Month: May 2014

Antidepressant vs benzodiazepine withdrawal

As Baylissa clearly says above, withdrawal syndromes can be equally devastating for both SSRI/SNRI users and benzo users. Often times this is not understood. I've also seen people have severe issues that are also similar with the so-called mood stabilizers as well as the neuroleptics. All the psychiatric drugs, even though they have different mechanisms of action when it comes to their (so-called) therapeutic intent, challenge the nervous system in ways that can cause broad and systemic problems upon withdrawal and even simply after long-term use. The autonomic nervous system disregulation that results hence creates similar protracted issues in the user regardless of drug. We see the most documentation of these issues with the SSRIs and benzos. Benzodiazepine drugs have the longest history and so this phenomena is more frequently recognized with benzos. The neuroleptics and mood stabilizers have the least literature and documentation but it's clear that they too have very serious issues. Lamictal, a anti-seizure drug used as a "mood stabilizer" clearly causes very serious issues. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Earth doing her thing…

Video, commentary and links … [click on title for the rest of the post]

The Strengthening Mental Health in Our Communities Act: the alternative to the Murphy Bill

The press has come out against the new legislation and for the Murphy bill. Your legislators need to hear why the Barber bill represents a much more hopeful direction in mental health legislation, and Mr. Murphy’s direction is NOT the way to go. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

What does the research say about the effects of long-term use of psychiatric drugs?



pharmaceuticals If I had remained med compliant...

What does the research show about the effects of long-term use of psychiatric drugs? Video and an article on the topic. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Psychiatric labels don’t make sense anymore (part 2)

You know what I liked best about the interview I did the other day? I didn't use clinical terms when I talked about mental distress...and I didn't do that on purpose...I truly don't think in terms of psychiatric labels anymore. They are meaningless to me and my language supports that. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

The dark side of yoga…

Yoga has been one of my foundational practices as I recover from a gravely disabling and long-term chronic illness. My healing protocols have been many and diverse and yoga is an absolutely critical part of it. The dark side of yoga really boils down to failing to listen to our body/mind/spirit needs. Injuries can happen. There is a learning curve involved when one is new at this. Be kind and gentle with yourself as you learn. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

The body as poetry…

selective focus photography of red waterlily flower in bloom The body as poetry...

It seems, in fact, that for many people it takes illness and the impetus to get well again to truly find out what it is to be alive in their body. And then illness can be seen as a gift since there are so many people walking around half dead without even knowing it.

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I’m thrilled…lab work proves I’m doing it right! (thyroid issues and herbs)

I tested hyperthyroid about 6 weeks ago...it made my iatrogenic nervous system chaos far worse.
I took herbs (mostly a variety of different but particular nervine herbs which I made into teas and sipped therapeutically throughout the day) and did yoga, concentrating on a few poses for supporting my thyroid and also emphasized certain healthy foods in my diet. A few days ago I sensed I no longer needed the herbs (I continuously intuitively took what I needed, not what is generally prescribed by herbalists, even...I totally listened to my body and the energetics of the herbs) So I stopped the herbs a few days ago as they seemed to no longer be needed and in fact were not agreeing with me anymore and so I stopped them over the course of a few days.
Today it's been 6 weeks since I last tested and my thyroid test came back NORMAL. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Dogmatic anti-meds stance can be dangerous

a post to revisit or read for the first time: Dogmatic anti-meds stance can be dangerous

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Live while you still can

It is not the end of the physical body that should worry us. Rather, our concern must be to live while we're alive - to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a facade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

And there is no flaw…

There is [a] quality of ordinary mind, which is the interior of consciousness, the voices in the head, the shift of feeling and sensation. Yes, that’s it, the voice in your head that says, “I don’t have voices in my head.” That one. Ordinary means that there is no need to add or take away from what is going on in the mind. Each portion of life has the whole of life. There is nothing wrong with what is in the mind except the sense that something is wrong. In this way simplicity turns to a form of compassion. When there is no objection to the states of mind that arise—ordinary or painful or thick—then they have their moment and move along, like clouds in the trade winds. And there is no flaw in the thinker or in the moment that is taking place. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

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