Carrie Fisher’s urn is a giant prozac pill — this is my heart-felt response

I don’t often do this sort of commentary anymore, but sometimes I simply have to… Here it is from twitter. This rose up in me spontaneously and it’s all I wish to say now. There are lots of additional links for more information is you are interested in pursuing this further. (both in the body of the tweets as well as a collection of links at the bottom of this post)

Also see: on the backlash I received from posting this collection of tweets: When we are told our experience is too ugly to be heard…

Humor can be life-saving – in this instance it’s heart-breaking. Psych drugs kill people 25 yrs earlier on average https://t.co/Uuv20DdJfZ

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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DOCUMENTATION (mentally ill die, on average, 25 years earlier than the general pop) https://t.co/zQlE3sOpql

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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Zyprexa has killed more people than Vioxx ever did https://t.co/jifmLsn6lh article from 2008…these drugs continue to kill every year

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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Heart disease is often a result of metabolic syndrome and psychiatric drugs cause metabolic syndrome. This is a heinously tragic joke.

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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The narrative in the mainstream media is that these are life-saving drugs when in fact they often KILL people.

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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There really are viable options to drugs…fact is there is a lack of will and money and the pharmaceutical companies control the narrative

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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I don’t follow this stuff like I used to because it’s soul-draining and devastating to see how many people still believe this shit…

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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And we are killing people in the 1000s & spiritually castrating many more 100s of 1000s because people can’t get their heads out of the sand

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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devastated daily…I was on my death bed for about 4 yrs & people write me daily about the condition of their drug induced brain injuries

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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grave and total disability not even recognized by medicine most of the time. many 1000s of folks who have been left neurologically impaired

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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that’s a whole other thing from the metabolic syndrome that actually kills. Some of us wish we were dead for many of those years

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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so deeply injured by the drugs we are left disabled and non-verbal in worst case scenarios…we are totally invisible and it’s CRIMINAL

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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.@ParadoxNow_ Thanks for saying this exactly as it is. I was horrified by the photo – for all the same reasons

— Lucy Johnstone (@ClinpsychLucy) January 7, 2017

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* @ClinpsychLucy the work is never done…the popular narrative is revolting and utter and complete bullshit. It’s mind-boggling still.

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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* @ClinpsychLucy thank you for sharing it…most people can’t deal with the raw reality of the horror and so don’t like to share such things

— Monica (@ParadoxNow_) January 7, 2017

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More info:

Also see: on the backlash I received from posting this collection of tweets: When we are told our experience is too ugly to be heard…

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*it is potentially dangerous to come off medications without careful planning. Please be sure to be well educated before undertaking any sort of discontinuation of medications. If your MD agrees to help you do so, do not assume they know how to do it well even if they claim to have experience. They are generally not trained in discontinuation and may not know how to recognize withdrawal issues. A lot of withdrawal issues are misdiagnosed to be psychiatric problems. This is why it’s good to educate oneself and find a doctor who is willing to learn with you as your partner in care. Really all doctors should always be willing to do this as we are all individuals and need to be treated as such. See: Psychiatric drug withdrawal and protracted withdrawal syndrome round-up

It’s become clear to me that whenever it’s possible that it’s helpful for folks who’ve not begun withdrawal and have the time to consider a carefully thought out plan to attempt to bring greater well-being to your body before starting the withdrawal. That means learning how to profoundly nourish your body/mind and spirit prior to beginning a withdrawal. For suggestions on how to go about doing that check the drop-down menus on this blog for ideas. Anything that helps you learn how to live well can be part of your plan. That plan will look different for everyone as we learn to follow our hearts and find our own unique paths in the world. Things to begin considering are diet, exercise and movement, meditation/contemplation etc. Paying attention to all these things as you do them helps too. The body will start letting us know what it needs as we learn to pay attention.

For a multitude of ideas about how to create a life filled with safe alternatives to psychiatric drugs visit the drop-down menus at the top of this page.

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