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Drug may boost motivation for people with depression (www.futurity.org)
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[โ€“] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Is this not how most depression medicines work?

I thought that's why they all have warnings about increased thoughts of suicide, and why some doctors hesitate to prescribe: the meds might give someone in a bad place just enough of a push to get moving that they follow through with suicide.