Harmed by Prescribed Medications: the Untold Story of Pharmaceutical Companies
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ย. 2024
- Millions of people worldwide are physically dependent on commonly prescribed psychiatric drugs. While these drugs can provide effective short-term relief, pharmaceutical companies have hidden from both doctors and patients their dangerous side effects, addictive nature and long-term harm.
Directors: Lynn Cunningham and Wendy Ractliffe
Original title: Medicating Normal
Yup. Went in for a regular checkup 3 months after my wife died. When the doctor asked me how I was, I started to cry. She immediately wrote me a prescription for an antidepressant. The antidepressants caused my first ever panic attack. Diagnosed me with anxiety disorder. Mind you, I was in my late 40s. So out came the benzos. 20 years later, I am off the antidepressants, and have been titrating off the benzos for 4 years. I still have one year left. Before I was educated about benzodiazepines, I tried to cold turkey many times, and a couple of times I almost died. At 5 ft 9, I had wasted down to 110 lbs. I finally found some TH-cam channels. I found out not to talk to my doctors about trying to get off of it. I just kept getting my prescriptions and doing my titration. I built up a little stash from being paranoid, knowing that if my doctor died or moved or something, someone might cut me off suddenly. What a freaking nightmare. Oh yeah, no more yearly checkups for this girl. I'm good.
im proud of you
U just told my story. I won’t put another benzo in my mouth ever again. There is a level of shame that u aren’t able to quit this dangerous benzodiazepines yourself and it ruins your life. I had to be titerated off just in a few weeks and my anxiety was off the chart and I felt like looking for a mountain to jump off. I could not hardly function, at times I couldn’t even sit still, then weeping for hrs asking Gods why but I really knew why. I was almost paralyzed with anxiety, lots of days I had an exacerbation of withdrawal for multiple months up to a year because benzodiazepines are stored in fat tissue and it takes forever to be rid of. I was told in Great Britain they titrate benzos down over 1.5 yrs. Not a few weeks. That’s a recipe for su**de I think that’s more like it or how u are doing it even better. Anyway I’m off that nasty poison drug and I’m anxious at times but not enough to take those prescribed poison that’s per my opinion and I can sleep without drugs. Life is so much better. And to think I was asking for help and it got me in worse shape than I was before the prescription. Shame on those Drs for not telling us. My Dr had a sheet laminated like a menu of all kinds of benzodiazepines and antidepressants and asked me to choose which one to take, I kid you not a menu of dangerous drugs that can ruin your life! Big pharma is a very huge problem! A new drug that comes out is what drug reps push and in turn Drs introduces it to pts. Crazy!
@@cindyhaas3781 yeah our level of relapse is like almost zero.
lmao they tried to put me on anti-psychotics recently just for anxiety. 😂 I fired my doctor on the spot.
Yes mental health does so much more harm than good and the doctors are nothing but pill pushers and get money from prescribing them so they will not help someone get off of them. Coming back from serving in Iraq the first thing they wanted to do is assume I have PTSD and put me on antidepressants. I never gave in to any of this as I have learned of many Veterans that are on them and lots of them committing suicide and the treatment is what makes them worse off. The sad part is that most of society buys off on this BS!
Finally a decent documentary.
This is why you should be well educated about your health conditions and unless an immediate life threatening issue research a drug before you take it. I have learned as much as possible about my health conditions and medications. You have to be your own advocate.
We go to a doctor for their care and expertise, and now have to protect ourselves from them??? Maybe it's time to take our care into our own hands. Mother Nature has always held the answers. We need to research that.
@@edie4321 that's correct. I started questioning their "expertise" about 8 years ago when I was having a history taken and the PA looks at me dumbfounded and asked with a very serious look on his face he asks what is SVT, I got up and left. He was completely unqualified. He was trying to write depakote as a mood stabilizer. I already take 1700 mg bid of keppera an anticonvulsant that is a dervitave of depakote. He got visibly angry when I brought this up.
@@edie4321 research some nuts
At least in the US often the best doctor by far is Doctor Google.
@@alexcarter8807, For me, it is searching Natural Cures. I stay away from Web Md, type stuff, their answers always the same, see your doctor. Excuse me, I want to live. I'll go with Mother's helpers. The cures are coming soon.
Important documentary. I took an anti depressant in the 1980s for about 2 months and my Dr said that was all that I should take for the needed effect . It got me through my darkest period. I don't know how that Dr. was so wise back then but I am very grateful.
Yes according the the psychiatrist Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring the trials for psychiatric drugs go on for about 3 months so they are probably safe for that long but after that is more of a question mark.
18:56 Mental health professionals NEVER recognize grief.
They are not professionals...Maybe in their own term .
There are many, many bad therapists out there. A study of patients showed that only 20 percent of therapists did a very good to excellent job and the rest were average or bad. From people I've talked to who have had therapy and from things I've read, I think that sounds about right. Many people go into the field because they are mentally ill or have personality disorders and they are trying to figure themselves out.
I was put on an SSRI and benzo at 15. I have been off of benzos for 8 years and SSRIs for over 6 months. I am so muxh better off. K take CBD for anxiety now, and not everyday. Its so freeing to be off these meds. I noticed while getting off the SSRIs, the side effects are similar to opiate withdraw, plus these weird "brain zaps", which is how its described. No doctor or psych has told us this information and how hard it is to get off. Prayers to everyone, you can get off of these drugs if you want to. I forgot who i was before the drugs. Im reconnecting to myself again.
11:23 This is why Americans, including me, mistrust all medical professionals any more.
they are nothing more than drug peddlers.
Wrong…there is zero trust…it’s not mistrust…it’s zero trust…
@FLBeautyQueen I was working at the Minnesota House of Representatives at that time and it was reported in the newspaper. The House was working on a state health care plan and I showed it to one of the representatives I knew well.
@FLBeautyQueen, That's the ones they accept into their schools, the sociopaths. That's what the testing for entry is all about. Big Pharma wants a ruthless sales force.
