On Being Both A Patient Harmed By Prescribed Psychiatric Medication & A Medical Provider

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  • @MedicatingNormal
    @MedicatingNormal  3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    To watch Medicating Normal- the new award-winning documentary that tells the untold story of when profit-driven medicine meets human beings in distress, visit: www.medicatingnormal.com/watch

  • @Tempo50
    @Tempo50 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    To what Dr Horowitz said at the end: people who have gone through this have NO faith in the medical field. Myself included, and I have been a RN for 20+ years.

    • @JacquiQ
      @JacquiQ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same ! Ex RN, and I have NO faith at all left in them with regards to anything that is not acute or life threatening. I keep having to say No to repeated offers to have more drugs prescribed to me for this symptoms and that symp[tom. I refuse now to even go to the Dr unless I am dying. Sad long painful lesson to learn and an expensive one, expensive money wise, and energy and time wise . Even Pharmacists do not know abt drug side effects, and yet they are supposed ti be 'experts' .

    • @Bassfully
      @Bassfully 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      if they can only be moved by personally going thru this kinda shit we're right not to trust them one bit

  • @GMHG777
    @GMHG777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Why isn't Medicating Normal in wide release globally ??? This movie should be shown in every middle/high school around the globe is possible, and every single Dr in med school should have to watch this movie. It's criminal what is going on in the medical field with regard to these horrible drugs.

    • @MedicatingNormal
      @MedicatingNormal  3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      There is a process to releasing a film. No distributor will purchase the film unless you first fo film festivals, community screenings, and can show there's an audience that WANTS the film. We are working on it, every single day!

    • @GMHG777
      @GMHG777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@MedicatingNormal ahh well the damn government should mandate this be seen in every school across the country, but since the Gov and FDA are in bed with Pharma and AMA and the Psychiatry lobbies that will never happen, You guys are doing great work, the long delayed black box warning was just a start, we need a massive class action lawsuit like the Purdue Pharma opiate one to get the attn of every Dr and psychiatrist and med school across the globe, these drugs are life destroyers in most cases, they surely destroyed mine !!!

    • @mariekejansen7658
      @mariekejansen7658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      First thank you for standing up for us , there’s so much harm from comming of psych. drugs . It’s much bigger then what’s coming out ! Over the whole world . The dead people can not speak anymore so let we speak up until through come out ! we need change 🙏

  • @belove9
    @belove9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    I have been praying for the evils of psych meds to be exposed and discontinued immediately. The horror stories shared by these brave souls is my story as well. I truly believe that it is by the grace of God that I survived psychiatry. God bless you guys for exposing the truth about the dangers of pharmakeia. Much love and light to ALL!!!

    • @estelled389
      @estelled389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      We are alive these mongrals won't take us . Stay strong 💪God bless and you are not alone

    • @jbs9012
      @jbs9012 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      If it were not for my reliance on the Great Physician, I do not know if I would make it. It is infuriating. Trusting that one day peace and healing will have the last word.

    • @theangriestoftabbies
      @theangriestoftabbies ปีที่แล้ว

      The criminal pharmaceutical cartel wants to create lifelong customers via poisoning disguised as medicine.

    • @elizabethAbbott-q6m
      @elizabethAbbott-q6m ปีที่แล้ว +8

      God bless you and so glad that you survived this. My late veteran spouse went through frightful ordeals with the meds he was given and he was pressured to take them at risk of losing his pension if he did not comply. So unfair.

    • @judybooth110
      @judybooth110 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I thank God I have been prescription drug free for 32 years even though I have been oppositionally challenged. So thankful to hear Medical people speaking up as well as people who are have successful gotten off of drugs.

  • @jlroussin
    @jlroussin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I just got off of Lexapro after a five-year taper. I think what we have here with these medical doctors who are offended at us talking about the harm that their drugs have caused us is a type of systemic narcissism. It’s outrageous that patients whose lives have been destroyed by these drugs have to worry about offending the egos of doctors who prescribe them.

    • @xy-qy2yg
      @xy-qy2yg ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Oh for sure, the gaslighting is INSANE. The only doctor recognizing everything that happened to me is a palliative care doctor.

    • @betsyeberle8116
      @betsyeberle8116 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amen!!

    • @Jahfriend
      @Jahfriend ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Great comment its disgusting and gas lighting and narcissism about sums it up

    • @margieaustman
      @margieaustman ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There’s Dr Josef (TH-cam) who interviews people who have suffered by taking these drugs.

    • @JacquiQ
      @JacquiQ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Absolutely correct

  • @tiemanspace7679
    @tiemanspace7679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Our fight is way deeper than the dangers of psychiatric drugs. It also involves their power in the court system. And much more.

  • @Jen.K
    @Jen.K ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I came off Lexapro too fast in 2011. What followed was a 10 year journey through hell. Today I'm medication free and mostly recovered, but not completely. If it wasn't for the help and support of online forums like Surviving Antidepressants, and benzo buddies, I probably wouldn't be alive today. Thank you for having the courage and integrity to speak out a medical professionals.

  • @thefuzzfactor2989
    @thefuzzfactor2989 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What a brave man willing to be open to ridicule but putting the truth first and caring about the patient's best interests! God bless you Peter!

  • @dmahadeo
    @dmahadeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I went cold turkey from 7 years of Valium because I didn't know better. I nearly died. It's been 3 and a half years now and I am only now (within the last year) improving and leaving behind the maddening insomnia. I feel so grateful. I am so happy now.

    • @cherylwilliams4738
      @cherylwilliams4738 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dexter how did you sleep what did you take?
      What were your symptoms from withdrawal ? If you have nausea vomiting diarrhea?
      I'm on 250 mg Seroquel.

