Posted by greenhornet on February 20, 2005, at 11:01:18
In reply to Re: To Green Hornet » up'n'down, posted by Phillipa on February 19, 2005, at 23:50:08
> I'll second that. Well put. Fondly, Phillipa
Naturally I fully expected that that would be the response to my comments.
Let me reply with the following:
I have been off everything but the Wellbutrin and the Lexapro for over seven months. The inability to get off the Lexapro is the problem now. One has to ask, if these chemicals are supposed to be good for us, why the withdrawal? I never had symptoms such as I have now.Here is a quote from a from a psychiatrist himself:
"In my opinion, the APA is so dependent on pharmaceutical company support that it can not afford to criticize the overuse and misuse of psychotropic drugs. Perhaps more importantly, the APA is unwilling to mandate education of psychiatrists about the the seriousness of the short and long-term toxicities and withdrawal reactions from the drugs.
Loren Mosher, M.D Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
http://www.antipsychiatry.org/mosher.loren.1.htmThere is more that I have discovered in the past several years believe me.
I think that perhaps at this point I should say that I am both a registered nurse with a Masters Degree/speciality in Adult Mental Health, and a licensed Clinical psychologist (PsyD)
I worked in the field for a total of twenty years. My husband is a retired physician who, in thirty-five years practice of Internal Medicine hardley been left ignorant of medication or of psychiatry.
Two of our son's are also physicians.
We are not alone in our beliefs. We certainly did not come to these conclusions quickly.
While I could say more that is probably sufficient for now.
Remember, in several posts I have said DO YOUR HOMEWORK -- can you honestly say that you have done the homework?
Or is everything you know really a statement of the American Psychiatric Assoc., drug companies information about their products or information from physicians whoses source is simply one of the above?
I empathisize with you who have been diagnosed with a problem that has then led to medication or even multiple medications. However, I have also witnessed what a difference good, broad, multi-source education and a total attitude/life conversion CAN make; not just in myself, but in others too.
http://www.antipsychiatry.org/ritalin.htm
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/325/7378/1433
http://www.oikos.org/antipsicen.htmI do not agree with some of what the above sites provide,and of course there is certainly far more out there than what is on the web. Some of the information provided on the above links is quite eye opening -- if you are willing to take the time and learn.
Greenhornet
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