Thank you. Our government representatives won't address this as they are bought off by lobbies tied to the pharmaceutical companies. Your work is crucial.
A friend once told me a great way to get out of a mental hospital - worked for him. He told them he liked it a lot at the hospital and didn’t want to go home.
@@nicolelambic Well, they expect you to say that, don’t they. They may not believe you. My friend was in the mental hospital a long time - I think 6 months, not sure. When he told them he really liked life in the hospital and didn’t want to go home, that’s when they sent him home.
@@stuntcellist3338 Opposite Land is where everything is opposite from normal? Like in the Seinfeld episode? But yes, I guess it’s a kind of reverse psychology practiced on the psychiatrists.
One of the main triggers for mania symptoms or psychosis is lack of sleep which stresses the body. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder over 20 years ago. I have since healed my extreme symptoms - nothing for nearly 5 years. With lack of sleep though, I still can get hypo-manic. With all the positive health changes I made in my life without drugs - I have a nervous system that I can regulate easily.
Wow that’s really inspiring. Do you have WhatsApp or fb messenger. I would love to chat and learn about how you managed this. That’s my dream to get off medication.
@Irishrose777 a path of honoring the the 8 Laws of Health(some have 12 or 15) Of those laws I'd recommend an emphsize on healthy diet, water, regulated sleep and lots of sun exposure. This clears thinking to add more alignment. There's a good amount of technical nowadays, on the drugs, this channel being a great source.
Psychiatrists are afraid of lawyers. They are afraid of losing that medical licence. Threaten a psychiatrist with a lawsuit, and they will fold immediately.
Yep, my stupid psychiatrist had me on Xanax and klonopin and one day he said “you’re not gonna get my license taken away from me. You have to get off Xanax or klonopin, you can’t be on both”. I was like, you’re the one who prescribed me both, you trifling asshole”.
I'm so grateful for Dr. Josef. I've been on all the meds and I'm on day 7 of no benzodiapine. My last was a week ago at .25. I almost took another.25 but I've made it so far. 🎉
Very interesting story that presents real Psych hospital issues and anyone would be blessed to have Dr Josef as a Psychiatrist which more like him are needed!
Psychiatry is dangerous. U dont brush your hair properly, psychiatrists interpretation, YOURE DIRTY AND CANT TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF and u need help, and ur depressed. Its ridiculous.
I once had a psychiatric nurse practitioner tell me I wasn’t doing well and needed an increase in med dose because my sweater was “inside out.” He wouldn’t believe me when I said that my sweater was constructed to look like that until I flipped over part of the fabric to prove it. He still increased my dose.
My veteran friend had been prescribed a slew of meds over some twenty years. I read Dr. Peter Breggins book Driving soldiers Crazy With Psych Meds. From what I saw happen to my friend, I think the title of Breggins book really says it all.
Really interesting. Abilify is really overused it seems. It is a very serious drug. I can't believe it is allowed to be advertised on TV like it is a TUMS or something!
Abilify, caused a behavriol and a Repetitive thought process in someone I know who was in a hospital. She said that after they gave her the dose, she couldn't stop picking things up and putting things down. She said she felt locked in her brain and couldn't get out, until the nurses and attendants came at her with a needle to knock her out for a day. Why do they do that to people? It's just not right. A hospital is suppose to help you get better, not knock you out so you don't remember what happened.
Abilify Maintena for bipolar should be recalled immediately ... multiple FDA warnings ... same issues with Vraylar and Rexulti but they are not injected as DEPOT preparations with a t1/2 = 50 days and elimination 4 months
Jessica Mitford went to a psychologist when she lived in America. She told the woman that her husband had been killed in the Spanish Civil War and that her sister had been in love with Hitler and Hitler had visited her in the hospital when she tried to kill herself after Britain declared war in Germany. The psychologist realised Jessica was delusional and wrote in her report “this woman lives in a world all of her own.” Except, of course, every word she said was true. Some psychologists maybe don’t have a lot of imagination.
@@stuntcellist3338 Some time ago in Wisconsin an old lady came to live in a nursing home for the elderly who have no money. Her name was Lana Peters. Imagine you’re in the room next to this elderly woman, and she tells you she’s the daughter of Josef Stalin. You’d probably think she’s in cognitive decline. But actually, Lana Peters born Svetlana Alliluyeva, really was Stalin’s daughter. If you look up Chrese Evans, you’ll see someone you wouldn’t guess was Stalin’s granddaughter, but she is.
I’m sorry but they don’t know what they’re doing in these mental wards. When I was injured my husband left me in the psych ward. I never really wrote about it because it was so traumatic.
Involuntary commitment might have some small utility for respite for the family. I've been exhausted at times in taking care of my adult daughter when she is in her own reality and is either not safe to be left alone or is terrified. Now the care is even more intense since she has a baby. I don't kid myself that a psych ward is healing... no sunshine, good food, animals to love on. But if I don't take care of myself I can't be any use to her. It carries a price though, because she gets very angry. I'd like to see bigger networks for outpatient companionship.
Please look closely into the need for good dental/oral care in helping to improve mental health outcomes. Psych hospitals completely ignore dental care to the point where a patient can have untreated gum infections for years on end.
HOW VERY TRUE!! My son is on several meds. I have to be really detached, which I don't like doing. The reality is, my son has had shocking dental health fir years. He's lost numerous teeth as a result, so now his eating habits are based on minimal chewing. I've wanted his teeth, AND his jaw, to be taken into account. One clinician told me: That's not our area. You have to take him to a dentist. That was the end of that! My son just doesn't care, do he says. But .... I feel trapped in watching his process and that of the medical people! It just seems so dishonest.