    • @dmahadeo
      @dmahadeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@cherylwilliams4738 I did not sleep (nothing that would count as sleep) for some weeks (more like months) well - probably one night I would get about 3 hours on one every three to four days. I felt like I was losing my mental grip on the world and that I wouldn't be able to come back. There were many times that I felt like committing suicide. But somehow, I have no idea how, I started to get moments of clarity (interspersed by sheer mental anguish) from October 2017 to February 2018. Then gradually (and inconsistently) it got a little bit better but went back to being my usual insomniac self which was the reason I ended up on benzos in the first place. So I decided to change things: cut out carbohydrate, combine CBT for insomnia with intense exercise in the sun, barebacked, etc. and I think the nutrition aspect was the key. Now I even have nights of 9 hours sleep consecutively. I started increasing my magnesium supplements and also recently started benfotiamine. Those are the only two supplements I take. I have cut out the tons of others such as 5HTP, etc. I have been on and off carnivore diet as well, combined with fasting for 24 to 48 hours once or twice a fortnight

    • @cherylwilliams4738
      @cherylwilliams4738 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dmahadeo so Dexter you did no sleep aide during those times.
      I am so exhausted and I'm on 250 mg of Seroquel and can't sleep good I don't know if I should do a z drug like ambien or not or just as dangerous.
      I'm so scared I'm going to die.

    • @dmahadeo
      @dmahadeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cherylwilliams4738 you won't die if you taper, I believe, it can be risky if you go cold turkey like I did, but I didn't know better till I started and was determined to not go back. So I soldiered on. This was not the first time I fought mental illness (for the want of a better term) and my experience with 'the abyss' in the mid 90s and somehow coming out of it a much improved individual gave me hope. When I emerged from that previous experience so very long ago, I never thought that I would be confronted with this type of monster ever again, but c'est la vie.
      Anyway, to answer your question: no I took no sleep aids - I didn't want to exchange one addiction for another. I was actually fed up with it all and thought that living my life the way it was, was a fate worse than death.
      Now, fast forward 4 years, I still do take melatonin from time to time, it makes a difference now actually, considering it was so useless when I was addicted to benzos. Even so, I only do it when I mess up my circadian rhythm and, seeing I'm almost 60, thought sleep issues was normal at this stage, so I give myself an excuse.
      Consider a diet change when you get through it all. Drop the carbs to a minimum, eliminate grain, cut out all seed oils (canola, soya, corn, etc) and eat animal meat and fat if it is not against your belief system. That last piece is just a suggestion but it worked miracles for me.

    • @inharmsway1965
      @inharmsway1965 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dmahadeo You have done an amazing job of taking back your life. The steps you have taken are exactly right and I hope others will pay close attention.

  • @jakecarlo9950
    @jakecarlo9950 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Also, I just want to say I appreciate the courage of folks who are open about the fact that they are still having to take these drugs, because the consequences of trying to stop are so severe and potentially deadly. I am trapped on the drugs I accepted years ago and, there’s a part of this movement really worth thinking about - those of us who may never have the chance to live a drug-free life and how painful that is .

    • @judith7661
      @judith7661 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TO THOSE EITHER OFF & SUFFERING, AS WELL AS THOSE STILL IN & SUFFERING (I'M NOT FULLY OFF YET). RESEARCH THE GUT MICROBIOME. OUR MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS OUR IMMUNITY LIVES THERE & A
      IS DEPENDDNT ON HOW VIGOROUS & DIVERSIFIED IT IS, WE CAN BE MUCH HEALTHIER THAN WE ARE IF WE ARE WILLING TO DO THE NECESSARY

  • @estelled389
    @estelled389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Watching this brought me into tears ,it is wonderful to have these brave Doctors ( Ethical) and brave to stand up and tell the truth that people are being harmed. I look up to Dr Peter Breggin who has been exposing these criminals for decades. Dr Peter Breggin paved the way really for all you brave Doctors coming out. He had to fight on his own!!! Would be lovely to see you bring him on as a guest. God bless you we have to save the children it tares me to bits knowing they are giving these poisons to innocent little souls. God have mercy . They robbed many good years I'll never get back. Love from Australia 🇦🇺

    • @elizabethAbbott-q6m
      @elizabethAbbott-q6m ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Breggin is great; I personally observed what he has spoken of in a veteran patient.

  • @satubeverley4985
    @satubeverley4985 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Very brave of you to make this video about the detrimental effects of antipsychotic medicines. As a psychologist I was trained to trust the biomedical treatment of mental illness until my daughter was diagnosed by severe mental illness after her first suicide attempt at the age of 18 years.

  • @optoelectrohbt8756
    @optoelectrohbt8756 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    it's a great great loss of this community that Dr Christy Huff passed away on March 5, 2024.

    • @craftygirl17
      @craftygirl17 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What did she pass away from, this is very sad.

    • @happydays3678
      @happydays3678 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's so sad. 😢

  • @brennanwalls26
    @brennanwalls26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Thanks guys for all you do and your persistence! I hope the rest of the medical community see and follow your example and take note of what you’re saying. Currently trying my best to slowly taper at my own pace. So please continue spreading the word of negative experiences with pharmaceuticals, because they do exist.

    • @montesa9136
      @montesa9136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How do you plan on handling your underlying condition once you are off your meds?

    • @brennanwalls26
      @brennanwalls26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The techniques I’ve learned while trying to get off these psychotropic medications/drugs. Meditation, consciousness, and eliminating or facing stress head on. Learning coping skills, whatever it takes. It can be done.

