# Antidepressants or Tolkien? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349 "2020-05-23T19:55:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/21 "2020-05-24T13:09:18Z")
I got 21 out of 24. I guess I know how to seek treatment, in case of too much Turambar. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/22 "2020-05-24T14:34:57Z")
Aced it. Thanks to the fact that I prescribe psychiatric medications regularly and I am far, far too obsessed with JRRT minutia. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/23 "2020-05-24T15:05:11Z")
I kinda knew you’d ace it **Q**. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/24 "2020-05-24T15:36:58Z")
21 of 24. I was misled on one where they added an accent to a vowel in a drug name. I didn’t recognize it as a Tolkien name, but I figured no antidepressant would have an accent and its name. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/25 "2020-05-24T15:40:41Z")
18 of 24. One assumption I made turned out to be wrong. If it has an accent, it’s a Tolkien character! ETA: I guess no need for a spoiler after all! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/26 "2020-05-24T15:45:21Z")
Yup, that one caught me out, too. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/27 "2020-05-24T16:17:44Z")
21 of 24 but, I’m proud to say I didn’t fall into the diacritical trap. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/28 "2020-05-24T19:03:36Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I’m embarrassed I got only 16/24. And I’ve even read the appendixes to LOTR (although not recently.) (I thought it was a bit of a cheat that they used at least one antidepressant with an accent mark!) Same score. Same comment. Same quibble. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/29 "2020-05-24T21:08:54Z")
18 out of 24, with a lot of luck. Maybe Teleporno should have been on the list too. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/30 "2020-05-25T00:23:34Z")
That doesn’t sound like an antidepressant, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/31 "2020-05-25T17:30:23Z")
Oh, I’ve known some people to find it pretty cheering. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/32 "2020-05-25T17:33:31Z")
Thirteen out of 24. I was certain of one in each category and pretty sure about another…three I think overall, so my guessing percentage was pretty lousy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/33 "2020-05-25T23:12:34Z")
Anybody here ever try Midichlorian? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/34 "2020-05-26T00:11:02Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Aced it. Thanks to the fact that I prescribe psychiatric medications regularly and I am far, far too obsessed with JRRT minutia. Have you ever prescribed Tolkien to a patient? > [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > Anybody here ever try Midichlorian? Rocket: That’s a made up word! Thor: All words are made up. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/35 "2020-05-26T00:13:44Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Have you ever prescribed Tolkien to a patient? I avoid recommending or prescribing escapism for my patients. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/36 "2020-05-26T02:37:49Z")
Escapism probably would help them be less depressed, though! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/37 "2020-05-26T03:41:13Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > 16/24 but i recognized some of the antidepressants from TV ads and some Tolkien names from Doper user names. I also got 16 out of 24. The drug names I missed were drugs that were never marketed in the U.S., or haven’t been used for many years. (And sildenafil isn’t really an antidepressant, although if it’s effective, it could certainly improve one’s quality of life. It’s better known as Viagra.) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/38 "2020-05-26T04:57:46Z")
I got 17. I’ve never seen or read LotR. I knew some of the meds and usernames, and the rest were fortunate guesses. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/39 "2020-05-26T08:55:20Z")
I’ve read LOTR many times, I know a lot of old anti-depressants – and I still guessed the whole thing (12/24) apart from Bilbo. It’s the way I read: I read sentence meaning, and don’t notice the words. I don’t have to know the names of the characters, I certainly don’t have to pronounce them, which is just as well, because my mind doesn’t work that way (which is a bit of a problem when dealing with neighbours, housemates, or distant relatives). ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349/40 "2020-05-26T10:36:25Z")
23/24. I got Nardil and Narsil mixed up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-or-tolkien/854349.md?page=3)