Dr. Phil on the Opioid Epidemic | Joe Rogan

Taken from Joe Rogan Experience #1254 w/Dr. Phil:
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[@El_Diego86]

I was Addicted to Opioids for 7 years and I quit cold turkey, that was the worst month of my life. I’m so happy I got through it.

[@BoulderonShoulder]

Good job my dude! Can you try to tell what you felt and experienced?

[@Joe-og6br]

Attention seeking.

[@BoulderonShoulder]

@@Joe-og6br I think hes earned the attention with ending a 7 year opioid addiction cold turkey. And please take your negative energy to other negative people, have a nice day, adios!

[@beerandtacos4747]

Good for you man!!

[@jkatsludge6182]

Dude yeah. Withdrawals suck. Congrats

[@bigguy1164]

I prefer this Dr. Phil over TV Phil

[@brianstone3722]

big guy me too the guy is very knowledgeable great interview

[@rudolphbeasley5652]

@ZTOID Thats not totally his fault. I highly doubt he has anything to do with editing and production. Just because his name is on the title doesn't mean he has that much control over the show (same with Ellen and Steve Harvey and pretty much everyone not named Oprah).

[@aticsmtb]

My thoughts too.

[@fubarace1027]

Agreed, this version seems like a real person, a good guy.

[@ayandavilakazi3805]

What is up with your profile picture?

[@WhallonJesse]

"You cannot chemically babysit your children". That is so on point.

[@Nickfiles92]

Jess Whallon I, no shit, was reading your comment as Dr. Phil said that quote. Powerful.

[@IKIGAIofficial]

sadly, you dont need a license to be a parent.

[@plgfritz]

Check out the parents he just had on this last Monday and Tuesday, Susan and Cory Cabana.

[@bamadeadhead]

The Jetavana Grove no its just over used. You’ve NEVER done anything cool have you?

[@dannggokies9129]

Its genius

[@MartinJohnZ]

This guy is a walking library of amazing oneliners.

[@4everu984]

It’s a Texas thing. My favorite 2 Texas wisdoms are simple: 1) Bullshit stinks 2) Never play another mans card game. 🥰

[@deceasedbyphantom]

A lot of which he's famous for having stole actually.

[@regiirecords8829]

@@deceasedbyphantom "Old sayings get to be old sayings because they're profound" - Abraham Lincoln via Dr. Phil in this video

[@soilalpin900ad5]

@@4everu984puff puff pass, Herpesvirus motto

[@jgbuonanno]

He looks like that math teacher who smoked and drank coffee at lunch

[@timh4158]

He looks like a health teacher who always lays his hands on girls' shoulders as he's talking about their bodies.

[@PhialTrout]

@@timh4158 God, it's too right

[@theCelticDragon1]

He couldn't just drink coffee, he had to smoke it too?

[@richardpowell1772]

And, when you go to a nudist beach thinking you’re going to see hot, naked women, and it’s mostly populated with guys who look like him. Not that I would know anything about that...🤔😒

[@MaynardOwns]

Nah the shop teacher that hung out by the stairs well so he can look up skirts of girls as they used the stairs

[@thevinmeister5015]

When I broke up with my first ex, I was very depressed and just didn’t know how to deal with it. I moved back with my parents, struggled to find a job and my mood drove my so called friends away. I’m glad that my family doctor took the time to ask about certain events and such and was able to refer me to a counsellor. It only took 1 session with the guy to figure out that what I was going through was completely normal and showed me how to find constructive ways to cope with all the changes. No pills were needed and I eventually got better.

[@MXRiderFiftyTwo]

Everything in life is temporary. A relationship break up can be very hard on ones soul. Get out in nature and do something that really makes you happy. Even pick up a sport you once did as a kid. Take notice of your thoughts. Eat healthy, and exercise.

[@robertalust5466]

That’s situational depression, and you are right coping skills are the answer, but on the other hand you’ve got clinical depression…. Life is going amazing…everything is stable and successful, but you feel like dying….that’s when you need medication in many cases..

[@jacobmontgomery1954]

@@robertalust5466 bro you can’t tell ppl they have “clinical depression” as a fucking KZbin commenter. You’re not a dr w

[@jacobmontgomery1954]

@@robertalust5466😂😂

[@bkdesignr]

“you cannot chemically babysit your children”

[@eoinkearney6459]

Basic common sense that unfortunately seems lost on too many people.

[@ymatT601]

Chloroform says different!

[@bkdesignr]

MAT T 😂😂😂

[@steeloo4750]

Send them to the ranch

[@dellreed9589]

EIGHTEEN NAKED COWBOYS

[@Nick23at63]

I worked in a hospital for 18 years, and I can honestly say that most doctors don't care about what's best for the patient, they just want to get you in and get you out, then go to the next patient. They may not harm that patient in that one visit, but long-term, they don't care. They care about doing their job well enough to keep that job so that they can provide for themselves the life they desire, which often times is very luxurious. And I'll add that it isn't just doctors with this attitude, it's the whole damn healthcare industry, from the hospital CEO to the housekeeper cleaning rooms. At the end of the day, the patient isn't on their mind, it's their own livelihood that matters. Assembly-line medicine is what I call it.

[@MaxMustermann-ym7pj]

Horrible. The Doctors here in Germany the same egoistic Bastards. They are only interessted to make a lot of Money 🤑🖕. The Doctors who really helps you, are very rare 😢

[@SortaProfessional89]

The talk about adderall or ritalin really resonates with me. I was diagnosed with ADD over a 1month testing period. I was finally given the medication and it made me tired almost it took my energy level down to about a 5 from a 10 exactly the opposite of what stimulants are supposed to do. There is a clear cut difference between people who need them and people who don't and how they actually affect people. One of my friends in 5th grade when on the medication around the same time and it drove him into a frenzy he was off the walls and had energy for days the medication affected him completely different.

[@katiesmith661]

If I don’t take my adderall my mind goes to infinity and beyond. Trying to do anything that requires any level of focus is almost impossible. Plus all the other things that go with ADHD, like impulse control, not being able to tell 5 minutes vs 5hrs, anxiety and so much more. No doubt that people will lie to get the medication but I hate when people say it isn’t real.

