There’s such a thing as pushy parents pressurizing their children to become professionals when the children are not suitable. But I’ve never heard of this as a source if madness.
Sometimes parents pressurize children that are equipped but that don’t see a professional career as something they would like to be involved in. But these people usually escape successfully.
But lots of so called ‘professionals’ are completely incompetent and still manage to earn a reasonable living.
The Helping Hand
The people that do have genuine recovery are by far the best people to help other people recover – and it usually makes them feel good too.
Dr Philip,
I don’t know if unrealistic career expectations apply to me or not:-
The image above presents some of my craftsmanship. Initially the image might appear to represent a special finish (but the blue spots actually represent ‘snags’ that need to be put right).
About time!
I’ve heard it said that there’s an ‘alcoholic’ in every family, if this is true then it would discount a genetic component to ‘serious mental health diagnoses’.
Hi,
In terms of Economics how much does a dependent, non recovered ‘Schizophrenic’ or ‘Bi Polar’ cost the USA per year?
Akathisia is related to the
1. Starting
2. Stopping or
3. Changing of a drug, (it’s ‘traceable’).
So, if Akathisia were genuinely acknowledged, the information could lead to “historical investigations”.
But akathisia is not being genuinely acknowledged, so people are still dying from drug induced suicide, and people are
being blamed (and locked up) for drug induced behaviour that is ‘completely beyond their control’*
*(I’ve attempted suicide twice in a state of Neuroleptic Induced Acute Akathisia in my early 20s, 1980 to 1984.).
The Offending (Akathisia) Drug ‘Fluphenazine’ was still in use after 1983, but it began to be removed from the Worldwide market around 2016 on account of its “unreliable sources of production”.
“…For example, a study published in 1982 reported that when a group of patients with schizophrenia were each given 20 mg of fluphenazine, the difference between the highest and lowest blood level of the drug was 40-fold. Thus, a very low dose of an antipsychotic is sufficient to control the symptoms of many patients with schizophrenia, even if it does not produce full recovery, whereas other patients may require much higher doses to achieve the same effect…”
I’d say, most prescribers don’t understand the dosage blood volume difference, and this might be why so many people ‘GO MAD’ (Akathisia) on ‘antidepressants’ :-
My picture of CBT is that it’s the same as traditional psychotherapy but in straight forward terms.
When I “catastrophise”, and recognise that I’m “catastophising” I can definitely do something about it. But I don’t see CBT as an instant ‘cure’.
The “Catastrophisation” I suffered from, had followed my withdrawal from a Long Acting Modecate Depot Injection (“suitable” for “Schizophrenia”).
“..Let’s put this matter in context. For the last four decades or so, research psychiatrists have labored strenuously in their respective areas to uncover the biological pathologies that would validate their various diagnoses, i.e. would prove that they are real illnesses…”
The problem as I see it, is that Psychiatry has NO Solutions. Psychiatric Treatments deteriorate and disable people – and this is why ‘Severe Mental Illness’ is classified as a long term condition.
The Solutions exist only outside of Medical Psychiatry.
Thank you Dr Philip,
I hope I’m not too far off topic here.
I estimate that least 50% of all people become “Schizophrenic” in the same way as I did i.e. through the consumption of strong psychiatric drugs (and the people that recover, usually recover as a result of carefully ‘not taking their medication’).
“…In the most robust UK study to date, the incidence of schizophrenia was found to be ninefold higher in black Caribbeans than in the white British population…”
The above UK study is Bulls**t.
I believe Kanye Wests first Psychiatric Drug prior to the advent of ‘his’ ‘BiPolar’ ‘Mania’ was the Antidepressant Lexapro.
Hi Rose,
Your story sounds like a good warning to anyone thinking about seeing a Psychiatrist with an ‘anxiety problem’. The warning maybe being that ‘the Psychiatrist might not have a clue’.
As soon as I saw Zoloft I was wondering where Zantax was. But you found the right path in the end.
I recovered, in my 20s, through a micro withdrawal process. The Consultant Psychiatrist had offered me the option of Abrupt Withdrawal from a Depot Injection but this proved ‘unsuitable’ (even though depot is supposed to leave the body very slowly).
I’ve noticed that the generally offered abrupt withdrawal (option) from Depot Medication usually ends up badly, but I think this is because the person hasn’t been given a decent chance. So I think that what Psychiatrists describe as ‘Genuine Schizophrenia’ is more a bit of a ‘Lottery’.
Thank You Dr Florence,
“…Without a self-articulated framework, those deemed “mad” will remain subject to the symbolic and material violence of experts…” – Violence / Torture.
If every “Severely And Enduringly Mentally Ill” person can completely recover through non drug (/non physical) means as I was assured by a Clinical Psychologist in Ireland in1983, and as the British Psychological Society (to a large extent) supports – then I wonder why so many Qualified Psychologists appear to behave as if they accept differently?
“…Mr Nugent said Mrs Palmer was admitted to a psychiatric unit at the hospital under the care of Prof Fahy. She was kept there for a week. To the consternation of her husband, her own family and her friends who contacted the hospital, she was released. ..”
“…”This is hell”, nine times over. “A disgusting waste of two beautiful girls – two human beings” on the reverse. These were among the last words written by Mrs Catherine Palmer, jotted on a note found in her trouser pocket by Garda Michael Harte after her death…”
I notice the people that do genuinely recover tend to recover independently, of the Very Expensive UK Mental Health System. In other areas of Medical Achievement the NHS is considered to be maybe the best in the world.
Thank you Sarah, your writing is very easy to read and register. It seems that the result, of whats on offer from Psychiatry by way of help, is equivalent to some type of industrial disaster.
I notice the UK seems to be making consistent Human Rights Progress (Directly Questioning Fixed Beliefs with Scientific Evidence):-
“…Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia. The problems we think of as ‘psychosis’ – hearing voices, believing things that others find strange, or appearing out of touch with reality – can be understood in the same way as other psychological problems such as anxiety or shyness…”
Many psychiatrists believe that severe mental health problems like schizophrenia must be treated with medication, but if you don’t want to take antipsychotics, there are alternative treatments you can try. You may find it’s possible to manage your symptoms, or to make a full recovery, without medication. This page covers:
Talking treatments
Arts therapies
Ecotherapy
Complementary and alternative therapies
Peer support groups
Healthy lifestyle changes…”
“…For example, 72 per cent of those with first episode psychosis treated via an Open Dialogue approach returned to work or study within two years, despite significantly lower rates of medication and hospitalisation compared to treatment as usual…”
theloniusmonk,
I came off my Modecate Depot Injection (with permission), because of its disabling side effects in late 1983, and ended up in hospital fairly quickly afterwards. I was put back on an increased dosage of Modecate while in hospital – and I experienced an Akathisia induced suicide attempt in early 1984.