    • @montesa9136
      @montesa9136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@brennanwalls26 I've been off my meds for over a year now, but I'm not doing well at all. I think some people need to be medicated for life, & I'm sure I'm one of them.
      I have to remember, I was put on antidepressants for a Reason, & that Reason does not magically disappear just because I made a decision to wean off my meds
      We are all different, &.for some people Psych meds are a Godsend, even though they will likely cause long term damage.

    • @estelled389
      @estelled389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      They are all Beautiful souls and REAL DOCTORS that care about there patients. They have a heart and money has not corrupted them . They have had there life's ruined also .They are strong 💪and brave ,they are not spineless . I want to hug all of them for the work they are doing by spreading the information 🙏

    • @bruji2001
      @bruji2001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@montesa9136 I am undecided and consequently praying while tapering. I hope you are doing okay🥺🙏

  • @noellerizzato3914
    @noellerizzato3914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Thank You all so much for your help! Following Laura Delano years ago helped me recognize that our Mum was suffering from the ‘antidepressant’ she had been given and was still taking , and support her becoming medication free ! Your work is precious!!!!

  • @cindylefkowitz288
    @cindylefkowitz288 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    These conversations make it easier for me to deal w/ all these effects, realizing I am not crazy or a hypochondriac, and that the symptoms will decrease over time, hopefully. Thank you so much for speaking out, and being that you are all medical professionals gives the whole forum more credence. Much appreciated!!

  • @neurosciupdates5603
    @neurosciupdates5603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    It's always eye opening to hear these first-hand accounts.

    • @Sketch1994
      @Sketch1994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Companies are quick to call these first-hand accounts "anecdotal evidence" which cannot be relied upon.

    • @dmahadeo
      @dmahadeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      After being on Paxil, Prozac, Xanax, Valium, etc and attempting suicide more than just a couple times and nearly going crazy from Benzo withdrawal, plus being institutionalised; the turning point for me came after following a meat based diet. It sounds weird and unbelievable, but all I can say is that I am finally having 4 good nights' sleep per week after 12 years. I don't take any medication anymore. I am so upbeat now at 56. I am actually listening to this in the gym while doing research for my 14 year old daughter who is showing signs of depression /personality issues.
      All I can say for anyone who is going through as such problems is try reducing carbs and increasing animal fats such as free range beef, including marrow, brain, liver, spleen and other organs.

    • @clausmehl8731
      @clausmehl8731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sketch1994 companies are bastards. Evil criminals

    • @smooth_pursuit
      @smooth_pursuit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dmahadeo yes! Dr Georgia Ede is a proponent of meat-based diets for mental health and has many interviews here on TH-cam explaining why 👍

  • @Iliketurtlezz
    @Iliketurtlezz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    RIP Christy ❤

  • @wellinever1558
    @wellinever1558 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Has this group done or proposing to perhaps do some lobbying on behalf of patients , as you are all great professionals and have some clout. Can you perhaps have another podcast and let us know and what we can do as well. Numbers have to be noticed. Maybe we can make a difference if we know how. Thank you again to all of you and thanks for sharing, its so important to tell us. Lastly and not least of all so sorry for your harm to each and every one of you.

  • @kevk741
    @kevk741 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    45:25 Favorite piece of honesty from Nicole. “Because it was f*cking torture”. I’m over 3 years off Klonopin. I still wake up feeling shot out of a cannon with a fresh shotgun blast to my back. I can barely lift my arms as I pace around electrocuted. Half of my symptoms erupt tardive, months and months off the meds. Had I not understood my injury, I’d of thought I’d developed ALS + Parkinson’s + “insert worst thing ever”. “prescribedharm” is being gentle. I didn’t realize how I was getting hurt on a lower level until it became a full on movement disorder. The shit causes brain injury.
    If it was a food and 1%, or 1:100 people, would end up with memory loss and movement disorders and lives of chronic pain, they’d ban it from being served. This is more like 1: 10 people and we are still debating the idea? God damn people like their drugs.

    • @elizabethAbbott-q6m
      @elizabethAbbott-q6m ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My own doctor jolted when I told him what my late beau was on; saying, That is a Benzodiazepine!!!

  • @darylbarrington1101
    @darylbarrington1101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Excellent discussion... thank you for sharing your stories and your wisdom. I'm coming to the end of over 30 years on psych meds.... I wonder what my life would've been had I not been disabled by these drugs. I'm still tapering... hoping for some kind of life eventually, but who knows.

  • @dmahadeo
    @dmahadeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    You all are heroes! God bless you all. Keep up the fight.

  • @candaceosullivan-sutherlan1533
    @candaceosullivan-sutherlan1533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Thank you so much for sharing your stories. Ethical Brave Heros!

  • @tiemanspace7679
    @tiemanspace7679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    International Standards for offering psych drug withdrawal programs would be right for humanity.

  • @StJane
    @StJane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    You guys are the shoulders on which others will stand. Don't get mad at those who are not yet as far along as you are. Stay strong and keep up this most important message. Your the tip of this iceberg.😘🥰💕

  • @beautifulspirit2973
    @beautifulspirit2973 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I had a seizure this morning due to withdrawal of psych meds namely Diazepam. Thanks Pharmaceuticals for this gift of destroying my health. I feel beyond ill right now 😭

    • @elizabethAbbott-q6m
      @elizabethAbbott-q6m ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is rough; the pins and pams are Benzos; anyone who has not suffered this can have no idea of how rough it is. My own doc was horrified when he learned my veteran b.f. was on them... so some docs at least are aware but generally people including docs do not know OR the docs know there might be a problem and are going ahead anyway. The pharmacists should be more involved in prescribing; they are knowledgeable. In my town there is a special pharmacy not just the usual but very advanced and they will phone a doctor if they feel something is wrong with a prescription. But by law they have no power to refuse to give a certain med even when they object to it.