[@ryanstoyles7611]

@@katiesmith661 YOU SHOULD PRACTICE USING YOUR MIND have you ever tried that? have you ever tried focusing? you say you can't . so what techniques have you attempted? what resources have you exhausted? or were u just raised on a television screen and never read a book and when it came time to use your mind you juast never had any practice and then when u took speed you noticed that it focused you - so that must mean you have an illness if speed made u concentrate

[@JohnSmith-lk4tt]

@@ryanstoyles7611 How to come off as an asshole 101

[@SortaProfessional89]

@@katiesmith661 I dont use adderall anymore at all and i haven't for years. Started taking it around 11 or 12 and stopped when i was 18. I found my own way of learning to focus and keep my attention on tasks. With that being said ADHD and ADD are different as im sure you know, and everyone's experience is unique. I would tell you to try the things that i tried but it took me years to get to where i am, and i feel things just don't work for some. Im 29 now and can focus on tasks the same way i would when i was taking the medication.

[@SortaProfessional89]

@@katiesmith661 I would say just ignore the people who are telling you the things you should and are not doing. You are the only person behind the wheel and the only one who truly knows yourself. If you truly want to change and get off them i believe you can do it. Try different things and find what works for you. Or if you are content with continuing to take the medication then that's okay too. Just know their are always repercussions to being on medication long term and the longer you are on it the more difficult it will be to get off.

[@TheNeilDarby]

Lol he got Dr. Phil

[@acidfruitloops]

Solid Phil I say.

[@haltuaketti420]

yeah the doctor wanted to light that joint up.

[@dondreytaylor8001]

@Dolly 'McHand' Trolley This numba one bullshit

[@drmariopepper4354]

Dr Phil the only guest who has to keep the mic away from his mouth🤣🤣🤣

[@WizardKenny]

DrMario Pepper strong ass voice 😂

[@FoxUnitNell]

Awesome is avatar icon? Dr. Mario.

[@flappygoons2837]

You are supposed to have it around 5-10cm from your mouth, but that depends on your voice (how much bass and volume etc.) like Dr.Phil here, he knows his voice, his thu`um

[@WD-hd1vw]

He's also a tv guy and understands how a mic works

[@floydpink4077]

WD 40 lol

[@adamlemus7585]

Meanwhile thanks to the changes made already do to the opioid epidemic it took me 5 hours driving around to find a pharmacy that had my medication in stock to fill. Spent 4 years denying prescription medication pretending I could just deal with the pain. Spending every day with trying to move as little as possible. My medication gave me a life.

[@adamlemus7585]

@UFCNUTTA Tried that. Didn't work. Wasn't looking to get high I was looking to not have pain be the for front or my entire life. But if it works for someone else go for it.

[@youknowwhoiam1314]

They have waged a war that is really only affecting people like me who have a valid reason to be on them. I get treated like a criminal every time I go to the pharmacy. I'm on the lowest dose possible and I use it on my as prescribed. Never abuse it. I hear you bud

[@Oddssss]

@UFCNUTTA theres a reason people get addicted to opioids easily my dude. they work like fucking magic. weed just isnt strong enough

[@JH-ki9xb]

You can buy stuff like that legal in Mexico and Canada... WTF America home of the free my ass

[@awsomesauce4141]

You look into methadone?

[@mgray999]

I am two years clean next month, and it can happen to nearly anyone. I feel like hydrocodone is safer for those with no addiction potential, but the oxy and pharmaceutical fent is where the problem is. I have had multiple prescriptions for hydrocodone years before for a dislocated jaw and wisdom tooth extraction with no problem. Putting them in a junk drawer for months while forgetting about them was easy and mindless. It was the time when I was given oxy that did it in and led me to other types of medication. Mental health has a lot to do with addiction, and a pain doctor or regular physician cannot determine the risk for underlying issues like that. I agree with Dr. Phil for a lot of what he is saying, but we also need to realize that some people are working more intense jobs. It is easy for him to say ice and Tylenol are sufficient for a job where he sits or stands for work. Many people are hurt on a job and cannot be out of work for long periods of time. Construction jobs are hard on the body, and money talks. Opioids make you work harder and longer, and that is appealing to many. The grass is always greener, and the prescriptions have benefits to both parties.

[@DR.64A9]

You're spot on about hydrocodone. This should be the go to pain med for wisdom teeth and other minor surgery. I was given oxy 10's for my wisdom teeth. Two years later I'm using dope. Hydrocodone is not nearly as powerful and still effective.

[@christinearmington]

The question is about opioids, but the anecdote Dr. Phil dishes out is about SRIs, not oxy. The crisis is Fentanyl. He completely mixes pain meds with mental health meds. It is tragic to hear someone with his reach of communication totally ignoring the plight of chronic pain patients, patients whose diagnosis goes way beyond a six minute office visit. Many, if not most chronic pain patients have gone through an exhaustive array of pain modalities before the prescription for meds are written sometimes after months of physical therapy. Please don’t throw out the baby (those who need meds to control pain) with the bath water.

[@DR.64A9]

Well said.

[@christinearmington]

tra ve Thanks. Great reply. I used to have extended release, and I didn’t realize how helpful it was. So I think I experience the base line now in the morning after the last dose has worn off for 8+ hours. But I keep looking for alternatives. I’ve started Qigong. So far CBD - even Charlotte’s Web - doesn’t help. Your kindness is appreciated. 😊

[@vietimports]

america's two favorite past times, food and drugs

[@JW-ln9ln]

Bro even the food is basically drugs with the amount of chemicals in it these days

[@oscarnuno2168]

I just ate a sausage sandwich and took the hydrocodone the dentist gave me and read this...... It's like you predicted my future.

[@justinkashtock333]

That's why we have a whole government Administration devoted to them!

[@danielcroyle2795]

And more drugs maybe some domestic violence stir things up

[@ChronicPainInTheAss]

And that will never change no matter what the govt tries to prohibit. The only thing prohibition does is create a more dangerous environment for all those who use drugs. After WWI soldiers came back addicted to heroin. They gave them daily doses and they lived their lives normally. They had families and worked jobs. As a country we're more backward regarding drugs and drug policy than 75 percent of the world. We need regulation and harm reduction ... PERIOD!. And the US government needs to quit taking this bullshit out.on non-DATA 2000 addiction medicine doctors and chronic pain patients. Currently the ONLY doctors given a FREE PASS (GOVT ISSUED WAIVER) to PRESCRIBE OPIOIDS ARE DATA 2000 ADDICTION MEDICINE DOCTORS AND THEY CAN ONLY PRESCRIBE TO OPIOID ADDICTS! Typical of the US government - SO FUCKED UP! Just like Dr Phil and his idioiot wife.

[@GunzyBreed]

I’ve seen this from the outside looking in as a child of an opioid addict. One of my life goals is to help as many people escape that addiction as I can.

