#12 from the IT GETS BETTER series JANUARY 10, 2012 I don't often talk about the numerous, odd and often acute aches and pains we who've been harmed by drugs often experience as a result of the iatrogenic damage from taking and then withdrawing from psychiatric drugs. … [click on title to read and view more]
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. -- Mahatma Gandhi That is certainly how recovering from the heinousness of the iatrogenic injury of psychiatric drug withdrawal syndrome has worked for me!! -- my unrelenting determination to find a way through the maze of autonomic nervous system chaos has, indeed, brought me many gifts and continued healing...and it's not done yet! … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Monica what do you think has been helping you the most to get better? I figured I'd answer by putting this post together for both her and my readers here on Beyond Meds. The bottom line is that everything I do is important. Yup, again, Everything matters. It's impossible for me to determine exactly what is doing what! It all works together synergistically. It's all part of the holistic whole that is my life. Below are many of my daily practices which are always subject to change. … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Neurotoxins and Biofilm: Health Crisis ~~ update 2025: Since first publishing this post I have learned a lot more about how neurotoxins in our environment are used by biofilms in our bodies. They create armor against and from living pathogens. Micro-organisms, including our own probiotics use the toxins to create and move biofilm away from organs thus protecting us while also creating pockets of deep infection that is often hard to target and can defy laboratory detection. Our bodies are always working for us, and if they're overburdened the internal screams become confusing.
A quote 'I had always previously thought that it was possible to change my attitude to any situation. With the illness, I realised that there was a stage where you couldn't. You could have a good attitude either side of the experience, but not while you were in it. This was when the illness was deep in the brain, there was no way out until it passed and you just had to allow the experience to be what it was and if it was darkness then it was just darkness.' I was having to assimilate the idea of illness and suffering as a gift - what looked like suffering on the physical and psychological levels could often have a transforming effect on the deeper spiritual levels, that may not be apparent to the casual observer.' … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Trauma that is held in the body over time freezes...the healing process requires defrosting...it can be painful...physically and emotionally. (it's also well worth the trouble!) … [click on title for the rest of the post]
Illness is a monastery with its own rules, asceticism, silence, and inspiration. — Albert Camus I have so often said that my plight was one of forced monasticism...one that bore much good fruit even if also painful. So that is the positive spin on all this. Dark nights of the soul do bear fruit. ... [click on title for the rest of the post]
When friends disappear: She then said that when I wanted to she could tell me her side of the story. I do not have that sort of generosity at this point, because EVERYONE has a story about why they can't be around sick people. I don't want to hear them. Not at this point.
Someone who is in the midst of acute withdrawal syndrome recently asked me if I had hope for others who are very sick. I answered with the following words: Finding hope: When I was at the height of this illness (I had over 50 severe and disabling symptoms) I felt hateful, bitter and angry...and most of those emotions were caused by what some of us call "neuro-emotions" meaning they were grossly exaggerated because of the condition and the brain/neurological injury that so many of us are dealing with. Believe me I did not always deal with this iatrogenic injury with anything resembling grace. So, yes, I have hope for everyone. …
This sort of illness tends to be an up and down sort of thing. It can be very difficult to deal with and unaffected people rarely understand. I lately had a serious setback and I've learned it's not very pleasant to even talk about because people want you better so badly that they will invalidate the very real difficulties that we face all the time. … [click on title to read the rest]
I use many methods for relief of the pain at once...including yoga and meditation and supplements and diet and epsom salt baths...like all aspects of health I've learned, that pain too is a deeply holistic experience. Everything matters. I don't imagine the combination of what works for me is going to be exactly applicable to anyone else. It's more important to learn to listen to ones particular body and that process will never be exactly the same. I list as many things here as possible so that one might start to piece together what might work for their situation.