Yep all doctors are the same and it's all abt being sadistic and getting money
My heart really goes out to Dave, you can see the loss of glimmer in his eyes. He looks exhausted and overwhelmed from all of the pain these drugs have caused him. I can relate so much to you Dave. Keep going with withdrawals no matter how hard they get, it does get slowly better but you definitely need to give yourself time. Lots and lots of time (unfortunately)
Suffering through withdrawl is work every waking second/ lots of time is hell of a thought to process
I have met a lady semi TRUCK DRIVER, who told me her doctor prescribed Ativan to her for anxiety! 😳😳😵 I was so shocked, and knowing just how addictive and sedating that drug was, I tried so hard to talk her out of it by explaining to her how powerful of a sedative that drug is. I have been given Ativan only once in a hospital setting. I never saw that lady again, I hope she listened to my worried warning to her. I hope she is safe, I cannot believe doctors would give it to a 18 WHEELER TRUCK DRIVER. 😡🤬 I truly hope she is safe.
OMG THAT IS WORSE THAN HORRIFYING! IT'S NO WONDER WE DON'T TRUST A ONE OF THEM! REPORT HIM TO THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICINE, AND THEN, THE DEA. SUE THEM ALL. EVERY ONE OF THEM. THEY DESTROYED ME, TOO. AND MILLIONS OF OTHERS.
What an inspiring and impressive group of people they found for this documentary. Thank you all so much
It's almost like many of these drugs are designed to make more symptoms so they describe more kinds of drugs to those symptoms, a endless cycle.
Yep
My own experience…..diagnosed with DCIS, had lumpectomy, and my booby burned to a crisp with radiation therapy. To prevent a supposed recurrence I was prescribed letrozol. Side effects include elevated blood pressure, cholesterol, sore joints bone loss, real of heart disease, stomach upset, weight gain. 2 months on the meds, and already dealing with the weight gain, elevated blood pressure, digestive issues and elevated cholesterol. So far the doctors want me to take Fosomax, and blood pressure meds. My oncologist basically said I could have my teeth fall out or risk breaking a bone. Ok doc, I swim 100+ laps daily, and walk everywhere. All I can see is falling down this rabbit hole of medications to get me back to where I was before my cancer diagnosis, which beforehand I was in near perfect health. I think I’m going to roll the dice and quit the dubious anti cancer drug before it completely toxifies my body.
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@@scott6252 Bingo
When I hit withdrawal and searched for help some gave me new mental diagnosis, like bipolar.
Back in 1992, had something happen that never happened before. I was told it was a panic attack. I never took drugs before, no pharmaceuticals. I trusted doctors and believed in their ability when prescribing, that they forwarned me. They put me on benzodiazepines but never said the dangers, never told me they were short term only and highly addictive. Now over 30 years, if I don't take them I go through severe seizure withdrawals that are horrendous. I wish I was warned. Wish I never was on this stuff. What doctors failed to do was check for anything else like checking my thyroid which mimics panic disorders. I ended up finding out that was my problem all along after getting dignosed and they run in my family.
I hate being addicted to something I didn't need and the fault of doctors not disclosing to me what that drug did.
I'm so sorry. We deserve restitution. This happened to my family, too. We deserve the cures and restitution. I do believe the cures are coming. Big Pharma medicine has been blocking over 6000 cures. My son is in your situation, and I must believe there's a way out. I left all medications using kratom seven + years ago, and I'm still nonfunctional.
You want the benzo with a nice long half life, Librium. Get that and use it to keep withdrawals at bay, then taper off of it. Magic stuff. Of course it's hard to get now.
A friend of mine has a similar story.
Thank you! I have learned so much about theses drugs. I suffer from depression and am doing this without medication. It was the best decision I’ve made for me
Yes, it was your best decision. I've been in this community (those injured by anxiety meds &/or antidepressants) for over 5 years. I am doing much better, but I still have a way to go. I can now be outside all day, enjoy visiting people, and go to out and enjoy things, but I'm still fragile & can get symptoms (weakness, disabling dizziness, & more) if I do too much, but I'm not suffering all the time like I used to. When I say 5 years, I mean 5 years med free. I take zero medications. I literally can't. Putting any chemicals or medications into my body sets me back in my healing and brings on more severe weakness & dizziness, insomnia & more. I learned this the hard way when I got the regular flu shot at 18 months in. It put me in a hell of a setback that took 4 months to get back to baseline. So, for me, that's the worst part of this. I cannot tolerate anything that fires up my system. No antibiotics, no anesthetics, local or general, no steroids. No over the counter meds for colds, or anything. I feel like my life is robbed from me because until more years pass, and I get stronger I have to avoid getting sick, medical or dental procedures and medications. Thank God I have great teeth. I'm doing my best to try to forget that I can't take these things so I can start to live a life free of worry from the "what ifs". This is getting easier as I get stronger, but the concern is still there. Putting time under my belt and getting stronger is all I have in my defense in that. Thankfully, I'm starting to be able to finally carve out a nice little life for myself. My saving grace was Coach Angela Peacock - the war veteran in this video. She got through it, & is out living life. She was protracted like me, and she helped me in so many ways. She's an angel on earth. These medications have nothing in them that help the brain in any way. There is so much information out there on this now. The drug trials were short and did not prove much outside of placebo for antidepressants and benzodiazepines (anxiety meds) should only be taken for 3 weeks. It says this in the FDA prescribing info. When I hear people say: "this medications saved my life" my blood runs cold because they have no idea what they're in for down the road. Sometimes the bad effects from these drugs can start after taking just one pill, for others it can take years. It is Russian roulette for sure. Use other, non medication methods to get through your issues in life. Change your job, your situation, change your life to an easier and more peaceful one, meditate, exercise, whatever it takes.. but do not take psychotropic meds. Don't even start them. Avoid them.
I took Klonopin for a long time. I thought it was helping me to get to sleep.
Then I took a sleep study and I took all of my usual medications. I thought that the study would turn up nothing, because I thought that I had slept like a log.
When the results came back, I was horrified to see that I had actually been awake until 4 am, according to the alpha brain waves that were shown on the study.
Years later, I learned that Klonopin is an amnesiac, meaning that you forget whatever is happening. I hadn't slept much at all that night, but Klonopin made me forget it after I woke up.
No wonder I used to wake up every morning and feel like I hadn't slept at all.
Did you come off it?
Damn. I sorry you had to go through that and I'm glad you found out. Why did you decide to partake in the study?
@@captainpugwash7174 Yes, and easily. (Not that I want to deny that others had a much different experience.)
