Leonie

Interested in medico-legal issues, prescripticide and all things iatrogenic - particularly SSRI-induced harm. Advocating for autonomy and informed consent.

[Leonie @leoniefen]

Dr Utaro on taking antidepressants in pregnancy. https://t.co/3y0XhtZJJ7

[Dr Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff]

Our massive use of antidepressants and prescription drugs is the symptom of a social problem. "The deeper problem is a culture that reflexively medicates instead of teaching people how to cope." https://t.co/dgzxZqR82K

[PSSD Network | Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction @PSSDNetwork]

@michael_texan @AceofSpadesHQ @dickandcomix SSRIs can have effects all over the body, including patients' hair. @DrDavidHealy created the @RxISK organization to let people find out about uncommon effects of pharmaceutical drugs that most doctors aren't even aware of.
https://t.co/80fEe6uAeU

[Leonie @leoniefen]

Doctors increasingly prescribe highly addictive opioids for pain, RCSI study finds

https://t.co/eRNxRhLMPa

[Dr Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff]

An important message from @DrDavidHealy

[Leonie @leoniefen]

@Waymo Can you help tourists with accessing your services in San Fran?

[RxISK @RxISK]

Tylenol (a/k/a Acetaminophen, or Paracetamol in the UK) is actually a weak SSRI – and has been linked to similar birth defects. @DrDavidHealy’s review begins by asking: Does it even work for pain or fever? And if so, how?

https://t.co/Htv5X3cm5P

[@samizdathealth @DrDavidHealy]

Full conversation with @trikomes for the mind and matter podcast. https://t.co/zuJhtdpXS1

[Leonie @leoniefen]

Should the maker of Ozempic be funding children’s playgrounds in Ireland?

https://t.co/IhoaDWL00z

[Dr Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff]

This post is difficult but important reading for psychiatrists. For example: 'Saying antidepressants are “safe and effective”.. is nothing but propaganda that’s deeply paternalistic towards patients.'

[Prof. Peter C Gøtzsche @PGtzsche1]

Psychiatry should be demolished and built up from the ground, focusing on psychosocial interventions, as adviced by the UN and the WHO. https://t.co/FlTnegm4Vc. And all treatment needs to be voluntary. @brokenmedics, @SecKennedy, @DrJBhattacharya, @MartyMakary

[Kim Witczak 💜 @woodymatters]

So many of the families I met in the early days of my advocacy—back in 2004 and 2006—were blindsided, just like we were.

Their loved ones were prescribed drugs like Paxil, Zoloft, and Prozac for:
•test anxiety
•moving to a new city and school
•a breakup
•parents’ divorce
•not landing a job after college graduation
•starting a new job
•business pressures

This isn’t exactly what I would call “mental illness.” These are human experiences. Stressful, yes, also normal parts of life.

And yet, many of these individuals took their lives just days or weeks after starting the medication.

We need to stop medicating life. Pills are not the answer to being human.

[Bob 'Fiddy' Fiddaman💜🇵🇦 @Fiddaman]

❤️

[@samizdathealth @DrDavidHealy]

After Tom Kingston’s tragic death, Coroner Katy Skerritt appealed to MHRA and NICE for better warnings on suicide risks of anti-depressants.

Their answer: “Problem? What problem? It’s the disease, not the drug”
https://t.co/a7LHfJcWkj

[Leonie @leoniefen]

Antidepressants that contributed to the death of Thomas Kingston have reportedly featured in 40 coroners' reports aimed at averting future deaths. https://t.co/WUR2SVGOpL

[Leonie @leoniefen]

Drugs Thomas Kingston took in lead-up to his death flagged 40 times by coroners https://t.co/pboeI5CLQL via @MailOnline

[Kim Witczak 💜 @woodymatters]

I am concerned that antidepressants will be handed out like candy in US following the devastating #lafires

Meanwhile last Friday the UK coroner warned #antidepressants like (sertraline aka Zoloft) could lead to more deaths without a change in guidance and labelling about the risks. This came out at inquest following #Royal Lady Gabriella’s 45 year old husband Thomas Kingston suicide last year.

As of now #FDA blackbox warnings only go up to age 24.

https://t.co/FHKtx1bSEA

[Leonie @leoniefen]

https://t.co/PSCnkJGyq9

[Anna King @AnnaKin06551830]

‘We found many people were given little information about the potential side effects from coming off the medications and suffered withdrawal effects they described as worse than the initial symptoms that led to the medication being prescribed’

https://t.co/osM35YobcK

[RxISK @RxISK]

We have a new tool on our website - a form you can take to your doctor to help get withdrawal codes recognised & added to your medical record. Please send us your feedback on your experience of sharing this with your doctor. https://t.co/oLoOSXZnvO