Guest guest Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Thank you again, . I've sent them a message asking them to be of assistance in this semi-crisis situation to prevent those DHR jobs program social workers from having the opportunity to be financially rewarded by the Federal government for taking a poor woman who's just had brain surgery children away from her. Lance, D.C. Re: Miscellaneous > > : there are many of us who have tried to talk rationally to people we > know who are on these drugs and the overwhelming response is one of denial and > outrage. When my husband's best friend blew his brains out last year with a > shotgun while he was on an SSRI, I mentioned to his brother that it was > actually the drugs that killed him. His response was to go on Effexor. His entire > family was drugged up. His now 17 year old son has been on psych meds since > he was 8 when they doped him with Wellbutrin for ADD after which he tried to > commit suicide, after which they institutionalized him. No amount of my talking > to our friend could convince him that meds played any part in his brother's > death or his son's insanity. Until these people have some cataclysmic event in > their lives as a result of the drugs, then and only then do they turn to the > Internet for answers and learn that the very safe and effective medication > their doctor told them they needed might actually be responsible for a) driving > their car through their house in a suicide attempt (20 year police veteran on > Paxil); stealing another woman's purse in a bar and getting busted and then > winding up in a brawl (elementary school teacher on Paxil now in prison); head-on > collision from driving the wrong way on an offramp (high level exec on > Effexor), and on and on and on. The very first thing these drugs do to your brain is > disrupt your cognitive thinking. My friend, the critical care nurse, > presented some of the doped up nurses on her floor with documents I gave her, and she > said their eyes glazed over and they refused to even consider that these > drugs might be harmful. For those of us who have been at this activism for years > and years, we've seen and heard it all and we've written letters and made > phone calls, and I've done TV interviews and radio interviews, and even written a > book that raises the specter of suspicion about what these drugs are really > about and yet we have hardly made a dent in this scourge. . . why? BECAUSE IT'S > ALL ABOUT MONEY!!! For me, personally, I have to be careful because I am > absolutely terrified to death that I could be locked up (again) and forced to > take drugs (again) because I am so outspoken about what a fraud and a farce SSRIs > are. It's almost too big a battle to even think about making a dent in it. > The mother with the brain surgery should contact Ablechild.org, started by a > woman who raised holy hell when they threatened to take her child away because > she wouldn't drug him. As for the pilots, well, it's not okay to fly a plane > while taking SSRIs, but you can fly your car!!!! > > > " Blind Reason " > a novel of pharmaceutical intrigue > Think your antidepressant is safe? Think again. It's > Unsafe At Any Dose > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2004 Report Share Posted October 23, 2004 Thank you again, . I've sent them a message asking them to be of assistance in this semi-crisis situation to prevent those DHR jobs program social workers from having the opportunity to be financially rewarded by the Federal government for taking a poor woman who's just had brain surgery children away from her. Lance, D.C. Re: Miscellaneous > > : there are many of us who have tried to talk rationally to people we > know who are on these drugs and the overwhelming response is one of denial and > outrage. When my husband's best friend blew his brains out last year with a > shotgun while he was on an SSRI, I mentioned to his brother that it was > actually the drugs that killed him. His response was to go on Effexor. His entire > family was drugged up. His now 17 year old son has been on psych meds since > he was 8 when they doped him with Wellbutrin for ADD after which he tried to > commit suicide, after which they institutionalized him. No amount of my talking > to our friend could convince him that meds played any part in his brother's > death or his son's insanity. Until these people have some cataclysmic event in > their lives as a result of the drugs, then and only then do they turn to the > Internet for answers and learn that the very safe and effective medication > their doctor told them they needed might actually be responsible for a) driving > their car through their house in a suicide attempt (20 year police veteran on > Paxil); stealing another woman's purse in a bar and getting busted and then > winding up in a brawl (elementary school teacher on Paxil now in prison); head-on > collision from driving the wrong way on an offramp (high level exec on > Effexor), and on and on and on. The very first thing these drugs do to your brain is > disrupt your cognitive thinking. My friend, the critical care nurse, > presented some of the doped up nurses on her floor with documents I gave her, and she > said their eyes glazed over and they refused to even consider that these > drugs might be harmful. For those of us who have been at this activism for years > and years, we've seen and heard it all and we've written letters and made > phone calls, and I've done TV interviews and radio interviews, and even written a > book that raises the specter of suspicion about what these drugs are really > about and yet we have hardly made a dent in this scourge. . . why? BECAUSE IT'S > ALL ABOUT MONEY!!! For me, personally, I have to be careful because I am > absolutely terrified to death that I could be locked up (again) and forced to > take drugs (again) because I am so outspoken about what a fraud and a farce SSRIs > are. It's almost too big a battle to even think about making a dent in it. > The mother with the brain surgery should contact Ablechild.org, started by a > woman who raised holy hell when they threatened to take her child away because > she wouldn't drug him. As for the pilots, well, it's not okay to fly a plane > while taking SSRIs, but you can fly your car!!!! > > > " Blind Reason " > a novel of pharmaceutical intrigue > Think your antidepressant is safe? Think again. It's > Unsafe At Any Dose > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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