Overheard a commercial for a medication while my roommate was watching TV. It said “don’t stop taking ___ unless your doctor tells you to” but this indirectly is already telling you to not stop taking said medication.

Be aware of the subliminal messaging your brain is being trained to believe.

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I know people who’ve been taking antidepressants for years. They’re not supposed to be taken for life, it’s supposed to be an on-ramp that enables you to make better choices, and those choices are what make you not depressed, and then you get off the meds. But no one will get you off the meds except you.

If a medication is not actively making you better or enabling your normal functioning, then yeah stop taking it, don’t just wait for a doctor to tell you, because they won’t.

Be aware of what you hear, and make conscious decisions not believe what isn’t logical.

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The problem with something like diabetes requiring continuous use, at least in type 2 diabetes, is that that’s not true. Diabetes is an effect of your lifestyle choices, not a cause. If you changed how you live, an example being gaining muscle and getting a better diet, you literally could get rid of the disease

If the medication is for conditions like high blood pressure or diabetes, which require continuous use, using this type of advertising might not be problematic. The goal is to ensure patients don't stop taking their medication without consulting their doctor.