I then tried to come off the Modecate Injection again, but I couldn’t, so I asked my doctors for a medication with less side effects. Another medication Depixol Depot Injection was recommended – but after taking the Depixol injection I became suicidal (with Akathisia) and I had to fight my way back into hospital (where I stayed for less than 2 days).
I then asked doctors to prescribe me an Oral “medication” which they did, but I found I also suffered from “Drug Withdrawal High Anxiety”. This “High Anxiety” could have driven me MAD, had I not learnt how to deal with it.
I was able to function with the Oral medication and as my ability to deal with my “High Anxiety” improved, I was able to cut the Oral Medication down very gradually, to eventually nothing.
Doctor David Healy was around during my “Drug Withdrawal” at Galway Ireland Regional Hospital 1983/1984, and I visited him with my notes, in Wales in 2018. Dr Healy provided me with a letter stating that he was confident that I had never suffered from Severe Mental Illness to begin with, and that it was likely that the treatment had been the problem.
But, if I hadn’t learnt how to overcome my ” Drug Induced High Anxiety” through Psychological Means, I’m sure I wouldn’t have been in a position to challenge any “Diagnosis” – I would more than likely have been DEAD.
“…Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia. The problems we think of as ‘psychosis’ – hearing voices, believing things that others find strange, or appearing out of touch with reality – can be understood in the same way as other psychological problems such as anxiety or shyness…”
Thank you Sam.
EMOTION AND THE DIGITAL AGE
Thanks Professor Ian Tucker and Dr Tim Beck for the great Article.
I was reading about Jack Dorsey CEO of ‘Twitter’ and ‘Square’ and how he lives.
He walks five miles to work several days a week.
He only eats one meal per day during the week (usually chicken and vegetables or salad), and doesn’t eat at all on Saturday.
He does 2 hours Vipassana Meditation every day, and for his holiday he went to a 10 day, all day meditation retreat.
He’s one of the richest people in America but his main enjoyments could probably be practised by anyone.
(He has a very nice house also, I believe, and he might date supermodels).
In a tribal society a creative person can have value especially when the tribe is under pressure, but in an industrial society people that don’t conform are an “excess to requirements”. “Schizophrenia” was invented around the same time as the industrial revolution.
There were lots of other things around prior to the industrial revolution, but no “schizophrenia”. Once the medications arrived – the job was done. The “schizophrenics” could be “switched off”.
Neuroleptics AKA “Antipsychotics” (according to my verifiable experience) CAUSE the Symptoms associated with “those at Risk of Psychosis”, they do not alleviate them.
I felt okay not taking “antipsychotics” to begin with. But when I attempted to come off them some years later (abruptly, with permission), I had 4 hospitalizations in 5 months a suicide attempt and an almost suicide.
It took me 6 years to carefully withdraw from a dosage suitable for “schizophrenia”. But I wouldn’t have made it, if I had not come to the realization that I was suffering from the “High Anxiety” of “antipsychotic drug withdrawal”.
I had never previously experienced anything like this Anxiety. My exposure to these drugs could have driven me MAD.
To cope with the High Anxiety of Neuroleptic drug Withdrawal, I had to learn to sit with “acutely uncomfortable feelings”, and to “stay out of my head” at the same time. When I “balanced off” my thinking would return to a “hypothetical level”, which was always safe for me.
I Recovered as a result of stopping Neuroleptic / Psychotogenic Drugs.
“….Statistics suggest a black man in the UK is 17 times more likely than a white man to be diagnosed with a serious mental health condition such as schizophrenia or bipolar…”
John Weir Perry, Stan Groff, David Lukoff, Richard Bentall, Sinead Gallagher.
“….The problems we think of as ‘psychosis’ – hearing voices, believing things that others find strange, or appearing out of touch with reality – can be understood in the same way as other psychological problems such as anxiety or shyness…”
Someone Else,
“….How an industry can claim to “know everything about the meds,” yet…”
You’ve hit the nail on the head!
The situation is Ridiculous!
Thanks Sam.
Some people claim that “Antidepressants are prescribed like sweets”. But taking these Drugs can have long term affects:-
APPLYING TO JOIN THE ESSEX POLICE
QUESTION
I am taking antidepressants for depression. My depression is really well controlled. Would this affect my application?
ANSWER
Each decision is made after a careful consideration of the facts. The severity of the condition is reflected by the type of antidepressant, its strength and the duration of treatment in addition to many other factors.
We would also consider the 2004 Home Office guidance which generally advises against accepting recruits whilst they are still being treated with antidepressants and for a period after stopping them. We recognise that this is guidance but guidance holds a particular status in law.
The main goal of the assessment is to determine your mental resilience and the probability of further episodes of impaired mental health. Police work is like no other and good mental resilience and emotional stability are paramount.
“…This was so clear that the US FDA demanded that a black box warning be put onto the label…”
These drugs can also cause Homicide:- The Characteristics of Akathisia induced Behaviour are:-
1. The Behaviour follows the stopping starting or changing of a “Psychiatric Medication”
2. The Behaviour is Extreme
3.The Behaviour is out of Character
What Neuroleptic drugs do is create conditions of “Indifference”. So a person is not worried about what’s on their minds, or anything else.
Buddhist Psychology/Philosophy encourages a state of “Equanamity” where a person is aware of their circumstances but accepting of them. From this position problems are not too difficult to deal with.
Dr Robin Murray towards the end of his career also acknowledged the existence of “Neuroleptic Withdrawal Syndrome”. This condition is IMO, what holds people in “Long Term Severe Mental Illness”.
The Black Psychiatrists and MH Workers In my Opinion are likely to do as much damage as the White Psychiatrists and MH Workers.
Your experience must have been full of great suffering but as a Psychologist you’ve gone through the eye of the needle and come out the other side. How many so called experts can claim this?
I’m a bit of a fan of Eckhart Tolles myself. Though, I’m still trying to see exactly what he’s got.
I hope to come across more of you on Mad in America!
The UK seems to be one of the countries that’s consistently making advances in “Mental Health”.
I doubt my heart would be functioning on 1000mg per day!
Jill, I was prescribed 25mg of Seroquel per day and I was taking about 6 mg of Seroquel per day (I used to bite it in 4). When I stopped the Seroquel I still had years of unsuccessful sleeping.
