You've been away from the music business for so long. Why come back now? "...I was on a lot of anti-depressants, which I now know I'm physiologically allergic to. I had to get my health straight, so I said 'look guys, I don't feel I can do it'. So then I went away and, with the help of my GP, I very gradually came off that particular drug. It took me six months to get it out of my system and I'm pleased to say I feel kind of better."
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 →
I've written about this new use for Ketamine, a horse tranquilizer turned party drug, known as Special K on the rave scene. The excerpt below is the only part of the article that matters. Ketamine is 'magic drug' for depression Telegraph Glenn Garnham, a drug and alcohol counsellor for UK charity Admit voiced concerns over... Continue Reading →
This must be new in the UK since the publisher sent me this book a year or two ago. It's a nice little primer on how to live clean and improve mood and well-being all around. This book contains good advice for any mental health issue even though he concentrates on depression. I also take... Continue Reading →
Prawns on Prozac, whatever next? Crabs on cocaine? -- NewScientist -- Second-hand Prozac in waste water could be sending shrimps' swimming patterns haywire, making them easy targets for predators. ''Crustaceans are crucial to the food chain and if shrimps' natural behaviour is being changed because of antidepressant levels in the sea this could seriously upset... Continue Reading →
From BBC news: Having depression may nearly double the risk of developing dementia later in life, new research suggests... It showed that the more times someone experienced depression, the higher their dementia risk was. Having two or more episodes of depression nearly doubled the risk of dementia... "It is well known depression is common in... Continue Reading →
Major birth defects tied to common epilepsy drug (commonly used as mood-stabilizer DEPAKOTE) -- Reuters Earlier research had shown that taking Depakote (valproate) during pregnancy might lower the baby's IQ and lead to deformities in up to one in ten cases. (See Reuters Health story April 16, 2009.) Scientists have long known about one of... Continue Reading →
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 →
Healthcare vs. disease management -- Healthy Skeptic -- Wellness care is what we need. Disease management is what we have. --Wellness care would save insurance companies billions of dollars each year. But it would devastate the bottom lines of the pharmaceutical industry.-- Wellness care is what I will offer my patients. And it’s the vision I... Continue Reading →
I love Pema Chodron. The Doorway to Freedom: https://youtu.be/K5idGVQFpE4 She didn't know to call her issues "depression" and so she found her own way.
Monday reading... Holistic Recovery from Schizophrenia: Big NIMH -- The pharma bamboozle is particularly poignant, because of the millions of lives wasted and lost. When Not to Buy Organic! -- list of foods that are safe to buy non-organic and those that one should absolutely only eat if organic. First Do No Harm and DSM... Continue Reading →
