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r/antidepressants PUBLIC
Supporting those that are taking antidepressants for anxiety, depression, OCD, panic disorder, etc. This sub is for offering support, sharing experiences, sharing information, helping people in withdrawal or tapering. Offering suggestions based on first hand experiences. This is not a substitute for medical advice, all medication changes should be discussed with your doctor.
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r/antidepressants is a PUBLIC community on Reddit with over 69,505 members. It currently has a negative sentiment with an engagement rate of 4.2%. With a community friendliness score of 30, this subreddit presents a high conversion potential for authentic brand participation. Strict rules against self-promotion are in place, so marketing should focus strictly on value-driven community engagement.
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Subreddit Rules
- No advertising, surveys, or spam
- links to other subs or to studies without moderator approval.
- linking to websites that sell drugs or other products or services (including sites that charge for tapering advice, free information is readily available). Comments and posts will be removed
- donation requests
- surveys/petitions. Repetitive posts will be limited. Offenders can be permanently banned. If you have a legitimate research study/survey/petition please send a mod message asking for permission. Please include what your post will say and a link to the study/survey.
- No plain links, blog posts, or video links w/o description.: Links to blogs, journals, and news articles are allowed via text posts, but please include what you think/how it affects you. Simply copying the external link's text into your post is not sufficient. If you post a link to a video make sure to give a brief description of its content.
- No uncivil/bad faith/low effort remarks: Excessive name calling, belittling, cursing, uncivil, disrespectful, rude, and other mean spirited remarks will result in comment removal or banning per the discretion of the moderator. Trolling, bad faith/inflammatory remarks, and low effort remarks are also prohibited. Don't discount someone's personal experience.
- No overtly biased agendas/off topic remarks: Making absolute blanket statements and/or predicting what will happen to another person is prohibited. Comments like "this medication will destroy your life". Posts/comments with an overt agenda may be removed, especially if they are deemed off topic to the parent post/comment. Limit "in my opinion" as this is just someone's view and is impossible to moderate. Repeat offenders may be banned.
- No Medication Bashing
- statements that a medication is "Poison", "Toxic", etc. If something didn't work for you share it as your experience. What may not work for one person may work for another. Conspiracy theories are not allowed either. Comments will be removed and repeated violations may result in a ban.
- Don't make Unsupported Claims, misinformation.: If you are going to make a claim please add a supporting source. Failure to do so could result in removal of comment or we may ask for a source. For example: "Antidepressants lower your IQ". If you found a study then add the link so others can read it themselves. This includes spreading of misinformation. You are free to share your experience with medications.
- Do not give out Medical Advice (Suggestions are ok): Don't tell people to immediately stop their medication. We are not doctors so you should frame it as "if you are having those side effects contact your doctor about switching meds or going off of it." When talking to minors remind them to discuss this with their parents. Don't make a diagnosis.
- Don't deny proven methods of treatment for psychiatric conditions such as medication, therapy, etc: Proven methods of treatment for psychiatric conditions such as medication, therapy, lifestyle changes, TMS, etc should not be denied. Everyone can respond differently to types of treatment and individual medications, but this doesn't mean it doesn't work for others.
- Violations, Comment Removal, and Bans: If your comments/posts violate the rules we will remove the comment. Post/Comments complaining/calling out specific users, subreddits, rules, moderator actions, or similar content will be removed. DM's to questioning moderator decisions will result in a ban. Cross posting another's post without the OP's permission is a 7 day ban. Blocking mods results in a ban. Depending on severity & repeated violations it is sole discretion of the moderators to enforce a 7 day or permanent ban.
- No bots or AI Spam to promote apps or data collection.: Any bot account will be banned. Using AI to mass post and promote any type of product or app is not allowed. We do not allow the sub to be used as a way of gathering data or information about medications, symptoms, or members health. An example would be asking multiple people to list their symptoms and then providing no subsequent support.
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What is r/antidepressants?
r/antidepressants is a public Reddit community created in October 2011 with over 69,505 members. Supporting those that are taking antidepressants for anxiety, depression, OCD, panic disorder, etc. This sub is for offering support, sharing experiences, sharing information, helping people in withdrawal or tapering. Offering suggestions based on first hand experiences. This is not a substitute for medical advice, all medication changes should be discussed with your doctor.
The community has a negative sentiment and an engagement rate of 4.2%. With a friendliness score of 30, it is considered very welcoming to new members.
Self-promotion is not allowed, so marketing efforts should focus on providing genuine value to the community.
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