6mg Seroquel taken 10 minutes before I went to bed, used to knock me out.
Well done Angela. And thank you for telling us about it.
Klonopin sounds like a good drug to start off with – to drive a person MAD.
I was given permission to come off my meds abruptly, and I didn’t last long. But it worked when I slowly tapered over many years. I also found workable answers for my ‘High Anxiety’ within Psychology and Self Help.
And thank you also James!
Psychiatric Care Fails to Address High Suicide Rates of Native Alaskans. Psychiatric care as I understand it might make matters worse.
Thank You Jill, it really is Snakes And Ladders.
Psychiatric Abuse goes hand in hand with Diagnosis, and this is why (in my opinion), “Schizophrenia” should be internationally outlawed.
There’s been a mass chemical Killing of people labelled with “Schizophrenia” by Psychiatry in the past 60 years that would equal a tiny fraction of the “mercy killings genocide” which took place in parts of Europe in the 1930s.
SCIENTIFICALLY
“Anti Psychotic” Drugs cause Suicide and Homicide (Akathisia), Disability, Ill Health and Early Death.
“Akathisia Suicides” are ‘philosophically’ covered up through a Policy of Psychiatric Corruption and Self Interest, and “Akathisia Violence” is blamed on the “Patient”.
Coming off “Antipsychotic” Drugs responsibly can lead to Full Recovery. A Fact that has been demonstrated many times on this Website.
“Anti Psychotic” Drugs can also cause “Schizophrenia” in the Misdiagnosed – Black People are NOT 9 times more likely to develop “Schizophrenia”:
“…In 2006, ÆSOP reported a ninefold increase in the risk of developing schizophrenia in black Caribbeans when compared with the white British population..”
I’ve been on these drugs myself. I was disabled while I took them, and I found it extremely difficult to come off them.
I notice that most people that genuinely Recover as a result of stopping “medication” Recover in similar ways.
A problem I can see with the “Hearing Voices Network” in London is that they only seem to have meetings “during normal working hours”, whereas most Peer Groups have meetings outside of normal working hours.
Most people are unlikely to be available between 9am and 6pm to attend a London HVN Meeting, so the potential for people to gain or to contribute is very limited.
Thank You Madison Natarajan,
I appreciate your inverted comma treatment of ‘Psychosis’.
Many psychiatrists believe that severe mental health problems like schizophrenia must be treated with medication, but if you don’t want to take antipsychotics, there are alternative treatments you can try.
You may find it’s possible to manage your symptoms, or to make a full recovery, without medication. This page covers:
Talking treatments
Arts therapies
Ecotherapy
Complementary and alternative therapies
Peer support groups
Healthy lifestyle changes…”
Thank You Linda,
I’m very sorry for your loss.
I’m glad you got out, and wrote constructively about the misery. Your book will help others.
Nobody gets much better in the Psychiatric system as far as I can see. I know I didn’t.
Thanks Dr Ana,
I wonder if the GP prescribers know anything about AKATHISIA?
I would describe the people in the Study not as “Psychotic” but maybe with distress.
Two of the most exclusive eye hospitals in the world The Western Eye Hospital and Moorefields Eye Hospital are based at London in the UK.
When I attended both of these NHS Eye Hospitals with eye problems and mentioned, that Psychotropic drugs I had consumed in the early 1980s had affected my eyesight, doctors at both of these hospitals kept what I said off my Records and entered negative Mental Health entries instead.
At Moorefields Eye Hospital the Consultant himself recorded “takes Seroquel for his Psychiatric Problems” into my Notes. Whereas my prescription of Seroquel at 25 mg per day – would NOT have been suitable for any “Psychiatric Problem” whatsoever. Seroquel at 25mg per day is only used for Off Label Purposes.
The Consultants casual approach might reasonably predict the actual standard of medical care available to a person “with Psychiatric Problems” in some Nhs medical facilities in the UK.
I came off neuroleptics with basic Psychotherapy but “people” can “Fu*k Off” with the term “Psychosis”.
But this is Very Good News!
Neuroleptics are not needed as Mad in America has continually maintained, and we’re getting to a point where “Schizophrenia” doesn’t exist.
I think the term “Psychotic” is widely misused. If a person can benefit from communication then surely they are not “Psychotic”.
IMO the answers to Depression and Anxiety, were ‘invented’ in India, and are available more or less for free. And we are very grateful in the West to be able to access them.
You describe nasty and vindictive behaviour from the Psychiatric Authorities against a senior citizen. Its like the entire system is corruptly stacked against a “target”. If Kerry survives it proves “them” wrong.
I can’t agree either, with the notion that psychiatric drugs make people safer. It’s well established that psychiatric drugs can cause Suicide and Homicide; and shorten life expectancy considerably.
The LINK below represents how a ‘humane helping hand’ can have an extremely successful outcome:-
Fair play to the Australian Health Minister for supporting an ‘open minded’ investigation into the increase in Suicide among young Australians.
Death
On 14 June 2020, Rajput, aged 34, was found dead hanging from the ceiling fan in his home in Bandra, Mumbai.[67] He had reportedly been suffering from depression for about six months. No suicide note has been found as of 15 June 2020.[68] According to Mumbai Police IPS officer Vinay Chaubey, medical prescriptions and medical reports were found in Sushant’s room and an investigation is underway.[69][70]
“…One policy conclusion that could be drawn from this study is that the attempt to use drugs to make mental patients less dangerous is the obverse of what is needed. ..” – Completely true again.
Psychiatric medications (usually taken for “work stress”) can cause Suicide Violence and Homicide in people with no underlying “mental illness” or violent tendencies.
Completely true. Jails are not full of violent “schizophrenics”, they are full of people that attack other people when they are drunk.
“..Black men in Britain are 17 times more likely than white counterparts to be diagnosed with a psychotic illness…”
“..Early death, by up to 25 years, is frequently found to be associated with long-term use of neuroleptics/tranquilizers (euphemistically called “anti-psychotics)…”
Drug induced Suicide (Akathisia) in the first few years after Diagnosis contributes also to the early death figure. Below is a LINK concerning my own experience, demonstrating Psychiatrists being prepared to set up situations whereby complainants can be killed:
I can only presume “this Practice” to be “Common Medical Practice”.
Thank You Ashley,
Psychiatric Drug induced Suicide, Homicide and Violence tend to be closely related. Society would be a lot safer without “antidepressants”.
Sam
When they present studies concerning “antidepressants” and recovery rates and scientific percentages I think they’re “waffling”.
“Antidepressants” have never established themselves as having any value in terms of effectiveness.
