Here's to the courageous and wonderful Egyptian people who fought the fight for freedom for themselves and for all humanity! What a wonderful day! Lyrics: “I went down and I said I am not coming back, and I wrote on every street wall that I am not coming back. “All barriers have been broken down,... Continue Reading →
Wash away all of my tears
Sweet moving song and video. Thanks to the friend who shared this with me!
Psychology — the study of the soul
PSYCHOLOGY “study of the soul” (ψυχή, psukhē, meaning “breath”, “spirit”, or “soul”); and (-λογία -logia, translated as “study of” or “research”)
Before excessive drug treatments NIMH declared depression “on the whole” a diagnosis with best prognosis for recovery: not so anymore
Robert Whitaker's website -- Links to studies showing that depression with much greater frequency becomes a life long chronic problem with the advent of the use of drugs. Antidepressants/Depression A. The Natural Course of Depression Prior to the widespread use of antidepressants, the National Institute of Mental Health told the public that people regularly recovered... Continue Reading →
“Bipolar Disorder” before the psychopharmaceutical era
From Robert Whitaker's website links showing how bipolar disorder, too, has been exacerbated since the advent of heavy pharmacological intervention. Polypharmacy/Bipolar illness A. Bipolar Illness Before the Psychopharmacology Era Prior to 1955, bipolar illness was a rare disorder. There were only 12,750 people hospitalized with that disorder in 1955. In addition, there were only about... Continue Reading →
Benzodiazepines, too cause chronic issues and rebound “anxiety” that is a much worse monster than anything initially treated
A collection of studies on Robert Whitaker's website that show how benzodiazepines create worse havoc in the bodies of those given them: Benzodiazepines/Anxiety In the early 1980s, governmental medical authorities in the United States and the United Kingdom concluded that benzodiazepines were addictive and should not be used on a long-term basis. Studies showed that... Continue Reading →
Antipsychotics often cause chronicity/long-term disability
Robert Whitaker has a page on his website that puts an entire history of the damning evidence of neuroleptics together on one page. This is only one class of psychotropic. Similar sorts of aggravating results can be found with the other classes of psychiatric drugs as well. Below is the introduction to the page. What... Continue Reading →
Living well while being sick: an anniversary post
Update 2016: This was written for my one year anniversary free of psych drugs in 2011. I was still very very very sick and mostly bedridden. The philosophy I developed at that time has carried me through.
What does it mean to heal?
“I like to think of the word ‘healing’ in the relationship to curing, as coming to terms with things as they are. What healing is is a process through which we come to terms with the actuality of our situation in the present moment. Now, the beauty of healing is that healing is possible even in the absence or the very improbable likelihood of a cure — that the work of healing can be done right up to our last breath.
More evidence that antipsychotics cause brains to shrink
We should remember when we read this that antipsychotics are being used broadly for everything from sleeplessness to anxiety to depression these days. They've long been used in people diagnosed bipolar. They are also being used rampantly in young children sometimes even toddlers. These are most assuredly not safe drugs for a developing brain.
The Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Wellbutrin, Celexa, Effexor, Valium, Klonopin, Ativan, Restoril, Xanax, Adderall, Ritalin, Haldol, Risperdal, Seroquel, Ambien, Lunesta, Elavil, Trazodone War
I’m struck by how my withdrawal caused so many of the same sorts of PTSD symptoms these soldiers have. These men and women are taking drugs for PTSD that can create PTSD in people who’ve never been to war when they withdrew from them because the withdrawal itself is so ugly. I’ve seen it numerous times in my networks, I’m hardly alone in this. These psych drugs are not a long term solution. Most of them most likely should not even be being used short term. It’s heartbreaking.