Philip at Furious Seasons reports: I can assure one and all that America didn't suddenly develop millions of more people with psychotic disorders. These drugs are being used for depression now and that's where I bet the sales boost came from. America is no longer "Prozac Nation." It's not "Atypical Nation." And that ain't good.(click... Continue Reading →
Hypoglycemia and Diabetes type 2—big players in the psychiatrized
First of all I want to make it clear here, because the video doesn't. This discussion is primarily about diabetes type 2. Diabetes type 1 cannot be healed through lifestyle like type 2 can be. Many of us who have been on psych meds are hypoglycemic or have other blood sugar balancing issues and get... Continue Reading →
AstraZeneca buries information on Seroquel
That AstraZeneca and Seroquel have been in hot water lately for various reasons is well known by anybody who follows pharma and psychiatric news. There has been a ton of info to follow and since it's not the main focus of my blog I've only mentioned it once or twice. For thorough background coverage check... Continue Reading →
Addiction Risk Seen in Wakefulness Drug Provigil (and Ritalin)
Healthy people are starting to use stimulants to help them stay "alert." And lo and behold, studies are showing that they are addictive. It's time to wake up world! ALL psychotropics are addictive or if you're one of the hair-splitters, all psychotropics can lead to dependency and/or severe withdrawal issues. ALL OF THEM, stimulants, sedatives,... Continue Reading →
As antipsychotics lose favor, trend to benzodiazepines (history may repeat itself)
I just found a very frightening article. While the alarms bells are appropriately being rung about antipsychotics being dangerous is numerous ways, this study in the elderly show that docs are prescribing benzodiazipines instead. Benzos are notoriously bad for everyone and especially bad for the elderly. Prescribing benzos in the geriatric community has been considered... Continue Reading →
The New York Times continues to spread the bullshit: Fatal Illness More Likely in Bipolar Patients
I wrote about a study a week or so again showing that the mentally ill die more frequently where there is no mention of the DRUGS they prescribe these people being the CAUSE of all said diseases that are killing these folks. This careless disregard for the truth is so enraging I just want to... Continue Reading →
A most important post for anyone contemplating psychiatric drug withdrawal
In a response to a post the other day about the horrors of Cymbalta, a drug which among many other awful things is also awful to withdraw from, as are all psychotropics potentially, I got this comment. I’m working on a taper off Cymbalta, been on it for a bit more than two years, and... Continue Reading →
What is it with this supreme idiocy?? It’s well documented that neuroleptics CAUSE metabolic syndromes and yet these medical journals aren’t calling a spade a spade
It seems almost conspiratorial. It's certainly criminal. I posted on a piece from PsychCentral about a week ago talking about similar results while not mentioning that the drugs cause these problems. I also posted a piece that clearly states these drugs are killing us here and that docs aren't monitoring us. Now we see medical... Continue Reading →
AstraZeneca makers of Seroquel want to “protect” us by withholding information about the dangers of the drug
This you've got to read!! From the St. Petersburg Times: AstraZeneca, maker of the blockbuster antipsychotic Seroquel, is battling to keep information about the drug out of the public's view … for the public's own good. This month in Orlando, lawyers for the drugmaker will argue that unsealing company documents, including unpublished clinical trial data... Continue Reading →
Are drugs used too often? Psychiatric drug info unrevealed
This is a good article featuring Robert Whitaker and Oryx Cohen. The study Whitaker mentions that shows more frequent and sustained improvement among those with psychosis over a 15 year problem IF they were not using meds is a study I featured on this blog. (I now have so many posts I can't even find... Continue Reading →
Bitter Pill—Rolling Stone magazine takes on the atypical antipsychotics
In a very long feature article in Rolling Stone journalist Ben Wallace-Wells delivers what is apparently a very critical look at neuroleptics and big pharma. I have not read it. I don't have the attention span right now. I'll get around to it when I can. I don't expect to learn anything new but we... Continue Reading →