Thank you, Butterfly, for asking. Yes, you are absolutely correct, those exact toxic side effects can and do occur with the use of Luvox. All of the following toxic side affects have also been reported by people who have taken Luvox in the treatment for depression. A significant number of the toxic side effects have also been reported in healthy test subjects during clinical test trials of Luvox.
LUVOX (fluvoxamine maleate, anti-depressant) TOXIC EFFECTS:
(The following list of toxic effects is not a complete list)
Body as a Whole Toxic Effects:
Sudden death; allergic reaction; neck pain; neck rigidity; headache; suicide attempt; pelvic pain; asthenia (abnormal loss of strength); photosensitivity reaction (exaggerated sunburn reaction); malaise (sickly feeling); flu-like syndrome; chills; accidental injury; overdose; cyst (a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure).
Cardiovascular Toxic Effects:
Palpitations (rapid and irregular heartbeat); hypertension (abnormal high blood pressure); hypotension (abnormal low blood pressure); syncope (fainting, (spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain); tachycardia (abnormal rapid heart rate); myocardial infarction (heart attack, destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of blood supply to heart muscle); angina pectoris (sudden chest pain due to reduced oxygen to heart); pericarditis (inflammation of pericardium, the double-layered serous membrane that surrounds the heart); AV block (impairment of normal conduction of impulses between atria and ventricles); cerebrovascular accident (stroke resulting from sudden death of some brain cells due to lack of oxygen); cold extremities; phlebitis (inflammation of veins); bradycardia (abnormal slow heart rate); cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disorder usually of unknown origin); cardiovascular disease; coronary artery disease (coronary arteries are narrowed or blocked); conduction delay; embolus (heart blood clot); heart failure; pallor; pulse irregular; ST segment changes; pulmonary infarction (lung tissue death due to blood clot in lungs, may cause collapse with severe breathlessness and coughing up blood); supraventricular extrasystoles (irregular heartbeat).
Endocrine Toxic Effects:
Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid gland); goiter (abnormal enlarged thyroid gland).
Digestive Toxic Effects:
Anorexia; nausea; vomiting; diarrhea; constipation; tooth disorder; cholelithiasis (gallstones); hematemesis (vomiting blood); fecal incontinence (involuntary defecation); hemorrhoids; flatulence (passing gas); dyspepsia (upset stomach characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea); dysphagia (painful or difficulty swallowing); melena (abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood); gastroenteritis (inflammation of stomach and intestines); gingivitis (inflammation of gums); colitis (inflammation of colon); eructation esophagitis (belching due to inflammation of food pipe); gastritis (inflammation of stomach lining with nausea, loss of appetite and discomfort after eating); elevated liver transaminases; gastrointestinal hemorrhage; gastrointestinal ulcer; glossitis (inflammation of tongue); stomatitis (inflammation of mouth); rectal hemorrhage; jaundice; cholecystitis (inflammation of gallbladder); biliary (gallbladder) pain; intestinal obstruction.
Hemic and Lymphotic Toxic Effects:
Lymphadenopathy (abnormal enlargement of lymph nodes); anemia (red blood cell deficiency); ecchymosis (large purplish or black & blue skin spots); purpura (purple discolorations on skin caused by bleeding underneath skin, small spots are called petechiae while large spots are called ecchymoses); thrombocytopenia (abnormal small number of blood platelets); leukocytosis (abnormal increase of white blood cells); leukopenia (low white blood cell count).
Musculoskeletal Toxic Effects:
Arthralgia (joint pain); arthritis (joint inflammation); tenosynovitis (inflammation of tendon sheath); bursitis (bursa inflammation); generalized muscle spasm; myasthenia (chronic progressive disorder characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness resulting from acetylcholine deficiency at neuromuscular junctions); tendinous contracture (abnormal contraction of tendons); myopathy (any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction); arthrosis (degenerative joint disease); pathological fracture.
Metabolic and Nutritional Toxic Effects:
Edema (swelling); weight gain; weight loss; dehydration; hypoglycemia (low blood sugar); hypercholesterolemia (abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood); diabetes mellitus; hyperglycemia (high blood sugar); hyperlipidemia (excess lipids in the blood); hypokalemia (abnormal low blood potassium level leading to weakness and heart abnormalities); lacate dehydrogenase increased.
Nervous System Toxic Effects:
Ataxia (inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements, unsteady movements, staggering gait); dry mouth; slurred speech; tremor; somnolence (extreme sleepiness); insomnia; nervousness; hyperkinesia (abnormal increase in muscular activity); hypokinesia (abnormal slow movement); dizziness; anxiety; vasodilatation (dilated blood vessels); hypertonia (extreme muscular tension); agitation; dyskinesia (impairment in the ability to control movements characterized by spasmodic or repetitive motions or lack of coordination); hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of body); twitching; apathy; dystonia (repetitive jerking or twisting of body parts); hypersomnia (inability to stay awake); vertigo (diminished equilibrium, reeling sensation as if about to fall); decreased libido; depression; hypotonia (abnormal decreased muscle tone); Tardive Dyskinesia Syndrome; convulsion, delirium; euphoria; Central Nervous System [CNS] stimulation; amnesia; manic reaction; depersonalization; stupor; emotional lability (mood swings); myoclonus (clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group); hostility; delusion; psychotic reaction; agoraphobia; akathisia; CNS depression; drug dependence; Extrapyramidal Syndrome; gait unsteady; hallucinations; hysteria incoordination; paralysis; phobia; paranoid reaction; increased salivation; increased libido; neuralgia (severe nerve pain); psychosis; sleep disorder; akinesis (motionlessness attributable to temporary paralysis); reflexes decreased; torticollis (unnatural condition in which head leans to one side because neck muscles on that side are contracted); trismus (lockjaw, prolonged spasm of jaw muscles, gnashing of teeth); coma; fibrillations (twitching) mutism; obsessions; Withdrawal Syndrome.
WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME is characterized by tremors; diarrhea; nausea; vomiting; lethargy; parasthesias (tingling, numbness or electric shock-like sensations in the head or limbs); sweating; light headedness; headaches; irritability; insomnia; anxiety; agitation; vertigo (diminished equilibrium, reeling sensation as if about to fall).
Urogenital Toxic Effects:
Urinary Retention; anuria (inability to urinate); abnormal ejaculation; urinary frequency; impotence; dysuria (painful or difficult urination); anorgasmia (absence of orgasm in sexual relations); cystitis (inflammation of urinary bladder and ureters); breast pain; delayed menstruation; femael lactation; hematuria (bloody urine); menopause; menorrhagia (abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation); nocturia (excessive urination at night); hematospermia (presence of blood in the seminal fluid); metrorrhagia (bleeding from the uterus that is not associated with menstruation); kidney calculus (stone); urination impaired; polyuria (abnormal excessive urination); premenstrual syndrome; vaginitis (vagina inflammation); urinary urgency; urinary incontinence (involuntary urination); urinary tract infection; vaginal hemorrhage; oliguria (abnormal small production of urine).