In my opinion the Epidemic in Irish Suicide and Familicide can be directly traced to the commonplace use of Psychiatric Drugs in the “normal population”.
“..An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex,” he wrote…”
Society is full of potentially gratuitously dangerous people without “Mental Illness”. Whats so special about the “Mentally Ill”?
I’m sure it’s possible to improve life without taking a moral perspective!
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“Anosgonosia” reminds me of a “neologism” and if you put this along with thinking cats have “schizophrenia” then E Fuller Torrey is definitely “schizophrenic”.
Thank You, John and Irving and James
You are part of a group of ethical professionals and activists that are patiently and successfully turning the tables on very bad behaviour in “Mental Health”. The results of this in my opinion, can be clearly seen in the UK.
“…In reviewing the studies it was sometimes the case that only the treating psychiatrist was rating the effectiveness of the procedure, not the patient…”
– Which in the case of electric shock would be fairly “useless”.
As regards “symptoms”; if a person is okay with a “symptom”, and it doesn’t affect anyone else; is there anything “wrong” with the symptom?
Dear Sera, thank you for writing this.
Its true that none of us are saints, some of us get away with our misdeeds, and some of us get sent to jail.
“…Virtually every family in the country, the research indicates, has been subject to overtesting and overtreatment in one form or another. The costs appear to take thousands of dollars out of the paychecks of every household each year. …”
Thanks Will and Faith,
As usual this is a very well written Article.
I remember (reading) from your own experience Will, that you were incarcerated as a ‘seriously unwell’ person until the insurance money ran out, and then you were “released”.
Results: The suicide rate in schizophrenia between 1875 and 1924 was 20 per 100 000 hospital years, a lifetime rate of less than 0.5%. The suicide rate for all psychoses was 16 per 100 000 hospital years. Current rates of suicide for schizophrenia and other psychoses appear 20-fold higher.
(‘Schizophrenics’ that don’t ever take medication are 20 times less likely to Kill themselves Or other people).
In the UK ‘Severe Mental Illness’ Diagnosis of Black People is supposed to be at least 10 times that for White People. This difference is what I’d be wondering about as regards ‘black suicidality’ in the USA, as I know from my own observation and personal experience that Psychiatric drugs can cause ‘irresistible’ suicide.
Dr Richard,
Against Psychiatric Treatments
I don’t see it as a question of “Either/Or”, as most people that consume strong psychiatric drugs are likely to remain longterm psychiatrically disabled (costing the country about £75,000 per person per year or about £3 million per person, in the course of their lives, if they live long enough).
In the past 36 years I have cost the Irish/Uk taxpayer nothing in Mental health terms – as a result of carefully leaving psychiatry.
If “basic psychotherapy” works with “neuroleptic withdrawal syndrome”, I don’t see why it wouldn’t work with “original problems”.
SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS FRAUD “LICENCE TO KILL”
From: [My Email Address – Removed]
To: Medical Newton (NHS CENTRAL LONDON (WESTMINSTER) CCG)
Sent: Friday, 16 November 2018, 00:42:07 GMT
Subject: Att. All Partners and Dr Baluch
Dear Sirs/(Madams)
In your Letter dated October 17 2018 – you seriously misrepresent me.
TRUST
My trust in Newton Medical was broken in October of 2012 when (to my horror) I discovered my name had been on a Severe Mental Illness Register since 2002. At this time (2002) I had been working as a Building Subcontractor in the **House of Parliament Buildings (and can substantiate this).
OCTOBER 8 2018 VISIT TO NEWTON MEDICAL. REGARDING HEALTH AND SAFETY ON BUILDING SITES
On October 8 2018 I explained (and showed ) to the Reception Manager and to Dr Baluch at Newton Medical, that at my last appointment on **July 20 2016 Dr Simons had given me in writing a sheet of paper from the Appointment Notes stating that – “he could see no reason that I could NOT work on a Building Site” . While at the same time Dr Simons had provided me with another sheet of paper from a “Legal Adviser” (July 20 2016)
(which made reference to the historical 1986 Irish Record Summary) but also at the the bottom of the page stated – that I had a “Diagnosis of Schizophrenia…” and “had NOT DISPUTED this diagnosis..”.
I explained on October 8 2018 that I had shown and discussed both of these contradictory statements received in July 20 2016 with a Building Health and Safety Officer who advised me to get this contradictory situation resolved – as the medical suggestions could undermine my credibility, and could affect me in the event of an accident on a Building Site.
I have not suffered any disability in my 30 years in the UK; but Medical Claims of Present day Severe Mental Illness are invalidating. I presumed Newton Medical (promoting the disability) to be the first place to approach – this is why I called to the Surgery on October 8 2018.
DISTRESS
When I clearly demonstrated the Malpractice properties of the 1986 Irish Record Summary to Dr Simons in two interviews in October/November 2012 – at the end of both of these interviews Dr Simons shirt was completely saturated and sticking to his body (he was genuinely traumatised).
But, there is no mention anywhere on my records of this Malpractice.
MY BACKGROUND
I made Full Recovery in 1984 as a Result of carefully tapering from the Modecate Depot Injection with the help of Practical Psychotherapy – and returned to normal life and independence.
I attempted to come off strong drugs in 1983 but when I did, my brain was completely broken, and I didn’t last long. I managed on my third attempt in 1984 though, with a careful drug taper; and through a similar ‘psychotherepeutic process’ – as described in “The Untethered Soul” by Michael Singer and “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle.
Dr David Healy did not administer the Haloperidol I consumed in 1980/81, but he was around at Galway in 1984 when I moved towards independance.
Dr Healy provided me with a professional Letter at Bangor, Wales in 2018 stating that he was confident I had never originally suffered from “Severe Mental Illness”. This was exactly what the Irish Priest I had visited in Central London in 1980 had also maintained.
What Happened to Me?
I spent the Summer of 1980 in Amsterdam but there is no mention of this on the English side of my Medical Records ¿¿¿
In 1986 Pharmacology Professor at Galway University Brian Leonard was President of the British Association of Psychopharmacologists.¿¿,
In 1985 my Psychiatrist at Galway, Dr PA Carney was on the examining board of the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists.¿¿
(If a person can recover from ‘Schizophrenia’ with basic Psychotherapy then this would be the way forward).
In my opinion there is no such thing as “Schizophrenia”. The reason I was able to come off strong psychiatric drugs (and recover) was because I was able to find a way to deal with my Neuroleptic Drug Withdrawal Anxiety.