@@iw9338 Of course certain key micronutrients, as well as kind and caring treatment would improve mental health outcomes tremendously...However, if a HUGE amount of the "food" a person with nonexistent dental care is "eating" (mind you, for 24 hours a day/365 days a year/for decades on end) is made up of dental plaque bacteria and infectious pus, then their body and brain are in a never-ending state of inflammation. Aside from deep sleep, nothing is more important for maintaining good physical and mental health than good personal hygiene. Just look at the history of humans' personal hygiene and dietary habits... People in the distant past had diets made mostly of whole foods as they exist in nature, whereas people today have diets made mostly of ultra-processed (but free from pathogens) "foods" that are often prepared with synthetic ingredients... And YET, life expectancy was DECADES shorter, and the RATE OF INSANITY back in those days was the same as it is today!
And no forgetting those prebiotic and probiotic ,a healthy gut ensures a healthy mental well-being, those psych meds are simply messing with our gut health, sames goes to those non organic GMO foods.
it is true, they don't check things people say so they just assume people are delusional. Easier. And all the system takes their word as true, reallity.
Fantastic interview. The Zyprexa Papers has been prominently displayed on my bookshelf for several years. This is a must-see/hear conversation with critically important information. Jim Gottstein is a treasure of knowledge and experience.
That's the biggest problem about not having time per insurance provider pushing Dr.s to the max. My first and only psychiatrist gave me a small dose of Zyprexa for sleep. I did see him one last time the next month and told him he needed to take it for a month and got up and have never seen him again!
I agree with that guy when it comes to relapse after putting away drugs, I experience it , I was schisoaffectiv and I’m without drugs today, brain healed itself after putting away drugs but it took me 2 years
Say NO to benzos for any reason. If I knew then what I know now I would have never taken the first one. I am dependent on 'Lora', since 2001. It did not take long for dependence to set in. The road to recovery is long and painful. I was diagnosed with Bipolar 1 (rapid cycling) in 1997. Lithium is my gold-standard, along with an anti-convulsant and an antidepressant. Back in the 90's I was hospitalized for 7.5 weeks. My psychiatrist said I required hospitalization. I knew she had my best interest at heart. My admission was voluntary.
my first benzo was lorazepam 2,5 mg i still remember were i was who i was whit. the serene silence was just......beautyfull but i fell into addiction many years later....
Two people who "know" you, not doctors, could be your neighbors, can go down to a judge at the proper court, swear you're acting "strange", and have you committed. It's that easy.
I have spoken with Jim Gottstein on the phone. He had told me "You don't want your son on those medications." I haven't contacted him to let him know my son died in jail. Shortly after, so did my son STAR WITNESS. I wish he would have represented my son. Also, a well-known doctor had agreed to provide expert testimony on my son's behalf if there was a hearing. There was no hearing that doctor is now deceased. Not very much is said about the deaths in jails and prisons. I think this is going to be exposed more because not only are there many deaths in prisons and jails but other institutions as well. Solitary confinement of the mentally ill or as a form of punishment for inmates. Why aren't they looking at the effects of medications and interactions. Another thing. Fentanyl has made it's way into jails and prisons.
A phrase keeps popping up as I listen to these videos- medical gaslighting . I was so lucky I had red flags come up when I took Effexor enough to look it up (about 2014) and read horror stories of stopping I immediately began tapering. I’d only taken Effexor for a few weeks & still I got awful brain zaps that thank god went away after a few weeks & that was the worst of it, (I jokingly afterwards called it “SIDE EFFEXOR” ) although I have had what seems like akasthesia but nothing like the stories I hear about.
I was on quetiapine and sertraline for six years and my kidney function drastically decreased. I stopped taking them and my kidney function dis improve. Doctor and psychiatrist say coincidence but have no explanation.
If you are bipolar you are bipolar, you don't get it once or twice it is for life. Benzos have not been studied past 8 stinking weeks! Will we ever hold the drug dealers at big pharma accountable?
Before psych meds, bipolar was considered to be a self-limiting illness, with most people having a maximum of 7 episodes over the course of their lives. (This is counting any deviation from euthymic mood.) Bipolar today is not what it was before psych meds.
Is it just me or do you need a special setting to un-buzz the audio when Jim is speaking? Dr. Josef's audio seems fine but my laptop can be wonky. Jim's audio sounds like a mix between an airplane flying with a grinding sound, playing around with Easy Effects seems to have fixed it but it's just pretty glaring.
If someone is tearing round wildly and a risk to self and others - I find the guests response inadequate; it is not entirely easy to try and chat with a person in a mania. It took several cops to control my friend; the cops were kindly - not aggressive but he wanted to fight. His mania was directly caused by meds for sure but regardless of the cause - trying to stop him from laying his head on the RR tracks met with a fight. So gentle but firm restraint was used and the friendly chat followed. He said after the cops had been kind with him.
Follow the money. Big Pharma pays big bucks to have their ads on the networks. I bet the networks wouldn't survive if they lost all that money by refusing to run the ads or if legislation was passed to stop ads for all these psych meds and others. We know that won't ever happen!😥
A lot of people have "heard voices". Coors beer displays at one time used directed beam speakers, where only the person standing in front of the cooler could hear the ad. There are a number of techies who use these same type of openly available speaker systems that direct sound into a pinpoint beam, These abusers can then traumatize and threaten with often multiple voices screaming at their victim while no one else hears it. Talk about the real psychos!
I find it funny that you asked how long you were asleep, and they said that you were not alert to the time or day. How can they expect you to make that call if you don’t know how long you’ve been asleep? For all you know you saw the devil on Tuesday and then was put out and woke up on Wednesday. What did that guy want you to say?