Respiratory Toxic Effects:
Upper respiratory infection; dyspnea (painful or difficulty breathing); yawn; cough increased; hoarseness; bronchitis (inflammation of membranes lining bronchial tubes); epistaxis (nosebleed); obstructive pulmonary disease; hyperventilation; sinusitis (inflammation of paranasal sinuses); asthma; apnea (transient cessation of respiration); hemoptysis (coughing up blood); hiccups; pneumonia; laryngismus (laryngeal spasm caused by sudden contraction of laryngeal muscles); congestion of upper airway.
Skin Toxic Effects:
Furunculosis (acute, reoccurring multiple skin boils); urticaria (hives, welts that itch intensely); alopecia (baldness);eczema (inflammatory skin condition particularly with vesiculation in acute stages); sweating; acne; exfoliative dermatitis (widespread dermatitis characterized by itching, scaling and shedding of skin accompanied by redness); dry skin; seborrhea (abnormal oily skin); skin discoloration.
Special Senses Toxic Effects:
Amblyopia (blurry vision without apparent organic pathology); diplopia (double vision); eye pain; visual field defect; retinal detachment; accommodation abnormal (unable to focus eyes); dry eyes; taste loss; taste perversion (distorted sense of taste); deafness; ear pain; mydriasis (dilated pupils); otitis media (inflammation of middle ear causing pain and temporary hearing loss); corneal ulcer; conjunctivitis (pink eye, inflammation of conjunctiva); parosmia (distorted sense of smell, as in smelling odors that are not present); photophobia (eye pain resulting from exposure to bright light).
EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOMS:
Tremor; dysarthria (slurred speech); parkinsonism; shuffling gait; drooling; muscular rigidity; Tardive Dyskinesia Syndrome as involuntary and irregular muscle movements usually in the face; agitation; tonic spasm of the masticatory (chewing) muscles; retrocollis (posterior neck spasms); torticollis (neck muscle spasms, twisting of the neck and unnatural position of the head, wryneck); akathisia (motor restlessness characterized by muscular quivering, inability to sit still, and intense anxiety at the thought of sitting down); aching and numbness of the limbs; tight feeling in throat; oculogyric crisis (spasmodic turning of the eyeballs in the sockets into a fixed position usually upward that persists for several minutes or hours); akinesia (loss of normal motor function); hyperreflexia (twitching); trismus (lockjaw, prolonged spasm of jaw muscles, gnashing of teeth); dystonia (jerking of body or body parts including tongue protrusion, discoloration, aching and rounding of the tongue); opisthotonus (abnormal bridging or arching of spinal cord); motor restlessness. Extrapyramidal toxic effects may persist after discontinuation of treatment.
TARDIVE DYSKINESIA:
Symptoms are persistent and appear to be irreversible in some patients. As with all anti-psychotic tranquilizers, Tardive Dyskinesia Syndrome may appear in some patients on long-term therapy or may appear after drug therapy has been discontinued. This syndrome may become clinically recognizable either during treatment, upon dosage reduction, or upon discontinuation of treatment. Although the risk appears to be greater in elderly patients especially in femaels it may occur in either sex and in children. The Syndrome of Tardive Dyskinesia is characterized by rhythmical involuntary movements of the tongue, face, mouth, and/or jaw, for example, protrusion of the tongue; puffing of cheeks; puckering of mouth; and/or chewing movements. Sometimes these may be accompanied by involuntary movements of the extremities. There is no known effective treatment for Tardive Dyskinesia Syndrome caused by neuroleptic drugs. Anti-parkinsonism drugs do not alleviate the toxic symptoms of this syndrome.
DYSTONIA:
May present as acute reversible torticollis (neck muscle spasms, twisting of the neck and unnatural position of the head, wryneck); jerking of body or body parts; carpopedal spasm (wrist and feet); protrusion of the tongue; respiratory difficulty; discoloration, aching and rounding of the tongue; akathisia (motor restlessness characterized by muscular quivering, inability to sit still, and intense anxiety at the thought of sitting down); opisthotonus (abnormal bridging or arching of spinal cord); oculogyric crisis (spasmodic turning of the eyeballs in the sockets into a fixed position usually upward that persists for several minutes or hours); dysphagia (painful or difficulty swallowing); trismus (lockjaw, prolonged spasm of jaw muscles, gnashing of teeth); Efficacy (effectiveness) of anti-cholinergic treatment for the toxic reaction of akathisia is unestablished.
LUVOX POST-MARKETING TOXIC EXPERIENCE:
Voluntary reports of toxic events in patients taking Luvox tablets that have been received since market introduction include: Acute renal failure; hyponatremia (abnormal low blood sodium ion level); Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (severe allergic inflammation of skin and mucous membranes, potentially life threatening); toxic epidermal necrolysis (syndrome in which large portion of skin becomes intensely red and peels off in manner of second-degree burn and often accompanied by blisters); anaphylactic shock (allergic reaction causing insufficient blood circulation, can be fatal); neuropathy (numbness, weakness, burning pain [especially at night], and loss of reflexes); priapism (condition in which the penis is continually erect, usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal); aplastic anemia (defective bone marrow for making red blood cells); Henoch-Schoernlein purpura (purple discolorations on skin caused by bleeding underneath skin, small spots are called petechiae while large spots are called ecchymoses); bullous eruption (blisters); agranulocytosis (acute blood disorder often caused by drug therapy or radiation therapy characterized by severe reduction in granulated white blood cells); severe akinesia (loss of normal motor function) with fever when fluvoxamine was co-administered with antipsychotic medication.
Modern medical practice is not what most people believe it is and this holds quite true for psychiatry. In so many words according to the prominent Dr. Robert S. Mendelsohn who authored "Confessions of a Medical Heretic" more than 90% of our modern medical practice secretly serves to help cull our species albeit for good sane reason, but never the less, more than 90% functions for what's called iatrogenocide. The term was coined by a Dr. Quentin Young in describing the systematic extermination of large groups of peoples by doctors. Among all the groups of victims to our iatrogenic function the one particular group who has figured out that our modern medical practice secretly serves to do more bodily harm than good is our psychiatric patients. They've learned the hard way that no pharmaceutic psychiatric drug does any real good other than the occasional placebo effect at the risk of all the toxic side effects.
There a variety of different "models" within psychiatry or psychiatric nursing. One "model" is the "socio-psychological model" which describes what is happening when the psyche of an individual is affected in response to the social surroundings and influences of the environment. However, we also have our prevailing "medical model" which rather dictates that those who think differently amongst us must surely have a mental illness and therefore should be placed under our pharmaceutical medications in order to change the persons' thinking.
If you find that none of our prescribe medications are of any therapeutic help to you then perhaps you may wish to investigate advocacy support groups who share your same situation. You may or may not perhaps find solace in investigating any of the following socio-psychological advocacy websites in lieu of the side-effects to our pharmaceutical psychiatric medications.
NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS SELF-HELP CLEARINGHOUSE
http://www.mhselfhelp.org
ANTIPSYCHIATRY.ORG
http://www.antipsychiatry.org
STOPSHRINKS.ORG
http://www.stopshrinks.org
PSYCHIATRIC SURVIVOR ACTION ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO
http://www.icomm.ca/psaao
MAD PRIDE IN UK
http://www.ctono.freeserve.co.uk
THE SOCIETY OF LAINGIAN STUDIES
http://laingsociety.org
I'll share with you a little known secret about our modern pharmaceutical medications that our doctors tend to know about but of course mainstream society doesn't. Practically all or nearly all of our prescription medications can produce the toxic side effects identical to the ailments there are used to treat. For example, if you do the research you'll find that the medications most often used to treat for Parkinson's disorder also includes "parkinsonism" as one of its toxic side effects. Likewise, the list of toxic side effects associated with the use of our prescribed medications that are used to treat for Alzheimer's include Alzheimer's itself. For Prilosec which is used to treat for acid reflux you'll notice that one of the toxic side effects of Prilosec includes "acid regurgitation" which is another way of saying acid reflux, that's what I'm talking about. If you name it and you dig deep enough you'll find this is true for at least nearly all of our modern pharmaceutical medical drugs. Furthermore, if you dig deep enough you'll eventually discover and reach the same conclusion that nearly all of our prescribed medications happen to share approximately 170+ of the same toxic side effects. That's how come you'll notice many of our prescription drugs advertise in our mass media that's used to treat for different types of ailments tend to share the same toxic side effects such as loss of taste, dry mouth, diarrhea, etcetera. We just can't squeeze in all of the 170+ potential toxic side effects into each and every commercial because that's just not practical. This knowledge I speak of is not hidden and is out there in the open for anyone to look at but of course most people won't bother to look. As for the double-blind test studies it's also a little known secret that the tests also include a cross-over of the test subjects, that is, some of the test subjects who were given the medication will later get switch over to the placebo group who takes the placebos. If not for the cross-over, then practically nearly 100% of the Prilosec group would be the only ones listed as having some degree of headaches, dry mouth, blurred vision, muscular atrophy, diarrhea, constipation, insomnia, etcetera. If not for the cross-over then only the group that's said to take the medications would show symptoms of having all of the toxic effects whereas the placebo group would show to have zero toxic effects because sugar pills absolutely do not cause headaches, dry mouth, blurred vision, diarrhea, liver failure, respiratory distress, insomnia, etcetera. But if you look at any comparison tables you'll notice that it always appears as though sugar pills can also produce these toxic effects. There's a good sane practical good reason to explain these discrepancies within our medical establishment but then we get into the topics of human evolution and global population constraints along with sexual genetic evolution and what-not.
Here are some quotes from advocates to the socio-psychological model:
--- QUOTES --- [My Note: Quotes pertaining to schizophrenia can be equally applied to all the functional psychoses.]
RONALD DAVID LAING, psychiatrist, author of Sanity, Madness, and the Family:
"SANITY OR PSYCHOSIS IS TESTED BY THE DEGREE OF CONJUNCTION OR DISJUNCTION BETWEEN TWO PERSONS WHERE THE ONE IS SANE BY COMMON CONSENT."
JOSEPH BERKE, psychiatrist and author:
"LONG BEFORE I EVER HEARD OF MARY BARNES, I HAD BEGUN TO REALIZE THAT WHAT IS COMMONLY CALLED 'MENTAL ILLNESS' IS NOT AN 'ILLNESS', OR 'SICKNESS' (ACCORDING TO THE PREVAILING MEDICAL-PSYCHIATRIC USE OF THE TERM), BUT AN EXAMPLE OF EMOTIONAL SUFFERING BROUGHT ABOUT BY A DISTURBANCE IN A WHOLE FIELD OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, IN THE FIRST PLACE, THE FAMILY. IN OTHER WORDS, MENTAL ILLNESS REFLECTS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN A DISTURBED AND DISTURBING GROUP OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN INTERNALIZED IN AND BY A SINGLE PERSON. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, A PERSON DIAGNOSED AS MENTALLY ILL IS THE EMOTIONAL SCAPEGOAT FOR THE TURMOIL IN HIS/HER FAMILY OR ASSOCIATES, AND MAY, IN FACT, BE SANEST MEMBER OF THIS GROUP."
[My Note: Mary Barnes was a patient of Dr. Laing's and later became famous described as 'an ambassador for Laing' and co-authored a book with Joseph Berke who was the resident psychiatrist. She also became a respected artist painting evocative works based on her experiences and died in 2001.]
ROBERT S. MENDELSOHN, M.D., a former chairperson of Illinois Medical Licensure Committee, former associate professor at University of Illinois Medical School, former director of Chicago's Michael Reese Hospital, former national medical director of Project Head Start, formerly the author of a nationally syndicated column as "The People's Doctor," and author of CONFESSIONS OF A MEDICAL HERETIC: "MODERN MEDICINE'S TREATMENTS FOR DISEASE ARE SELDOM EFFECTIVE, AND THEY'RE OFTEN MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE DISEASE THEY'RE DESIGNED TO TREAT. THE DANGERS ARE COMPOUNDED BY THE WIDESPREAD USE OF DANGEROUS PROCEDURES FOR NON-DISEASES. . . . Clinic's accomplishments last year [1978]: 2,980 OPEN-HEART OPERATIONS, 1.3 MILLION LABORATORY TESTS, 73,320 ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS, 7,770 FULL-BODY X-RAY SCANS, 210,378 OTHER RADIOLOGIC STUDIES, 24,368 SURGICAL PROCEDURES. NOT ONE OF THESE PROCEDURES HAS BEEN PROVED TO HAVE THE LEAST LITTLE BIT TO DO WITH MAINTAINING OR RESTORING HEALTH. . . .YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF ALL THE DRUGS FOR WHICH THE SIDE-EFFECTS ARE THE SAME AS THE [USAGE] INDICATIONS. THIS ISN'T AS RARE AS YOU MIGHT THINK. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU READ THE LIST OF INDICATIONS FOR VALIUM, AND THEN READ THE LIST OF SIDE-EFFECTS, YOU'LL FIND THAT THE LISTS ARE MORE OR LESS INTERCHANGEABLE. UNDER THE INDICATIONS YOU'LL FIND [IT'S TO TREAT FOR]: ANXIETY; FATIGUE; DEPRESSION; ACUTE AGITATION; TREMORS; HALLUCINOSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE SPASMS. AND UNDER THE [TOXIC] SIDE-EFFECTS [YOU'LL FIND VALIUM CAN CAUSE]: ANXIETY; FATIGUE; DEPRESSION; ACUTE HYPEREXCITED STATES; TREMORS; HALLUCINATIONS; INCREASED MUSCLE SPASTICITY. . . . ONCE YOU'VE EXPOSED YOURSELF TO ALL THIS INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO TAKE THE DRUG. Again, don't trust your doctor's decision. Even if you can get him to admit to the side-effects, he'll most likely discount them by saying they occur only in a small percentage of cases. You also might get that impression from the Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR) or any other book you consult. Like a game of Russian Roulette, for the person who gets the loaded chamber, the risk is 100%. But unlike the game, for the person taking a drug, no chamber is entirely empty. EVERY DRUG STRESSES AND HURTS YOUR BODY IN SOME WAY. . . . MOST OF ALL, YOU SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU CAN REFUSE TO TAKE THE DRUG. IT'S YOUR HEALTH THAT'S AT STAKE. If you read things that make you not want to take the drug, first of all confront the doctor with the information. Through cajolery, badgering, or some process of persuasion, you should convince the doctor that you really want to avoid the drug. As in all confrontations with doctors, his reaction may tell you more than you bargained for. You may once and for all recognize that his opinion is no more valid than yours. . . . IF ON THE BASIS OF YOUR COMPLAINTS OF SIDE-EFFECTS, OR BECAUSE YOU REFUSE TO TAKE A CERTAIN DRUG AT ALL, YOUR DOCTOR PRESCRIBES ANOTHER DRUG, MAKE SURE IT'S NOT THE SAME SUBSTANCE WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND NAME. THE DOCTOR MAY HIMSELF BE IGNORANT, OR HE MAY BE TRYING TO PUT ONE OVER ON YOU."