Prior to coming off strong Psychiatric drugs I was diagnosed as ‘the worst schizophrenic in Ireland’.
CLAIM
“..Black men in Britain are 17 times more likely than white counterparts to be diagnosed with a psychotic illness…”
NONSENSE
Black Men are NOT 17 times more likely to suffer from Genuine “Psychosis” as white men, but once they enter the psychiatric system they are as likely as anyone else to remain “PSYCHIATRIC”.
“Schizophrenia” is either a life long chronic disease or it’s not. A person with a diagnosis of “Schizophrenia” either remains long-term chronically mentally ill or they don’t.
Psychiatric drugs In my experience are disabling to the extent that a person cannot function normally when they take them, and psychiatric drugs also have withdrawal syndromes which can make it almost impossible for a person to stop taking them.
I think the fact that doctors are not aware of the overall problems with psychiatric drug treatment and dependency and long term outcomes, indicates how poor the standard of “Mental Health medicine” is.
Please help,
I attended a Maudsley debate where Dr John Read debated, alongside a very genuine Lady doctor who had been seriously damaged by ECT. I believe she attested that she did make a recovery through psychological means. But I don’t remember this Lady’s name off hand.
“…the only danger is a slightly higher risk of suicide when people first start taking it, because they feel so much better…”
I’ve heard this before – its just clever talk!
(I have never attempted suicide OFF medication).
Hi Marcello,
The thing about the Recovery movement is that the people have really hard times and they can all completely Recover (no matter how crazy they are).
All the people in “Normal People” are Normal but they could all be “Diagnosed”.
“..Black men in Britain are 17 times more likely than white counterparts to be diagnosed with a psychotic illness…”
Which speaks for itself.
How About Fact No 14
Psychiatry administers physical treatments that “work” through completely disabling an individual; rather than offering non physical treatments, that are proven to completely recover an individual.
Berzerk
I think at this stage the GP s are mostly ‘bought and sold’. They might be aware that anti depressants are “trouble” but they mightn’t consider themselves to be in much of a position to do anything about the situation.
“…For Evan, my take is his parents’ and the larger Durst family’s refusal to discuss the probable murder of his beloved Aunt Kathie by his uncle caused analogous problems for Evan…”
How would any reasonable child cope with the “normalisation” of “family member murder”?
Thank you Peter, it’s only determined effort that has brought the fatal dangers of these drugs to the surface.
“…2.5 times as likely to attempt suicide ..” this is not a good advert for antidepressants.
Thank you for this worthwhile article, Francesca.
Its nice to see you back on Mad In America.
You make a lot of sense.
I can identify with the drug disability you describe, this is most peoples main problem.
It took me 6 years to cut from 25mg per month of Fluphenazine LAI injection (suitable for Schizophrenia), to 25mg per day of Thoradazine (suitable for Hiccoughs).
Thank you for presenting this, Jim.
Its amazing what groups of people and institutions can do, and get away with.
SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS FRAUD – AS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE
RESPONSE TO GP DELISTING LETTER:
From: [Name Removed]
To: Medical Newton (NHS CENTRAL LONDON (WESTMINSTER) CCG)
Sent: Friday, 16 November 2018, 00:42:07 GMT
Subject: Att. All Partners and Dr Baluch
Dear Sirs/(Madams)
In your Letter dated October 17 2018 – you seriously misrepresent me.
TRUST
My trust in Newton Medical was broken in October of 2012 when (to my horror) I discovered my name had been on a Severe Mental Illness Register since 2002. At this time (2002) I had been working as a Building Subcontractor in the House of Parliament Buildings (and can substantiate this).
OCTOBER 8 2018 VISIT TO NEWTON MEDICAL. REGARDING HEALTH AND SAFETY ON BUILDING SITES
On October 8 2018 I explained (and showed ) to the Reception Manager and to Dr Baluch at Newton Medical, that at my last appointment on July 20 2016 Dr Simons had given me in writing a sheet of paper from the Appointment Notes stating that – “he could see no reason that I could NOT work on a Building Site” . While at the same time Dr Simons had provided me with another sheet of paper from a “Legal Adviser” (July 20 2016)
(which made reference to the historical 1986 Irish Record Summary) but also at the the bottom of the page stated – that I had a “Diagnosis of Schizophrenia…” and “had NOT DISPUTED this diagnosis..”.
I explained on October 8 2018 that I had shown and discussed both of these contradictory statements received in July 20 2016 with a Building Health and Safety Officer who advised me to get this contradictory situation resolved – as the medical suggestions could undermine my credibility, and could affect me in the event of an accident on a Building Site.
I have not suffered any disability in my 30 years in the UK; but Medical Claims of Present day Severe Mental Illness are invalidating. I presumed Newton Medical (promoting the disability) to be the first place to approach – this is why I called to the Surgery on October 8 2018.
DISTRESS
When I clearly demonstrated the Malpractice properties of the 1986 Irish Record Summary to Dr Simons in two interviews in October/November 2012 – at the end of both of these interviews Dr Simons shirt was completely saturated and sticking to his body (he was genuinely traumatised).
But, there is no mention anywhere on my records of this Malpractice.
MY BACKGROUND
I made Full Recovery in 1984 as a Result of carefully tapering from the Modecate Depot Injection with the help of Practical Psychotherapy – and returned to normal life and independence.
“…To compound neuroleptics’ ‘sledgehammer’ approach, neurons are very adept at growing new receptors to compensate for those that are blocked. Psychotic symptoms then rebound with a vengeance. …”
BUT
this Approach from Eckhart Tolle in dealing with the Pain Body, might sound crazy, but actually works (with practice):
“…This accumulated pain is a negative energy field that occupies your body and mind. If you look on it as an invisible entity in its own right, you are getting
and accidents are often created in this way. Some pain-bodies drive their hosts to suicide.
When you thought you knew a person and then you are suddenly confronted with this alien, nasty creature for the first time, you are in for quite a shock. However, it’s more important to observe it in yourself than in someone else. Watch out for any sign of unhappiness in yourself, in whatever form — it may be the awakening pain-body. This can take the form of irritation, impatience, a somber mood, a desire to hurt, anger, rage, depression, a need to have some drama in your relationship, and so on. Catch it the moment it awakens from its dormant state.
The pain-body wants to survive, just like every other entity in existence, and it can only survive if it gets you to unconsciously identify with it. It can then rise up, take you over, “become you,” and live through you. It needs to get its “food” through you. It will feed on any experience that resonates with its own kind of energy, anything that creates further pain in whatever form: anger, destructiveness, hatred, grief, emotional drama, violence, and even illness. So the pain-body, when it has taken you over, will create a situation in your life that reflects back its own energy frequency for it to feed on. Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible.