@@browniebun Because I was still waking up without any rest and I was tired all day. There was clearly something wrong with my sleep.
I think compared to some people you got away light these meds destroyed my life.❤
I am in the Netherlands. Medication, in particular for mental health conditions in the Netherlands are always seen as a last resort, or, more specifically for only the severest of situations. I was diagnosed with PTSD (US military background) and at my absolute lowest, ie suicide, I was given a brief course of medication. But that was it. From then on, I received two years of intensive talking therapy, EMDR and CBT. It changed my life for the better. I will always struggle, but I have the tools to handle life situations without having to rely upon medication.
Altijd leuk om dit soort uitspraken te lezen. Ik ben op 8 jarige leeftijd in 1996 aan de Ritalin gezet, want ADHD hype en druk kind. Op 14 jairge leeftijd kwam de 1e antidepressiva mijn systeem in. Tegen de tijd dat ik een jaar of 20 was stond de teller op 18 medicaties. Meerdere tegelijkertijd ook. Meerdere verkeerde diagnoses. 2 jaar terug EINDELIJK 1 juiste diagnose gehad (op 34 jarige leeftijd), nu met 36 zit ik op dit moment WEER in de diagnostiek molen, dit keer een DIVA test, via de crisisdienst. Vorige week toevallig nog op de IC gelegen, want er is geen plek op de crisis unit, niet eens voor 1 dag, dus gewoon gezellig daarna naar huis gegaan. Deze ellende had mij allemaal bespaard kunnen worden als ik behandeling (zoals EMDR of whatever) had gekregen ipv alleen maar medicatie en nog meer medicatie. Ben blij dat jou hetzelfde lot bespaard is gebleven, mensen verdienen immers adequate hulp, maar jouw claim is gevaarlijk. Voor jouw ervaring zijn er 9 die het zoals ik hebben meegemaakt, en dat nog steeds meemaken. Was het maar zon feest dat ik een uniek geval was, dan zouden de euthanasie wachtlijsten OOK niet 2 jaar lang zijn.
That's not been my experience at all. As a very young adult I was struggling adjusting to university and was given Oxazepam iirc and then later Effexor without anything else having been tried before and with limited therapy. I was not admitted or anything, I was just struggling with living independently and with adapting to my science university degree and first heartbreak. This was in the mid 00s in the Netherlands in a big university city. Thank goodness I had no issue when my Oxazepam course ended but when I quit Effexor, I felt loopy and decided myself to reduce my dose to not quit cold turkey. I don't think there was any follow up. A couple years later I had some issues coping with my uni workload and adult ADHD was "on trend" so I thought maybe I had that too based on some of the symptoms. Fairly easily I was given a methylphenidate trial (which apparently didn't work on me). I was in the age range 19-22 at this time and doing a science degree at a research uni. I still fell into the trap.
Excellent video. The message in this video is true. Dupont used to have a catch phrase: Better living through chemistry. That’s the mindset in modern psychiatry. That, and that you have something wrong that needs fixed. Some of us know that we have problems with mood swings or freak outs when we are around too many people or some other problem that makes our life more complicated. Instead of “fixing” it, we adapt to it. We learn to live with it. Good on ya, all of y’all!
Yes you would love " dark history" they do one on Dupont
After many years struggling, I went to see my doctor who is 50+ years old...
I told him these problems, and that i had seen more than 15 documentaries and read up about it online for the past 4 years... He instantly told me I shouldn't believe anything on the internet and the documentaries, and I should just do as he would tell me instead.
He came forward so super aggressive against me, as if I self-diagnosed and told him how to do his job.
WHAT THE HELL... this is because he didn't grow up with the internet because he is a 60/70s child..
- That made me want to get a new doctor.
Hey I was born in 77 and I wish I had the internet growing up.
But I got to see both sides of life. Before the internet the Doctor's would say don't believe everything you read. So still similar BS.
But you should change your doctor!
You should like your doctor ❤
I hope you did get a new doctor.
I was also told I couldn't trust the Internet, truth is I cant trust my Doctors. I am 73 and use no prescribed medications except short term for infections, etc.
It's not about your doctor's age or the fact that he didn't grow up with the internet. He's an arrogant a****** regardless. I'm in my 60's, have been a caretaker and advocate for friends, family and myself. Any doctors or other medical personnel who react like that I found instead of wanting to discuss my concerns, wanted to get nasty and dismissive. They had no answers and didn't want to admit it. Other doctors are great, and are willing to listen. Follow your gut.
They are told to tell patients to stay off internet. They don't want you to get educated..they want you to bow down and worship them and do what they tell. My dr said the same thing to me. They are programmed byBiigHarma..it's a script they follow.
I've been on Adderall and Zoloft for a few years at this point and I've had a few, small, side effects, but the benefits greatly outweigh the side effects. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.
You just wait. It will happen slowly. You are poisoning your brain 1 pill at a time!
You're still in the short term usage.... Have fun with the long term side effects
Unfortunately, it's when you try to get off of them.
The first few years you will be okay with them
@@dori9754THIS!!!!!!! I SWEAR THE side effects right now im feeling it so badly. I am in severe dizzy feeling and hot.flashes right now. The side effects is L. SO BAD IM NOT THE ONE EXAGGERATE STUFF.... I just feel so high and so low. I took meds for sleeping + anxiety + bipolar , I swear I was on the brink of snapping out of nowhere so I went right away to a psychiatrist and after the meds, I felt like I was the person a decade ago with more positive thoughts. since February , Ive able to cope a lot , I mean last year I was so eager to do this planning to get my head checked I get a lot of migraine as side effect from withdrawal. Nauseaous but somehow made me, a little bit more calmer , it works ! I thought I had ADD?? but Whatever these people are testifying THIS IS TRUE. I have been forgotten stuff that I am so stuck on which is GOOD. ended relationship with my boyfriend yesterday because I am so done with him disregarding my feelings BUT I haven't felt anything after the breakup Im just flat and OK ITS OVER. i felt peaceful. I haven't felt fully emotionally flat because I am Sometimes skipping meds but the only thing i cant control is my both legs are moving nonstop every night. 😂 He always looked down on me told me i am bipolar i had enough of him treating me as a tool yet i managed to breakup thru text. cut him off cuz i wasn't even diagnosed bipolar but only depression.... -____- I just know these drugs will supressed a huge part of me which is my ability empathize (diminishes)so this is why I decided to skip and then dang the side effects............ I didn't regret taking the meds. Because it did help me see things in a very different way like its a side ive never seen , And the only thing that keeps me sane is really doing what I love, playing moba game. But due to meds. I seem to lose interest to play competitively and my focus isn't just there. but I feel like im more in control of my emotions now, my decision making, my social life ((dead af)) after taking meds , I got used to isolation thankfully Those Meds I take makes me cool as a cucumber it makes me feel like I was so relaxed , my mind is super clear after spending tons of money i didn't return 😂 I really felt blunted before taking meds after it i think clearer LOL.
