Kenneth Vatz
Kenneth Vatz
@kenv54.bsky.social
Neurologist. Curmudgeon. UMich. And at UPenn at time Ben Franklin said we had a republic if we could keep it. I later told him he was very prescient.
For adult patients with recurrent depressions over years unrelated to obvious situational factors, and therefore probably endogenous, what is the point of discontinuing medication after 6 to 12 months of initial use? What are the psychic and physiological harms of continuing medication?
July 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Oh no! When Susan is concerned, the Administration is in big trouble! We all know what will happen. Nothing, if the past is prologue.
June 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Just trying to maintain a dollop of optimism in the face of the Trump-Miller fascist regime. It’s difficult.
May 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
From what my insider friends tell me about the NIH, it’s essentially gone.

What a loss.
April 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
And I just learned that the VOA has been silenced after 83 years.

Considering all this evil and illegal authoritarian regime has done and continues to do I think we might well be finished. In less than 100 days they have destroyed our 249 year old democracy. Blame Trump, Elon, and Stephen Miller.
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Take heart—
November 20, 2024 at 6:25 PM