Once the pain-body has taken you over, you want more pain. You become a victim or a perpetrator. You want to inflict pain, or you want to suffer pain, or both. There isn’t really much difference between the two. You are not conscious of this, of course, and will vehemently claim that you do not want pain. But look closely and you will find that your thinking and behavior are designed to keep the pain going, for yourself and others. If you were truly conscious of it, the pattern would dissolve, for to want more pain is insanity, and nobody is consciously insane.
The pain-body, which is the dark shadow cast by the ego, is actually afraid of the light of your consciousness. It is afraid of being found out. Its survival depends on your unconscious identification with it, as well as on your unconscious fear of facing the pain that lives in you. But if you don’t face it, if you don’t bring the light of your consciousness into the pain, you will be forced to relive it again and again. The pain-body may seem to you like a dangerous monster that you cannot bear to look at, but I assure you that it is an insubstantial phantom that cannot prevail against the power of your presence.
Some spiritual teachings state that all pain is ultimately an illusion, and this is true. The question is: Is it true for you? A mere belief doesn’t make it true. Do you want to experience pain for the rest of your life and keep saying that it is an illusion? Does that free you from the pain? What we are concerned with here is how you can realize this truth — that is, make it real in your own experience.
So the pain-body doesn’t want you to observe it directly and see it for what it is. The moment you observe it, feel its energy field within you, and take your attention into it, the identification is broken. A higher dimension of consciousness has come in. I call it presence. You are now the witness or the watcher of the pain-body. This means that it cannot use you anymore by pretending to be you, and it can no longer replenish itself through you. You have found your own innermost strength. You have accessed the power of Now. …”
The fact that “Antidepressants” can cause suicide is a bit like – a “sick joke”.
To be completely honest, I cannot identify with non psychiatric ‘medication’ induced Suicide.
I know people often find life very hard, but most of the time they don’t kill themselves.
I know I can cope without neuroleptics, with the help of ‘basic psychology’ – so I’d wonder how many MH Workers are up to the job.
“….To compound neuroleptics’ ‘sledgehammer’ approach, neurons are very adept at growing new receptors to compensate for those that are blocked. Psychotic symptoms then rebound with a vengeance….”
I am incapable of imagining suicide in “Mental Health”, not being related to Psychiatric Drugs.
Hi Sera,
I’m not a therapist, but I can see why this might be a tricky question.
The main problem I see is the Control and Authority thing in ‘Mental Health’, otherwise I’d imagine it would be perfectly okay to ask the question (if it was suitable) and to advise, or support a person as they would like.
(I recall seeing an article some time ago on a BBC Website where seemingly a lot of young British people privately dwell on suicide – but obviously most don’t go ahead with it).
Samantha,
I can tell you for a fact that Psychiatric drugs cause Suicide and Mental Illness.
I have had regular suicidal hospitalizations, on the drugs below..
Thanks Philip
There’s such a thing as pushy parents pressurizing their children to become professionals when the children are not suitable. But I’ve never heard of this as a source if madness.
Sometimes parents pressurize children that are equipped but that don’t see a professional career as something they would like to be involved in. But these people usually escape successfully.
But lots of so called ‘professionals’ are completely incompetent and still manage to earn a reasonable living.
The Helping Hand
The people that do have genuine recovery are by far the best people to help other people recover – and it usually makes them feel good too.
Dr Philip,
I don’t know if unrealistic career expectations apply to me or not:-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wZEucHIewc9WlFJuCqUU2gB55sQHZA1P/view?usp=drivesdk
The image above presents some of my craftsmanship. Initially the image might appear to represent a special finish (but the blue spots actually represent ‘snags’ that need to be put right).
About time!
I’ve heard it said that there’s an ‘alcoholic’ in every family, if this is true then it would discount a genetic component to ‘serious mental health diagnoses’.
Hi,
In terms of Economics how much does a dependent, non recovered ‘Schizophrenic’ or ‘Bi Polar’ cost the USA per year?
Akathisia is related to the
1. Starting
2. Stopping or
3. Changing of a drug, (it’s ‘traceable’).
So, if Akathisia were genuinely acknowledged, the information could lead to “historical investigations”.
But akathisia is not being genuinely acknowledged, so people are still dying from drug induced suicide, and people are
being blamed (and locked up) for drug induced behaviour that is ‘completely beyond their control’*
*(I’ve attempted suicide twice in a state of Neuroleptic Induced Acute Akathisia in my early 20s, 1980 to 1984.).
The Offending (Akathisia) Drug ‘Fluphenazine’ was still in use after 1983, but it began to be removed from the Worldwide market around 2016 on account of its “unreliable sources of production”.
Dr E Fuller Torrey (might) explain why:-
https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/better-without-antipsychotic-drugs
“…For example, a study published in 1982 reported that when a group of patients with schizophrenia were each given 20 mg of fluphenazine, the difference between the highest and lowest blood level of the drug was 40-fold. Thus, a very low dose of an antipsychotic is sufficient to control the symptoms of many patients with schizophrenia, even if it does not produce full recovery, whereas other patients may require much higher doses to achieve the same effect…”
I’d say, most prescribers don’t understand the dosage blood volume difference, and this might be why so many people ‘GO MAD’ (Akathisia) on ‘antidepressants’ :-
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10827889/dublin-deaths-second-note-found-murder/
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/miriam-lord-there-s-nothing-left-but-terrible-questions-1.2778886
Well put, Steven.
My picture of CBT is that it’s the same as traditional psychotherapy but in straight forward terms.
When I “catastrophise”, and recognise that I’m “catastophising” I can definitely do something about it. But I don’t see CBT as an instant ‘cure’.
The “Catastrophisation” I suffered from, had followed my withdrawal from a Long Acting Modecate Depot Injection (“suitable” for “Schizophrenia”).
“..Let’s put this matter in context. For the last four decades or so, research psychiatrists have labored strenuously in their respective areas to uncover the biological pathologies that would validate their various diagnoses, i.e. would prove that they are real illnesses…”
The problem as I see it, is that Psychiatry has NO Solutions. Psychiatric Treatments deteriorate and disable people – and this is why ‘Severe Mental Illness’ is classified as a long term condition.
The Solutions exist only outside of Medical Psychiatry.
Thank you Dr Philip,
I hope I’m not too far off topic here.