    • @thedancingdivaofdaviestree2320
      @thedancingdivaofdaviestree2320 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I had a seizure too - they're scary as hell, my sympathy! I had no ill effects after, however, and the majority of my symptoms are long gone. I got my life back by tapering off after they disabled me for 20 years. Yes, we suffer the tortures of the damned, but I'm thrilled I Escaped from Benzo Oz and Busted out of Pharma Prison! I literally went from crawling to dancing by quitting, and from being mostly housebound and bedridden to writing, performing, exercising and socializing. Take heart, we DO heal. I experienced 167 out of 200 withdrawal effects and am pleased to say the vast majority are long gone. Best of luck, beautiful spirit - and hold tightly to that beautiful spirit. You WILL come out the other side!

    • @sarahmkate84
      @sarahmkate84 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@thedancingdivaofdaviestree2320
      How long did it take before you felt things turned a corner?

    • @thedancingdivaofdaviestree2320
      @thedancingdivaofdaviestree2320 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sarahmkate84 The first time it took 6 months for me to make some spectacular gains - though there were still some nasty withdrawal effects. Alas, I was polydrugged and cold-turkeyed off benzos without my knowledge when in hospital - so I had to go through it all again, 10 times worse!
      Yet I'd say 6 years after I feel healed now, with almost no benzo withdrawal symptoms left. I still have to heal the MEFM I had all my life - but I've discovered that's neuroplastic. If I can beat benzo withdrawal - then this too is possible!
      I had to address the issues that got me prescribed them in the first place - insomnia and fibro pain, and learn new ways of coping. Dealing with trauma and repressed emotions with somatic work and Peter Levine's book helped hugely. Chi Gong helped with dp/dr and anhedonia. Shaking and dancing is a powerful way to release toxic energies from trauma and transform them into art.
      Finding your passions and joys is essential - you can create moments of heaven even in the hell of benzo withdrawal! I'm working on a play on the experience called "Escaping Benzo Oz." Best of luck!

  • @stevietalk1
    @stevietalk1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    FYI .. I’ve been in .5mg of clonazepam for 35 yrs. I started tapering down to .25mg in 2021 .. I then took a 1 yr. Break .. am now doing last .25mg dose.
    I have never felt torture, or hell or any of what SO many describe. I have only ever been on this 1 med. & I am very practical … weaning/tapering SLOWLY ..
    I’m VERY grateful to have never felt what others are or have gone through…
    We need to hear/listen to what everyone is going through … I see it as gratitude from my side .. compassion for what I hear others going through…
    I also am not resentful for what I’ve gone through … I live in here & now

  • @cassanfamily2000
    @cassanfamily2000 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thank you all for your courage to speak out. I am new to the mental health profession as a therapist, and this insight is vital!

  • @gladysma308
    @gladysma308 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for your coming out to share and educate us laymen. We are very lucky to know your first hand experience, so we can understand and sympathize with patients around us.

  • @montesa9136
    @montesa9136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Doctor shopping is not something someone who is Majorly Depressed & Anxious can do!

  • @kevinrb9532
    @kevinrb9532 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Corruption of medicine by big pharma is a real problem. In the 1970s valium was the most prescribed drug in America. The manufacturer claimed it to be extremely safe and nonaddictive, which is similar to what Perdu pharma said about their "new" drug, Oxycontin, and we all know what that led to. I had a bad experience with Paroxetine, which I took very briefly. I took myself off of it after 2 weeks or it would have turned out very badly.

  • @ancabostinariu6550
    @ancabostinariu6550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thank you for the honesty and courage.

  • @betsyeberle8116
    @betsyeberle8116 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You make sense of it Nicole Lambertson, by doing what 3 of you are doing: telling the truth and not trying to void responsibility of practitioners, regulators, pharmaceutical companies. Nothing will change until practitioners (& the rest) face the truth, realize the harm and make the changes needed to save lives and suffering. STOP PROTECTING the ‘harm doers’ and start helping the injured!!!

    • @elizabethAbbott-q6m
      @elizabethAbbott-q6m ปีที่แล้ว

      You nailed it. The docs MUST stand up ... they have taken the Hippocratic Oath. The producers of the meds have not done so.

  • @mgray3130
    @mgray3130 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you Peter, you words say what I would want to say. The greatest respect is giving to these four! I would see any of these four over any Dr practicing, or guessing medicine.

  • @andrewvillarreal9833
    @andrewvillarreal9833 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    18:58 This is the best most real interviews ever. I'm on Atavan for 13 years. And, my Dr cut me off for three days, and then I got back on, when I got more...and I'm now a nervous wreck! I'm constantly worried, constantly anxious. My Dr said he's taking me off them permanently in 1 year because of my age. (65). I am calling the nurse hotline...I truly don't know what they will say... but! They never will say there Drs are wrong. HELP!

  • @HoneyGemHappy
    @HoneyGemHappy ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Torturous Terrorising Hell there aren’t even the right words to describe the living hell we are trying to survive!!!

  • @amylindberg123
    @amylindberg123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Very informative- grateful for your stories

  • @kassi4837
    @kassi4837 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The fact is, we don’t even have the technology to track a good portion of the brain and neurological damage being done by these drugs. What can we offer damaged patients when it’s hard to even diagnose the damage ? This is an emergency and epidemic. We need to break the bias and pride of the medical field and fill these blind spots so we can offer closure and hopefully someday symptom relief. A problem doesn’t go away by ignoring it. It only gets bigger and more devastating.