I was revived after 3 induced cardiopulmonary arrests, with a new heart block, and when asked those LoC?s. Per records, I said 1974 in '07. Apparently insisted as i have no personal recall, ......"deliberately to cause 'drama"' and "delusional psychosis"..... All better after emergency cardiac pacemaker inserted 😅
@@eScential wow. Glad you got a pacemaker that helped you. I hardly believe you thought it was the wrong date because you wanted to cause trouble and get attention though…😅 that’s the last thing I would think if someone had the difficulties you were having.
I hadn't had a hypomanic episode in many years. Very shortly after starting to taper down on Klonopin, a benzodiazipine, I started to have an episode. Got really scared and called my psychiatrist. Had to increase my bipolar medication.
Sound issue made this painful to try to listen to. Very interested in the topic. Just had a really bad MH Hospitalization. Trying to find the name of the book you recommend regarding the case.
LIKE PFS, androgen receptor overexpression, i.e. epigentic changes (different in nature and treatment in between each patient). This is dopamine receptor overexpression I think , for these dopamine blocking drugs like Zyprexa.
It seems like the underlying message here is a link between the psychiatry, pharma and insurance industries where they all seem to benefit monetarily from the control, abuse and subjugation of patient/clients. It was mentioned in the video that involuntary commitment isn’t cheap, but I’m willing to bet the costs for it are artificially inflated and is much cheaper than the treatment plans for many other medical issues. So the system is incentivized to keep a revolving door by any means necessary as long they can still turn a profit…. It also allows bad actors in a person’s life to take advantage of this system after learning how it works and gaslight/abuse that person for various reasons. And tbh, overall, this system works for actual prisons, why wouldn’t it work other industries that operate similarly.
Answer to your question is big pharma is making millions off of crippling people. Yes they need the drugs once they’re hooked on these drugs and getting off them is hell!
Hi Dr Josef........ I've only just found ur videos about 2 weeks ago and not that I'm experiencing the horror of what people can go thru.....I don't think and I'm so grateful to be learning all this. I have a question to ask......"Stiff Person Syndrome", I think that's what it called........it's a fairly rare illness just coming to light, thanks to a very famous singer. From what I've learned is that they really don't know how to treat. My thoughts as I was watching about this went straight to what I've learned from u. Could this be a possible symptom of the brain injury from the medications that u talk about with so many people? Apparently there is no cure for it and it can only be managed. I lost faith in the medical community long ago because of so much gaslighting from most of them. I don't go to the Dr's anymore unless I have no choice. Just wondered what ur thoughts r on this illness.....as it's so new. Thanks so much for what ur doing. 👍🏻🇨🇦
Doctor, it doesnt look good to be drinking from a bottle SO much during interviews. Contrary to what we've been led to believe, its actually stressful on the body, especially the pancreas. Its more beneficial to drink one or two glassfuls of water then wait sometime before drinking again.
I think people diagnosed with bipolar should have their family history checked out and not be told after a visit to the doctor they have bipolar which is a very serious condition. I can trace back 4 generations who suffered with bipolar at least 4 killed themselves. My son has bipolar and I wish I knew how damaging this hereditary disease could be I feel guilty for passing it on. I think it's terrible that doctors are giving this diagnosis out like sweets .potentially ruining peoples lives.
It can be difficult for some people to trace back 4 generations, the main reason being that there is no one left to question and the fact that not that long ago, having a mental illness was such a stigma that no one wished to talk about it, get therapy.
I think there is another way of looking at this matter of "feeling guilty" about passing on bipolar disorder to your son. One never knows the future. There is a lot of mental illness in my family. My sister had one child and my brother had two. They are all adults and up to the present, no one has depression or bipolar. I think your greatest gift is being a mother. Congratulations!🎉❤
@@rachelleshadley7143 do you have a university teaching hospital near you? Like the university of Rochester for example? Look up holistic care doctors in your area too, often they will help you detox
@@francoisewhite2541 There is the nutrition angle as well, there is a branch of psychiatry called ortho molecular psychiatry which treats mental illness with supplements.
Are you both saying with a straight face that Major Mental Illnesses such as Schizophrenia and Bi-Polar 1, etc. don't exist? Though there is abuse of benzos, psychiatric medication has saved the lives of many many people. What do you do as a psychiatrist if you do not prescribe medications; or do you? I worked with severely psychotic individuals who could not function at all and who could be very dangerous to themselves and others, for over 40 years and the kind of denial of illness prevalent in those conditions, is actually further informed by an organic condition sometimes called anasagnosia - or lack of insight. Bi Polar Disorder, as I saw it as a professional for decades, was a devastating condition not only to the patient, but also to those around them. I do not understand what your channel is trying to accomplish. If you are adverting to poorly done prescribing, or careless prescribing of benzos, it seems that you are using this problem as a way buttress and argument to get rid of all prescribed medication for the most severe mental illnesses.. This gentleman does not make sense. Involuntary commitment has saved the lives of many people. I know that directly. A comprehensive legal system is needed across the country but this gentleman is just plain wrong and in my view in denial about some aspects of much needed intervention. Bi Polar patients, in my experience, exhibit the most profound kind of denial of illness, that has a different texture than even the delusional kinds of denial present in severe schizophrenia. It is true that many psychiatrists do not know or care to talk to their patients. Anti Depressants are ubiquitous and that subject could be explored, but again, bootstrapping these concerns to a conclusion that all meds are bad. I do not know what kind of clinical practice you have, but I have never seen someone with training NOT be able to sort out true bi-polar disorder with irritability, moodiness and let us not forget all the the complications that personality disorders contribute to behaviors. Work in a County Psych Hospital and then come back and say there is no clear delineation of bi-polar DO. That is absurd. Many people who have