Thank you for making this documentary! I’ve said this for years! They ruined mine and my kids life for so many years!
Stuff is def overprescribed.. but as someone with BPD.. I finally feel like I’m able to live an enjoyable life with my meds. It’s so rough to know so many are negatively impacted
I have BPD as well, what are you currently on?
Bipolar will go into full remission on a Keto Diet. Look up “Bipolar Podcast”on TH-cam and read Dr Georgia Ede’s book. Dr Ede is also on YT.
Dave does feel and empathize. He reached out and touched his fellow veteran to comfort her.
But not his wife. He was emotionally detached with her.
I went to this doctor once because I was having problems with my heart racing and not kicking back into rhythm everyday. It made me nervous and worried which probably made the condition worse. The doctor put me on Zoloft, Paxil, and Xanax. I took it once then trashed it never to take it again. It's crazy to me how I probably had a temporary heart or nervous system condition but was being treated like there was something wrong with my mind.
the number of doctors who take physical symptoms that are understandably distressing to the patient as a mental health problem is sickening. I have been on 5+ psychiatric medications before I got diagnosed with hEDS and POTS. of course I was "depressed." I was in horrible chronic pain!
Stimulate your Vegus nerve. You tube helps alot. God speed.🇨🇦🪶
Wonder how many of these depressed people are low in vitamin D? Docs put me on one after another antidepressant which I was desperate enough to try. NONE worked. Decades later and after a Godly prayer, I got on vitamin D. THAT took the depression 100% The fatigue went with it and it felt as if my body started recovering. Went from bedridden 21-23 hours a day to doing martial arts. Quit for a while since my doc told me my levels were too high and after one month I was down again which lead to a long HUGE stress induced period. Im back on now and feel great!
Vitamin levels certainly need to be looked at before prescribing medicine.
Depression is environmental and chemical, certainly. When I'm eating healthy getting all my vitamins, oh yeah, it's wonderful. The way my life is going, however, I'm on an antidepressant to manage how I cope and respond to external issues (being spoken down to, pressured to do things I don't want to, guilt tripped, etc.)... I can't control that. I'm likely going to be stuck on them off and on the rest of my life because of another person's behavior.......
@@Deviant_Muffin What level of vitamin D are you on?
Everybody is bio-individual. Some people need more of one vitamin than another. It's confusing and complicated but in this system everyone needs to be their own advocate. Cheers to you for accomplishing it and seeing the results. Wish me luck with my vitamin deficiencies. Wishing you the best.
I figured out I've been getting vitamin D that was added to milk in the grocery store. When I stopped drinking milk I had issues with lactose and severe dip in vitamin d consumption.
I'm currently deprescribing from unnecessary medications. When I get there I'm going to make a series of videos on how to do it with the types of medications I've been wantonly prescribed over the years. If I make the share price of just one of these pharmaceutical companies fall by just a penny, I've done my job.
Great idea
Thank you. NO ONE EVER TOLD ME ANY OF THIS. YOU WOULD FALL OVER IF YOU SAW WHAT THEY DID TO ME. I WILL GRIEVE FOREVER FOR THE LIFE I COULD HAVE HAD.
I've been on both sides of this. On one hand, I have had meds that utterly destroyed my life. On the other, I have been prescribed meds that really took the edge off of my symptoms and made life livable. Prescribers REALLY need to be responsible!
pharmaceutical companies prioritizing money over human life, it isnt even suprising
Akathisia is one of the worst experience ,almost always ends in self inflicted death. Doctors have know about Akathisia since 1949..
Wow smh how sad I’ve seen it on two people and had it it’s horrible
I get Akathesia so bad on my antipsycotic meditation I've been forced to reduce my dose to the absolute minimum and even then I halve that dose and take half in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. Because even on the minimum I still get akathathesia. It only stops if I split that minimum dose into those two sepeerate doses. I've come off all my other psychiatric meditation but the antispychotic is something I absolutely do need and feel better on. I wouldn't wish akathesia on my worst enemy. It is horrible to go through.
Post ssri sexual dysfunction due to antidepressants has destroyed many young lives.
Benzos are short term only. Use if you have an anxiety or panic attack. On days you are fine you don't take them.
In my country they are prescribed in small amounts for the short term as PRN medications.
They are also prescribed for epileptic patients here in Denmark
Better to learn how-to manage the panic/anxiety yourself. A good therapist combined with self knowledge and the mechanism that cause flight or fight is a much more productive way than any pill.
This is what I do.....but use to take every night
The old saying “The dose is the poison” applies here too. Benzos are meant for short term use. These people have been on daily, in increasing dosages for YEARS. One well-known and very vocal anti-Benzo activist was (is) a physician’s assistant. I find it incredible that she never bothered to look up side effects from all the drugs she ended up being on before she started de-prescribing. And how they like to say “I am not an addict. I am physically dependent.”
yep! when I had dangerous breakdowns my psychiatrist prescribed clonazepam but ONLY for use during those episodes. I never took it on a daily basis; it was an emergency medication.
I live in South Africa.We all have PTSD here because we have a traumatic past. I use some of the meds mentioned because I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Essential oils help. Exercise. Having an Attitude of gratitude helps. God bless you all.❤
Gratitude journaling and praying is getting me through some really tough times. Stay strong!!
Fellow south african here, stuck on psych drugs since 20 years old, due to what I now know is from the highly abusive & dysfunctional childhood, but sold to me that I had depression & I was the 'crazy' one in the family for having severe anxiety, zero social skills, maladaptive coping mechanisms - avoidance, fear, withdrawal, shutting down, to the point when I got on zoloft that was the tipping point, tried to su8cide myself, and still on these horrrible things. Time to come off of them now. Slowly, so slowly.
