Month: June 2009

Video guaranteed to raise your spirits

You gotta stick through the first couple of minutes though:

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Aspartame — serious stuff

If you google excitotoxin or aspartame poisoning you can find much much more on this toxic substance. Jazz at In Pieces traces her experiences with mania that led to a bogus bipolar diagnosis to consuming large quantities of diet soda. I've talked to others who have made this connection with their own "mood-disorders." From Jazz:... Continue Reading →

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Quote of the day

If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic. -- Hazel Henderson

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Blah, blah, blah — CNN’s coverage on the psychotropic drugging of children

Really bad. But maybe it opened somebody's eyes. Campbell Brown opens by saying we're drugging kids with everything from Ritalin to Adderal. Brilliant thing to say, bringing up two drugs from the same class! The truth is kids are on stimulants, antipsychotics, SSRIs and moodstabilizers among all sorts of other stuff. These are drugs with... Continue Reading →

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Quote of the day

Trying to change the world without changing our mind is like trying to clean the dirty face we see in the mirror by scrubbing the glass. However vigorously we clean it, our reflection will not improve. Only by washing our own face and combing our own unkempt hair can we alter the image. Similarly, if... Continue Reading →

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Beware new anxiety drug

This is exactly what they said about Xanax...and the benzos that followed Valium in general. They were safe and did not cause addiction, when in fact it's harder to come off the newer shorter acting drugs than it is to get off Valium. I lived in a generation that spit out new psychiatric drugs every... Continue Reading →

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Quote of the day

Any revolution has to start with the transformation of the individual, otherwise individuals are corrupted by the power they get if their revolution succeeds. -- Wes Nisker

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The proverbial light…

Today I called my neuropsychologists office. It was when I met him that I decided to start the journey off meds. It was a gradual process. First he simply said he believed it was possible for some people to get off meds and he shared stories of people he had assisted with neurofeedback to free... Continue Reading →

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CNN tonight: Are we overmedicating our children

From CNN's schedule for tonight: Campbell Brown: The Great Debate: Are we overmedicating our kids? Join Campbell Brown as she discusses this issue, tonight! 5 pm PST 8pm EST I have no idea who this woman is or how she will treat the subject but thought I'd give y'all a heads up.

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Quote of the day

The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change. Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being heard. People can only hear you when they are moving toward you,... Continue Reading →

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Study Refutes Depression Gene

But stressful life events can trigger the condition, researchers say Gee, you don't say? Wow...this is in a major media news outlet. It's from HealthDay but also appeared on Yahoo and so I suspect it's all over the place. What is the world coming to when the major media makes the mere suggestion that, hey,... Continue Reading →

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