been involuntarily committed, naturally, may be resentful. But, I have had many experiences with my patients who thank the police and the professionals for getting them to the hospital against their will before they killed themselves or someone else. It doesn't seem that you Doctor. have much actual experience with very severely ill patients. I could tell stories about manic patients trying to kill people, or themselves, trying to fly from the 10th floor of buildings, being completely unable to modulate their mood, or behavior in any way. LiC03 has saved many lives. I used to hear the explanation of lack of sleep causing manic episodes. That is an almost textbook confabulation, and it is not related to IQ etc. This lovely gentleman outlined classic symptoms of ideas of reference etc. Most manic patients I had loved benzos and could abuse them, because the correlation between alcoholism and bi-polar disorder is very high. Benzos cross tolerate with alcohol as you must know. It is common sense to take medicines in doses commensurate with symptoms, and episodes and to change them upwards or downwards, as their condition dictates. I worked with the WRAP program in many venues and it does require patients to find some acceptance of their illness and need for medications. As people are entering into manic episodes they express an easily seen kind of denial and confabulation, This gentleman is expressing just that kind of delusional thinking. What he is telling you is his memory and his reconstruction after a manic episode of his behavior. I worked in many psychiatric hospitals with people brought in in the middle of severe manic episodes and were given meds to sedate them. Often they were homicidal or had tried to jump off bridges etc, kill someone, wander down the street naked, scream at the top of their lungs for days etc. I do not understand what you as a Doctor are trying to do? It feels as if you do not even think that these mental illnesses even exist. Could you clarify. There are Do you actually think,, or have you never worked with very psychotic people, or never seen personally what can happen? There are many poor doctors, and a wide range of incompetencies in terms of prescribing. But the premise of this channel, unless, I am not understanding, is to undermine decades of actual progress in treating the most severe illnesses,. I remember the issue with zyprexa and yet I knew many patients who did very well on it with close supervision. You do not seem to have any real experience, except, I suppose you had to do residencies in hospitals or something, but with all due respect, you are very much out of touch with the hard reality of the severely mentally ill. The sad explanation of how dopamine receptors work by your guest further supports what I am saying. He seems to be a pleasant gentleman and I wish him well, but the obvious lacunae of understanding he expresses, is very concerning. This gentleman saying that just being with someone will prevent suicide is ludicrous on its. face. He apparently does not know that guns, knives, cars, etc are often used as weapons,.
I have PTSD, MDD, and GAD. I'm a female veteran, and I am very aware that I have mental health issues. I'm hyper-self-aware or self-critical at times. I went through a severe episode of depression and was suicidal. Inpatient treatment saved my life. I'm sure at the time my thinking was distorted. I had multiple admissions over about a year. I had to try a lot of different medications to get the right dose and combination. I think more resources should be put towards inpatient care. I don't think short stays and released while still ill is effective. If I could have had a longer more therapeutic stay, I may have recovered sooner. I'm not opposed to involuntary treatment. Sometimes, people lack insight and judgment and are dangerous to themselves and others. I just think that more treatment and recovery should be included during an admission. Short crisis stabilization is not always effective unless there is support on release.
Thank you. Our government representatives won't address this as they are bought off by lobbies tied to the pharmaceutical companies. Your work is crucial.
A friend once told me a great way to get out of a mental hospital - worked for him. He told them he liked it a lot at the hospital and didn’t want to go home.
or tell them that you are feeling much better and their treatment worked!
This works like a charm Nicole! ❤
@@nicolelambic Well, they expect you to say that, don’t they. They may not believe you.
My friend was in the mental hospital a long time - I think 6 months, not sure. When he told them he really liked life in the hospital and didn’t want to go home, that’s when they sent him home.
This system is mind-bending. Like Opposite Land. 😢
@@stuntcellist3338 Opposite Land is where everything is opposite from normal? Like in the Seinfeld episode?
But yes, I guess it’s a kind of reverse psychology practiced on the psychiatrists.
One of the main triggers for mania symptoms or psychosis is lack of sleep which stresses the body. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder over 20 years ago. I have since healed my extreme symptoms - nothing for nearly 5 years. With lack of sleep though, I still can get hypo-manic. With all the positive health changes I made in my life without drugs - I have a nervous system that I can regulate easily.
Wow that’s really inspiring. Do you have WhatsApp or fb messenger. I would love to chat and learn about how you managed this. That’s my dream to get off medication.
@Irishrose777 a path of honoring the the 8 Laws of Health(some have 12 or 15) Of those laws I'd recommend an emphsize on healthy diet, water, regulated sleep and lots of sun exposure. This clears thinking to add more alignment. There's a good amount of technical nowadays, on the drugs, this channel being a great source.
@@eScentialgood stuff 👏
@@Irishrose777this is not medication it's poison. U ll never be the same once you put this in ur system.
How hve you healed your symptoms?? 😮 what meds if any?
Psychiatrists are afraid of lawyers. They are afraid of losing that medical licence. Threaten a psychiatrist with a lawsuit, and they will fold immediately.
Yep, my stupid psychiatrist had me on Xanax and klonopin and one day he said “you’re not gonna get my license taken away from me. You have to get off Xanax or klonopin, you can’t be on both”. I was like, you’re the one who prescribed me both, you trifling asshole”.
@@Carolina_girl86 WOW😮
No one ever sues them ... the health authority protects them
I sued a psychiatrist and won! Not over meds.
I'm so thankful that my Dr had his practice shut down. His license were revoked.
I'm so grateful for Dr. Josef. I've been on all the meds and I'm on day 7 of no benzodiapine. My last was a week ago at .25. I almost took another.25 but I've made it so far. 🎉
Congratulations! I hope a profesional is helping/helped you taper off.
Very interesting story that presents real Psych hospital issues and anyone would be blessed to have Dr Josef as a Psychiatrist which more like him are needed!
Psychiatry is dangerous.