ALLEN J. FRANCES, psychiatrist, former chairperson of Duke University Medical Center and a contributing editor of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV):
"PSYCHIATRY’S CLAIM THAT MENTAL ILLNESSES ARE BRAIN DISEASES... IS NOT TRUE. THERE ARE NO OBJECTIVE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS TO CONFIRM OR DISCONFIRM THE DIAGNOSIS OF DEPRESSION... THERE IS NO BLOOD OR OTHER BIOLOGICAL TEST TO ASCERTAIN THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A MENTAL ILLNESS, AS THERE IS FOR MOST BODILY DISEASES. IF SUCH A TEST WERE DEVELOPED... THEN THE CONDITION WOULD CEASE TO BE A MENTAL ILLNESS AND WOULD BE CLASSIFIED, INSTEAD, AS A SYMPTOM OF A BODILY DISEASE." [My Note: Our psychiatrists' “bible” is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) but the functional psychoses are based solely on symptoms and moot or ambiguous invented labels which can periodically change at any time. Our DSM book is not hard science but a book of invented opinions which primarily functions for psychiatric iatrogenocide and therefore whatever is considered in our current DSM book as a functional psychosis today might not necessarily be regarded as an illness at all in our next edition, for example, debates continue on whether alcoholism and/or obesity should be classified as mental illnesses or not?]
NATHANIEL BRANDEN, psychologist and author:
"THERE IS NO GENERAL AGREEMENT AMONG PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS ABOUT THE NATURE OF MENTAL HEALTH OR MENTAL ILLNESS - NO GENERALLY ACCEPTED DEFINITIONS, NO BASIC STANDARD BY WHICH TO GAUGE ONE PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE OR OTHER. MANY WRITERS DECLARE THAT NO OBJECTIVE DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS CAN BE ESTABLISHED - THAT A BASIC UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE CONCEPT OF MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPOSSIBLE.“
BRUCE LEVINE, psychologist and author:
"NO BIOCHEMICAL, NEUROLOGICAL, OR GENETIC MARKERS HAVE BEEN FOUND FOR ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER, OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER, DEPRESSION, SCHIZOPHRENIA, ANXIETY, COMPULSIVE ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE, OVEREATING, GAMBLING, OR ANY OTHER SO-CALLED MENTAL ILLNESS, DISEASE, OR DISORDER."
ANDREW C. SMITH, psychiatrist and author:
"THERE IS EXCELLENT RESEARCH AND WELL FOUNDED KNOWLEDGE ON FAMILIAL AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON THE COURSE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, and on causes of relapse, if not yet on the original vulnerability and onset of disturbance." [My Note: Our “socio-psychological model” has been continuously observed, perceived, noted and charted as an established model by psychoanalysts since the early 1800's but greatly overlooked because of the necessity of our prevailing iatrogenic “medical model”.]
RONALD DAVID LAING, psychiatrist, author of Sanity, Madness, and the Family:
"Specifically, no attempt is made to present a comprehensive theory of schizophrenia. No attempt is made to explore constitutional and organic aspects but this is clearly because the theory is one of interpersonal and familial processes, as well as wider issues of the sanity, or alienation, of society at large. THE EXPERIENCE AND BEHAVIOR THAT GETS LABELLED SCHIZOPHRENIA, IS WITHOUT EXCEPTION, A SPECIAL STRATEGY THAT A PERSON INVENTS IN ORDER TO LIVE IN AN UNLIVABLE SITUATION. He/she cannot make a move, or make no move, without being beset by contradictory and paradoxical pressures and demands, pushes and pulls, both internally from him/herself and externally from those around him/her." [My Note: There's a website in Dr. Ronald David Laing's honor called the Unofficial R.D. Laing Website, now in the care of The Society of Laingian Studies. In the 1960's Dr. Ronald David Laing was responsible for having done a 5-year experimental program which proved a 100% success rate for curing the condition known as schizophrenia by providing a mentally healthy and nurturing living environment. After the 5-year-test period the funding approval to the continuance of the test project had to be denied and the project was terminated permanently due to his 100% success rate. The main criterion for entering Dr. Laing's experimental program was that every patient had to agree they would NOT use any type of pharmaceutical drugs whatsoever whether it be any psychiatric drugs or any other pharmaceutical medications, hence, in conjunction with a stress-free living environment then a 100% success rate for curing functional psychoses is, of course, to be expected. A similar study with similar results was done by beloved Dr. Loren Mosher in 1971 through 1983 called Soteria Project.]
U.S. CONGRESS OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY:
"RESEARCH HAS YET TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC BIOLOGICAL CAUSES FOR ANY MENTAL DISORDER."
E. FULLER TORREY, psychiatrist and author of Surviving Schizophrenia:
"THE PERSON WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IS NOT REALLY SICK, BUT MERELY ACTING IN A CRAZY WAY TO ENSURE HIS/HER SURVIVAL BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURES OF THE FAMILY AND/OR SOCIETY. SCHIZOPHRENIA IS NOT REALLY A DISEASE, RATHER IS IT JUST AN IDIOSYNCRATIC WAY OF THINKING AND BEHAVING. SCHIZOPHRENIA IS A REASONABLE REACTION TO AN UNREASONABLE SOCIETY AND AS A LABEL FOR SCAPEGOATING THOSE AMONG US WHO ARE DIFFERENT. SCHIZOPHRENIA IS A MYTH, A SANE RESPONSE TO AN INSANE WORLD, EVEN A GROWTH EXPERIENCE. THE MOST WIDESPREAD POPULAR THEORY ABOUT THE CAUSE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IS THAT IT'S CAUSED BY STRESS. THIS HAS BEEN TRUE SINCE THE EARLY YEARS OF THE LAST [19TH] CENTURY AND CONTINUES TO BE TRUE."
