How well do you think you’d be if we optimized the treatments we have now

Say there was a test that could tell you the perfect combination of meds for you. Psychiatric meds and maybe even meds not intended for mental illness that would somehow improve your condition. Repurposed drugs. With the medicine we have now how well do you think the you would do if a technology like this existed. Spoiler: this may not be far off.

  • 10% to 40% better
  • 40% to 70% better
  • 70% to remission
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I’d guess 10%. I’ve spent the last three decades learing just how much each new medication or treatment is more hype than help.

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Not to argue with the wise but I think it’s different this time. Things are getting exponential and we’re getting better and better at crunching big numbers.

I’ll believe it when I see it. I’ve spent a frustrating hour trying to get information out of four different AIs and I bumped into limitations with each. There’s not going to be a T-800 knocking on my front door anytime soon if what I endured this evening is anything to go by.

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Ai recently told me that the average cost of a sewer inspection was between 300 and 1900 dollars.

I scheduled mine today at 75 dollars without shopping around much.

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As to the topic at hand. I honestly dont know. It’s good to have an optimistic outlook, but I tend to agree with @shutterbug on his cautious outlook on the topic.

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Have you tried o3 or o4 mini yet? Which models were you interacting with?

Gemini Flash 2.5, Meta AI, Perplexity, o3.

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I’ve taken a page from @shutterbug wisdom too. Meds are great, but I have to do most of the work, even if it takes a bit of time/research

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I don’t know if I can function with this much anxiety. Seems like it is the main thing holding me back. I’m a broken record and I know that’s not helping anything but I’ve kind of resigned at the point . If I can’t resolve at least some of this I don’t see a way forward. I know part of the problem is thinking like that idk. I spend hours each day trying to chill my body enough to do productive things but I’m stuck rm. been stuck for a looong time.

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It’s the same for me, what helped me was using my interests to spark motivation. Now that i feel a bit more confident or happy with myself than before, I’m trying to change the way I think. When negative thoughts happen i’m kind to myself and also change the narrative as much as i can.

For example, washing dishes, or cleaning the my place - it takes a lot of motivation but it gets done and every time i tell myself well done and for some reason; i tell myself “well you did it last time” and then I just get to it.

Currently advertising services as a tutor but it’s not getting anywhere, only one person showed interested in the single month i’ve started advertising and it then went ghost.

It’s tough, but you’ll have to (by being kind to yourself) force yourself into doing things

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