[@godly04]

Was really hoping Dr. Phil would say diabeatus.

[@akbarselephant]

Mmmmkay

[@Popcorncedar]

That all sounds great but what do we do for the people that are addicted? And how do we not punish people that are in legitimate pain?

[@ipickedanamealready6953]

Kratom

[@sweetmamaschili4051]

It’s your fault for being an addict and maybe we could have a rehabilitation service for a few years until those who abused it died out but it’s mostly a fault of the user

[@dieseldiesel9292]

Suboxone treatment. I'm currently on it right now and tapering off. Very cheap too.

[@xxxhushxxx2933]

It's not always the fault of the user. I was addicted at 12 bc I didn't have caring parents. Had surgery, used all my percocett, liked the feeling, one year later I'm an iv heroin addict. A 13-14 yr old middle school kid that didn't know any better and had addiction take my childhood. I was the one that did it, but i wasn't an adult so imo, i wasn't really responsible for my actions like I am now. My parents were. So everyone has their story and reasons and its not always black and white.

[@jessarose2288]

The problem ia everyone assumes opiates are the best treatment for their pain and they're often not. My mom had a fucking djt because the doc at my grandma's nursing home wouldn't five her more Vicodin when she was complaining of pain in her feet and legs..."ridiculous! What do you think she's gonna get addixted she's 90 blah blah blah" no. My grandma is diabetic and her pain is caused by neuropathy...and there are several other non opioid drugs which tream thar type of pain much more effexrlt and safely

[@tonybones9638]

Ive been suffering w excruciating pain for years ..pain medication from my pain doctor is the only thing that has helped...So there are people out here that have benefits from pain medicine that other solutions couldnt...There are people that have positive situations...Not eveyone is a person that abuses this medicine....The people that do abuse these type of medications make it harder on patients that really need them.

[@bigbangattack97]

no one in your position is trying to abuse medication. abuse comes from ignorance. ignorance is the lack of knowledge, the knowledge the doctors medicating the patients should impart onto them. But they do not, they fill their scripts, get paid and get patients unknowingly hooked. Your anecdotal evidence does not mean anything, especially when you try to act higher than others that are now addicted to opoids. For sure there are people that do not get hooked on opoids. But how do you know you're not hooked? How long have you been on them? If you stopped taking them for a few days or a week, how would that go? I wish you the best bro but have a little more sense when you post online.

[@forestque1531]

j rok The fuck are you on about? OP was literally just expressing their opinion formed from an experience. Why does that need more care? How is that insensitive to people who abuse medication?? OP had an excellent point. People who deal with chronic pain should absolutely be taking part in this conversation and should be allowed to have a voice.

[@jackzimmer6553]

Tony Bones agreed!

[@bellabear653]

They don't care about you the reality is the drs have made their money and now they are trying to act innocent.

[@vintagecherries]

Went to a psychologist a couple months ago to prescribe me melatonin pills for insomnia and to get off my Xanax and find an alternative. He saw me less than five minutes and ended up prescribing me both Xanax and HEAVY old school anti depressants. Long story short I never visited him again. I fixed my sleeping schedule by having a consistent program and putting my body in schedule. It's crazy to me that he saw me less than five minutes, we didn't even discuss much about my life story and he just prescribed me heavy old school anti depressants. How? And why? And this is why Dr. Phil is correct on this. Some doctors don't even bother too much. They write down a prescription, get your money and.. adios!

[@cadenr395]

“Soccer mom heroin addicts.” -Dr. Phil

[@joelrivardguitar]

Pain clinics in Florida? That was like 10 years ago? The Oxycontin thing is over, the clinics are gone and the Oxycontin has wax in it. So has that helped the opiate epidemic? I'm still hearing about it so it seems all that did is make it harder for chronic pain patients to get meds and cause more heroin use?

[@DoggoWillink]

That’s exactly what it did. The OxyContin phase seems to have been a very large factor in the heroin use of today, probably the main contributor (not even Percocet really, just OxyContin specifically) Now fentanyl is the new thing though, I’ve read.

[@dr0ppazeti68]

fentanyl isnt the "new thing" so much as what we, in the opiate community, refer to as "Fentadope" - which is Heroin cut with Fentanyl. And thats actually what most heroin in the past 10 years has been cut with for a while now. most real heroin now is just weak Dope. The New thing if there is one, is fentalogues - essentially, research chemical-opiates .. Man-made syntheses of Fentanyl with small changes to the chemical structure that greatly change the effect/half-life/feeling of the drug... so thats the new thing, is the hundreds of analogs of Fentanyl going around the world. The opiod epidemic is still very much alive. @@DoggoWillink

[@realtorjames2586]

Exactly Joel!

[@MaynardOwns]

Oxycontin is just a name brand of oxycodone. It's extended release that they mad abuse proof. You can still get hydrocodone with Tylenol(Vicodin, laratab,narcos) oxycodone with Tylenol(Percocet and others) and the most popular straight oxycodone up to 30mg no Tylenol .. take as much as you can handle with out dying or killing your liver from Tylenol. Then there's morphine, hydromorphone (really strong shit) fentynal ( often cut with heroin/sold as heroin) most people OD b.c of fent. Also the most powerful opiate available.

[@dr0ppazeti68]

most powerful available is a fentalogue called like Ualphafent or some crazy shit. fentanyl's basicallly weak in comparison to the fentalogues making the rounds these days - i would know i inject them lol tolly is a whole bitch and you know your tolly is ridiculous when you can iv fentanyl and be "eh"@@MaynardOwns

[@mattarnold3847]

Been on 90 5mg percs a month for 12 years. Not happy about it but I can work to keep a roof over my family's head and food on the table. Every one says weed but I have licences that you can't get with weed in your system

[@77Friction]

Matt Arnold thats cuz big pharma wont allow weed to be legal! Legalize it! It needs to be more available!

[@davidkruse4030]

@@77Friction big pharma? I don’t think so

[@RowenJ420]

The response to the opoid epidemic almost killed me the Hospital Doctors cut my pain medicine because they were afraid of prescribing opoids. Meanwhile I have a broken spine and on my 4th back surgery and crying and suffering with little to no pain management because iddiots drug addicts and drug companies.

[@arjanpetersen]

Most probably you have been better off then. Good doctors.

[@samuelrichard8849]

Watching this on 30mg oxycodone

[@wiseauserious8750]

Bro you got? ......