So sorry you all had to go through this abuse
It destroyed my life. I was normal. GP prescribed it for 13 years. More and more sick, not once Dr understood it was the drug zoloft.
I am 63 years old 1 foot in the grave all my family is dead. My brother’s best friend is a retired pharmacist and he told me 35 years ago anti-depressants only make your condition worse do not take them. Find someway to make it through your day. Walk in the park go swimming keep yourself busy do not take antidepressants and remember the system they want drug addicts. They do not want you to have a purpose. This is our American Society.
I feel so much healthier both mentally and physically since I stopped taking meds They can be helpful, but then they are used as an only solution and things go downhill after that.
I have been on several of these medications. This is now how my brain works. I constantly think something bad is going to happen. I have the most normal life right now. I didn’t always not as a child so I was put on many of these medications at different times in my life. Now that I have done the therapy I can’t think normal thoughts. My therapist tells me “you are the most aware patient I have” so why can’t I leave these thoughts in the past?
I get it. I change my thoughts when I recognize where it is going. The hardest part for me is my food thoughts. Changing my brain for that is so hard, cause my body tells my brain something.
I hope Dave and his girl keep helping each other and caring for each other and stay together!
How about hiking, yoga, meditation, clean natural environment and foods, exercise- enjoyment
And talking to a therapist. Very important. No pills just talking it through.
Not everyone gets enjoyment from doing those things. I enjoy reading and puzzles and scrapbooking
Agree 100%.
Benzos saved my life. When I was going through severe panic attacks, crippling anxiety and severe insomnia. I don’t think I’d be alive if I didn’t have benzos for a few months. I could see how one could become dependent so I got off once the panic subsided while getting therapy etc.
Thank you so much 🙌. I really needed this insight and honesty❗️❗️❗️
when I broke my leg I told the doctor it actually didn't hurt that bad, don't give me an opiate. He said that not experiencing pain was a part of healing...even though my natural impulse is to ignore pain anyhow. When I got to the pharmacy sure enough he had given me a Hydrocodone prescription which I never took. He betrayed my request and trust on a fundamental level. Great documentary, beautifully told.
My brother had a huge surgery a few weeks back they gave him 2 different kinds of opioids. He only took 1 of each when he really needed to cause of the pain, but they prescribe them so easily its ridiculous.
Did you fill it?
@@TheEndIsUponUs yeah i did but didn't take them.
@@xrstopherpopp120 what did you do with them?
I live with chronic pain every day and I can't even function and I never get any pain relief. it's been 2 years. I can barely take care of myself. campaigns like this take away meds from people who need them too. it's all or nothing with these doctors
56:08 can’t help but feel sorry for the guy when struggling through these mental issues and not having the understanding from wife and family by being called abusive and her bringing up horrible things of what he’s been through kind of making her out to be the victim more than he is. And I do understand she went through hardships with it but I can’t see how bringing it up to him constantly will make him get better or feel better, it just makes it worse for him because he knows he caused his wife pain and can’t help it as easily or stop it as a healthy person due to his mental health issues.
I wish doctors would be more sympathetic towards people with insomnia. You would think they could come up with something better than narcotics or drugs with awful side effects
I don't trust doctors anymore, I swear they try to put me on some new medication everytime they see me. I refuse to take them especially psychiatric meds. When I was in therapy they had me on a different medication every few days. I'm very sensitive to medications so they work pretty quickly. They had me on Abilify for 2 days and all of a sudden I became suicidal. They sent me to the psych hospital and they put me on Invega.. By the way, my diagnosis is schizophrenia. They had me on 3mg invega for like 2 days then upped it to 6mg. When I tell you I felt like a zombie and lifeless... I managed to get a clear mind and get out of there after 5 days. They were trying to keep me for 2 weeks and I was like screw that.. They tell you about the side effects of nausea, dizziness, loss of appetite, weight gain, etc. But they dont tell you about the suicidal thoughts, ideation.. I just want to be normal.
Hey. Thanks for your testimony. May I suggest that you check out Dr Esselstyn, whole foods plant-based diet. Also, I got an electric bike, which is great for fun and exercise.I keep my environment tidy, and I fight like hell everyday. They had me on up to 4 mg of klonopin, I am down to .5 milligram (liquid titration). It has taken me 3 years and I still have a year to go. I was in a car accident and they prescribed it for sleep! Mind you, I wasn't having a problem sleeping, I was also on pain pills it's a wonder they didn't kill me! No warning, no informed consent, I had no freaking clue. God bless you and keep you and the best of luck. Sending you strength, courage, and hugs from Tulsa. 💪⚔️🫂. ☮️😘🤠
My Doctors get mad at me because I won't take the medications they want me to. I am 73 and I take no medication. If I have a problem I look for natural products.
But those can be dangerous to. They are not approved by the FDA---not that everything they approve should be. Example is American pork. The pigs are given such toxic feed that Australia and some European countries won't allow it to come into their countries. Food with certain dyes is another example that the FDA allows while it's banned in other countries.
Just look at all these beautifull people damaged and prayed apon by money a grabing industry. Glad I do not live in the USA but seing the growth of BIG pharma in my own county. So sad.
Please look at the foster children being over medicated every day to control behavior. What is the correlation between funding and diagnosis of these YOUNG developing brains? Five year olds don’t need Prozac, but they are administering that and so much more.
I was one of these children. Still medicated as an adult and am having a lot of health issues that I haven’t heard about in my family. I am having thyroid issues, migraines, low energy, i feel like my sleep is not “sleep”.
@@cindyl9983 I’m sorry. I was a FP for 12years. I was shocked at the layers of medication prescribed to very young children and up. It was clear to me that the meds made behavior worse for many. The diagnosis, the meds, the funding. I wish you strength in healing.
I pray for all of you guys I’m sorry you have to go through this
After watching a ton of JRE, Andrew Huberman, Dr Rhonda Patrick etc I was very skeptical about taking medication but Lexapro and Wellbutrin changed my life for the better.