    • @escapingbenzoozhopehelphea523
      @escapingbenzoozhopehelphea523 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Are there even any long-term studies done on these medications? I could find none on benzodiazepines. So when doctors say, 'That doesn't happen" to our symptoms -they simply have NO idea what long-term harm these drugs do.

  • @karimaogden3875
    @karimaogden3875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    In the U.S, following the "Standard of Care" is more important than the Hippocratic Oath!

    • @clausmehl8731
      @clausmehl8731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What oath? Treatment guide rules all

  • @MsSilver41
    @MsSilver41 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A psychiatrist said there a potential for dialogue between psychiatrist and those harmed by psych meds , but the use of polemical language like prescribed harm, brain damage and torture can provoke defensiveness on the part of clinicians and render common ground illusive “ from my perspective that’s like saying “ I will prescribe drugs that screw with you’re mind and body but I will not be made to feel guilty for the part I play in the harm . so please keep your emotions in check, that’s what the drugs are supposed to do , perhaps we need to up your dose .

  • @deannastar4514
    @deannastar4514 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    T H A N K 🫶 YOU Medicating Normal & Guests. Keep Speaking Out. I will Keep Sharing.

  • @NoName-pu5ls
    @NoName-pu5ls 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Bravo! Thank you! Sending love to all.

    • @estelled389
      @estelled389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Aren't they all just SUPER AMAZING. BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEINGS ❤

  • @catherinelovell1275
    @catherinelovell1275 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you all so much for talking so honestly four people extremely sane although after what you’ve all been through I don’t know how!!! What is so totally INSANE is the MASSIVE INJUSTICE and YEARS of SHEAR HELL you’ve all had to endure thank you so much again don’t ever give up you probably will never realise how many people desperately need to know they aren’t alone….

  • @shan4145
    @shan4145 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you everyone here on the panel for you very very hard struggle work to let us see this invaluable experiences and information 💖🌷💎

  • @mvann5
    @mvann5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    BTW, really enjoyed this discussion. Thanks so much.

    • @MedicatingNormal
      @MedicatingNormal  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for watching! Make sure you subscribe to our channel!

  • @jackiemcdonell1737
    @jackiemcdonell1737 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I appreciate being able to read of others experiences. It's a valuable learning tool.

  • @Neblinaization
    @Neblinaization ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you all so much! Very helpful and inspiring!!

  • @mindyjoyfullplay5340
    @mindyjoyfullplay5340 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Do no harm. I wish that were the case.

  • @karenr411
    @karenr411 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    How are we to trust the medical community that still doesn't have a real clue what a safe taper looks like? 😢

    • @stephaniebondy3416
      @stephaniebondy3416 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I’ve been watching and experiencing this for four years. I have seen talk/conversation increase, and the mainstream media is participating finally. Keep hope. ❤

  • @HoneyGemHappy
    @HoneyGemHappy ปีที่แล้ว +5

    THANK YOU🙏🏼 for helping me to understand what is happening to me… Finally I have ‘some’ idea what the hell is going on.

  • @debrajanzen6661
    @debrajanzen6661 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like Peter's description of Hydra stigma. So true, so true.

  • @MsSilver41
    @MsSilver41 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My son works with adolescents diagnosed with mental health , these kids are drugged to the max. He works with ones caught in the justice system because of the rebound effect of these poor excuses for treatment. I wonder how many kids were just suffering trauma and Instead of dealing with the trauma head on it was just easier for doctors to say pop this pill .

  • @myreddays
    @myreddays 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Loving the irony. Myself having had my life destroyed by doctors, not that unpleasant to see them caught in their own trap. Excuse the cruelty.

    • @cowboyjohnsontown
      @cowboyjohnsontown 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I have empathy for many psych docs who were lied to by the pill manufacturers just like we were lied to. I know what you mean but regardless, I'm glad these docs are speaking out.

    • @myreddays
      @myreddays ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aleksadupuy Help me understand the relationship between your comment and mine

  • @lollorosso4323
    @lollorosso4323 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you so much ❤

  • @Tempo50
    @Tempo50 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I WAS on 3 antidepressants, then on a medication for heartburn ( Wellbutrin ) two Blood pressure medications, a medication for restless legs. Off all meds except the occasional use of heartburn, and the medication for restless legs , now due to withdrawal.

  • @tylerwickett4592
    @tylerwickett4592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for this!

  • @jakecarlo9950
    @jakecarlo9950 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much for this work. I don’t know if I can express what it means to me. Thank you again.

  • @gagutreality
    @gagutreality ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for your courage

  • @notofthisworld5998
    @notofthisworld5998 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I recall a certain psychiatry practice, a group, in houston Texas that had a zero benzo policy on new patients. If you were on benzos they would not see you. Period. I encountered this over 3 yrs ago, maybe even 5.

    • @escapingbenzoozhopehelphea523
      @escapingbenzoozhopehelphea523 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I only go to doctors or clinics with a "No Benzos, No Opioids" policy. Ethical doctors, in other words. There aren't many of them, but they exist in Canada.

  • @kewlmark72
    @kewlmark72 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was given antisycotics sseroquell for sleep I was hooked for years I have been getting off for the last 2 years I am oof meds now but lost ability to sleep and am losing my mind. I will not go back on any meds. I have a few benzos left I take for emergncy to help sleep.

  • @lisam2036
    @lisam2036 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I too went to so many specialists for my weird symptoms! Ugh. I started with low back pain in tolerance two years ago (among lots of other symptoms) and now two years later it's back during tapering/withdrawal, but I still feel the fear that there is something else going on. Struggling with whether to go back to get more diagnostics.