[@wundawuman7476]

That's very sad ...I hope you can get off the drug ...I am sorry

[@samuelrichard8849]

@@wundawuman7476 I was able to get off of it thanks. It was hard the withdrawals were so shit but I haven't had opioids this year

[@wundawuman7476]

@@samuelrichard8849 I mean this whole heartedly, I feel relief and much happiness for you!! You're worth it!!

[@wiseauserious8750]

Sorry bad joke good luck

[@muiscnight]

I'm guessing Dr Phil has not seen Joe Rogan's bit about him he did in an old special "Don't ya like mah tie." One of my favorites

[@lukefarnham2119]

My shoes are slippery, cause I ain't runnin after nobody

[@kenbush6942]

everyday people cannot afford the best surgeons in the world shoulder surgery is very painful

[@kenbush6942]

@@clark650 I have had 2 back surgeries and still have to take pain meds due to more needed surgery

[@kenbush6942]

@@clark650 They are life of death to me without pain meds I am finished!!! Every time I get my meds there are new rules the pharmacy acts like they don't have enough pills and like I am a criminal!!Also I take as needed never to get high from them

[@badgermacleod2037]

I'm glad to read two logical statements, live it & then get back to me. The moral judging is disgusting, no actual knowledge of the mechanism of pain but make remarks anyway.

[@daveroberts9921]

People need to think for themselves. Stop blaming doctors and drug companies. Take responsibility for your actions.

[@JohnnyBot71]

hey, how about you go fuck yourself. if you don't know that the medical community is directly responsible for millions of addicted people, you're a fucking moron. save your sanctimonious shit for you and your family.

[@wanderingdoc5075]

Totally agree. Take some responsibility or you'll never be fulfilled or successful in life.

[@LadysavagexXxX]

I agree. Because nobody gave a shit when people were hooked on crack back in the 80’s. It was as easy as “Just Say No”. But the powers that be weren’t the ones making money off of the crack epidemic so I guess it’s “different “ now....

[@DR.64A9]

Maybe it's both? No drug addict has ever recovered without being motivated internally. But at the same time, oxycoden was handed out like candy and marketed as less addictive in a long release form (which isn't true). This is a complex issue.

[@DR.64A9]

I just realized this is probably a troll account lol.

[@AngTheCanadianPilot]

I lost my family, my career , my house .. everything that I worked so hard for. That one visit to the doctor, that first opioid pill had me hooked. I’m clean now and starting over. Dr Phil is totally right.

[@EcsMurphy]

Stay clean man

[@AngTheCanadianPilot]

Fas Unio thank you and I have.

[@Nothingtoya]

I live in Florida, the average prescription for Oxy 30s was 210 a month, 7 of them a day. This was a huge problem for years down here.

[@timotot123]

About 15 years ago I was having a very low moment and I couldn't pinpoint the reasons as it was out of character for me, but I certainly knew something wasn't right. I decided to go to a Doctor close by. The scary thing is what Dr Phil said here was literally word for word what I experienced. I was immediately prescribed Prozac. I took one and felt so zonked out that I threw the rest away and decided if I have to battle through it without medication then that was how it was going to be. Maybe that medication works for some people, but it absolutely did not for me. What got me through was talking to friends honestly about how I felt and finding positive activities to keep me on the path back to where i was before. Very concerning how even today those meds are dished out like candy for tricka treat

[@callofdutyfreak10123]

Uhh you shouldn’t get “zonked out” from Prozac… either you’re cappin or you didn’t take Prozac

[@iceeyhound3866]

Oxycodone to me didn't even feel super amazing. It felt decent. What made it addictive was the fact that it had low toxicity. All I had to worry about were withdrawals and tolerence. That's what made it scary

[@Lmm321]

I am seeing these changes in the opioid prescriptions. Those that I know on the meds have Drs that are limiting their prescription every month.

[@ymatT601]

The pharmaceutical companies are going cash Dr. Phil outside, how bout that!

[@Minie1993]

This should have more upvotes 🤣

[@tombenedict1096]

Sad thing is .when your truely in pain its almost impossible to get a doctor to help. MRI shown 2 herniated discs.sciatica pain was excruciating. Doctor told me to take advil. Found kratom.works wonderful

[@nirtochicken]

Pain dumbass hes not trying to meet aliens smh

[@bamaq4786]

I had the same problem and kratom helped me. Then Alabama made it a illegal.

[@dr0ppazeti68]

lol at least they got football... as someone living one state over? get outta the south bro. shit is so ass backwards here. I got here like 8 months ago and its crazy how behind the times shit is here, especially drug laws@@bamaq4786

[@IKIGAIofficial]

sciatica is really common and is the worst! work on your lower back muscles and strengthen your core. theres tons of videos about your problem that can cure your sharp pain! mine made me immobile, but i barely feel anything now and can walk miles!

[@tombenedict1096]

@mark d id love to.its a profound medicine

[@rswife777]

The opiod epidemic has more casualties then just the people who have sadly passed away or are using it as a vehicle to get high. I'm disabled. I have a laundry list of things wrong with me, ICU stays, surgeries, blood transfusions, etc(it's a LONG list). Anyway, this has really effected me greatly. Let me say that all the new rules, I'm fine with, for example: I take a drug test monthly to make sure there isn't anything there not prescribed. I have to bring all my meds into my monthly appts to check I have the correct amout of pills I should for that time in the month. That's totally fine. The fact meds have been taken away from me I need to just get to half the function of a nornal healthy adult is hard. My pain effects everyone around me. They don't get a person who can do all or even half the stuff a normal mom, wife, daughter, friend etc, can do. They are constantly changing the rules on all levels of all the hoops my dr & I have to jump through to keep me functioning on a minimal level. I live with a constant fear they are going to get totally taken away. To try & fix it they have lumped everyone into 2 categories. Cancer patients who get any & all the drugs they want & everyone else they are taking away more & more daily. If they aren't taking them away they change what my insurance pays for or will authorize I have, even if I'm willing to pay. Last month just 4 of my meds alone where more then my entire disability check. I didn't want to ask my husband or dad to pay for them & it was extremely stressful, depressing, it was verybhard for me when I found this out. After years of trying diff stuff my dr and I had FINALLY come across a few meds that we got the group & dose perfect that for that one issue FINALLY made me feel closer to normal then I had felt in 2 decades. I got to feel that for only a month until they once again changed the rules. I cried & felt EXTREMELY stressed and overwhelmed for a month until my husband stepped & got them for me. I know that's what ppl are supposed to do, I just wanted my insurance or all MY medical stuff be taken care for by the benefits I have & am entitled to after working for so many years. It's just a real clusterfuck & lawmakers just making sweeping rule changes that take stuff away from everyone to make their constituents, who know really nothing about any of, happy & voting for them. I'm sorry this is so long but as a person right in the middle of how this effects so many ppl, I have a lot of very strong feelings.

