Medically induced illness: iatrogenic injury

iatrogenic /iat·ro·gen·ic/ (i-ă´tro-jen´ik) resulting from the activity of physicians; said of any adverse condition in a patient resulting from treatment by a physician or surgeon. (see more definitions here — medical dictionary: iatrogenic harm) iatrogenic injury

–When a doctor harms you there is the additional insult of not only having trusted but also having paid someone for the service of hurting you…this is how one is also traumatized, adding even more layers to the injury. It gets worse as the entire medical establishment denies the harm. This is sometimes called medical gaslighting and it is a cause of and can seriously aggravate pre – existing PTSD. see: Professional denial is retraumatization

UPDATE: new post – 3rd leading cause of death: WESTERN MEDICINE

Statistics for iatrogenic injury: Iatrogenic Disease: The 3rd Most Fatal Disease in the USA

For a personal story of iatrogenic harm from psychopharmaceuticals see here: The aftermath of polypsychopharmacology: my story on Dr. David Healy’s site

• Traumatic brain injury/psych drug brain injury — very similar
• Psychiatric drugs as agents of trauma
• Protracted psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome, chronic illness, CFS, Fibromyalgia. Yeah, they all have things in common.
• Introduction to psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome

For more information on iatrogenic injury and illness in psychiatry on this blog see here: Iatrogenic Illness

*it is potentially dangerous to come off medications precipitously. Please be sure to be well educated before undertaking any sort of discontinuation of medications. Do not assume your MD will know how to do it either. They are generally not trained in discontinuation. See: Psychiatric drug withdrawal and protracted withdrawal syndrome round-up

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