U dont brush your hair properly, psychiatrists interpretation, YOURE DIRTY AND CANT TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF and u need help, and ur depressed.
Its ridiculous.
Yes! I was analyzed by what color shirt I wore when I just grabbed something to wear that was clean.
Truth. Not brushing your hair is a diagnosable condition. Comes with numerous meds to “help you out”. Nonsense!!!
I once had a psychiatric nurse practitioner tell me I wasn’t doing well and needed an increase in med dose because my sweater was “inside out.” He wouldn’t believe me when I said that my sweater was constructed to look like that until I flipped over part of the fabric to prove it. He still increased my dose.
Commenting for the algorithm because these interviews are important!
My veteran friend had been prescribed a slew of meds over some twenty years. I read Dr. Peter Breggins book Driving soldiers Crazy With Psych Meds. From what I saw happen to my friend, I think the title of Breggins book really says it all.
Agreed
Here in Canada they actually recommend deleting yourself now with our MAID program
@@user-te7wc7lh4rDear God.
Really interesting. Abilify is really overused it seems. It is a very serious drug. I can't believe it is allowed to be advertised on TV like it is a TUMS or something!
Abilify, caused a behavriol and a
Repetitive thought process in someone I know who was in a hospital. She said that after they gave her the dose, she couldn't stop picking things up and putting things down. She said she felt locked in her brain and couldn't get out, until the nurses and attendants came at her with a needle to knock her out for a day. Why do they do that to people? It's just not right. A hospital is suppose to help you get better, not knock you out so you don't remember what happened.
Abilify Maintena for bipolar should be recalled immediately ... multiple FDA warnings ... same issues with Vraylar and Rexulti but they are not injected as DEPOT preparations with a t1/2 = 50 days and elimination 4 months
@@EVOLrbecause they are demented and indifferent
Are they wanting to kill people with insomnia & akithisia?@@drannamd
Jessica Mitford went to a psychologist when she lived in America. She told the woman that her husband had been killed in the Spanish Civil War and that her sister had been in love with Hitler and Hitler had visited her in the hospital when she tried to kill herself after Britain declared war in Germany.
The psychologist realised Jessica was delusional and wrote in her report “this woman lives in a world all of her own.”
Except, of course, every word she said was true.
Some psychologists maybe don’t have a lot of imagination.
Jessica aka "Decca" Mitford was her name.
@@flossy7258 You’re right, it was Decca
I got goosebumps reading this. Wow.
@@stuntcellist3338 Some time ago in Wisconsin an old lady came to live in a nursing home for the elderly who have no money. Her name was Lana Peters. Imagine you’re in the room next to this elderly woman, and she tells you she’s the daughter of Josef Stalin. You’d probably think she’s in cognitive decline.
But actually, Lana Peters born Svetlana Alliluyeva, really was Stalin’s daughter.
If you look up Chrese Evans, you’ll see someone you wouldn’t guess was Stalin’s granddaughter, but she is.
or braincells
I’m sorry but they don’t know what they’re doing in these mental wards. When I was injured my husband left me in the psych ward. I never really wrote about it because it was so traumatic.
Oh how terrible. I hope you are ok now, and healing. 🙏
@@stuntcellist3338😮😮😮😢😢😢
Involuntary commitment might have some small utility for respite for the family. I've been exhausted at times in taking care of my adult daughter when she is in her own reality and is either not safe to be left alone or is terrified. Now the care is even more intense since she has a baby. I don't kid myself that a psych ward is healing... no sunshine, good food, animals to love on. But if I don't take care of myself I can't be any use to her. It carries a price though, because she gets very angry. I'd like to see bigger networks for outpatient companionship.
Please look closely into the need for good dental/oral care in helping to improve mental health outcomes. Psych hospitals completely ignore dental care to the point where a patient can have untreated gum infections for years on end.
HOW VERY TRUE!! My son is on several meds. I have to be really detached, which I don't like doing.
The reality is, my son has had shocking dental health fir years. He's lost numerous teeth as a result, so now his eating habits are based on minimal chewing.
I've wanted his teeth, AND his jaw, to be taken into account. One clinician told me: That's not our area. You have to take him to a dentist.
That was the end of that!
My son just doesn't care, do he says. But .... I feel trapped in watching his process and that of the medical people! It just seems so dishonest.
What about healing with nutrition, community and a good support system 😊
@@iw9338 Of course certain key micronutrients, as well as kind and caring treatment would improve mental health outcomes tremendously...However, if a HUGE amount of the "food" a person with nonexistent dental care is "eating" (mind you, for 24 hours a day/365 days a year/for decades on end) is made up of dental plaque bacteria and infectious pus, then their body and brain are in a never-ending state of inflammation. Aside from deep sleep, nothing is more important for maintaining good physical and mental health than good personal hygiene. Just look at the history of humans' personal hygiene and dietary habits... People in the distant past had diets made mostly of whole foods as they exist in nature, whereas people today have diets made mostly of ultra-processed (but free from pathogens) "foods" that are often prepared with synthetic ingredients... And YET, life expectancy was DECADES shorter, and the RATE OF INSANITY back in those days was the same as it is today!
And no forgetting those prebiotic and probiotic ,a healthy gut ensures a healthy mental well-being, those psych meds are simply messing with our gut health, sames goes to those non organic GMO foods.
@@iw9338😢😢😢
This is awesome. What trailblazers!! Our house endures the advertising as a way of saying thanks for the information.
it is true, they don't check things people say so they just assume people are delusional. Easier. And all the system takes their word as true, reallity.
Fantastic interview. The Zyprexa Papers has been prominently displayed on my bookshelf for several years. This is a must-see/hear conversation with critically important information. Jim Gottstein is a treasure of knowledge and experience.
