From the previous thread:

re: #123 The Pie Overlord!

THIS IS THE STUPIDEST & MOST DANGEROUS THING YOU WILL READ ALL DAY:

r/yffinhell

Am I an addict if I cold turkey my epilepsy meds because sometimes they cause me negative side effects (notably one being the same as anti-depressants: slow me down or make me feel tired)? I guarantee I’ll have negative effects in about two or three days if I just quit taking my barbiturates.

How about my thyroid medication? How about my prescription calcium to stave off osteoporosis?

Holy hell that article is irresponsible. Shaming people for taking antidepressants will cause people who need them to quit, and cause others who might benefit from never starting. That sounds like it came right out of the big book of Scientology.

“Americans are more medicated than any time in history” is a meaningless sentence.

This guy also wrote an article about Type II diabetes some time ago, and his conclusion was “well, if y’all weren’t so fat we wouldn’t have this problem.”

He has a column in the second-largest newspaper in the USA?

I see people with all sorts of chronic disorders (depression, epilepsy, diabetes, asthma, &c) plus a whole bunch of journalists and physicians are dragging him out to the woodshed.