Dear *****, I think of you often. I hope that you have found some easing in the agony of your symptoms since we last spoke. I had an idea of something that might help you. I always hesitate with anything resembling advice because I know what we need varies so greatly. Two things first: if its not helpful now maybe sometime in the future and of course if it simply makes no sense let it go. Trust the wisdom of your response as you read the words.
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.
Some of us have been on the front lines figuring out this stuff years before anyone was publicly acknowledging it. I am sharing this info and collection in response to the two recent @nytimes articles.
I see in retrospect that some core, vital part of me was always there during the drugged years, learning and remembering much that would help me in these years of coming off meds and now being med free. I no longer believe that I “lost” my life to drugs. This is, as Mary Oliver, puts it, my "one wild and precious life."
Sitting with highly reactive feelings is often a highly somatic experience that most people have no framework for and therefore no means to understand what is happening. It can be a very frightening thing to sit with reactive feelings.
I found this article at Mad in America quite fascinating and on point. I hadn't heard the term pseudo-autism but it's exactly my experience too. I'm sharing the link to the article and my comment in response to the article here. ...
update 2024: Remineralization remains a critical topic in my experience. Minerals are essential for all of our bodily functions. They are needed for bone and teeth health for our blood, skin, hair, nerve function, muscle and for all our metabolic processes.
When I came off these drugs there was little to no information on how to best do it. We are still largely in the dark about what is actually going on in the body and brain as it adjusts to becoming free from the neurotoxic drugs that it's become acclimatized to. This process can be a violent, difficult and destructive one and certainly was for me. there are many things we can do to support the process.
This was first published on David Healy's site, RxIsk: Making Medicine's Safer for All of Us, about 4 years ago. I've never published it on this site and thought I'd do so now so that it will be part of the archives here as well. It's a memoir of sorts up to that point 4 years ago.
Psychiatric drug withdrawal information and resources .. Below the initial commentary is a collection of links with lots of information to better inform the reader on psychiatric drug withdrawal. Educating oneself and preparing for a safer taper goes a long way in mitigating the risk of serious protracted withdrawal issues. NEW: Psychiatric drug withdrawal: preparation for before... Continue Reading →
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