Alternatives to psychiatry
Terror wants to be integrated, just like rage. If we’re not feeling fear and anger at the state of world something is wrong. Feel your feelings. Let them move through you. This practice will aid in allowing you to become who you are. We block our feelings to our detriment. Our entire society is complicit in this…
We block our feelings to our detriment. Our entire society is complicit in this… … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Video from RXBenzo.org — a resource for benzodiazepine information.
This post includes the Beyond Meds Benzo Info Page with lots of links, info and resources. Please scroll down after the initial comments that deal with the politics of the benzo withdrawal world. … [click on title to read the rest]
I posted these tracks for download in a long post on methods to deal with insomnia: Help for insomnia (and psych drug withdrawal triggered sleeplessness).
Since they were buried at the bottom of that post I wanted to give better access to them because they’re really very helpful to me and I know they’ve been helpful to a lot of other folks in withdrawal too. I have no doubt many people with normal stress and anxiety will find them lovely and helpful too. … [click on title to read the rest]
Anxiety is basically a clinical term for fear which everyone at one time or another experiences with or without a diagnosis of some sort of anxiety “disorder.” Psychiatry pathologizes much of the normal human experience and in opposing fashion fear and/or anxiety is often referred to in Buddhism and other alternative philosophies as normal. Which is why many techniques to cope with anxiety have been inspired by Buddhism. There are many methods to learn how to be with these normal feelings, whether they’re very intense or not. As individuals some of us may be more prone to more intensity than others. We can all work with whatever it is we experience.
Gluten sensitivity can manifest with or without gastrointestinal symptoms! This is true for many people, not just those labeled with schizophrenia. I talk about diet and mental health a lot and gluten can be part of the mental health picture for many people whether or not they have a psychiatric diagnosis.
“Unless you’ve been through it, it’s impossible to know how bad it is.”
Why is it assumed that people need remain unaware of their physiological experience? This is exactly what meditation can attend to. It’s called “mindfulness” for a reason. It’s entirely possible to become aware of our bodies, minds and psyches. The fact that many of us are asleep does not mean we cannot wake up!
The UK has another round of info about benzodiazepines in the news again. I’ve mentioned several times that for whatever reason the British Media seems to cover the hazards of these drugs much more faithfully. I’m doing a little round-up without too much commentary as I’ve covered Benzo Info extensively for many years. See my Benzo Info Page here.
Protracted withdrawal syndromes are most common among benzo and SSRI users. All the psychotropic drugs seem to potentiate somewhat similar broad autonomic dysfunction in some people and on an individual basis I’ve seen worst case scenarios in some people using any and all the classes of psychiatric drug. But in terms of sheer statistics, there is no question in my mind having frequented withdrawal boards of all classes of psychiatric drugs now for many years that people are most often seriously struck with long-term withdrawal issues after having come off of benzodiazepines. They are nasty drugs and it’s no exaggeration when people say they are worse than heroin to come off of. I’ve met a few people now who’ve done both. Heroin does not sicken people for months and years after having withdrawn like benzodiazepines can.
Many of us who have withdrawn from benzodiazepines and SSRI antidepressants, both, have heart palpitations and other heart symptoms quite often as an iatrogenic injury. I’ve noticed that for my PTSD and psychiatric drug withdrawal induced tachycardia that yoga really does help minimize its horrors. It’s not a cure all but it sure as heck helps one get through when things are rough as well as perhaps creating a foundation for long-term healing….I’m sharing this here today because I’m quite sure many with psychiatric drug withdrawal syndromes might be helped too. Below the excerpted article are a few postures that help my heart calm….
What happens to the mother in the below excerpt from an article is extremely common. First she intuitively feels her anxiety shouldn’t be medicated and then the drugs make the issue worse. Her observation is not taken seriously by her medical team. This is where coercion often starts in psychiatric care. Her own bodies wisdom […]
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