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Drug your Children!

Drug your Children!

Before you allow your children to be subjected to the dubious wonders of drugs like Ritalin, read this article by Dr. Breggin.  He outlines exactly what various drugs actually do to the brain.  It brings tears to my eyes every time I hear of some child's parent resorting to drugs to 'handle' any trouble they might be having.

Believe it or not, Doctors are paid big bucks to hand out these things and most of them have not done their own proper research as to side effects etc.

Psychiatric Drug Facts

Here is a short excerpt from the article:

"Antipsychotic drugs, including both older and newer ones, cause shrinkage (atrophy) of the brain in many human brain scan studies and in animal autopsy studies. The newer atypicals especially cause a well-documented metabolic syndrome including elevated blood sugar, diabetes, increased cholesterol, obesity and hypertension. They also produce dangerous cardiac arrhythmias and unexplained sudden death, and they significantly reduce longevity. In addition, they cause all the problems of the older drugs, such as Thorazine and Haldol, including tardive dyskinesia, a largely permanent and sometimes disabling and painful movement disorder caused by brain damage and biochemical disruptions.

Risperdal in particular but others as well cause potentially permanent breast enlargement in young boys and girls. The overall risk of harmful long-term effects from antipsychotic drugs exceeds the capacity of this review. Withdrawal from antipsychotic drugs can cause overwhelming emotional and neurological suffering, as well as psychosis in both children and adults, making complete cessation at times very difficult or impossible.

Despite their enormous risks, the newer antipsychotic drugs are now frequently used off-label to treat anything from anxiety and depression to insomnia and behavior problems in children. Two older antipsychotic drugs, Reglan and Compazine, are used for gastrointestinal problems, and despite small or short-term dosing, they too can cause problems, including tardive dyskinesia." (...more..)

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The Myth of the Chemical Imbalance…Quote:

The Myth of the Chemical Imbalance…Quote:

"I don't believe I have ever heard a knowledgeable, well-trained psychiatrist make such a preposterous claim [that patients have a chemical imbalance], except perhaps to mock it...In truth, the 'chemical imbalance' notion was always a kind of urban legend—never a theory seriously propounded by well-informed psychiatrists." –Ronald W. Pies, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, the State University of New York and Tufts University School of Medicine

From Psychology Today (click the link for more)

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Psychiatric Labelling

Psychiatric Labelling

I don't agree with everything in this article.  It is well researched and from the psychiatric industry itself, suggesting that materials such as the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (The go to manual of Psychiatry) should be abolished.  The article also points out there are not physical tests for any of the 'diseases' listed in this and other manuals of the like.

No More Psychiatric Labels

Excerpt:
"Abstract

This article argues that psychiatric diagnoses are not valid or useful. The use of psychiatric diagnosis increases stigma, does not aid treatment decisions, is associated with worsening long-term prognosis for mental health problems,

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The failure of decades of basic science research to reveal any specific biological or psychological marker that identifies a psychiatric diagnosis is well recognized.
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Say NO to drugs!

The whole labeling thing by psychiatrists really ticks me off.  How to slam and oppress an active child.  He can't keep his attention on what YOU want him to keep his or her attention on so YOU label him or her ADHD instead of something positive.  psychiatric labelingMakes for a pretty dangerous environment for the child.  He or she cannot be his or herself anymore.

What if Mozart was labeled ADHD because all he could do was write music.  Or Da Vinci was thrown in the nuthouse because his scribblings were fanciful and unrealistic.  Over the centuries in other cultures people were ostracized from their society because they did not conform and many talents were squashed BUT with drugs like ritalin the evil bastards(psychiatrists) are able to neutralize thousands and millions of children all the while having the general population thinking they are helping.

Hey - to coin a phrase "Say no to drugs!"

Or one that I like much better: "Drugs are for losers!"

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Remedies for depression

I was reading the Rodale website for recipes and I happened upon their remedies section.  They have some sensible depression remedies.

http://remedies.rodale.com/depression-remedies

I personally like the one, "Make Someone's Day".   I try and make a friendly, uplifting comment to someone every day.

Perhaps you are lacking sleep ("Get some zzz's").  Maybe you just need to make some space with their "Get Outside" suggestion.  Perhaps you are B-vitamin deficient. 

Try one different suggestion each day for 10 days and see how you feel. 

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