylphenidate at an absurdly high dose at 13 years old and it absolutely wrecked my mental health, caused severe depression and possibly a bit of psychosis. It took me years to recover. I am honestly lucky that I didn't commit suicide. Based on my experience I am of the opinion that this stuff should not be prescribed to kids period. No responsible organization would allow children to be prescribed this stuff at the dose I was prescribed. The dosage was such that I was basically a tweaker, getting extremely high every day at school and then withdrawing horribly every night.

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j4r8h t1_j2qpeb1 wrote

Me personally, I received childhood vaccines and received flu vaccines as an adult up until last year, but now I've become skeptical of the FDAs motives, didn't receive a covid vaccine, won't be receiving any more flu vaccines, weaned myself off of a prescription medication for depression and actually have felt much better off of it, and I'm not planning on taking any more pharmaceutical products unless I absolutely have to. So yes I do distrust the FDA on all topics at this point, not just this topic. If you believe that the FDA could be lying to you about one topic, you could also assume that they are lying about many other topics.

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j4r8h t1_j2qoqxk wrote

Given how the FDA approved Oxycontin with no study on addiction, and has approved potent stimulants for kids as ADHD medication, I think it's quite fair to be skeptical of their motives. A bit of research into their history shows that they are more concerned with protecting pharma profits than actually keeping people safe.

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j4r8h t1_j2qmqpz wrote

Something that most people on here won't admit is that science can be censored. The internet is heavily censored these days in most countries including the US. If there is some major scientific development that the government doesn't want people to see, then we are not going to see it. Science can't exactly be fabricated but it can be censored and hidden from the public eye. I am also skeptical of any science that comes directly from government agencies rather than independent research. If you don't want to consume state media, then you shouldn't consume state science either. I'm just speaking in general, not talking about wind farms here. I know very little about wind farms and the conspiracies about them seem quite silly to me at first glance.

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