S.R. HIRSCH and J.P. LEFF, psychiatrists and authors:
"THE PARENTS OF THE SCHIZOPHRENICS ARE MORE OFTEN PSYCHIATRICALLY DISTURBED THAN THE PARENTS OF OTHER CHILDREN, thinking allusively, and living in very unhappy marriages; and THE MOTHERS ARE MORE OFTEN OF SCHIZOID PERSONALITY THEMSELVES."
ALFRED M. FREEDMAN and HAROLD I. KAPLAN, authors of Textbook of Psychiatry:
"OTHERS HAVE DESCRIBED THE MOTHER OF THE POTENTIAL SCHIZOPHRENIC AS AGGRESSIVE, REJECTING, DOMINEERING, AND INSECURE, AND THE FATHER AS INADEQUATE, PASSIVE, AND INDIFFERENT. Elsewhere in the literature these fathers have been depicted as directly threatening, assaultive, or brutal or as overwhelming the child. IN CONTRAST TO THOSE MOTHERS WHO ARE DESCRIBED AS EITHER SUBTLY OR OVERTLY REJECTING, OTHERS ARE SAID TO BE FUSSY AND OVERPROTECTIVE, PERPETUATING THE SYMBIOTIC UNION."
THEODORE LIDZ, psychoanalyst and author:
"NONE OF THE MARRIAGES SEEMED NORMAL OR HEALTHY AND ALL WERE MARKED BY A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF MARITAL SCHISM (OPEN FIGHTING) OR MARITAL SKEW (COVERT FIGHTING). The parents' marriages are skewed by the domination of the mother, whose often highly unusual and odd way of communicating becomes accepted in the family, covering underlying conflict; or schismatic, with more obvious conflict between emotionally separate parents, and complex involvement of the child in the conflict. The involvement of the children is thought to be stressful and mystifying for them; boundaries between people, between sex roles and between generations are more blurred than in most families; and the children who become schizophrenic patients fall into distorted perception, thinking and behavior in response, albeit inappropriate response, to an alarmingly disturbed family situation... . . . SCHIZOPHRENIC REACTIONS ARE A TYPE OF WITHDRAWAL FROM SOCIAL INTERACTION, AND THE THOUGHT DISORDER IS A SPECIFICALLY SCHIZOPHRENIC MEANS OF WITHDRAWAL. THE SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENT ESCAPES FROM IRRECONCILABLE DILEMMAS AND UNBEARABLE HOPELESSNESS BY BREAKING THROUGH THESE CONFINES, I.E. THE MEANINGS AND LOGIC OF HIS/HER CULTURE, TO FIND SOME LIVING SPACE BY USING HIS/ HER OWN IDIOSYNCRATIC MEANINGS AND REASONING."
LYMAN WYNNE, psychoanalyst and author:
"PSEUDOMUTUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN FAMILIES OF SCHIZOPHRENICS IN WHICH THERE IS AN OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF GENUINENESS BUT MUCH COVERT ANIMOSITY BENEATH THE SURFACE. UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF FRAGMENTED THINKING IN COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THESE FAMILIES. WHILE APPEARING HARMONIOUS TO THOSE OUTSIDE THE FAMILY, IN FACT HARBORS DEEP GULFS BETWEEN MEMBERS, AND IRRATIONAL DISTORTED MODES OF COMMUNICATION THAT FRAGMENT THE THINKING OF THAT MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WHO BECOMES SCHIZOPHRENIC."
THOMAS SZASZ, psychoanalyst and author:
"SCHIZOPHRENIA IS MERELY A RATIONAL RESPONSE TO AN IRRATIONAL FAMILY. SCHIZOPHRENIA IS NOT A DISEASE AT ALL BUT MERELY AN ADAPTATION. Not all psychiatrists are out to drug, rehabilitate, and to mold us into being conformists to this insane society. Psychoanalytic and family interaction theories of schizophrenia have been very important in the United States since the turn of this [20th] century, but in recent years, they have gradually lost adherents because of the lack of any supporting data. THE ONE THING ON WHICH VIRTUALLY ALL PSYCHOANALYSTS COULD AGREE WAS THAT THE SOURCE OF PSYCHIC TRAUMA THEORETICALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA WAS THE INTERACTIONS OF THE CHILD AND THE PARENTS."
HARRY STACK SULLIVAN, psychoanalyst and author:
"Schizophrenia is caused by parental rejection."
GREGORY BATESON, psychoanalyst and author:
"PSYCHOANALYTIC AND FAMILY INTERACTION THEORIES ATTRIBUTE THE CAUSE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA TO THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MOTHER AND FATHER. AS SUCH THEY GENERATE GUILT AND BLAME WITHIN THE FAMILIES. THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS GUILT AND BLAME IS ENORMOUS AND HAS LED TO DEPRESSION, DIVORCE, AND EVEN SUICIDE. IT HAS BEEN IATROGENIC ANGUISH (PHYSICIAN-CAUSED), WHOLLY GENERATED BY THE PSYCHIATRIC PROFESSION. . . .SCHIZOPHRENIA RESULTS WHEN CHILDREN ARE PUT INTO IMPOSSIBLE HEADS-I-WIN-TAILS-YOU-LOSE SITUATIONS BY THEIR PARENTS. The double-bind. The parents is said to issue ambiguous instructions repeatedly, but they cannot be obeyed because at the same time they are contradicted by other instructions, in a different mode of communication, such as body language.
