I've lost twenty pounds now but I don't feel good about it. I've lost my appetite almost completely and that is not a good thing. My favorite activity in life has been cooking. Strangely enough, mostly through habit, I continue to cook when I am strong enough to stand through the process. The other reason... Continue Reading →
If you’re a member of Facebook
I've just joined recently and you can join my BLOG NETWORK if you're interested. I would love to know who all you silent readers are if you are so inclined to let me know. And oh, I've been having a great time with Facebook...it's fun to meet all sorts of people and reconnect with old... Continue Reading →
James Gordon web series revisited
I’ve had a phone conversation with Troy about the Natural Approach to Healing Depression classes. They’re good people…who did not prepare well enough…and did not look into the different arena's on the internet to understand that there are different expectations in different places. For example they will be putting the whole series on YouTube where... Continue Reading →
On Pain
It seems some people think that pain is special to them. Their pain is worse than anyone else's. We all fall victim to that kind of thinking sometime, don't we? But the truth is that pain belongs to all of us equally and it always passes just like joy. It is a teacher as is... Continue Reading →
My latest withdrawal symptom
Numb frontal lobe. Okay, well, that's what it feels like. It's not my skull that feels numb, but my brain!! Granted it's most assuredly just a sensation as the brain reportedly does not feel anything. I made my last Klonopin cut four days ago and it's the first time the Klonopin has struck me with... Continue Reading →
“Powerful antipsychotic medicines are being used far too cavalierly in children”
So begins the first sentence in this NYTs article. Powerful antipsychotic medicines are being used far too cavalierly in children, and federal drug regulators must do more to warn doctors of their substantial risks, a panel of federal drug experts said Tuesday. More than 389,000 children and teenagers were treated last year with Risperdal, one... Continue Reading →
An apology is in order–update–read final comment
There has been a misunderstanding...I will write more tomorrow...to tired now...read the last comment, thanks. I promoted in good faith a free web class, A Natural Approach to Treating Depression, being offered by Dr. James Gordon. His assistant Troy Centazzo, left a comment under the post in which I promoted the class saying: Thanks so... Continue Reading →
Review of Adverse Psychiatric Drug Reaction Conference
A friend of mine and an important advocate in this world of questioning drugs and psychiatry went to APRIL's Conference this year in London. Below is Sara Bostock's piece covering the the parts of the conference she attended. Thank you for sharing your experience with us here Sara: Last week, on November 6, 2008, I... Continue Reading →
Zyprexa has killed more people than Vioxx ever did
note: scroll down and there is a second article on the entire class of drugs, that are all potentially deadly. See also: The “Zyprexa Papers” - Jim Gottstein (the second article below this one is entitled -- Worse Than Vioxx: Zyprexa, Risperdal, Clozaril, And Paxil Killed Thousands Of Americans -- all these drugs too are... Continue Reading →
The creation of the new DSM
From today's LA times come's an important op-ed on the creation of the next DSM written by Christopher Lane: Over the summer, a wrangle between eminent psychiatrists that had been brewing for months erupted in print. Startled readers of Psychiatric News saw the spectacle unfold in the journal's normally less-dramatic pages. The bone of contention:... Continue Reading →
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