Joey Marino Dies; ‘ER’ Actor Had Developed Severe Tardive Dyskinesia

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Joey Marino, an actor on the 90’s television show ER who developed a horrific case of tardive dyskinesia after being prescribed Seroquel for anxiety, passed away on January 14th.

In 2021, he had published a poem called “Bedridden” on Mad in America, and a video of him was included in Peter Gotzsche’s blog “Psychiatry’s Denial of the Horrors of Tardive Dyskinesia.” Another video posted to the Coalition to End Psychiatric Harm YouTube channel shows Joey struggling with the movement disorder in the hospital last year. He discussed his disablement on the Walk a Mile in My Shoes podcast, and an Instagram tribute page quotes some of his thoughts on psychiatry.

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  1. Joey was not only doing everything in his power to recover from this debilitating drug-induced condition, but also doing all that he could to create an awareness to prevent others from experiencing the same suffering.

    He was an incredibly strong, kindhearted man.

    Thank you for calling attention to his story.

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  2. Joey was a lovely man who wanted to warn others about the dangers of “serokill”. That it is prescribed at all, given this potential risk is horrifying. If a “sleeping” dose of 25 mg can do this, what about the usual doses of 400mg for bipolar” or “schizophrenia”?
    These neurotoxic neuroleptics should be banned completely.
    I hope Joey is at peace. He deserved much better from life.

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    • This is terrifying. I was on serokill for 15 years. I started on lower dose of 25mg PRN and ended up on 800mg a day. I took three years to get of it. I had some Tardive dyskinesia when I was on it in the mouth/tongue. This has since gone away. I am so grateful I never ended up like him. I was on mirt too. Been off it for 5 months now. I feel so good mentally after a horrible withdrawal experience but my stomach is a mess. I am lost about what to do. I regret ever taking these drugs. 18.5 years of taking pills. Never again.

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  5. I struggle with my mental health and there’s help out there but all the drs wanna do is keep giving you meds. It feels like you have no voice and it sucks . I also think because it’s mental health illness , a lot of psychiatrists say it’s in your head . Or not believe what you’re trying to say.

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  8. As an RN,
    Look for a therapist who treats complex PTSD and uses non-drug therapy called EMDR. When veterans come home with bad mental problems, rape, or any severe mental health issues, they cannot get relief with just talk therapy. You can look up EMDR.
    Look up ALL pharmaceutical sites what you were prescribed, ask Pharmacist about drugs before you take one pill, and let them know all meds/supplements you take before you start one pill. Find out about taking them with ANYTHING even vitamins, hormones. Some drugs mixed with other things cause death, or other severe symptoms. Every one of these drugs are “Black Boxed” bc of life long issues they cause like Joey’s list. Read what a pharmaceutical company black boxing meds means. Most internists don’t know…worse, most psychs don’t know. You can refuse meds! You have the rights to get all info about meds and treatments you will be prescribed.

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    • Thank you but this is a little too late if people are on this site. I am treated like trash by the drs. Told they don’t know what akathisia is then told only old antipsychotics cause it. I’m threatened with detox even though I’ve never even had a drink of alcohol. My life is ruined and going off these meds makes it worse. No one will titrate me off and they refuse to take me as a patient because I’m on Xanax. I can’t tell u the number of offices that have hung up on me. Oh and I’m told I’m not allowed to google information. If u punch in black box warnings and akathisia the search engine says they are only for serious illnesses & akathisia is just a movement disorder.

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  9. I’ve not seen a more pronounced case as Joey or I have! It’s like being in the fight of your life for your life! 24 hrs a day! The sweet spot is sleep if it can be found. I am 71 yrs old and would love to enjoy my grandchildren and they me for however long. But What about The Children ?

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  11. If you punch in black box warnings the AI says those are just for serious illnesses and akathisia is just a movement disorder. So basically I don’t think the doctors are given any reason to care about akathisia. Not that they would anyway.

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