THE CATEGORY 'PSYCHOSIS' HAS NO UNIFORM FOUNDATION AS IN SOMATIC PATHOLOGY NOR ANY MORE OBJECTIVE ASPECT OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY TO MARK ITS DISTINCTION FROM OTHER COLLECTIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS. IT IS THUS A TERM DIFFICULT TO USE WITH PRECISION. THE FUNCTIONAL PSYCHOSES, SCHIZOPHRENIA AND MANIC-DEPRESSIVE [BI-POLAR] DISORDER, LACK A RECOGNIZABLE NEUROPATHOLOGY. FOR THE ORGANIC PSYCHOSES THE CENTRAL PROBLEM IS THE CAUSE OF THE PATHOLOGIC CHANGES. BUT FOR THE FUNCTIONAL PSYCHOSES THE CENTRAL PROBLEM IS CONSISTENT DIAGNOSIS. THE CRITERIA FOR THEIR DIAGNOSIS ARE THEIR SYMPTOMS ALONE. THERE ARE NO OBJECTIVE TESTS VERIFYING A DIAGNOSIS. . . . . . SINCE THEY LACK A RECOGNIZED NEUROPATHOLOGY AND ARE BY DEFINITION INEXPLICABLE AS RESPONSES TO EXPERIENCE, THERE ARE NO COMPREHENSIVE ETIOLOGIC EXPLANATIONS FOR THESE DISORDERS. THERE IS NO NEUROPATHOLOGY OR CONSISTENT PATHOPHYSIOLOGY THAT CAN BE OBSERVED TO DEVELOP WITH THE PROGRESSION OF THE DISORDER THAT MIGHT GIVE SOME HINT OF CAUSATION. AN APPROACH TO A CONSIDERATION OF ETIOLOGY HAS TO BE MORE CIRCUITOUS AND THE OPINIONS DERIVED HELD WITH SOMEWHAT LESS ASSURANCE THAN IS TRUE OF OTHER CLINICAL ENTITIES. The genetic constitution has been decisively demonstrated to be one of the causes of schizophrenia. The risk of schizophrenia increases with the closeness of genetic relationship to a schizophrenic patient. A genetic vulnerability for schizophrenia is necessary, but not sufficient. It must be combined with certain life experiences that need not be common for genetically identical individuals. The experiences of being raised by a cold and distant mother, or of receiving insistent, simultaneous but incompatible directions from the parents, or of simply LIVING IN A DISHARMONIOUS FAMILY INCAPABLE OF PROVIDING A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR PSYCHOLOGIC GROWTH HAVE ALL BEEN CONSIDERED CAUSES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA. A crisis of identity as been proposed by exponents of existential psychiatry. THERE IS NO COMMON PATHOLOGIC FEATURE OF BRAIN DISORDERS THAT COULD BY IMPLICATION BE THE FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISM FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA."
PSYCHIATRY TODAY (2001) Magazine:
"THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM THAT UNHAPPINESS OR STRANGE BEHAVIOR (E.G. "SCHIZOPHRENIA") IS CAUSED BY BRAIN DISORDERS."
PETER BREGGIN, psychiatrist and author:
"THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT ANY PSYCHIATRIC OR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER IS CAUSED BY A BIOCHEMICAL IMBALANCE."
ANTONUCCIO et al., Psychiatric Times Magazine, 12:8 Aug 2000:
"ALTHOUGH A PHYSICIAN MAY TELL A PATIENT THAT A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE CAUSES THEIR DEPRESSION, THE PHYSICIAN WOULD BE HARD-PRESSED TO PROVIDE ANY EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS CLAIM. THERE IS NO TEST AVAILABLE THAT WOULD DEMONSTRATE THAT ANY PATIENT HAS A BIOLOGICAL DEPRESSION, AS OPPOSED TO ANY OTHER TYPE, OR EVEN THAT SUCH BIOLOGICAL DEPRESSIONS EXIST."
DAVID KAISER, M.D., Northwestern University Hosp, Chicago, IL; author of Psychiatric Medications as Symptoms:
"PATIENTS HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CHEMICAL IMBALANCES DESPITE THE FACT THAT NO TEST EXISTS TO SUPPORT SUCH A CLAIM, AND THAT THERE IS NO REAL CONCEPTION OF WHAT A CORRECT CHEMICAL BALANCE WOULD LOOK LIKE. . . .Today’s patients, discontented, unhappy, fragmented and confused by an increasingly frantic, alienating and violent society, come to psychiatrists for help, only to have their illusions shored up by an increased dose of a technologic fix. They are told they have illnesses that are biologic and can be fixed, instead of being allowed to speak about their unhappiness, to speak about how difficult it is to be a human being, to speak about their suffering, because human beings have always suffered and always will. To believe that we can conquer depression, despair, anxiety with modern technology is the height of hubris and bad faith, a mere childish fantasy, unworthy of any thoughtful person who has their eyes open to human history and modern culture. . . .MODERN PSYCHIATRY HAS YET TO PROVE THE GENETIC/BIOLOGIC CAUSE OF ANY MENTAL ILLNESS. HOWEVER, THIS DOES NOT STOP PSYCHIATRY FROM MAKING ESSENTIALLY UNPROVEN CLAIMS THAT DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR ILLNESS, ANXIETY DISORDERS, ALCOHOLISM, AND A HOST OF OTHER DISORDERS ARE IN FACT PRIMARILY BIOLOGIC AND PROBABLY GENETIC IN ORIGIN, AND THAT IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL ALL THIS PROVEN. THIS KIND OF FAITH IN SCIENCE AND PROGRESS IS STAGGERING, NOT TO MENTION NAIVE AND PERHAPS DELUSIONAL."
EDWARD DRUMMOND, M.D., Associate Medical Dir., Seacoast Mental Health Center, Portsmouth, NH and author:
"NO BIOLOGICAL ETIOLOGY HAS BEEN PROVEN FOR ANY PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER IN SPITE OF DECADES OF RESEARCH. . . . DON'T ACCEPT THE MYTH THAT WE CAN MAKE AN 'ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS.' . . . NEITHER SHOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR PROBLEMS ARE DUE SOLELY TO A 'CHEMICAL IMBALANCE.'"
FRED BAUGHMAN, M.D. and author:
"WHETHER OR NOT ADHD, OR ANYTHING ELSE, IS A DISEASE CAN BE ANSWERED WITH A SIMPLE 'YES' OR 'NO'. NO KNOWN PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER IS A BONA FIDE DISEASE HAVING A PROVED, DEMONSTRATED PHYSICAL ABNORMALITY, NOT EVEN A 'CHEMICAL IMBALANCE.' . . . A YOUNG FATHER ASKED HIS SON’S PSYCHIATRIST WHY RITALIN WAS NECESSARY. THE PSYCHIATRIST RESPONDED: “IT’S FOR HIS ‘CHEMICAL IMBALANCE.’" THE FATHER ASKED: “SHOW ME THE LAB WORK SHOWING THE ABNORMALITY". THE PSYCHIATRIST HESITATED, KNOWING THERE WAS NO LAB WORK, THERE WAS NO ‘CHEMICAL IMBALANCE', THERE NEVER IS, THEN SAID: “YOU’LL HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT". THE FATHER, NOT SATISFIED, SAID, “I WANT THE RESULTS, NOW". THE PSYCHIATRIST, FLUSTERED, RESPONDED, “TAKE YOUR BOY AND GET OUT OF MY OFFICE"."
ELLIOT VALERSTEIN, PH.D. and author:
"CONTRARY TO WHAT IS OFTEN CLAIMED, NO BIOCHEMICAL, ANATOMICAL OR FUNCTIONAL SIGNS HAVE BEEN FOUND THAT RELIABLY DISTINGUISH THE BRAINS OF MENTAL PATIENTS."
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, 1998:
"WE DO NOT HAVE AN INDEPENDENT, VALID TEST FOR ADHD, AND THERE IS NO DATA TO INDICATE THAT ADHD IS DUE TO A BRAIN MALFUNCTION."
LOREN MOSHER, M.D., former Chief, National Institutes of Health Center for the Study of Schizophrenia and author:
"THERE ARE NO EXTERNAL VALIDATING CRITERIA FOR PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES. THERE IS NEITHER BLOOD TEST NOR SPECIFIC ANATOMIC LESIONS FOR ANY MAJOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER. IS PSYCHIATRY A HOAX AS PRACTICED TODAY? UNFORTUNATELY THE ANSWER IS MOSTLY YES."