The amount of anti-psychotic drugs my wife is forced to take is mind blowing. After taking them for 20 years she's almost completely incapacitated. Her psychiatrist is a pill pushing monster, in bed with big pharma. It's absolutely horrible what they've done to her. 😞
Wean her off. They are making her sick, And lose her mind😢
Yeah it's Johnson & Johnson thing cuz they always push that drug called... Risoereol
. Was in a very abusive relationship for years and years and had suicide attempts I've been out of it for 2 years and now I'm suffering because they turned my phone off just for trying to get some of my son's stuff back even though it was all thrown out and sold that's al theyI had to say... I still feel like I'm cursed and kind of you know.,.
So anyway I've been in just like hospitals and they love to prescribe people that.
it's been on daytime TV to Sue and it's been taken off the market but a lot of doctors were purposely giving it to elderly people for a kickback even though it says on the Black Box warning to not and it turns basically everybody into a zombie
🫂 I'm so sorry about your wife. Truly I am. She's not likely open to "Natural Healing" if she's in DEEP but, that's what saved my life from CERTAIN and NEAR death. I'm TRULY and DEEPLY sorry. I was very heavily medicated on extreme pain meds and also Methadone and Trazadone over time along with NUMEROUS other meds and counseling over 20 years before I got off the meds at "home". (Can't call my house "home" living with a PSYCHO Covert Narcissist. I PRAY that you get your wife back. It took me 20 years of hellish meds to choose to get free myself. NO CLINICS! I hope the very best for you BOTH
@SMAJAL they had me taking narcotics 11 pills a day...then they added a fenteyl every 3 days...first it was 25mcg...after a month it was 50mcg...then 75mcg...SOFA COMA...MY HEART WAS SLOWING DOWN TO ALMOST NOTHING...GOD SAID I CAN COME HOME OR STAY BUT NO DRUGS. ER 3 times cold turkey...that was year 3. I don't recommend cold turkey. But get her off the drugs...cut back or something...TALK TO a different DOCTOR FOR 2nd opinion. You and her have to figure it out...hard to help someone who doesn't see a problem. God bless you 🙏 ❤️
If only you had free will
I weaned myself off Paxil slowly with a pill cutter. I took 1/2 than 1/4 pill than every other day & so forth. Trying to go cold turkey meant vertigo so bad I couldn’t move. The anxiety came back with a vengeance but I worked through it. It’s been 10 yrs.
I've been in this community (those injured by anxiety meds &/or antidepressants) for over 5 years. I am doing much better, but I still have a way to go. I can now be outside all day, enjoy visiting people, and go out and enjoy things, but I'm still fragile & can get symptoms (weakness, disabling dizziness, & more) if I do too much, but I'm not suffering all the time like I used to. When I say 5 years, I mean 5 years med free. I take zero medications. I literally can't. Putting any chemicals or medications into my body sets me back in my healing and brings on more severe weakness & dizziness, insomnia & more. I learned this the hard way when I got the regular flu shot at 18 months in. It put me in a hell of a setback that took 4 months to get back to baseline. So, for me, that's the worst part of this. I cannot tolerate anything that fires up my system. No antibiotics, no anesthetics, local or general, no steroids. No over the counter meds for colds, or anything. I feel like my life is robbed from me because until more years pass, and I get stronger I have to avoid getting sick, medical or dental procedures and medications. Thank God I have great teeth. I'm doing my best to try to forget that I can't take these things so I can start to live a life free of worry from the "what ifs". This is getting easier as I get stronger, but the concern is still there. Putting time under my belt and getting stronger is all I have in my defense in that. Thankfully, I'm starting to be able to finally carve out a nice little life for myself. My saving grace was Coach Angela Peacock - the war veteran in this video. She got through it, & is out living life. She was protracted like me, and she helped me in so many ways. She's an angel on earth. These medications have nothing in them that help the brain in any way. There is so much information out there on this now. The drug trials were short and did not prove much outside of placebo for antidepressants and benzodiazepines (anxiety meds) should only be taken for 3 weeks. It says this in the FDA prescribing info. When I hear people say: "this medications saved my life" my blood runs cold because they have no idea what they're in for down the road. Sometimes the bad effects from these drugs can start after taking just one pill, for others it can take years. It is Russian roulette for sure. Use other, non medication methods to get through your issues in life. Change your job, your situation, change your life to an easier and more peaceful one, meditate, exercise, whatever it takes.. but do not take psychotropic meds. Don't even start them. Avoid them.
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My grandmother had bipolar disorder and she was in and out of hospitals most of her life. I inherited the same illness, and because of psychiatric medications, I am able to work and live independently. My big question is, why do people not believe that the mentally ill have an actual disorder that needs to be medically treated like physical disorders? The psychologist in this documentary doesn't believe this, but I can assure you that she is absolutely wrong. When I am at my most ill, there are things that my brain makes me do, that isn't possible when I am well. You can't tell a veteran who might be experiencing panic attacks, hallucinations, sleep disturbances, ect that they shouldn't use medications in order to help them get through their trauma. You know what is going to happen? They are going to use alcohol and drugs to treat their problems themselves and many end up homeless because of this.
I suppose the medication doesn't solve the problem for some people and also gives some people side effects, though it may work for some people. There are also natural alternatives for brain health.
I would say it's due to modern psycholgy pathologizing more and more regular experiences and emotions. People who are grieving a loved one that recently died or feel overwhelmed from a recent life change shouldn't be automatically given these drugs with big side effects. A child full of energy and running around playing doesn't automatically mean ADHD or Bipolar disorder. That's irresponsible. Kids are kids, they have energy. Adults are human, we have a range of emotions. Medications CAN work for those who truly need it, but psychiatrists are showing their irresponsible, dismissive attitude by attributing every side effect to the condition and throwing another med. That and giving meds to people who don't need it
the psychiatrist in the video said about 25 percent are helped by the drugs.
@@Metroid250 Psychiatrist don't even do talk therapy anymore. Their appointments are for ten minutes and to prescribe and monitor drugs. There is much more money for them that way. The psychologists and social workers who are lower paid are the ones who listen for 5o minutes, and they are not allowed to prescribe.