    • @jackiemcdonell1737
      @jackiemcdonell1737 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can relate to everyone hear. I swear by these supplements. Methylated B- Complex, D-3 with K, Cod Liver Oil Capsules, Zinc, Niacinamide. Evening Primrose Oil is also great for woman, maybe men too but not sure. Love to all Humanity

  • @gagutreality
    @gagutreality ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts

  • @gabby20
    @gabby20 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was addicted to 25 temazepam per day. It was prescribed to me in my younger years for a throat infection. I had no idea what it was. Tolerance went up to 25 a day. I went to detox and medically came off from Valium. Then I got addicted to Valium. I still am but can't get off it. A couple of times without having Valium I've ended up in ED for severe withdrawal where my heart just goes to 230 BPM and BP high. They get the crash cart and hook me up. But I want to get off Valium but don't know how to reduce it. When I do reduce I feel awful. I feel like I'm a difficult case. Well, I was told that I was a complex case.

    • @MedicatingNormal
      @MedicatingNormal  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are you addicted to it (abuse it, can't control your use, seeking a high, etc) or are you physically dependent (your body has adapted to its chronic presence from as-prescribed use)?
      Have you read The Ashton Manual: benzoinfo.com/ashtonmanual

  • @gagutreality
    @gagutreality ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Feed the animals connect with other creatures have compassion for all things

  • @sunset33533
    @sunset33533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The book "30 Days to Reduce Depression" by Harper Daniels is recommended. Gives good daily mindfulness exercises. Worth a try.

  • @gagutreality
    @gagutreality ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Help others

  • @gladysma308
    @gladysma308 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1:20:45 Patrick Geddes, "by living we learn"

  • @jewelleryaddict
    @jewelleryaddict 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    After hearing all of this I wonder is there any REAL use for any of these drugs or should they all be banned.? I was given 3 maybe 4 kinds of antidepressants for over 30 years of having diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. I went in wanting help with severe pain and crushing fatigue and was given all these pills. I was not really depressed but wanted help and to be well and get well. Why would a doctor keep giving me antidepressants and nothing for pain or fatigue. It was crazy. They never helped what I needed help for. Been off all them for last 20:years no problems.

  • @gagutreality
    @gagutreality ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Positive Affirmations

  • @gagutreality
    @gagutreality ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love yourself

  • @shawnpawlowski1436
    @shawnpawlowski1436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Can I contact anyone from here? I had a Mirtazapine induced episode.

    • @MedicatingNormal
      @MedicatingNormal  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hi, we are not currently collecting stories and do not offer one-on-one support. We recommend to find community in the online support groups. There is one for Mirtazapine on Facebook.

  • @montesa9136
    @montesa9136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I was on antidepressants for 30 years & on Clonazepam, Seroquel, & Reqip for the last part of those 30 years. I've been off all meds now for about 4 years. I have developed Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Diverticulitis, Type 2 Diabetes, Seborrheic Dermatitis, Sleep Apnea, Metabolic Syndrome, Weight Gain, Restless Leg Syndrome, Cancer, Severe Depression, Anxiety, & Agoraphobia. I'm wondering if there is any way of knowing if my medical illnesses are linked to long term Psych Med use? Is there anyway of knowing?

    • @av201
      @av201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My thought is which came first, the chicken or the egg?
      Likely 30 years on heavy psych meds contributed to many of your conditions.
      However, if I were in your place my focus would be on natural healing and trying to rebuild your brain and body rather than focusing on what caused these conditions.

    • @montesa9136
      @montesa9136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@av201 I agree with you & Thanks for your reply. The reason I wanted to know if it was either Withdrawal or a Relapse is because; if it's Withdrawal I would want to stick it out. Whereas, if it's a Relapse I would think about going back on the meds

    • @mitch5222
      @mitch5222 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@montesa9136 any update?

  • @pudner698
    @pudner698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Dr Peter Gordon - you're seem like a really decent and brave man but in my opinion clinicians who take money from pharma companies and disregard evidence that they cause harm are bad people.

  • @leathmcbride8016
    @leathmcbride8016 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Feeding the algorithm bear ✅

  • @cherylwilliams4738
    @cherylwilliams4738 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Where can I get Dr Mark H. Antisycotic taper graph?

    • @MedicatingNormal
      @MedicatingNormal  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Perhaps here? markhorowitz.org/academic-paper/tapering-antipsychotic-treatment/

  • @atanubiswas447
    @atanubiswas447 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was diagnosed as OCD patient 10 years ago.I was probably 15 at that time.My doc prescribed PROZAC (initially 40mg) with CLONEZEPAM.Then gradually decreased to 20 mg.Overall it worked.With time I was able to manage my symptoms better.Then my doc had stopped medication for 2 years as I was doing gradually better combined with CBT.And after that the withdrawal symptoms kicked in ( panic, trouble in sleeping, increased anxiety etc) .Then doc started again with PROZAC 20.After 1 year he lowered the frequency of taking it( first- alternate day, then 2 pills in a week and lastly 1 pill in a week).
    Another 1 & half year passed and I became almost fully capable of not engaging in any compulsion.
    But recently I had some relapse of earlier symptoms and I am on PROZAC 20 again (daily)
    Is my doc guiding me right through it?

  • @ruthie2222
    @ruthie2222 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would love all the naysayers of these drugs to all take them for six months, as an experiment if you like and then come off them, just to feel what it’s like. I bet over 50% would soon change their tune! 😢
    Great video by the way. Thank you so much x

  • @gagutreality
    @gagutreality ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Be good to yourselves forgive yourselves

    • @mitch5222
      @mitch5222 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks. But not to God

  • @shan4145
    @shan4145 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you dr mark harrowitz for speaking the truth where u said about thinking the patients were crazy because credentials are higher and you respect your mentors conversation 👏👏👏my respect for you completely 🌷💖🇨🇦🙋🏻‍♀️ My ex doctor, I told her the venlafaxine isn’t working no more and she told me continue to take it’s better than nothing

  • @christineward7526
    @christineward7526 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How to find the right person to assist you as you come off the meds.

