An Open Letter To RFK Jr As One Of Those Crazy People On SSRI’s
*audio of this essay will be up at WeLoveCorey.com the very second he gets his voice back!*
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I don’t know if y’all have heard, but RFK Jr in all his anointed glory has decided that perhaps Prozac and Lexapro and things of such nature are not necessary. The types of drugs that are responsible for (and I’m sorry to morbid) me not jumping off a fucking bridge:)
Are some people on SSRI’s that don’t need to be? Absolutely. That’s true of literally any medication in the world. Probably Ozempic most of all, but let’s not even go there
People like RFK Jr will say things like “an overwhelming number of school shooters were on SSRI’s!”
Ok? And….? You mean people who did some crazy shit were on pills for mental instability? Well I’ll be damned, the next thing I know you’ll be telling me that everyone who died with a fried chicken leg in their mouth was on diabetes medicine!
No. Fucking. Shit!
Of course sometimes the disease is too strong for the medicine. But we aren’t gonna outlaw chemo because not everyone who gets treated by it survives cancer are we? Of course not!
I suffer from depression (shocker) and while I also do things differently now to alleviate the symptoms: diet (down 50 lbs since diagnosis) exercise (walk around 10 miles a day. Do high rep/light weight dumbbells twice a week) sleep (although posting this at this hour doesn’t help my case, I do get more than I used to. I also regularly nap with my son for a few hours)
I can ALSO tell you that I consider my life split into 2 chapters: Before Therapy and Lexapro/After Therapy and Lexapro
Did the therapy do some heavy lifting? You bet your ass! It gave me tools to deal with my struggles mentally when I was on the road and felt like collapsing before. And I highly suggest that you don’t just pop pills, but instead do ALL the work…. But that said….
Prozac was and is a game changer. Because as it turns out, the reason that for over 30 years no matter how good I had it and no matter how hard I tried I just couldn’t find peace… well it’s cause I have a mental imbalance and my brain doesn’t produce enough dopamine.
For those of you out there who say “it’s not that hard, just suck it up!” Congrats! Your brain likely produces enough dopamine and you genuinely can’t fathom life without it!
I sort of had the reverse effect when I got on Prozac. Once it started working on me and my brain functioned like a normal person, I was almost PISSED! “I coulda just been feeling this way the whole damn time? Damn I’ve been running life on hard mode! Can’t believe I accomplished all I did under this dark cloud!”
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that after I started taking Prozac….even during a global pandemic where I had a job that I was not even allowed to do anymore (stand up comedian) I actually ended up finding more success than I ever have before. Both financially, and creatively.
It truly flipped the script on that whole “comedians must be tortured artists!” Thing. I was free from it. I remain free from it. I became better husband, friend, brother, son, and thank God I started on this path before I became a father because I can proudly say that it has made me the absolute best dad that my two year old boy could ask for
Because of my journey, I will be able to see early the warning signs in him, and will be able to give him an ear and a shoulder.
Hopefully he is not like his dad. Hopefully he needs none of this. But if he does, I am begging for his sake, and for his father’s sake, please do not try and take away SSRI’s just to gain political points with fascists and frankly, those who need them but have gone untreated and are lashing out instead of asking for help.
I’m asking as calm as I can. Please do not do this. If you think we have a mental health crisis now, just wait till the old Corey Ryan Forrester shows back up lol. He was not a lot of fun, let me tell you right now.
Have some compassion. Let those of us whose brains suck live in the peace you take for granted every day.
And if you’ve read this far and have some sort of smirk on your face because you can’t wait to “own a liberal!” Who is suffering, kindly send me your address so that I can put it in my google maps so I can figure out how long I need to go without showering before I pull up to your house and make you suck my vinegary balls.
God bless
‘Corey Ryan Forrester
If this unqualified appointee tries to own the libs using withdrawal of medicines, I personally will drive you, Corey, and provide some of the finest apple cider vinegar for the feat. We all have to step up to live through this nightmare.
SSRIs (Prozac, Zoloft) and SNRI (Lexapro) eyes have been huge game changers with respect to management of depression and anxiety. RFK Jr is approaching his job just like Republicans approach every issue: “if I personally or none of the people close to me don’t have this problem, this problem does not exist therefore, all solutions to this problem are unnecessary bullshit”. One of the fundamental issues on the Right is the complete and utter lack of any ability to sympathize or step out of their own and get in someone else’s shoes.