@3mexhuas 10 minutes sounds like a very long time for a psychiatrist appointment. My last visit with my psychiatrist took a total time of 2 minutes and 40 seconds. I timed it, and I was just disgusted. Just 3 questions and more refills even when I already said I had enough supply and I was done with SSRIs and being essentially chemically castrated. I expressed my distaste for the side effect over the course of 6 visits and I'm not being heard. It's horrible. I just stopped taking everything and stopped going. Fortunately, it seems that the side effects are reverseable. It's great to have emotions again, I just have to train and trust myself to regulate the extreme ones and use the tools I have.
I got off adderal 10 years ago and it was bad. I’m on an antidepressant if if I run out, by noon, I’m in full withdrawal.
The reason doctors become doctors are so they can afford things they want.
It depends were you live, the US yes but my in my country the pharmaceutical industry isn’t like the US drugs cost $30 not $3000
@@LittleRayofSunshine69750Was talking about mistrusting doctors - not the cost of pharmaceutical drugs!
@@christinakuczora4862 sorry misread again though a doctor where I live makes 300k and in the US would make 1.5 mill
Not true for the physicians I knew. The next generation yes.
These Drs that dish out these drugs like candy....need to experience full blown withdrawals that these drugs cause. Might just change things....
I fully understand. I took cipro for an infection under the skin in my ear... now I have fibromayalgia and M.E. (chronic fatigue)
What's missing here, is simply self examination with the help of a therapist. Working through the depression, anxiety, panic etc. Is really about facing fears head-on. Taking pills is avoidance. Learn about fight or flight. Here in the US we look for quick fixes. But we need to face our fears, that is half the battle.
I just fought for my life while on cymbalta. Raised dose caused me to be incredibly suicidal and gave me violent intrusive thoughts. Im tapering off currently. Its aweful....its alll aweful
"You have high blood pressure, here's meds."
No other options? Just throwing meds at me?
they did that to my mother ... she knows that is bad for her she stop taking
Ativan? I’ve been taking this for 25 years no health problems from it. My mom took it for 30 years. We have no choice without it. We don’t sleep and we have constant anxiety and panic attack so I am grateful. Sorry to hear of your bad experience I’ve never seen that many medication’s in one person’s life wow my doctors have always been anti medication as much as possible.
Ativan was causing my mom to have psychotic episodes. It's a dangerous drug
Exercise is what’s lacking, not a drug
anxiety is fear ... need to talk about life and change the life
This is so baffling to me - in Poland, where I live (and I guess whole UE), every mediaction (not only prescription drugs but even things like paracetamol or ibuprofen) HAS to have a full pamflet with information about what it is, what it does, when it's dangeros to take it and ALL recorded side effects divided into "very often", "often", "rarely" etc. If there is any possibility of the drug being addictive it also has to be there. I'm on bupropion (Wellbutrin in USA) and during my consultation psychiatrist asked me about everything even losely connected with possible side effects (fortunatelly I don't have any). It's awfull that it is not like that everywhere else
I think a psychiatrist should see the patient's parents before the diagnosis or prescription. The real problem is the lack of love or support from the parents. Pills won't fill that void. I took antidepressant for like a month, when I went to get a new prescription, the psychiatrist screamed at me that every medication would be too strong or too weak for me. I stoppped taking it, then. I think I rather feel my depression than risk the side effects of antidepressants.
I kind of agree with you. My wife's (the patient) parent's were the worst, it damaged here mentally and physically.
Benzos are both life-saving and crippling at the same time.
I been aware of this since the start of Covid.
Same.
Dear God help me 😰🙏?! What have my doctors done to me!
I am relating to these stories and all the meds I’ve been on for years!!!
@michelletlictra9105
These meds were never ever meant to be used in the long term sense, Unfortunately, your doctor sviljew as so many others have
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Montel williams talked about this years ago on his show. He was put on drugs for depression and became suicidal. He then lost his show
Montiel Williams stopped doing his show cuz he was diagnosed with MS.
Why don't they just manufacture pills with, say, 3/4 potency, then 1/2 potency, etc., instead of making patients chop up the pills? I guess pharma won't want to see their profits diminish, as patients get off the drugs gradually with less potent pills.
they don't want people off them, they want lifelong customers.
My mother is a prime example, she takes lorazepam, lexapro, something else, a bunch of panadol to deal with the headaches she gets from the others, and a bottle of wine a day.
She thinks it all helps her be normal, imagine what normal would be like to a person like that..
They do have lower doses of the medication.
Those doses wouldn't be gradual enough for many people.
Medications have also helped a lot of people. Every situation is different.
Healthcare shouldn't be in private hands, not a business
If it was in public hands it would be as terrible as Canada or UK healthcare. If it was completely private they would all have to compete for our business. If it was private - the cheapest and best doctors get the most business.
The scary part of big pharma is that they’ve hooked an entire generation of children on these drugs. My neighbour’s 17 year old has been on drugs since he was in grade three. He now is hooked on weed and mushrooms. I blame medical professionals.
It's actually about two generations now since prozac came out in the late 1980s.
@susanlovesjava4961 yes, I was started on prozac as a teen shortly after it came out and that led to a medication merry-go-round that I'm on to this day. I've recently resumed tapering my last drug and it finally feels like the end is in sight.
tbf weed and mushrooms are absolutely healing. the amount of difference they make with mental health conditions and pain is amazing. plus, with things like mushrooms, it helps permanently. you don't have to keep taking it. I am admittedly a conspiracy theorist that "big pharma" demonizes these natural drugs because it would put them out of business.
Getting off benzos is almost near impossible...I don't know how i did it....i feel so sorry for these people ....this is something that you can't explain to someone who does not know what you going through.....
Excellent documentary 👏👏👏👏
Yep I'm screwed too because I take clonazepam for epilepsy & two other medicines for it to. and while my dose has been lowered I'm never going to be able to get off.
I have epilepsy at one time I was on 5,000 mg of keppra and also on lamictal also Zoloft and some other stuff also supplements
I took myself off keppra and Zoloft
I’m so grateful to have only one med for epilepsy
These doctors scare me
I noticed I forget things so quickly on my 8 meds but I really need them to basic function
That’s what they told me too. I was on 10 different ones for years. I’ve lost years of my life and now I’m a sober coach with 0 meds. Happiest I’ve ever been.
