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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: I know people, including members of my family, who’ve had a much worse time getting off SSRIs than people have getting…

On the recordFebruary 20, 2025
I know people, including members of my family, who’ve had a much worse time getting off SSRIs than people have getting off heroin.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Democratic · New York

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Kennedy compares the difficulty of stopping SSRIs to heroin withdrawal.

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