What happened with the trial / papers . Or where can i find information
Wonderful interview Dr. Josef! Thx so much for bringing these interviews to us. God bless you!
That's the biggest problem about not having time per insurance provider pushing Dr.s to the max. My first and only psychiatrist gave me a small dose of Zyprexa for sleep. I did see him one last time the next month and told him he needed to take it for a month and got up and have never seen him again!
I agree with that guy when it comes to relapse after putting away drugs, I experience it , I was schisoaffectiv and I’m without drugs today, brain healed itself after putting away drugs but it took me 2 years
Great stuff Dr. Josef
Don't forget over prescribed
dementia patiens
This gentleman has great insight and is well documented.
Say NO to benzos for any reason. If I knew then what I know now I would have never taken the first one. I am dependent on 'Lora', since 2001. It did not take long for dependence to set in. The road to recovery is long and painful. I was diagnosed with Bipolar 1 (rapid cycling) in 1997. Lithium is my gold-standard, along with an anti-convulsant and an antidepressant. Back in the 90's I was hospitalized for 7.5 weeks. My psychiatrist said I required hospitalization. I knew she had my best interest at heart. My admission was voluntary.
my first benzo was lorazepam 2,5 mg i still remember were i was who i was whit. the serene silence was just......beautyfull but i fell into addiction many years later....
Two people who "know" you, not doctors, could be your neighbors, can go down to a judge at the proper court, swear you're acting "strange", and have you committed. It's that easy.
In Canada it can be one person who doesn't know you.
I have spoken with Jim Gottstein on the phone. He had told me "You don't want your son on those medications." I haven't contacted him to let him know my son died in jail. Shortly after, so did my son STAR WITNESS. I wish he would have represented my son. Also, a well-known doctor had agreed to provide expert testimony on my son's behalf if there was a hearing. There was no hearing that doctor is now deceased. Not very much is said about the deaths in jails and prisons. I think this is going to be exposed more because not only are there many deaths in prisons and jails but other institutions as well. Solitary confinement of the mentally ill or as a form of punishment for inmates. Why aren't they looking at the effects of medications and interactions. Another thing. Fentanyl has made it's way into jails and prisons.
Sorry for your loss ❤
Drop the DSM
A phrase keeps popping up as I listen to these videos- medical gaslighting
. I was so lucky I had red flags come up when I took Effexor enough to look it up (about 2014) and read horror stories of stopping I immediately began tapering. I’d only taken Effexor for a few weeks & still I got awful brain zaps that thank god went away after a few weeks & that was the worst of it, (I jokingly afterwards called it “SIDE EFFEXOR” )
although I have had what seems like akasthesia but nothing like the stories I hear about.
Fantastic interview.
I was on quetiapine and sertraline for six years and my kidney function drastically decreased. I stopped taking them and my kidney function dis improve. Doctor and psychiatrist say coincidence but have no explanation.
I think there can be an association. When I was on psychiatric meds, my kidney función decreased significantly.
If you are bipolar you are bipolar, you don't get it once or twice it is for life. Benzos have not been studied past 8 stinking weeks! Will we ever hold the drug dealers at big pharma accountable?
Before psych meds, bipolar was considered to be a self-limiting illness, with most people having a maximum of 7 episodes over the course of their lives. (This is counting any deviation from euthymic mood.) Bipolar today is not what it was before psych meds.
Shocking.
Thank you for this channel.
great conversation but I wish Gottstein sound was a little bit better
A bipolar friens smokes weed all the time..makes him manic.. He refuses help. So sad.
Another informative interview.
Here to help spread awareness
What a great interview.
They do this in Canada at the old people's care homes
You see their charts...bi polar...then huge gabapentin and benzo doses...
Is it just me or do you need a special setting to un-buzz the audio when Jim is speaking? Dr. Josef's audio seems fine but my laptop can be wonky. Jim's audio sounds like a mix between an airplane flying with a grinding sound, playing around with Easy Effects seems to have fixed it but it's just pretty glaring.
Yes, I heard it too but would not have known how to describe it as well..
I hear it too, he needs to adjust the microphone settings to suppress the background noise.
Any chance of another lawsuit? I’ve been on Ativan for 35 yrs.
I would participate in an ativan lawsuit.
Me to ! It’s scary !
If someone is tearing round wildly and a risk to self and others - I find the guests response inadequate; it is not entirely easy to try and chat with a person in a mania. It took several cops to control my friend; the cops were kindly - not aggressive but he wanted to fight. His mania was directly caused by meds for sure but regardless of the cause - trying to stop him from laying his head on the RR tracks met with a fight. So gentle but firm restraint was used and the friendly chat followed. He said after the cops had been kind with him.
"caused by meds for sure" and this is the big problem...iatrogenic harm
@@drannamd Absolutely!!!!!!
I’ve been on seroquel for years for sleep and I desperately want to get off of it. No one will help me.
You don’t recover from anything with benzos, it just helps you deal with it.
Short term benzos can genuinely prevent a manic episode, it is far preferable to stronger drugs.
@@The_New_Abnormal_World_Order I know but benzos don’t fix the problem. The underlying problem is still there.
@@Carolina_girl86 I hear you.
They are too dangerous to chance.
@@Carolina_girl86sometimes the problem can't be fixed.
Fascinating interview. I hope to read Dr. Gottstein's book.
I see so many ads for psychiatric drugs on television these days....what's with that?
Not allowed to advertise to the general public in Australia. Thank Goodness!
Follow the money. Big Pharma pays big bucks to have their ads on the networks.
