tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14497031.post5531097201207400128..comments2023-09-21T07:10:17.344-04:00Comments on Beyond the Psychiatric Box: The Dialogue: Part 1Patriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11818612459360843583noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14497031.post-91686948613421078152007-09-02T13:45:00.000-04:002007-09-02T13:45:00.000-04:00Sorry to be so late for the conversation. I just s...Sorry to be so late for the conversation. I just saw your article and discussion about the mindset of the psychiatric profession on Rob Wipond's website while researching Zyprexa.<BR/><BR/>I have no direct experience with psychiatrists, but plenty of experience with doctors for physical ailments, and I believe they too suffer from exactly the same tunnel-vision, pomposity and power/greed motivations that you so eloquently described.<BR/><BR/>And now, I am having to intervene (read, fight with the medical system) on my mother's behalf, a woman who, unbeknownst to me, has been used as a human guinea pig for whatever Big-Pharma wants to market for the last seven years, including Zyprexa. As a direct result of this and other drugs, she has suffered tardive dikynesia, bleeding ulcer, cracked tailbone, memory impairment, confusion, incontinence weight gain and now, addiction to a narcotic painkiller (to alleviate the muscle pain associated with Lipitor, for mild cholesterol condition). This is a partial list of the "side-effects." Oh yes, her diagnosis? The DSM IV bible category of "Dementia NOS: possibly mixed vascular/ Alzheimer's dementia," a catch-all label for which there is no precise description of evidence. In other words, a handy "out" for doctors who don't know what's wrong. The only treatment? Drugs. Heavy duty drugs. Lots of them. Our seniors homes are filled with people who've been herded into those institutions by that label.<BR/><BR/>Today's pharmaceutical treatments are the gas chambers of the elderly. I firmly believe that's how our period of time will be viewed in 100 years.<BR/><BR/>Beware everyone. Take no drugs before thoroughly researching them. Don't let a doctor bully you. Be rude if you have to. Don't let your elderly parents or relatives blindly take what the doctor tells them to take either. Better yet, do as I now do, and stay away from all mainstream doctors. You'll live longer, healthier and happier lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14497031.post-6265961159669750492007-04-23T11:18:00.000-04:002007-04-23T11:18:00.000-04:00Thanks Rose and Sid too. Also thanks for alerting ...Thanks Rose and Sid too. Also thanks for alerting me to the 'forbidden'' message. I will look into it.Patricia Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242005769500743440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14497031.post-28392829869846165902007-04-23T02:32:00.000-04:002007-04-23T02:32:00.000-04:00This is good!I got a "forbidden" message, though, ...This is good!<BR/><BR/>I got a "forbidden" message, though, when I tried to follow the "Sane in Insane Places" link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14497031.post-89507981825345782892007-04-17T19:59:00.000-04:002007-04-17T19:59:00.000-04:00I linked here in some roundabout way, so I can't g...I linked here in some roundabout way, so I can't give credit to whoever's blog I bounced from. <BR/><BR/>Just wanted to say I read part 1 and wow. I so understand all this. I wrote an article for a psychiatric paper last year stating that once I became labeled with Borderline Personality Disorder I was no longer considered human, I became my diagnosis in everyone's eyes.<BR/><BR/>I particularly like the article you linked to called "Identifying and Overcoming Mentalism" by Dr. Coni Kalinowski and Pat Risser. I plan to print that out and mail copies to my psychiatrist and therapist. I may also send copies to the head of the psych hospitals I've been admitted to over the years, as well as the head of the community mental health center I go to. I think they definitely all need to read it. Need to share it with all their staff members.<BR/><BR/>Can't wait to read part 2. From what I've read so far, you have a very interesting blog. I'll definitely be back.Miss Defectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299676284584329772noreply@blogger.com