Anyone here who moved from Sertraline to other antidepressants? How was your experience?
I've been on that for a few months now, my mood improved and my anxiety is less powerful but I can still barely function normally or focus and my OCD and depression symptoms are partly back. Constant brain fog etc.
@purplepadma We have a very nice community of #Neuroscientists on neuromatch.social, not exactly but very related to #Psychologists! I had a post listing some cool active members that I could re-find if needed.
I agree that it is concerning to see many of our colleagues going from twitter to bluesky, or just staying on Twitter, without giving a real chance to Mastodon. Since we are still in a plastic phase I think we should stick to what we prefer (#TeamMastodon ) and make sure to keep bridges open so people can settle in the best place eventually, while working on making this place be here :)
Introduce yourself in the replies, your research, collaborations you're looking for or would be open to, and what you enjoy about the non-professional side of scientists on social media! @academicchatter
@ml@academicchatter I am a #philosopher by training but interested in the cognitive sciences & mental health sciences. I collaborate regularly with #psychiatrists & #psychologists on issues such as #belief#agency#SelfKnowledge & #EpistemicJustice. I am professor at the University of Birmingham & currently working as Co-I on two funded projects. My latest book Why #Delusions Matter is out in two days (🥳) & the main message is that we should stop pathologising beliefs.
@design_law yes, definitely, that probably applies in that case too. Also reward can take many forms - like getting your salary at the end of the month or ticking an item off your to-do list.
This also relates to generalization: when the brain encounters a new situation it will attempt to match it to similar ones previously encountered; if they do exist then it is likely that the same sequence of actions will be applied. Reasoning uses energy and automation helps reduce energy cost… at the risk of sometimes producing a non-appropriate action. I’m sure lots of references on this exist that maybe actual human #Psychologists will know about (I’m more of a rat person).