I bet the networks wouldn't survive if they lost all that money by refusing to run the ads or if legislation was passed to stop ads for all these psych meds and others. We know that won't ever happen!😥
It's for profit corporations
A lot of people have "heard voices". Coors beer displays at one time used directed beam speakers, where only the person standing in front of the cooler could hear the ad. There are a number of techies who use these same type of openly available speaker systems that direct sound into a pinpoint beam, These abusers can then traumatize and threaten with often multiple voices screaming at their victim while no one else hears it. Talk about the real psychos!
yup v2k tech is real, for sure!
Gang stalking. People have no idea what tech lies behind closed doors or how many victims there are.
true its mindcontrol
I need a lawyer…
Me too. Where are you?
Me too.where do I find a lawyer in Toronto Ontario
Evelyn Waugh had a period of madness. His wife liked to use a euphemism, but he said he’d been off his rocker.
I flushed my down the toilet 🚽 took them for a month. Nasty drugs.
I find it funny that you asked how long you were asleep, and they said that you were not alert to the time or day. How can they expect you to make that call if you don’t know how long you’ve been asleep? For all you know you saw the devil on Tuesday and then was put out and woke up on Wednesday. What did that guy want you to say?
I was revived after 3 induced cardiopulmonary arrests, with a new heart block, and when asked those LoC?s. Per records, I said 1974 in '07. Apparently insisted as i have no personal recall, ......"deliberately to cause 'drama"' and "delusional psychosis".....
All better after emergency cardiac pacemaker inserted 😅
@@eScential wow. Glad you got a pacemaker that helped you. I hardly believe you thought it was the wrong date because you wanted to cause trouble and get attention though…😅 that’s the last thing I would think if someone had the difficulties you were having.
I hadn't had a hypomanic episode in many years. Very shortly after starting to taper down on Klonopin, a benzodiazipine, I started to have an episode. Got really scared and called my psychiatrist. Had to increase my bipolar medication.
Sound issue made this painful to try to listen to. Very interested in the topic. Just had a really bad MH Hospitalization. Trying to find the name of the book you recommend regarding the case.
LIKE PFS, androgen receptor overexpression, i.e. epigentic changes (different in nature and treatment in between each patient). This is dopamine receptor overexpression I think , for these dopamine blocking drugs like Zyprexa.
It seems like the underlying message here is a link between the psychiatry, pharma and insurance industries where they all seem to benefit monetarily from the control, abuse and subjugation of patient/clients. It was mentioned in the video that involuntary commitment isn’t cheap, but I’m willing to bet the costs for it are artificially inflated and is much cheaper than the treatment plans for many other medical issues. So the system is incentivized to keep a revolving door by any means necessary as long they can still turn a profit…. It also allows bad actors in a person’s life to take advantage of this system after learning how it works and gaslight/abuse that person for various reasons.
And tbh, overall, this system works for actual prisons, why wouldn’t it work other industries that operate similarly.
Where can information be found on Sotia House? I cannot find it anywhere online.
But we no longer have chronic care hospitals where people stayed in for years
Answer to your question is big pharma is making millions off of crippling people. Yes they need the drugs once they’re hooked on these drugs and getting off them is hell!
Please note that benzos are deadly for certain people. Not everyone can occasionally take benzos. Good interview but concerned about the caption.
Hi Dr Josef........ I've only just found ur videos about 2 weeks ago and not that I'm experiencing the horror of what people can go thru.....I don't think and I'm so grateful to be learning all this.
I have a question to ask......"Stiff Person Syndrome", I think that's what it called........it's a fairly rare illness just coming to light, thanks to a very famous singer. From what I've learned is that they really don't know how to treat.
My thoughts as I was watching about this went straight to what I've learned from u. Could this be a possible symptom of the brain injury from the medications that u talk about with so many people? Apparently there is no cure for it and it can only be managed.
I lost faith in the medical community long ago because of so much gaslighting from most of them. I don't go to the Dr's anymore unless I have no choice.
Just wondered what ur thoughts r on this illness.....as it's so new.
Thanks so much for what ur doing. 👍🏻🇨🇦
Good video
Anti depressent ads on tv??? Wow, that`s different! 🙄🙄
It’s not just antidepressants. Rexulti and Vraylar are heavily promoted as add ons for MDD.
Obscure cancer drug ads too it’s vulgar and pointless. Like “oh l need to ask my dr if l need an obscure cancer drug”. Sick world.
Doctor, it doesnt look good to be drinking from a bottle SO much during interviews. Contrary to what we've been led to believe, its actually stressful on the body, especially the pancreas.
Its more beneficial to drink one or two glassfuls of water then wait sometime before drinking again.
I think people diagnosed with bipolar should have their family history checked out and not be told after a visit to the doctor they have bipolar which is a very serious condition. I can trace back 4 generations who suffered with bipolar at least 4 killed themselves. My son has bipolar and I wish I knew how damaging this hereditary disease could be I feel guilty for passing it on. I think it's terrible that doctors are giving this diagnosis out like sweets .potentially ruining peoples lives.
It can be difficult for some people to trace back 4 generations, the main reason being that there is no one left to question and the fact that not that long ago, having a mental illness was such a stigma that no one wished to talk about it, get therapy.
I think there is another way of looking at this matter of "feeling guilty" about passing on bipolar disorder to your son. One never knows the future. There is a lot of mental illness in my family. My sister had one child and my brother had two. They are all adults and up to the present, no one has depression or bipolar. I think your greatest gift is being a mother. Congratulations!🎉❤
What do you suggest when the patient is violent.?
Can I have the name of this guy I am being poly drugged and need help please help me
Go to ER at nearest major teaching hospital
@@Geoplanetjane what do u mean
@@rachelleshadley7143 do you have a university teaching hospital near you? Like the university of Rochester for example? Look up holistic care doctors in your area too, often they will help you detox
We're still in the dark ages when it comes to the mind and because the mind is opaque big companies make a lot of money and a lot of suffering
The Rule of Thirds is for Schitzophrenia . NOT Bipolar....sorry
Is there hope for schizophrenia?
