"The providers have made a secret of drug safety." Charles Medawar
Poisoned by prescription; antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and cascade iatrogenesis.
Nov 30, 2022 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
A prisoner of the psychiatric system.
A young man is diagnosed with clinical depression at age 16 and prescribed Seroxat. Neither he nor his parents knew what could happen. He developed "atypical" psychosis. His parents expressed concern to their GP. No action was taken.
The dosage was at one point increased. His parents tried to reduce his Seroxat but he became terribly paranoid and they were forced to stop. They knew nothing about tapering. Today Seroxat is not recommended for under the 25s. Antidepressants are a suicide risk for young people.
Oct 2, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
"Once treated you can't be untreated." David Healy is correct as I'm learning the hard way, a brain compromised by psychiatric drugs is a brain prone to making dangerous mistakes such as forgetting you've left the cooker on! Psychiatry has left me with brain toxicity.
In Appendix C of Dr Grace E Jackson's book, "Drug-Induced Dementia: a perfect crime", she sets out 10 possible measures (I highlight 5) in "Preventing and Responding to Drug-Induced Dementia".
Apr 1, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
'Antidepressants' in the modern era, starting with cocaine elixirs in the late 1800s, followed by amphetamines, bromides, barbiturates, narcotics, and tranquilisers, 'all hailed as miracle cures until their dangerous side effects emerged'. From 'Prozac Backlash' by J Glenmullen
'Reviewing the history of these drugs, one finds a strikingly similar pattern: Initially, the drugs are aggressively marketed with claims that they are revolutionary breakthroughs, remarkable scientific advances over their predecessors.' 1/
Mar 30, 2022 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Antidepressant-induced akathisia-related homicides associated with diminishing mutations in metabolizing genes of ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… 'Akathisia suicides and homicides, particularly when they involved children, gave rise to the first antidepressant suicide advisories in 2003'
'In all of the cases presented here, the subjects were prescribed antidepressants that failed to mitigate distress emerging from their predicaments, which encompassed psychosocial stressors such as bereavement, marital and relationship difficulties, and work-related stress. 1/
Mar 9, 2022 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
Symptoms of Neurotoxicity [they epitomize the side effects and withdrawal symptoms of psych drugs] - described in 'Neurotoxicity Guidebook' by Raymond M. Singer, Ph.D., neuropsychologist and neurotoxicologist. 1. Personality changes
a. Irritability
b. Social withdrawal
c. Amotivation (disturbance of executive function) 2. Mental changes
a. Problems with memory for recent events
b. Concentration problems
c. Mental slowness 3. Sleep disturbance 4. Chronic fatigue 5. Headache 6. Sexual dysfunction 7. Numbness in the hands and feet