[@soul_robot]

I agree about the over diagnosis of ADHD/ADD. I’m actually diagnosed with ADD when I was younger by a professional for weeks until they concluded it, and I was also told I’m ADHD when I was 17. Again, with weeks of seeing a professional. Now it’s like if a kid is sitting and swinging their legs, their ADHD.

[@coleslawYSJ]

JRE episode 539 with Cara Santa Maria is still among, my top five Rogan episodes, helping to break down, how the brain responds, to treatment, for depression and mental health. That episode, is what inspired me, to return to talk therapy, for my own issues I was dealing with, at the time. It gave me a far greater understanding and perspective, on depression and mental health. While I don't disagree that we definitely tend to overmedicate, I think it's important to acknowledge the validity of antidepressants, for people who need them. I've been fortunate enough to have not required medication, for my own mental health challenges. I responded well, to talk therapy. Not everyone does, or at least not on the first go. I do believe talk therapy is 100% vital, in a balanced mental health plan, but I acknowledge that it's difficult, and it someone needs a prozac to get them through the days, until they reach a point where they can fleece out their issues, in talk therapy, I support them.

[@johnnybgoodeish]

"you cannot chemically babysit your children" -just loved that expression!

[@BadlandsVideos]

Every time I've watched a Dr Phil episode Ive reached for my medication...

[@PCMESS]

Hes right about many people not needing the meds they are on. Im an opiate addict and the pills we used to get were always from older people with poor health that didnt take their pain pills or didnt take as much as they were prescribed.

[@worddunlap]

I'm glad he used words like MOST and MANY. Some do need the medication and denying them because of fakers and criminals is cruel. Stigmatizing them is also cruel. My mom died of a broken arm...REALLY. It was infuriating...

[@KC-mw3de]

Here is my take on someone who has been battling depression and anxiety for 20 years. I have been on and off medication, you name it I've probably tried it. I also work out 3 days a week, go hiking, don't do other drugs and meditate every day. Medication is a great tool, it is not a fix but a band aid. It can give a person that boost from being stuck on the bottom for so long, to finally be able to change the damaging way of thinking that is all they have known for so long. It can keep a person from committing suicide. But it is not the answer, because relying on medication will ultimately stop working and now you no longer have that last resort that helped you in the first place.

[@jonvia]

My grandma was a huge pill head and would come over with a whole purse full of pills that sounded like percussion shakers when she'd come around. Her doctor would just throw her anything they felt like she needed but in reality, she didnt need any of that junk! She needed workouts, healthier diet, and positive people around her. But you cant tell someone that when they worship doctors. White Coat Syndrome.

[@nareeeely]

"You cant chemically babysit your children" - Dr. Phil

[@TheElectricMayhem]

Hold my beer

[@joshmd5905]

7 days and you're likely to become addicted? ....uhhh, no.

[@ethanking4954]

He said if you keep taking them after 7 days your likely hood of becoming addicted is 1 in 12

[@jessicali8594]

If you're still taking them on Day 30, your chances of becoming addicted are 1 in 3 (1:3). Res ipsa loquitur is Latin for The Facts Speak For Themselves. Look around. Talk to a pharmacist about how prevalent the incidence of repeat prescriptions is.

[@tb80038]

He didn't say you'll be addicted after 7 days, just that if you are still taking them after 7 days there is a 1 in 12 chance you'll be addicted in 1 year. Meaning that leads to prolonged use 1 out of 12 times. 30 days of use leads to prolonged use 1 out of 3 times. I feel like you didn't understand what he was saying.

[@xylord18]

I love Joe, he's usually good with calling out bullshit. But he missed it on this one. There's a big difference between drug dependence and drug addiction. A diabetic isn't addicted to insulin any more than a chronic pain sufferer is addicted to opioids. Opioids have an addictive quality to them that insulin might not, but that's wholly irrelevant to a patient who may actually need large doses to have any quality of life. It's totally immoral what the American government is doing to chronic pain patients. All to stop drug abusers from doing what they're going to anyway.

[@xylord18]

@Kellie You look young and healthy so I hope you never have to truly experience debilitating chronic pain. I've done plenty of research, not to mention being a chronic pain patient and having a number of others in my family. The studies that you're referring to relate to people for whom other treatments will work. For many there are no treatments that give any quality of life. Data is useful to an extent but there's no substitution for experience. So, yes, if someone is able to manage their pain in any other way besides opiates than they should take that path. It's just unfortunate that people like you want to attack people who are dependent on medication for their survival, like they're less than human because of it.

[@abigaildeeks8328]

Kellie Um I believe that you need to do the research. Actual research, not just reading a study and taking it without question. The AMA recently called for a rewrite of the CDC stance on opioids because people are dying-not from taking street drugs-But killing them selves because their pain meds have been taken away.......

[@therealness6979]

@Kellie There is no changing these people's mind. Dependence and addiction are one in the same. Without their pills they would be feinding and withdrawing just like what? An addict. I'm clean 3 years off opiates and guess who my dealers were? Pain clinic patients with "real" pain.

[@MaximusBacon]

Pills are so dangerous. I liken it to a gambling addiction, which I used to see wrecking people’s lives when I did bankruptcies. Just can be so crippling. My grandmother was prescribed some kind of pain pills when she was 90 and within a year she was always talking about being out of them and needing more. It just slowly took control and she was abusing them more and more. She hadn’t been abusive or addicted to anything before that.

[@duggygee1232]

I would sincerely ask Mr. Joe Rogan to have Dr. Gabor Mate as a guest... The author of “ In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts.... Close Encounters with Addiction “ To augment and expand the conversation of addiction in North American society that Dr. Phil is acutely aware of...

[@dredlew]

Ths phama companies must censor this interview immediately.