  • @gagutreality
    @gagutreality ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Remember that you are a child of God and alive for a reason

    • @mitch5222
      @mitch5222 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is the thing. I dont want to know about my father God anything, nothing. He is watching and smile how some of us have to suffer. And pharma ppl having money and enjoying on yacht. God should be ashamed.

    • @366317
      @366317 ปีที่แล้ว

      whıle hıs chıldren are sufferıng so hard he never dıd anythıng and the bıg pharma guys enjoy there rıches and luxury go take your god and dıe

    • @helencheung2537
      @helencheung2537 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mitch5222 God gave us free will. That's what makes us human. Far from watching and smiling, He watches and suffers because of what we do with it. Since you believe he exists, why not strike up a relationship with Him. He is always waiting for you.

  • @expert7383
    @expert7383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    God has a very horrible place in-store for these people destroying lives with these neurotoxins . I'm scared for you

    • @mitch5222
      @mitch5222 ปีที่แล้ว

      God is with them. He is an evil.

  • @mvann5
    @mvann5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am wondering if it is advisable to get Covid 19 vac. while in withdrawal. Still quite symptomatic, or would take it for sure. Thinking any of the panelists, or Nicole, might have more info than my dr., who does not even get what my issue is. Thanks!

    • @El-wc5hl
      @El-wc5hl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Please do full research on the vac. before getting it. The very same thing you are seeing on this video ie. drugs that are being pushed on the patients with flawed short term studies, big pharma pushing and bribing Dr's to prescribe these drugs, insidious advertising/propaganda, complete lack of knowledge regarding mechanism of action etc. This is the paradigm under which the vaccines are being foisted upon an ignorant public. I hope that makes sense. Judy Mikowitz, Peter Breggin, Sherri Tenpenny and Joseph Mercola plusthe letter written by Geert Bossche should shed some light on the negative possibilities. Good luck with your journey.

    • @janetdrews5039
      @janetdrews5039 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please don’t take the vaccine,it is evil and you need to do your research on it. Dr Lorraine Day speaks about it.

    • @dmahadeo
      @dmahadeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I wouldn't. That is just my two cents

    • @Anna-wr3uy
      @Anna-wr3uy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you are in withdrawal obviously you have been injured by drugs that were supposed to be safe and effective. So if you believe that pharmaceutical companies came up with vaccination that has not been even approved (because of emergency) yet they claim is safe and effective, you have to make that decision for yourself.
      Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

  • @gagutreality
    @gagutreality ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Spend time in nature

  • @materiais10
    @materiais10 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can anyone help me? ? What to do when a single benzo dose caused severe disabling withdrawl? ?? Tia

  • @stevietalk1
    @stevietalk1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My GP came from U.K. 9 yrs. ago .. he’s helped me by making me aware of exactly WHAT I’m on & why I should taper off.. he’s allowed me to lead & in fact I’m going it alone as are most of us .. I’m grateful to be given as long as I want/need to taper off the klonopan.

  • @wellinever1558
    @wellinever1558 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Its actually very concerning that we as the injured, damaged,over medicated "patients " have to educate doctors and pierce the bias. What needs to be done is get this drug withdrawn from the market. Yellow card is something we all need to do. Uk also has a yellow card system and Canada and US used to be Vaers not sure if only for vaccines. We cannot have anyone other than a Pysch to prescribe and monitor. Only a 30 day script x 3 max.

  • @tdang9528
    @tdang9528 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Too many ads..
    Please dont click the ads for your losts

  • @shan4145
    @shan4145 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow i FUCKING love💖 this video! 😜

  • @AlimKara-dz1cl
    @AlimKara-dz1cl 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sir, I read your articles and could not find the treatment methods. It would be very helpful if you could tell me the drug-free treatment methods for anxiety, depression, OCD and bipolar. By the way, I do not know English, I translate and write. Sir, I have experienced anxiety and depression for 4 years. During this period, I used medication for a total of 20 days and stopped taking it, that is, 1440 days. I am experiencing these problems. I used Risperdal 1mg for 20 days and stopped, but it affected me very badly. My sexual life ended, my emotions ended, I became like a robot, I became numb, sir. I used it for 20 days and came to this state. Sir, antipsychotic drugs are very harmful and bad, antidepressants, that's why I did research, I listened to Dr. Peter's videos, I listened to your videos. I read your articles, they were very useful, but all I want from you is what should be done for depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar, what are the drug-free treatment methods, your opinions are very important, sir, may God bless you.

    • @MedicatingNormal
      @MedicatingNormal  29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      We have a video on our channel from Dr. Yapko - "The Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Depression" - which might be a good start.

  • @ashleypresley
    @ashleypresley ปีที่แล้ว

    Explains the 6 week trial, because that's from regulators in other countries, not because it's actually beneficial.

  • @jessicavegan
    @jessicavegan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Are the two guys at the bottom the same guy??? 😂

    • @stevietalk1
      @stevietalk1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They both have glasses & accents (England & Scotland though ..) otherwise 2 totally different guys 🥴

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    @sanatatesiviata ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @snuppypuppy6693
    @snuppypuppy6693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    snuppy puppy says hi!

  • @bilygates2509
    @bilygates2509 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My questions is why are educated Americans falling into this trap ???