I believe so, you might like to look up Daniel Mackler on here, he talks a lot about healing psychosis without antipsychotic drugs.
thank you thank you thank you. @@The_New_Abnormal_World_Order
@@francoisewhite2541 There is the nutrition angle as well, there is a branch of psychiatry called ortho molecular psychiatry which treats mental illness with supplements.
Look up a book called "GAPS", by Dr Natasha Campbell McBride.
Lol it shows that you have 400 views and 10,000 likes on this video 🤦🏻♀️
I see 500ish views and 60ish likes. Maybe you’re looking at the likes for his channel.
Its a glitch. Its happened to me for around a few weeks i believe. It is the likes of the previous video watched before this…
@@EvanRajalaI’ve noticed that happening! Thx for explaining it :)
This guy is not alert and oriented at all. A/O x 1
Are you both saying with a straight face that Major Mental Illnesses such as Schizophrenia and Bi-Polar 1, etc. don't exist? Though there is abuse of benzos, psychiatric medication has saved the lives of many many people.
What do you do as a psychiatrist if you do not prescribe medications; or do you? I worked with severely psychotic individuals who could not function at all and who could be very dangerous to themselves and others, for over 40 years and the kind of denial of illness prevalent in those conditions, is actually further informed by an organic condition sometimes called anasagnosia - or lack of insight.
Bi Polar Disorder, as I saw it as a professional for decades, was a devastating condition not only to the patient, but also to those around them. I do not understand what your channel is trying to accomplish. If you are adverting to poorly done prescribing, or careless prescribing of benzos, it seems that you are using this problem as a way buttress and argument to get rid of all prescribed medication for the most severe mental illnesses..
This gentleman does not make sense. Involuntary commitment has saved the lives of many people. I know that directly. A comprehensive legal system is needed across the country but this gentleman is just plain wrong and in my view in denial about some aspects of much needed intervention.
Bi Polar patients, in my experience, exhibit the most profound kind of denial of illness, that has a different texture than even the delusional kinds of denial present in severe schizophrenia.
It is true that many psychiatrists do not know or care to talk to their patients. Anti Depressants are ubiquitous and that subject could be explored, but again, bootstrapping these concerns to a conclusion that all meds are bad.
I do not know what kind of clinical practice you have, but I have never seen someone with training NOT be able to sort out true bi-polar disorder with irritability, moodiness and let us not forget all the the complications that personality disorders contribute to behaviors. Work in a County Psych Hospital and then come back and say there is no clear delineation of bi-polar DO. That is absurd.
Many people who have been involuntarily committed, naturally, may be resentful. But, I have had many experiences with my patients who thank the police and the professionals for getting them to the hospital against their will before they killed themselves or someone else. It doesn't seem that you Doctor. have much actual experience with very severely ill patients.
I could tell stories about manic patients trying to kill people, or themselves, trying to fly from the 10th floor of buildings, being completely unable to modulate their mood, or behavior in any way. LiC03 has saved many lives.
I used to hear the explanation of lack of sleep causing manic episodes. That is an almost textbook confabulation, and it is not related to IQ etc. This lovely gentleman outlined classic symptoms of ideas of reference etc. Most manic patients I had loved benzos and could abuse them, because the correlation between alcoholism and bi-polar disorder is very high. Benzos cross tolerate with alcohol as you must know.
It is common sense to take medicines in doses commensurate with symptoms, and episodes and to change them upwards or downwards, as their condition dictates. I worked with the WRAP program in many venues and it does require patients to find some acceptance of their illness and need for medications.
As people are entering into manic episodes they express an easily seen kind of denial and confabulation, This gentleman is expressing just that kind of delusional thinking. What he is telling you is his memory and his reconstruction after a manic episode of his behavior.
I worked in many psychiatric hospitals with people brought in in the middle of severe manic episodes and were given meds to sedate them. Often they were homicidal or had tried to jump off bridges etc, kill someone, wander down the street naked, scream at the top of their lungs for days etc. I do not understand what you as a Doctor are trying to do?
It feels as if you do not even think that these mental illnesses even exist. Could you clarify. There are
Do you actually think,, or have you never worked with very psychotic people, or never seen personally what can happen? There are many poor doctors, and a wide range of incompetencies in terms of prescribing. But the premise of this channel, unless, I am not understanding, is to undermine decades of actual progress in treating the most severe illnesses,.
I remember the issue with zyprexa and yet I knew many patients who did very well on it with close supervision. You do not seem to have any real experience, except, I suppose you had to do residencies in hospitals or something, but with all due respect, you are very much out of touch with the hard reality of the severely mentally ill.
The sad explanation of how dopamine receptors work by your guest further supports what I am saying. He seems to be a pleasant gentleman and I wish him well, but the obvious lacunae of understanding he expresses, is very concerning. This gentleman saying that just being with someone will prevent suicide is ludicrous on its. face. He apparently does not know that guns, knives, cars, etc are often used as weapons,.
I have PTSD, MDD, and GAD. I'm a female veteran, and I am very aware that I have mental health issues. I'm hyper-self-aware or self-critical at times.
I went through a severe episode of depression and was suicidal. Inpatient treatment saved my life. I'm sure at the time my thinking was distorted. I had multiple admissions over about a year.
I had to try a lot of different medications to get the right dose and combination.
I think more resources should be put towards inpatient care. I don't think short stays and released while still ill is effective. If I could have had a longer more therapeutic stay, I may have recovered sooner.
I'm not opposed to involuntary treatment. Sometimes, people lack insight and judgment and are dangerous to themselves and others. I just think that more treatment and recovery should be included during an admission. Short crisis stabilization is not always effective unless there is support on release.