[@n.randall6152]

call BULLSHIT!!!!!! A small percentage used opioids at one point in time later on seeked out heroin TO PARTY AND GET HIGH.... THEN Over a short period of time became addicted to HERION.. MOSTLY HAD NOTHING TO DO OPOIDS!!!!!!! Very small percentage yes. What this man and people like him is GOING TO CAUSE is people with CHRONIC pain to search out heroin and begin use due to Dumbasses like dr.Phil has lobbied to everyone to have pain meds cut off or cut down to a 10 day limit. To assholes like this I say need a surgery you cant afford and be forced to live in pain. Tylenol dont work and neither does Ibprohen@800mg a day work and will kill your kidneys in a short period of time. Your doctors will not tell you this nor take responsibility for the damage after it occurs. NONE OF THEM WILL... They will all claim kidney and liver damage is from an underlying condition. If you go thru this SUE THEM BROKE!!!!

[@colinburke6384]

DUDE person in recovery from opioids,’when the DEA and doctors started cracking down on how easily the chronic pain meds were available etc, there was strict law change and policy change immediately without even a THOUGHT that addiction has a severe psychological component that may end these people in jail. I’ve never been to jail, or arrested but I still have these opinions. When addicts need pain meds in the hospital, 9/10 times Toradol is bueno and non narcotic

[@mishmash3968]

Colin Burke you are talking about acute problems, not those with chronic problems. Use your brain. Emergency rooms can’t treat long term chronic pain. So then what?

[@brandonremomion]

Mish mash Kratom

[@colinburke6384]

Mish mash you’re right I’m MNot talking about chronic pain patients. In fact I mean personally my views swing very libertarian and the fact that I think that everything should be regulated and available for the use of anyone. So you know with that being said just realistically if I’m in doesn’t matter the source whether it was from chronic pain or acute , Well depending how long, permanently changes your body‘s response to those types of chemicals. When I say permanently I only mean semi-permanently. For example if someone was on opioids every single day all day for about a year it would take their nervous system probably you know 3 to 9 months to get back to somewhat normal I mean obviously after the first week it’s a lot easier but in terms of in our dependence that where the dependence can come back as soon as the same day if it’s only been a little bit of time in between usage the brain does not forget in the brain treated as a toxin even though it Miss places it as an endogenous morphine of sorts and puts it in our receptors and if that creates more scepters which don’t get filled up when you want to with drawl in your body you can as is or what the fuck anyway it’s a very complicated issue with tons of Nuance and it would take forever to really kind of go through the nuance of it so am I using my brain? Not really cause it to KZbin haha. It’s KZbin.

[@MaximusBacon]

I was diagnosed with panic disorder and given a 30-day supply of Xanax and Lexapro. I took one of each the day after I got home but decided I didn’t want to be on them. After all, I never needed them before! I took a look at my life and realized my anxiety attacks were from hating my job and live-in girlfriend so I got rid of both and was fine after that.

[@reneehilscher6176]

This Dr phil is awesome Phil. I dig it. he needs a podcast.

[@TwelveDeck]

One of the big reasons people are depressed is because they don't exercise. If more people exercised more we'd see less depression, I'm convinced of it.

[@festivalflightcrew2895]

egoisnotadirtyword I agree completely. I feel so much better inside and out since I started dieting and exercised

[@sarahp2707]

Have a handful of psychiatric diagnoses; can confirm that exercise improves my mood. I still have to take medication, but exercise helps give me more energy and that little endorphin rush makes you feel nice and calm for quite awhile! :) The only problem I find with this is that a lot of people, when they are severely depressed, have a really hard time motivating themselves to do even basic activities of life, like showering, changing clothes, etc. Depression is such a bitch...But ya, I highly recommend it!!!! Good comment :)

[@MattyDemello]

I don't know. I feel government is already going to far with this. My dad is 72 years old. He broke his back and WILL have pain for the rest of his life. He was on a HEAVY dose of pain meds "which he should be" Right now the doctors and the pharmacy is treating my 72 year old dad as if he's a drug addict. They cut his pills in by half and its not working anymore. People who are going to be in pain for life should NOT get their meds messed with at all. They should get tough on short term pain med use. Like a broken arm. BUT when someone has a broken back at 72 AND now has major arthritis in the pain area, its ONLY going to get worse until he dies SO why treat him like an addict? They wanted to put my 72 year old dad on methadone. That's INSANE to treat him as if "he's a druggy"

[@crossfarm4146]

Joe Rogan is indeed Oprah For Men, I feel it.

[@callamastia]

it's not a psychiatrist's job to ask about your life. they're doctors. they hear symptoms and prescribe fixes. yeah if your life sucks and you go to a doctor for prozac cuz of depression, obviously it won't fix your life but it'll help manage the depression enough for you to at least get through life until you can fix whatever the problem is.

[@Grandmaster_Vic]

It sucks that Phil has to dumb down on what he says on his TV show to the masses to understand his show and everything seems surface value on there. I’m so glad he was able to tackle topics with SO much depth and It’s always great to see him actually giving good & interesting insights on Mental Health, Psychology and other topics.

[@alvinatorjehosephat7777]

I live next to one of the biggest retirement communities in America. The old people out here are absolutely freaking WASTED at all times. 70 year olds staggering around and nodding out, crashing their golf carts, falling out in the stores constantly etc etc its a pretty sad thing to see

[@poll2dock]

When it comes to chronic pain I don't see any problem with long term opioid use as long as it's monitored Because some people are unable to take NSAIDs because of severe side effects and also Tylenol will absolutely will harm your liver So that limits options a great deal

[@surgicalglitch3265]

The one thing you did not mention is Chronic Pain and people that actually require this medication and because people are abusing this medication (doctors included - I mean overprescribing) its herting people who have chronic medical conditions with no cure that reqire pain medication for symptems that are otherwise untreatable and cause severe pain. People who abuse things make it harder for people who actually need it.

[@kolt_4565]

Ever since i got hooked during my highschool years my life has been revolved around drugs, i live a life of constant relapses and i dont even want help anymore

[@atiyasamreen16]

Opioid epidemic is aligned with US invasion of Afghanistan, one thing people miss out on while discussing this

[@Ostnizdasht206]

A doctor tried giving me Prozac for my sleep problems. I threw that shit in the garbage when I got home.

