>>4006515That's honestly really shitty advice.
SSRI's are not addicting. You build a dependance to them if you take them everyday, yes. But you don't seek them out to get "high". They don't work like that.
Benzos and other hard drugs, on the other hand, are extremely addicting. They will make you more suicidal than before. You will waste months without remembering a single thing about it. You will turn into a shell of your former self, be extremely annoying and most people will struggle to recognize you. Plus, they don't really make you feel any less sad, they just make you stop caring.
And that's without even mentioning the hellish withdrawals from benzos, which can actually kill you if you're not careful and discontinue them suddenly. Opioids are a whole another level.
t. have taken a myriad of different medications for depression/anxiety and recovering polysubstance addict