I estimate that least 50% of all people become “Schizophrenic” in the same way as I did i.e. through the consumption of strong psychiatric drugs (and the people that recover, usually recover as a result of carefully ‘not taking their medication’).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2418996/
“…In the most robust UK study to date, the incidence of schizophrenia was found to be ninefold higher in black Caribbeans than in the white British population…”
The above UK study is Bulls**t.
I believe Kanye Wests first Psychiatric Drug prior to the advent of ‘his’ ‘BiPolar’ ‘Mania’ was the Antidepressant Lexapro.
Hi Rose,
Your story sounds like a good warning to anyone thinking about seeing a Psychiatrist with an ‘anxiety problem’. The warning maybe being that ‘the Psychiatrist might not have a clue’.
As soon as I saw Zoloft I was wondering where Zantax was. But you found the right path in the end.
I recovered, in my 20s, through a micro withdrawal process. The Consultant Psychiatrist had offered me the option of Abrupt Withdrawal from a Depot Injection but this proved ‘unsuitable’ (even though depot is supposed to leave the body very slowly).
I’ve noticed that the generally offered abrupt withdrawal (option) from Depot Medication usually ends up badly, but I think this is because the person hasn’t been given a decent chance. So I think that what Psychiatrists describe as ‘Genuine Schizophrenia’ is more a bit of a ‘Lottery’.
Thank You Dr Florence,
“…Without a self-articulated framework, those deemed “mad” will remain subject to the symbolic and material violence of experts…” – Violence / Torture.
If every “Severely And Enduringly Mentally Ill” person can completely recover through non drug (/non physical) means as I was assured by a Clinical Psychologist in Ireland in1983, and as the British Psychological Society (to a large extent) supports – then I wonder why so many Qualified Psychologists appear to behave as if they accept differently?
theloniusmonk,
LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY OR AKATHISIA
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/damages-for-man-whose-wife-drove-off-galway-pier-1.1131888
“…Mr Nugent said Mrs Palmer was admitted to a psychiatric unit at the hospital under the care of Prof Fahy. She was kept there for a week. To the consternation of her husband, her own family and her friends who contacted the hospital, she was released. ..”
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/last-minutes-of-a-woman-tormented-1.1131911
“…”This is hell”, nine times over. “A disgusting waste of two beautiful girls – two human beings” on the reverse. These were among the last words written by Mrs Catherine Palmer, jotted on a note found in her trouser pocket by Garda Michael Harte after her death…”
POLICY OF SUPPRESSION OF AKATHISIA
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18EilU4iOzu3MlTHsq6HtgBFKWk2jAyt5/view?usp=drivesdk
I notice the people that do genuinely recover tend to recover independently, of the Very Expensive UK Mental Health System. In other areas of Medical Achievement the NHS is considered to be maybe the best in the world.
Thank you Sarah, your writing is very easy to read and register. It seems that the result, of whats on offer from Psychiatry by way of help, is equivalent to some type of industrial disaster.
I notice the UK seems to be making consistent Human Rights Progress (Directly Questioning Fixed Beliefs with Scientific Evidence):-
https://connect.springerpub.com/content/sgrehpp/21/2/64
BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
https://www.bps.org.uk/what-psychology/understanding-psychosis-and-schizophrenia
“…Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia. The problems we think of as ‘psychosis’ – hearing voices, believing things that others find strange, or appearing out of touch with reality – can be understood in the same way as other psychological problems such as anxiety or shyness…”
M I N D
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/antipsychotics/alternatives-to-antipsychotics/
“…What if I don’t want to take medication?
Many psychiatrists believe that severe mental health problems like schizophrenia must be treated with medication, but if you don’t want to take antipsychotics, there are alternative treatments you can try. You may find it’s possible to manage your symptoms, or to make a full recovery, without medication. This page covers:
Talking treatments
Arts therapies
Ecotherapy
Complementary and alternative therapies
Peer support groups
Healthy lifestyle changes…”
RUFUS MAY: Living Mindfully With Voices
https://youtu.be/hNp-7DT2u8E
OPEN DIALOGUE UK
https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/dialoguefirst-whatisopendialogue/
“…For example, 72 per cent of those with first episode psychosis treated via an Open Dialogue approach returned to work or study within two years, despite significantly lower rates of medication and hospitalisation compared to treatment as usual…”
theloniusmonk,
I came off my Modecate Depot Injection (with permission), because of its disabling side effects in late 1983, and ended up in hospital fairly quickly afterwards. I was put back on an increased dosage of Modecate while in hospital – and I experienced an Akathisia induced suicide attempt in early 1984.
I then tried to come off the Modecate Injection again, but I couldn’t, so I asked my doctors for a medication with less side effects. Another medication Depixol Depot Injection was recommended – but after taking the Depixol injection I became suicidal (with Akathisia) and I had to fight my way back into hospital (where I stayed for less than 2 days).
I then asked doctors to prescribe me an Oral “medication” which they did, but I found I also suffered from “Drug Withdrawal High Anxiety”. This “High Anxiety” could have driven me MAD, had I not learnt how to deal with it.
I was able to function with the Oral medication and as my ability to deal with my “High Anxiety” improved, I was able to cut the Oral Medication down very gradually, to eventually nothing.
Doctor David Healy was around during my “Drug Withdrawal” at Galway Ireland Regional Hospital 1983/1984, and I visited him with my notes, in Wales in 2018. Dr Healy provided me with a letter stating that he was confident that I had never suffered from Severe Mental Illness to begin with, and that it was likely that the treatment had been the problem.
But, if I hadn’t learnt how to overcome my ” Drug Induced High Anxiety” through Psychological Means, I’m sure I wouldn’t have been in a position to challenge any “Diagnosis” – I would more than likely have been DEAD.
https://www.bps.org.uk/what-psychology/understanding-psychosis-and-schizophrenia
“…Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia. The problems we think of as ‘psychosis’ – hearing voices, believing things that others find strange, or appearing out of touch with reality – can be understood in the same way as other psychological problems such as anxiety or shyness…”
Thank you Sam.
EMOTION AND THE DIGITAL AGE
Thanks Professor Ian Tucker and Dr Tim Beck for the great Article.
I was reading about Jack Dorsey CEO of ‘Twitter’ and ‘Square’ and how he lives.
He walks five miles to work several days a week.
He only eats one meal per day during the week (usually chicken and vegetables or salad), and doesn’t eat at all on Saturday.
He does 2 hours Vipassana Meditation every day, and for his holiday he went to a 10 day, all day meditation retreat.
He’s one of the richest people in America but his main enjoyments could probably be practised by anyone.
(He has a very nice house also, I believe, and he might date supermodels).