[@DriveSafeDon]

Dr. Phil It would be so nice if I had help from someone like you. I’ve had seven lower back surgeries all in the same spot and three cervical surgeries and have became worse with each one - the amount of opioids I am on is terrible. Am I addicted yes but not by choice I have searched high and low for help and it’s at the point now where doctors have turned me down claiming that they will not go into my back because I’m too much of a liability to them and myself they tell me there’s too much nerve damage in L5 S one area of my lower back there’s days I can barely walk even on the opioids I’m on and my fear is without my medication I won’t be able to walk at all and the pain level is so high there’s days I just don’t want to be around anymore. I am on 180 mg oxyContin Per day and every day I wish I can throw my pills in the garbage but I know if my pain level gets any harder than what it is now I honestly will not want to be around anymore. Yours in wishing you can help me.Thank you for talking about medications unfortunately I’m in the category of I need it I don’t want it but I need it. Wishing you can help. Don

[@badgermacleod2037]

There is legitimate need for opioid medications, there are horribly painful diseases & injuries that only long term high dose narcotic medications will work for. It's an unfortunate fact but one we have to live with & the ignorant comments don't help at all. Doc phil is an abowed anti opioid zelot & heavily invested in detox center's that few know about. Until you live with a cripplingly painful affliction, don't judge, educate. Phil has zero chance of healing me & can't offer anything other than opioid medications to ease the pain. I have Spinal Adhesive Arachnoiditis & it's clinically recognized as a suicide disease, it's that painful. Much like you they refuse to help me in any meaningful way, that god damned cap has to go.

[@DriveSafeDon]

@@badgermacleod2037 Thank you for your reply my pain is at the point where it is suicidal without it I’m gone. Hope you’re able to manage your pain good luck to you. Don

[@badgermacleod2037]

@@DriveSafeDon. I'm struggling right now, It's nothing but constant fighting with doc's, ignorant remarks & the pain. The pain caused a plethora of other problems & it's not depression causing the pain, it's the pain causing the depression, anxiety & a great deal of instability. You can typically tell when someone's not a true pain sufferer, they don't have that fucked up demeanor that is blatantly obvious to another that's suffering from pain. The ignorant statements, no beyond ingnorant, it's willful ignorance & utter failure to understand anything more than what the political media tells them how & what to think. I'm not kidding, ask them why they have the opinion they hold. Why do you think all opioids are bad & they'll regurgitate what the political media has spewed for year's on end. So much for not trusting the MSM, they very much do trust the MSM. It's pathetic really, you can't debate with anyone that's been indoctrinated because they have a hardwired belief system based on year's of indoctrination. I hope you find peace.

[@DriveSafeDon]

@@badgermacleod2037 Ditto. Thank you

[@hogey74]

Just had an old friend and their extended family visiting from the US. They had all sorts of pills! "Do you need a sleeper?" Yeah, no. We were warned in the early 90s that a pill-popping culture had gotten out of hand in the US - that was coming from university professors. Here we are now in 2019 and they allowed themselves to be led into much worse. The US has a number of unfortunate exports at the moment.

[@RuralCoast2024]

agree with most of this but given osteoporosis with several painful (sometimes disabling) fractures at any given time.. I wish more consideration given to those suffering needlessly because of Doctors in fear over-reacting and refusing non-abusers their meds. the suffering is real.. and needless.

[@alex4863]

From my perspective ppl who abuse meds are people who are over worked, lagging personal time, socializing,etc. We're forced to non-stop work because everything is so expensive. Their's just a lack of time to be you know "human" I know crazy.

[@HerculesRockefellerESQ]

Nobody mentions the impact the "opoid epidemic" has had on chronic pain sufferers.

[@theqsanity5797]

Dr. Phil should legally be required to be called "Dr." Phil.

[@rajeetdajeet2883]

He’s not even a doctor but fuck it dr Phil

[@GhostDrummer]

The bigger problem is that this sudden crackdown all across the board has greatly affected those whose medical history supports the need for pain management medicine for chronic pain. I’m only 44 but my body is broken due to a near fatal car accident in 1993 and really bad work injuries I received in 2009. Two back surgeries, three major abdominal surgeries, five ankle surgeries, carpal tunnel surgeries that didn’t fix the problems, and a severely damaged neck from the accident and work injuries. I’ve lost almost all my pain meds and it’s looking like within the next six months I’ll lose the rest. I’ve had to turn to Cannabis products for some sort of relief, but none of it actually helps with the pain. I was doing just fine with the 120mgs a day I was taking before all of this crap happened. I was productive, I could get out and about without issues, and I was in a better state of mind. Now I primarily sit around the house.

[@blkforeign8458]

I have 3 friends that stopped taking their adderall in high school because they didn't like the way it made them feel. I knew a guy who was in his 20's and his mom would try to make him take them. He would act like a coke head when he was on it. Just absolutely out of control, talking crazy, super hyper, and very obviously did NOT need them.

[@tsunamijani5284]

A simple car accident in NY garnished a 14 day supply of oxy, with no broken bones, no fractures, only tendinitis. Really? They're tryna get us hooked

[@saoirse5308]

I was doing PT with a guy that had the same knee surgery but he had his 3 days before me. In PT he was complaining because the pain meds were not enough and we needed Oxycontin, the Nurse asked me if the pain meds were keeping up with my pain. . . I had ripped up the prescription without ever filling it, and was just taking ibuprofen and dealing with it fine. I always wondered if he was really in that much more pain, or if he was headed down that dark road.

[@sieje]

If you or know someone who is addicted/dependent on opioids, MAT is a treatment plan option. There are many tapering methods; the key is to switch to a longer acting opioid. Buprenophine, the active partial opioid agonist ingredient in Suboxone, is very effective at curving cravings, combating withdrawals, and normalizing opioid receptor activity. Although, abstinence based methods can work; it is entirely up to the person using. Please get help if you are struggling with any addiction.

[@festivalflightcrew2895]

Of The 4th Kind I’m sorry but I completely disagree. Suboxone was just pushed by big pharma with they realized the money from opiate pills wasn’t coming in as strong anymore. They now can get you coming and going. The lines outside Soboxone clinics are just as long as the old pain clinics.

[@smartass6071]

I am a adrenaline junkie, I have been rag-dolled in motorcycle wrecks so many times my body is in constant chronic pain every day. The physical damage has been done to the point where nothing else works. I agree some abuse drugs, but there are many that actually need them. The abusers wreck it for those that need them. I have tried alternatives and even gotten off all drugs for extended lengths of time (years) only not to improve in any way. There are some of us that can't get away from chronic pain do, to physical injuries. If these drugs are the only thing that works then we have a real use for them.

