I think there’s some confusion here regarding the term “OTC.” Original poster used it to mean “on the shelf”, suggesting it should be the same as buying Tylenol. This is not legal anywhere in the US and doctors do not promote it. What is supported is buying it without a prescription with a consultation from the…

I think there’s some confusion here regarding the term “OTC.” Original poster used it to mean “on the shelf”, suggesting it should be the same as buying Tylenol. This is not legal anywhere in the US and doctors do not promote it. What is supported is buying it without a prescription with a consultation from the…

“It does recognize the work she has done since to transform herself.”

I don’t mean to disempower and am pretty disillusioned by voting myself, but I just know that this just isn’t the avenue. Yelling about throwing sound medical reasoning out with the bathwater just doesn’t seem wise.

There isn’t a pro-choice doctor on this planet who would advocate for this. The farthest they will go is to suggest that pharmacists be able to give it out without a prescription - like with Plan B. Maybe lets defer to the experts. Also - if there are pharmacists out there unwilling to give it out, what the hell makes…

I have hope because the city of Santa Monica already has a program for Black families who were displaced when the city decided to build a freeway through their neighborhoods. It’s proving to be a pretty good guidebook on getting these ideas off the ground. While California has its fair share of loonies, it will…

What’s always so telling and sad is that active shooters are the one instance in which healthcare workers are allowed to flee. Any other type of emergency - you first have to try to save lives. It tells you just how deadly and often times hopeless these situations are.

That’s a very reductive definition of it. Most of the MD’s I work with who’ve been practicing allopathic medicine for decades wouldn’t have this narrow-minded of a response - there’s no wisdom in it and you’ll never be able to reach people who need your care with this type of reaction.

The obvious answer is nobody should have to martyr themselves to keep children from dying.

Good time for the reminder that “Protect and serve” is a PR line and in no way a legal obligation. Cops are in fact extremely legally protected if they chose not to engage in something that could harm them. So much of the mythology around cops is actually much more applicable to firefighters - who not only fight fires…

There are legit fertility doctors out there and there are people with no children who really want children and are trying really hard to make it happen, and I hope it happens for them.

They really be making podcasts about anything.

Completely agree. In a cult, the mindset affects everything you do, from sleeping, to brushing your teeth, to eating, to going to work, to educating your children. I know a lot of Disney adults who hold regular jobs, eat regularly, and are otherwise normal (with the exception of their obsession with Disney that I…

And her words are a reminder that not everything we talk about in therapy should be turned into a social media post. Her experience sounds like a f*cked up situation, but ‘social media mental health’ is garbage unless approached with so much freaking nuance that it likely becomes boring to read.

she was an easy and vulnerable target coming from a broken home and was confused about her sexuality

100%

I’ve worked in healthcare in Louisiana and let me tell you - Lousiana has some of the poorest counties in the country - and it shows! These parents have no f*cking support - no access to preventative care, no access to adequate services - they bring their children into the nearest city hospital (sometimes hours away)…

The legal system is so f*cking weird. If you went to the doctor’s office and were treated using 300 year old ideas that society had evolved beyond you could get the doctor stripped of their license to practice and would also maybe die.

I think you have to see him in action. Brooding sensitive boy with Irish accent in Normal People was devastating.

A great person for calculating risk is your doctor. Who you should share your health information with, including whether or not you have migraines, which is all Bieber says about the pill if you watch the video.