If you can find a way to use your own free will and self-discipline to stop the bad condition then that seems preferable to using a drug. Maybe someone doesn't have the willpower in which case it's good that we have the drug.

With regards to omeprazole, I changed my diet a bit and no longer needed the omeprazole. I don't know exactly what it was, but if you can get off of a drug because you don't need it anymore that seems ideal.

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paulddraper 10 hours ago | parent [-]

I mean…that’s just like depression medication.

It’s possible to ignore sadness as well as hunger.

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hamhock666 10 hours ago | parent [-]

There are usually ways to fix the problems in your life, like sadness and hunger, without resorting to using drugs. Maybe not everyone but it is something we should strive for.

	▲	tuckerman 9 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Why is that something to strive for though? Maybe for some people that mental energy is better spent everywhere. If there is a simple and safe pharmaceutical solution for a problem, that sounds like great progress to me!
	▲	habinero 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Why? There's zero prizes for unnecessary struggle. It doesn't make you a better person, it just means you struggled more.