[@peni1641]

But if there wasn't a push to medicate ppl there would be no justification for war. Like invading Iraq, they had nothing to do with 9/11 but they do have those opium poppy fields like Afghanistan. #opioidcrisis financially benefitted some ppl 💯💯🤔🤑

[@surfingshewolf]

I live in South Florida... Pumping gas the other day, a white caddie pulled up to the pump on the other side of mine and the guy in the driver's seat asked me if I partied and the proceeded to produce a zip lock baggie full of hydrocodone 30mgs(Roxies, blues, berries, RoxyCodone as they're known)... Must've been 20000 pills in the bag. There's no shortage down here, trust me. The prescriptions quadrupole every year still, as far as I know. They are literally everywhere in South Florida. Really sad... There are more now than ever before.

[@tjnaples]

Opioids and ice cream!

[@the_cheap_ones]

Yup. Oxys and ice cream sandwiches!

[@Killwithsound]

Norco smoothies!

[@ayeverbmotha5310]

@@the_cheap_ones When I was an active addict, I used to go directly from the dope spot to the ice cream spot. Some days I would buy a huge box of 24 ice cream sandwiches and they'd be gone by the night time. Been on low level Sub the past 5 years and still have the ice cream craving, though not as bad. I usually go through a half gallon a week now...bad but not nearly as bad as before

[@guillermovazquez1084]

Waffles an brothels

[@AR-gu2no]

tjnaples did you assume that I would like ice cream ?? Especially the whitenilla flavor ? Racist

[@anesthesiaawareness8614]

Once the market has experienced the item prohibition no longer works. The only people they are hurting now are the ones that need it and can't get it now.

[@pastorarchuleta2295]

People don’t really realize what pain tolerance is. I abused drugs when I have surgeries so I refrain from taking them.

[@undergroundrapsubscribe2707]

Real talk been stuck on pills for 7 years now. Started by getting a tooth pulled

[@jkatsludge6182]

That's what got me too. 8 long years but finally kicked it.

[@undergroundrapsubscribe2707]

@@jkatsludge6182 happy to hear that. Hoping i can get it togeather here soon

[@chadjones6313]

John Williams how did you get clean?

[@Stonktradomus]

I was once addicted to coffee, and my doctor asked if I had heard of ADHD. I said, no, I don't have A-he interrupted, and said, no wonder you haven't heard of ADHD, you're not focused enough to hear about much of anything, sport. Now, stop with that unhealthy coffee, champ. Just take this medication, and you'll have energy, focus without caffeine. I hesitantly thanked him, and before I could ask him about the medication, he told me that he could see the pain on my face. I told him that I was fine, and he told me that I would feel great once I started taking the medication. I said, thank you, I'll try it. As for the problem I came in for, he prescribed me something to sleep. 20 years later, and I'm LIVING in a VAN down by the RIVER!!!

[@Esico6]

At the river? You lucky bastard.

[@vangdavid2]

Published in the May edition of the Journal of Pain, researchers with the Acupuncture Trialists' Collaboration concluded that acupuncture is effective for the treatment of chronic pain, that the effects of acupuncture persist over time!

[@James-iw4fz]

So u can use for a week for pain and that’s it. In uk we are taught do not use opioids longer than 3 days as we can buy certain ones otc

[@austinwoods466]

Phil looks high. Med MJ rules.

[@Neodustin]

i’ve been off opioids for many years, only because I did the research and found a way to alternatively address my pain. But, for most, chronic pain is a severe, depreciating condition that is hard to defeat. I can’t blame most people for wanting to swallow a pill, because it’s easy. It’s just a shame that most of these prescribed users elect to sell them instead of using them.

[@jbratt]

I took about three of those pills after shoulder surgery. It will stop up your bowels and doesn’t really stop the pain. Get rid of those things as soon as you can and have a plunger ready.

[@pilgrammedia7295]

back in the day in Florida i was prescribed 240 30mg Oxycontin ,zanex,soma, and methadone from one clinic

[@anitataylor4287]

WTF??!!!

[@ppcgnamda]

Was there. True. All cash, walk-ins only. License plates from all over the US in Miami. Pharmacy often in the same building. Legal maximums of each pill prescribed.

[@LinkHylia763]

As a pharmacist, I see this all the time. There are some people on such high doses of gabapentin, lyrica, lorazepam, clonazepam, etc. that they are completely psychomotor inhibited they can barely walk, talk, function. I do everything I can to consult providers regarding dosing and usage of these medications. It's really sad, we are forced to be ok against our will, literally...

[@imhim94ivan]

Just take Kratom for pain. When ready to stop, do a taper. Problem solved. Your welcome.

[@arthurfonzarelli9828]

And yet neither mention this is an option, sad

[@looseele]

Kratom saved my life

[@mistymountainhopper]

My mother is a zombie, she's lost all of her kids over the 18 years she's been having them. She's just on some pain pills for her back, codeines but she slurs while she's awake and nods off constantly. Even when driving, it's horrendous.

[@jbhrs]

Coming from a kid who was prescribed adderall it’s not as bad and drastic as people think. A lot people are against adderall because it’s chemically similar to methamphetamine but rly the dose the doctor gives you is so low that the only side effect for me is a few hours of intense focus and mental sharpness and then the crash happens and it’s arguably the worst part about the medicine but no when a kid is on prescription amphetamines and taking a dose under 40 mg he’s not gonna be tweaking out and is relatively safe from substance abuse

[@williamjeffreys2980]

What is sad is now the people that legitimately need pain medication can't get it. I had a broken, infected tooth that was a 10+ in the pain department. I've had major abdominal surgery, dislocated shoulder, shoulder surgery, knee surgery, etc. and none of that was even in the same universe with that tooth. I would go through ten dislocated shoulders before I would that tooth again. It hurt so bad I didn't sleep for over 40 hours straight and I wasn't even drowsy. The dentist said "You can take Tylenol". They're scared to death to prescribe pain medication.

[@mdsupreme1776]

6:03 this is directed towards Alex Jones lmao

[@jdmeaney413]

Thank god for Trump, he declared a national health epidemic regarding opioids. He was right to do so, I’m sure Dr Phil approves.

[@OB.x]

lol we all know how good our government is at addressing epidemics.

[@drfate7863]

Well, I guess according to SJW's this makes dr.Phil a part of the "Alt-Right" for appearing on a political talk show. :)

[@ajbates0428]

As an RN in children’s psychiatry for years now can tell you some children need these medications and it changes their lives.

[@Nightdiver20]

Sure. Some of them do. The point is that they're VASTLY overprescribed.

[@cilliersvh9468]

Been on meds for 4 years. Finally got off them. Definitely needes them for the 4 years. Took a long time to get the right kind and dosage. Better life now, better mood, better everything thanks to the meds AND therapy. They go hand in hand. So it depends on the situation as far as whether the meds were good or not.