Why do doctors dismiss patients who report side effects from antidepressants and other drugs, claiming it’s in their head or simply “the disease getting worse”?
This response reflects a blatant disregard for patient lived experiences and the potential dangers of these medications.
Harms in medicine is real. It cannot continue to be downplayed or an afterthought at time of drug approval. Sometimes I wonder if it’s not the patients who are afraid of the uncomfortable truth, but those responsible for understanding and addressing their concerns.
'can lead to misdiagnosis, gaslighting, ongoing unnecessary treatment, exaggeration of the relapse prevention properties of these drugs, and a failure ....to acknowledge the harm caused by this class of drugs, including potential long-lasting brain injuries (or dysfunction).'
I get a lot of letters from family members who are looking for ways to help their adult children. They have a genuine desire to learn more about schizophrenia, so they’re in a better position to help. I welcome those letters and try my best to ease their worries and support them in any way I can. Then, there are the letters that come from a place of blame. They hold their children responsible for the disintegration of their families and the immense emotional pain they have endured. I don’t respond to those letters. At one time, I was the recipient of a family smear campaign designed to blame and punish. One may sometimes question the motivation behind doctors' communication with families, wondering if it is merely to legitimize forced medication of patients.
It takes a 16-year high school girl to explain to a room of adults why she and her classmates should not have to tolerate boys in their locker room. That’s where we are now. Can you imagine this a decade ago? Time to end the insanity.
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Not Just "a Mistake":
♦️March 2020: Imperial College London published its seminal projections paper advising 'lockdown until vaccination', on the back of which UK Government imposed blanket lockdowns. Public NEVER TOLD that Imperial had just received USD100m from pharmaceutical industry donors.
♦️Jan 2021: UK Government imposed masks-in-class mandate for children without ANY harm assessment.
♦️Summer 2021: UK Government SHUTS DOWN expert ethics committee after it criticises ethics of UK Govt. vaccination policies.
Just three of the examples discussed in our latest video of serious pandemic wrongdoing which demands meaningful accountability.
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The 100 year quest for a genetic base to the heterogenous, unscientific construct ‘schizophrenia’ continues, wasting millions that could be spent on things that have a chance of improving lives. @jayjoseph22@JDaviesPhD@RichardBentall@Mad_In_America
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I am seeing more and more people who want to come off their antidepressant, so I am glad to have finally ordered and received the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines by @markhoro and David Taylor. It is full of useful advice on all aspects of withdrawal based on available evidence
65% of people with depression respond to watchful waiting and 'depathologisation' in this pilot study. Non-response was not correlated with severity but was associated with the expectation of getting drug treatment https://t.co/6J0NvIJFEF
Imagine creating a false narrative in order to sell pills. Imagine manipulating billions of people to believe that their mood, feelings and distress are due to an unproven hypothesis. Imagine getting away with it for decades. Imagine profiting billions from a lie. Imagine that 😳
“Despite having more access to medication in the US than ever, over 50,000 Americans died by suicide last year — the highest number ever recorded. It’s the biggest open secret in neuroscience — psychiatric medications often don’t work.”
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@ReadReadj@JDaviesPhD@joannamoncrieff@Institute_PDW @MarnieWedlake @Mad_In_America "Forty-seven per cent did not consult their psychiatrist before discontinuing."
I wonder why:
"The most common unhelpful factor was the psychiatrist/doctor, largely because of their lack of knowledge, refusal to support the patient's wishes and the threat or use of coercion."
Giving a voice to 560 recipients of ‘antipsychotic’ drugs.
“What is helpful and unhelpful when people try to withdraw from antipsychotics: An international survey”
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RFK Jr. explains how Bill Gates & China are allowed to buy up all the farmland in America.
Something tells me this little arrangement won’t be continuing much longer.
Thanks to the rabbis who came from all over NY to support me and stand in solidarity with their Palestinian brothers and sisters. Their words resonate with me every day since: only united, Jewish, Palestinians, people of conscience, will we win the battle against colonial genocide and apartheid, and help usher in a new era of justice and freedom in the Levant. https://t.co/axue2aGeWH
Earlier this morning Janey passed away in her sleep. Her family were with her.
The love and support from all her friends and fans during this cancer journey brought her enormous joy. It has also been a huge comfort to us, her family and close friends, thank you.
Thank you, @ChrisGPackham! ✊
In just TWO days time, thousands of us will be coming together at Albert Embankment to march to parliament and tell the new Govt that IT'S THEIR JOB to stop the poisoning of Britain's waters.🌊🪧
Will you be joining us? 👀⬇️
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