Sad this is hard to watch
2012.. The year I graduated. I had never failed a class had started college for Law enforcement. December 2012... Went in for a check up with a new doctor since I was 3hrs away from my regular Doctor. I had been prescribed Zoloft from my regular doctor about a year prior. In this 1st appointment, Without ever asking or even hinting towards it the Dr. prescribed me 90 of 1mg Xanax a month "just in case".... Picked up the prescription. No joke didn’t remember the next TWO weeks.. got kicked off campus for selling weed out of my dorm room, and the majority of 2013 is basically a complete blur ended up ringing in 2014 in Detox for Benzodiazepines and alcohol and then went to treatment and haven’t touched any since then. But I can honestly say my life dramatically changed paths at in 2012-2013
America is so self absorbed ...
I am not American but it seems like anyone could be a doctor as they are just salesman for big pharma. I have mental illness and I know that any of the benzo medications are short term ONLY. I won’t take it for more than 2 days straight.
It also seems they are medicating people who don’t have serious conditions like schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar etc. These medications have massive side effects I know as I have this condition.
Some people need phycologists not medication!
I lost a niece and nephew by 2 ssisters,
from this, both committed suicide 6 months apart. One was on kolonopin the other prozac nothing else just one med.
It's really a huge problem 🙏🙏
So sorry for your losses. That and overdoses and fentanyl poisoning.
@@3mexhuas Thank you 🤗
They really need to approve treatment for short term issues that may simply require lifestyle change, for example. Where insurance may be able to cover short term treatment for emotional health, grief, stress management, that sort of thing. As opposed to pathologizing people.
Same problem in Sweden. GP prescribed zoloft for 14 years. Destroyed my life. Im off now after fast taper by Dr. Non functional. Neurological injury.
My psychiatrist put me on Lamictal which helped with my mood swings. But then I started noticing memory loss to the point where it made me so dysfunctional, I would panic because I couldnt remember how to get home how to spell words do simple math carry on a simple conversation. Dr. told me even if I got off of it my memory problem wouldn't go away damage was done!!!! 😢
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The man who described the adhd medication making him emotionless and cognitively slow, wow. I experienced that on strattera. It fucked me up. Lost half of my hair. It either caused or covered up chronic medical issues that are still in the process of diagnosis.
HOW DOES ONE FILE A PROFESSIONAL COMPLAINT AGAINST A PHYSICIAN?
I used to take bascopa,or disclofenac whenever i had periods pains
Since i saw a clip of the effects of long term taking of the drugs i stopped
Nowadays i manage my periods by taking too much wtaer and sleeping while facing down ❤❤
15-18 years ago I was in a bad relationship with a girl i had been with for 5+ years.
She was miserable alot to me, then amazing as well at times. I was nieav as i learned she was cheating on me. We broke uo several times, got back together several times.
Needless to say i started going to mental health therapy.
I was put on medication, then more medication and then more medication. The actual therapist was of absolutely ZERO help. She should not have been a therapist.
Needless to say nothing was helping, nothing between myself and my girlfriend was getting better.
I had found out she was cheating again and at one point found this guys car in front of her apartment. I smashed the ever living crap outta the car with a very large pipe wrench. Tried going on a high speed chance with yhe police, i woke up strapped to a chair, spit mask on in a suicide suit. I dont remember being at the police station, i don't remember being in a cop car, i dont remember the paramedics coming to check me out, i don't remember being driven from tge police department to the jail, i dont remember how i got out of my clothes into the chair i was strapped to.
I do remember 3 weeks later after i was bailed out of jail putting my street clothes on i was wearing that night. It was my work clothes. Let me tell ya the pepper spray i didn't remember the coos using was still on my street clothes because my skin was instantly on fire. Adivan is one hell of a power drug that i should have never been prescribed because i was with a slut!
Lord help us....
😢yes ! its a mafia
Normalising the intake of some pill is the same as taking some drug. Initial Resistance is essential.
After being on Benzos for 6+ years. By the time I got to the end of it, I was done. It wasn't doing anything for me anymore, and I decided to taper off. I did it alone. As a medical professional, I knew how. I did it over an 8 week period. What helped is that i kept reminding myself of what my PA repeated periodically... "You have to make life changes. This is not a permanent fix. " She was 100% correct. I had started, ironically, bc after 2 years out of a narcissist relationship (that lasted 6 yrs), my body finally caught up to the after effects of the abuse! A severe panic attack that mimicked a heart attack. It was awful. So, now I've been off Benzos since 2016. My memory that i lost (as a side effect of the med - yeah, they dont tell you about that one) has returned. Thank God. I will continue to stay as far away from pharmaceuticals as I can. God willing!
Benzodiazepines killed my son😭
Conheci esse canal semana passada, e me surpreendeu, muito bom.
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Pescribed medication has destroyed my life. I was suffering a lot of stress at work, so a psychiatrist prescribed an antidepressant.. with that medication I felt very bad, like worst than having flu, with headache, unable to move like paralized, extremely dizzy..so one day I fell down the stairs at home.
Now I can not walk.
I have an injury on my ligament so I can barely walk.
I could have end up paraplegic, or dead( maybe that it would have been better)
That medication only helped to destroy my life.
I told my psychiatrist I was feeling very Bad..but she didnt take me seriously and even ridiculed me. I never came back.
Add me to the list! The only time I have been suicidal was when I was on anti depressants and the worst withdrawal ever!
Stay away from pills. Eat clean, exercise and reduce stress
To my family, who have been the only thing that made me feel real:
If I am never me again,
remember me before I got sick.
Remember her.!
I miss her and my heart will break forever.
How did we become this sick?
I am so sorry this happened to anyone.
I am sorry no one is coming to rescue us.
In another world we will get to the other side of whatever this withdrawal is.
AAlways great documentaries❤🎉👍
Devil's drug.
Yep Xanax
Nah Meth
I have no faith in the healthcare system at all. Been trying holistic herbs for healing, but still trying to find one for pain. I REFUSE BRAIN ALTERING DRUGS FOR NUROPATHY THAT I GOT FROM INTRAVENOUS ANTIOBOTICS!
Drug pushers. A pill for every ill. Pills that kill. Big Harma. 😮
Chemical mental torture! Im 4yrs off benzodiazipine cold turkey after 20yrs on them
Same. After zoloft 15 years.