DSN-IV (DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF N-O-R-M-A-L DISORDERS):
"Psychiatry is a very dangerous disorder, and often resistant to reason. Further, the prognosis is quite poor, with the disorder usually lasting for decades, and recovery very rarely complete - often, the best recovery that can be hoped for is a remission into the retired state. Thus, in many cases, the best thing to do with psychiatrists is to simply avoid them."
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Truthful News of Iatrogenocide, Mental Illness, and Drug Side Effects - Chapter 6 of 6
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This chapter includes:
HOW TO AVOID TAKING PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICATIONS . . .
HOW TO LEAVE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL "AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE“ . . .
HOW TO SAFELY STOP USING PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS AFTER PROLONGED USAGE . . .
HOW TO SECURE A PERMANENT LIFETIME MONTHLY INCOME BY APPLYING FOR SSI (Supplemental Security Income) & WELFARE BENEFITS.
If your monthly income has been less than $150 a month for the last two years then you are most likely eligible for receiving State Welfare financial assistance plus Foodstamps from Federal Department of Agriculture.
If your monthly income has been less than $500-a-month for the last two years then you are mostly likely eligible for receiving Federal SSI financial assistance with 5-year-mail-renewal.
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HOW TO AVOID TAKING PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS:
FOR THOSE OF WHO MIGHT HAPPEN TO BE IN A SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL SITUATION OF YOUR OWN AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO TO STOP THOSE AROUND YOU FROM CONSTANTLY PRESSURING YOU INTO TAKING PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT WANT TO TAKE IT, THE BEST SUGGESTION I CAN OFFER YOU THAT WORKS IS FOR YOU TO PRETEND TAKING THE MEDICATIONS AND KEEP IT A SECRET TO YOURSELF. WHEN THE DOCTOR HANDS YOU THE MEDICATIONS, BE POLITE AND ACCEPT IT FROM THE DOCTOR THEN PRETEND TO TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS EVERY DAY AND ANYTIME ANYONE ASKS YOU HOW ARE YOU DOING ON YOUR MEDICATIONS SIMPLY SMILE AND SAY YOU'RE DOING QUITE WELL WITH YOUR MEDICATIONS AND POLITELY THANK'EM FOR ASKING. YOUR SITUATION WILL QUICKLY IMPROVE A LOT BETTER INSTEAD OF TRYING TO INSIST TO OTHERS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS BECAUSE OF THE PAINFUL TOXIC-SIDE-EFFECTS. YOU'LL FIND WHEN IN THE WILDS AND UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, CHEATING OR PRETENDING CAN BE OF THE BEST STRATEGY. HERE ON JUNGLE-EARTH IF THEY BELIEVE YOU ARE TAKING YOUR PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS THEN THEY WILL BE SO HAPPY ABOUT IT AND THEY WILL STOP STRESSING YOU OVER THE PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS AND STOP BUGGING YOU ABOUT IT. EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE TELLING A LIE, I KNOW IT MAY SOUND RIDICULOUS BUT UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES PRETENDING HAS SHOWN TO BE THE BEST OVERALL POLICY FOR EVERYONE'S PEACE OF MIND. Even if you find yourself in the confines of a psychiatric institution because your family put you in there, the vast majority of the time it's nearly always done on a voluntary basis as opposed to being court-committed, that is, at some point in time during the intake procedure an applicant is needed to sign a document which states the applicant is entering the facility on a voluntary basis and therefore has the privilege to leave voluntarily. If you HAVE NOT been court-committed but were signed in by another family member then it means you are there on a voluntary basis but sometimes family members and staff may or may not try to pretend as if they have same legal power as court authority in order to trick a patient but it's still based on a voluntary entry. In actual practice most patients in psychiatric hospitals entered voluntarily and can therefore leave voluntarily but very few patients knows of this Federal, State, & hospital policy. If you find yourself in a psych ward because of family pressure to put you in there, you'll also find it better to fake taking the prescribed medications and everybody will leave you alone about it as long as you keep pretending that you're taking the prescribed medications, particularly if it's in pill form, just hide it between the upper gums and upper lip but act like you swallowed the pill with a gulp from the water or juice they handed you then say thank you to them because if you speak and say thank you it'll look all that more convincing to other patients as if you swallowed the prescribed medications. The staff will secretly know whether or not you're taking the prescribed medications because they'll be able to see it from your behavior. When patients do not show any signs of toxic-side-effects and not complaining about burred vision, dizziness, etc., it means these people aren't ingesting the toxic substances but as long as you pretend to take the pill things will go a lot smoother for you, however, the moment you blab the truth to anyone including to other patients that you're faking then it'll be all your fault when people start stressing you out all over again for not taking your prescribed medications, and then the next time they might start giving it you in liquid form or by injection but it'll be your fault for not keeping it a secret to yourself. At that point, you may exert your legal right to leave the institution.