  • @donzouan9687
    @donzouan9687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How its possible to have withdrawl after 8 years of stopping?what sumptoms you still have

    • @MedicatingNormal
      @MedicatingNormal  3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Withdrawal is the period when removing the drug. After a certain point, the word "withdrawal" is not really accurate. In some people, there is some persistent neurological damage that has occured. Some called it an acquired brain injury, some neuronal adaptation has not reversed, some can have neurotoxicity. No one really knows to be honest. We just know that for some, symptoms can persist a very long time.

    • @Hitit123
      @Hitit123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MedicatingNormal Yes it's a "Chemical Brain Injury" / "Injury" at that point.

    • @donzouan9687
      @donzouan9687 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MedicatingNormal ok so what symptoms are still remaining?

    • @MedicatingNormal
      @MedicatingNormal  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@donzouan9687 Each person is different with what they are experiencing and I cannot speak for the panelists. It's also not helpful to compare because everyone is so unique and experiences so individual.

    • @donzouan9687
      @donzouan9687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@smilemor-phony5964 did you had derealization and burning skin and how long did it last?

  • @montesa9136
    @montesa9136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I still don't understand how all these people coming off Psychotropic medication manage their original underlying condition once they are off the drugs?
    To me, this is the most important thing to consider before one even considers weaning off.
    Why is this not talked about?

    • @myreddays
      @myreddays 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The main point is the drugs are not the solution. So coming off them is necessary. Then look for an approach that can truly help, doen't make you dependent and doesn't harm you in the long run. That's the point.

    • @Eric-tj3tg
      @Eric-tj3tg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@smilemor-phony5964 Fair enough, and I'm glad you don't have any underlying psychiatric conditions.
      Rarely, except during the "Prozac productivity craze", do people seek psychiatric medicines without experiencing subjective, if not objective, disturbed mental health. But, for instance, Adderall seems to be a productivity drug for some. Meanwhile, when one's anxiety or depression is medicated, then discontinued, perhaps there is now so much confusion as to what's what (i.e., caused by meds, or anxiety from withdrawal, or the condition that originally brought one in to a doctor to begin with), that it's difficult. In the end, I believe that underlying much of the anxiety and depression is trauma. Now, we're talking long-term Psychotherapy. The USA isn't going to let that reality out of the bag, because it's an epidemic, and health insurers, are going to fight to not pay for therapy. All sickening.
      Unnerving video as a Clonazepam victim who has realized that the trauma beneath is inaccessible due to the drug. Didn't know of Complex Trauma when this began. SMH (voluntarily for the moment)!

    • @cowboyjohnsontown
      @cowboyjohnsontown 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are many natural remedies for mental wellness. Safer supplements or plant medicines might be the most direct comparison. However, there's an emerging trauma-based method of treatment for mental health that seems much more efficient than a disease-based model which says "you need meds to treat your disease." Its a massive shift in thinking. I've found a lot of success with kundalini meditation, yoga, changing my diet, limiting stress, getting enough exercise, journaling, etc. Meds are often relied on too often and for too long.

    • @MedicatingNormal
      @MedicatingNormal  2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Many 'original conditions' were situational. People are left on these meds for years and so, time and the environment, etc. change in all that time, and perhaps there isn't even anything left. For example, if you were prescribed for a divorce, you're clearly not having that same stress 5 years later, yet people are parked on the drugs that long.

    • @dimitraamend8837
      @dimitraamend8837 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Before drug we wanted to feel better. But if it makes your health worse and you get a lot of side effects, dealing with the main problem is nothing compared to the hell you had to go through. I started antidepressants 11 years ago for panic attacks. I experienced reverse reaction after years and trying new meds. Dealing with withdrawals and side effects from new ssri is another level and I was just done. I’m still anxious but it’s nothing compared to what was it on medication or coming off of Effexor. Never again. 😢

  • @michelebergman4336
    @michelebergman4336 ปีที่แล้ว

    CHANGE NAME!!! What does MEDICATING NORMALMean???

    • @sharonendler1467
      @sharonendler1467 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is after the movie “ Medicating Normal” which followed the stories of a few people who were put on drugs for “ normal “ issues of life like grief …..

    • @stevietalk1
      @stevietalk1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It means normal people are being medicated for no good reason or at least on meds. Not meant for them …

    • @michelebergman4336
      @michelebergman4336 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stevietalk1 well that’s a confusing & it could be called “ medicating normal people”… but even that’s still bad name becuz it’s insinuating that that people who need meds are NOT “normal “!!! It’s a really bad name from PR POV!!! After all the work they did to make and promote the film, picking a GOOD NSME seems like it should have been a #1 priority!!! Someone BLEW IT!!!

  • @dm7232
    @dm7232 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What symptoms? They all just say they went through hell, what does that mean? What are the symptoms 5 and 8 yrs later? Why can’t they just speak in plain language?

    • @elizabethAbbott-q6m
      @elizabethAbbott-q6m ปีที่แล้ว

      I can tell you what some of them are as I witnessed it in the case of my late partner: Rapid Cycling bi-polarity uncontrollable mood swings that began exactly at sundown and went on all night; exhausting for him ... they began by being an hour apart and then were down to every four minutes. His doc and social worker ignored my calls for help; He hallucinated; could not control the over excitement; so exhausted from days of this that he became suicidal; ran naked on the railroad tracks until the police picked him up but each person may have different symptoms.

    • @stevietalk1
      @stevietalk1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@elizabethAbbott-q6mthese are not tolerance/BIND symptoms… if one has rapid cycling bi-polar type symptoms .. this isn’t from benzodiazepines .. may be with antidepressant or psychotic drugs .. not benzos

  • @Acetyl53
    @Acetyl53 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maim and drain medicine.