Tag: brain injury

Chronic illness, pharmaceutical injury

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This is my experience after what, at this point, amounts to thousands of hours of mindful presence with the chaos in my body. ~~ Chronic illness, pharmaceutical injury ~~ One learns when one focuses attention. One learns a whole lot. That is meditation. Focused attention. So, my experience of chronic illness: Chronic illness is the body saying no to the toxic societal structures that we have internalized…healing from chronic illness is healing the whole human shebang. ~~ To be clear healing does not mean curing. There is no cure to this being human. ~~ ....

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Need to heal psych drug damage? Wonderful information on neuroplasticity.

Call it anything you like. This information is straight from life-force. It will heal your brain if you listen with receptivity. If you're not used to using a Christian framework...breath while you listen and feel the energy of the words. This woman is tapped in. Listen.

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A year since the ICU stay. What’s up?

nature scene for ICU stay

Update 2026: I've had several near death experiences during this healing process. This was the easiest to talk and write about since it was well documented with a stay in the intensive care unit (icu stay). The almost complete loss of memory remains one of the most traumatic phases of this journey.

Traumatic brain injury/psych drug brain injury — very similar

brain and skull with pharmaceuticals around it Traumatic brain injury/psych drug brain injury -- very similar

I came across an extensive article that is quite helpful in terms of tips  and validation about the vast myriad of possible manifestations after brain injury. It's written about  the more conventional  TBI, you know, car accidents and violent blows to the head. You will see that  pharmaceutical injuries  are very similar in terms of symptoms.

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Hell, for sure, and as lucid as can be

Secondary to the brain injury in December I've now had raging hyperthyroid for months. It's clear that psychosis isn't something this body/mind does easily anymore since I do not sleep anymore than 2 hours a night and often less. The level of taxation on the body is through the roof. I'm in hell, for sure, and as lucid as can be. Sleeplessness is used as torture for good reason.

The trip to Boston (first travel in a decade since the pharmaceutical brain injury)

These are the status updates and tweets since my trip began in chronological order. I'm swamped and don't have time to do anything more formal. At some point I will because so much more is happening than what I'm able to share in these limited reflections. *** August 18. (while flying) The amount of stimulation among... Continue Reading →

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Psych drugs and brain damage

visionary art by MINNIE EVANS for Psych drugs and brain damage

There is an unfortunate belief in some parts of critical psych communities that says that the brain injury that many of us sustain as a result of psychiatric drug use and withdrawal is permanent and irreversible. That we cannot heal from it. S*** happens...it's a rough ride…people die coming off these neurotoxins…I do not sugar coat anything and yet, I know, and have seen many transformative healings…

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Healing brain injury

healing brain injury

Sometimes healing a brain injury really hurts very badly... *acutely* in fact ... I sometimes think of people healing from severe burns at those times... I imagine it sounds hard to conceive but I can feel neurons growing...my brain's higher functioning was shut down with potent drugs for two and a half decades. Sensitivity might just be considered altered interoception so that we might have the information to heal.

Healing is a shocking process

image of tree top with birds...tree of life healing is a shocking process

Healing from this particular form of iatrogenic injury is a shocking process. It is shocking by nature of the fact that one of the hallmarks of this brain injury is a deep and profound neurological terror. This terror, held in the autonomic nervous system, manifests in a myriad number of forms from individual to individual.

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Harsh Reality of Antipsychotics: Brain Shrinkage

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Antipsychotics: Brain Shrinkage ~~ Joanna Moncrieff revisits a very important issue...one of which has been discussed on Beyond Meds many times. I like to remind people that "antipsychotics" are really misnamed. They are a class of drugs called neuroleptics and quite often do not do anything at all to mitigate psychosis. They are major tranquilizers and neurotoxic drugs that harm and use should be minimized as much as possible.

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Are elders living with forgetfulness, Alzheimer’s, and dementia unreachable?

Are elders living with forgetfulness, Alzheimer's, and dementia unreachable? Are there parallels with states called psychotic? Can meaning be found in the confusion of brain injury and coma? Stan Tomandl, MA, DiplPW and author of Coma Care & Palliative Work, and An Alzheimer's Surprise Party: Unveiling the Mystery, Inner Experience, and Gifts of Dementia, explores communicating with memory loss and how to make an end of life transition with dignity. [click on title for the rest of the post]

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