HOW VOLUNTARY PATIENTS CAN LEAVE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL "AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE" :
THE VAST MAJORITY OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS ENTER THE FACILITY ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS AS OPPOSED TO BEING COURT-COMMITTED. THAT MEANS YOU CAN LEAVE IF YOU WANT TO BUT MOST PATIENTS DON'T KNOW THIS SECRET. THE VAST MAJORITY OF VOLUNTARY PATIENTS BELIEVE THEY NEED THE DOCTOR'S PERMISSION AND/OR PERHAPS THEIR FAMILY'S CONSENT IN ORDER TO LEGALLY LEAVE A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL BUT BY LAW THE DECISION FOR VOLUNTARY PATIENTS TO LEAVE EARLY IS UP TO THE VOLUNTARY PATIENT THEMSELVES. MANY PATIENTS WHO WANT TO LEAVE DO NOT KNOW THEY HAVE AN EASY LEGAL WAY OUT BECAUSE THE STAFF AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WILL OFTEN DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO CONVINCE THE PATIENT THAT THE PATIENT HAS NO CHOICE EXCEPT TO REMAIN IN THE HOSPITAL AND CANNOT LEAVE UNTIL THE DOCTOR DECIDES WHEN THE PATIENT CAN LEAVE BUT THAT'S ONLY PURE SCARE TACTICS TO TRICK THE PATIENT INTO TAKING MEDICATIONS. THE KEY TO GETTING OUT OF A SECURED OR LOCKED PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IS TO COMPLAIN NON-VIOLENTLY OUT LOUD AND BE OBNOXIOUS AS YOU WANT AND GRUMBLE UP A STORM THAT YOU “WANT TO LEAVE A.M.A., NOW.” WHICH STANDS FOR “AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE”. SOMETIMES IT MAY TAKE UP TO 4 FULL HOURS OF NON-STOP YAKKING YOUR HEAD OFF THAT YOU “WANT OUT A.M.A. RIGHT NOW!” BEFORE STAFF FINALLY GIVES IN AND CALLS THE DOCTOR TO COME IN SO THAT HE CAN SIGN THE DISCHARGE PAPERS FOR YOU. UNTIL THEN STAFF WILL LIE EVERY WHICH WAY FOR HOURS JUST TO TRY AND CONVINCE YOU THAT YOU CANNOT LEAVE AND THAT YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STAY AND HAVE TO TAKE THE MEDICATIONS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD, BUT ALL VOLUNTARY PATIENTS WHO ENTERS THE FACILITY ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS CAN LEAVE VOLUNTARILY IF THEY WANT TO AND THE STAFF SECRETLY KNOWS THIS. THE TRICK TO GETTING OUT IS TO GRUMBLE, GRUMBLE, GRUMBLE NON-STOP AND NON-VIOLENTLY OUT LOUD YOU “WANT TO LEAVE AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE RIGHT NOW!” AND DON'T STOP GRUMBLING NON-VIOLENTLY OUT LOUD UNTIL THE DOCTOR COMES TO SIGN YOUR DISCHARGE PAPERS. IT'S THAT SIMPLE TO GET OUT UNLESS YOU EXHIBIT VIOLENT TENDENCIES WHICH WOULD GIVE THEM THE EXCUSE THEY NEED TO KEEP YOU THERE AGAINST YOUR FREE WILL AND KEEP YOU DRUGGED ON PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS. EVERY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL HAS A PATIENT HANDBOOK AND IN EVERY PATIENT HANDBOOK IT SPECIFIES THAT THE HOSPITAL CANNOT FORCE PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS UPON PATIENTS WHO ARE NON-VIOLENT AND WHO ARE OF NO DANGER TO ANYONE, HOWEVER, SOME PLACES WILL ROUTINELY BREAK FEDERAL LAW AND FORCE-INJECT MEDICATIONS UPON PATIENTS AGAINST THE PATIENT'S FREE WILL IN DELIBERATE VIOLATION OF HOSPITAL POLICY GUIDELINES. IF STAFF TRIES TO BREAK THE LAW BY FORCE-INJECTING MEDICATIONS UPON YOU THEN KEEP DEMANDING TO SEE A COPY OF THE PATIENT HANDBOOK UNTIL THEY GIVE YOU A COPY AND THEN POINT IT OUT TO THEM IN THE PATIENT HANDBOOK WHERE IT SAYS THE HOSPITAL IS NOT ALLOWED TO FORCE MEDICATIONS UPON PATIENTS WHEN THE PATIENT IS NOT A DANGER TO THEMSELVES NOR A DANGER TO OTHERS AND LOUDLY REMIND THE STAFF SO EVERYONE AROUND CAN CLEARLY HEAR YOU THAT THE RULE IS ALSO FEDERAL LAW AS WELL AS A HOSPITAL RULE AND REGULATION POLICY.
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HOW TO SAFELY GET OFF PROLONGED USAGE OF PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS:
TARDIVE DYSKINESIA SYNDROME AND ALL OTHER SIMILAR MALADIES MAY OCCUR AFTER PROLONGED USAGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICATIONS OR MAY ALSO OCCUR UPON SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF USING THE MEDICATION AFTER PROLONGED USAGE BY SHOCKING THE BODY'S METABOLISM INTO ABRUPT METABOLIC CHANGES THAT CAN RESULT IN THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF TARDIVE DYSKINESIA SYNDROME, SEVERE IMPAIRMENT OF MOTOR CONTROL. IF YOU'VE BEEN TAKING PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS THEN PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN GETTING OFF THE MEDICATIONS BY SLOWLY REDUCING YOUR DOSAGE SLOWLY BY A TINY, LITTLE LESS DOSAGE EVERY WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AT A TIME SO AS TO AVOID SENDING THE BODY INTO A SUDDEN WITHDRAWAL REACTION FROM A SUDDEN CHANGE IN METABOLISM. IN INSTANCES WHERE YOUR BODY HAS SLOWLY GOTTEN USED TO THE DRUG OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, YOUR BODY THEREFORE ALSO NEEDS TO SLOWLY DETOXIFY ITSELF OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME SUCH AS OVER 3 TO 4 MONTHS TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, SO AS TO AVOID SUDDEN WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS AND TO AVOID ABRUPT AND/OR SUDDEN CHANGES IN YOUR METABOLISM WHICH COULD CAUSE TARDIVE DYSKINESIA SYNDROME IF NOT DETOXIFIED SLOWLY OVER A LONG SLOW PERIOD OF A FEW MONTHS. IF YOU REDUCE DOSAGE EITHER BY TOO MUCH AND/OR TOO SOON YOU MAY FEEL SOME UNCOMFORTABLE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS. IF YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS THEN DO NOT REDUCE AMOUNT OF DOSAGE SO SOON AND/OR BY TOO MUCH UNTIL YOUR BODY GETS USED TO THE REDUCED AMOUNT THAT ITS BEEN RECENTLY TAKING, THEN AFTER ANOTHER WEEK OR SO YOU MAY TRY AGAIN TO REDUCE YOUR INTAKE BY JUST A LITTLE AMOUNT, AND TRY TO REDUCE YOUR DOSAGE INTAKE SLOWLY OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WITHOUT FEELING ANY WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS.
A COUPLE OF NICE THINGS ABOUT PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICATIONS IS THAT IT USUALLY TAKES PROLONGED USAGE BEFORE TARDIVE DYSKINESIA SYNDROME "MAY" OR "MAY NOT" BECOME "REVERSIBLE", AND SECONDLY, ABRUPT STOPPAGE CAN BE AVOIDED WHEN SLOWLY DETOXIFIED A LITTLE AT A TIME OVER A MATTER OF A FEW MONTHS WITHOUT HAVING CRITICAL WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS. THE PDR (PHYSICIANS' DESK REFERENCE BOOK) MENTIONS:
1) TARDIVE DYSKINESIA SYNDROME SYMPTOMS "APPEAR" TO BE IRREVERSIBLE IN "SOME" PATIENTS. (THAT'S A HINT IT'S USUALLY REVERSIBLE.)
2) TARDIVE DYSTONIA MAY PRESENT AS ACUTE "REVERSIBLE" TORTICOLLIS OR TWISTING OF THE NECK AND UNNATURAL POSITION OF THE HEAD. (SAME AS SAYING ACUTE ONSET OF SYMPTOMS "CAN BE" REVERSIBLE.)
FOR A SECOND OPINION PERTAINING SPECIFICALLY TO BENZODIAZEPINE ADDICTION WITH SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO SLOWLY STOP TAKING BENZODIAZEPINE, THERE'S A LINK AT ANTIPSYCHIATRY.ORG LEADING TO ANOTHER WEBSITE CALLED BENZO.ORG.UK AT URL: HTTP://WWW.BENZO.ORG.UK.
I wish you well, Butterfly. And again, thank you for asking. Tsark out.