In a tribal society a creative person can have value especially when the tribe is under pressure, but in an industrial society people that don’t conform are an “excess to requirements”. “Schizophrenia” was invented around the same time as the industrial revolution.
There were lots of other things around prior to the industrial revolution, but no “schizophrenia”. Once the medications arrived – the job was done. The “schizophrenics” could be “switched off”.
Neuroleptics AKA “Antipsychotics” (according to my verifiable experience) CAUSE the Symptoms associated with “those at Risk of Psychosis”, they do not alleviate them.
I felt okay not taking “antipsychotics” to begin with. But when I attempted to come off them some years later (abruptly, with permission), I had 4 hospitalizations in 5 months a suicide attempt and an almost suicide.
It took me 6 years to carefully withdraw from a dosage suitable for “schizophrenia”. But I wouldn’t have made it, if I had not come to the realization that I was suffering from the “High Anxiety” of “antipsychotic drug withdrawal”.
I had never previously experienced anything like this Anxiety. My exposure to these drugs could have driven me MAD.
To cope with the High Anxiety of Neuroleptic drug Withdrawal, I had to learn to sit with “acutely uncomfortable feelings”, and to “stay out of my head” at the same time. When I “balanced off” my thinking would return to a “hypothetical level”, which was always safe for me.
I Recovered as a result of stopping Neuroleptic / Psychotogenic Drugs.
Thanks Megan,
Brilliant article, and well worth reading.
I can identify with the predicament.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40495539
“….Statistics suggest a black man in the UK is 17 times more likely than a white man to be diagnosed with a serious mental health condition such as schizophrenia or bipolar…”
John Weir Perry, Stan Groff, David Lukoff, Richard Bentall, Sinead Gallagher.
https://www.bps.org.uk/what-psychology/understanding-psychosis-and-schizophrenia
“….The problems we think of as ‘psychosis’ – hearing voices, believing things that others find strange, or appearing out of touch with reality – can be understood in the same way as other psychological problems such as anxiety or shyness…”
Someone Else,
“….How an industry can claim to “know everything about the meds,” yet…”
You’ve hit the nail on the head!
The situation is Ridiculous!
Thanks Sam.
Some people claim that “Antidepressants are prescribed like sweets”. But taking these Drugs can have long term affects:-
APPLYING TO JOIN THE ESSEX POLICE
QUESTION
I am taking antidepressants for depression. My depression is really well controlled. Would this affect my application?
ANSWER
Each decision is made after a careful consideration of the facts. The severity of the condition is reflected by the type of antidepressant, its strength and the duration of treatment in addition to many other factors.
We would also consider the 2004 Home Office guidance which generally advises against accepting recruits whilst they are still being treated with antidepressants and for a period after stopping them. We recognise that this is guidance but guidance holds a particular status in law.
The main goal of the assessment is to determine your mental resilience and the probability of further episodes of impaired mental health. Police work is like no other and good mental resilience and emotional stability are paramount.
“…This was so clear that the US FDA demanded that a black box warning be put onto the label…”
These drugs can also cause Homicide:- The Characteristics of Akathisia induced Behaviour are:-
1. The Behaviour follows the stopping starting or changing of a “Psychiatric Medication”
2. The Behaviour is Extreme
3.The Behaviour is out of Character
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dublin-child-deaths-andrew-mcginley-deirdre-morley-found-dead-a9307746.html
https://www.thejournal.ie/alan-hawe-exhumed-3381862-May2017
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/mayo-father-suspected-of-killing-wife-attacking-son-then-taking-own-life-35191796.html
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/son-has-no-memory-of-murder-suicide-that-killed-parents-36338933.html
What Neuroleptic drugs do is create conditions of “Indifference”. So a person is not worried about what’s on their minds, or anything else.
Buddhist Psychology/Philosophy encourages a state of “Equanamity” where a person is aware of their circumstances but accepting of them. From this position problems are not too difficult to deal with.
Dr Robin Murray towards the end of his career also acknowledged the existence of “Neuroleptic Withdrawal Syndrome”. This condition is IMO, what holds people in “Long Term Severe Mental Illness”.
The Black Psychiatrists and MH Workers In my Opinion are likely to do as much damage as the White Psychiatrists and MH Workers.
https://youtu.be/bKxhclFU0Lc
There’s nothing also to say that a Qualified Doctor, is any better than a Library Assistant at helping a person get through Emotional Distress.
BBC News – UK imposes sanctions against human rights abusers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53303100
We already know that Neuroleptics like Olanzapine shrink the Brain:
https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/antipsychotics-and-shrinking-brain
We know that Neuroleptics cause Suicide and Homicide:
https://insights.ovid.com/clinical-psychopharmacology/jcps/1983/08/000/suicide-associated-akathisia-depot-fluphenazine/6/00004714
https://rxisk.org/akathisia/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akathisia
We know we have Non Drug solutions:
https://www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journals/therapy-today/2019/february-2019/who-needs-a-diagnosis/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01675/full
https://theawarenesscentre.com/introduction-to-psychosis/
https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=open+dialogue+schizophrenia&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart#d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3DtoeFJCtwkDoJ
Thanks Sinéad,
Your experience must have been full of great suffering but as a Psychologist you’ve gone through the eye of the needle and come out the other side. How many so called experts can claim this?
I’m a bit of a fan of Eckhart Tolles myself. Though, I’m still trying to see exactly what he’s got.
I hope to come across more of you on Mad in America!
The UK seems to be one of the countries that’s consistently making advances in “Mental Health”.
I doubt my heart would be functioning on 1000mg per day!
Jill, I was prescribed 25mg of Seroquel per day and I was taking about 6 mg of Seroquel per day (I used to bite it in 4). When I stopped the Seroquel I still had years of unsuccessful sleeping.
6mg Seroquel taken 10 minutes before I went to bed, used to knock me out.
Well done Angela. And thank you for telling us about it.
Klonopin sounds like a good drug to start off with – to drive a person MAD.
https://newrepublic.com/article/156829/happened-jordan-peterson
I was given permission to come off my meds abruptly, and I didn’t last long. But it worked when I slowly tapered over many years. I also found workable answers for my ‘High Anxiety’ within Psychology and Self Help.
And thank you also James!
Psychiatric Care Fails to Address High Suicide Rates of Native Alaskans. Psychiatric care as I understand it might make matters worse.
Thank You Jill, it really is Snakes And Ladders.
Psychiatric Abuse goes hand in hand with Diagnosis, and this is why (in my opinion), “Schizophrenia” should be internationally outlawed.
There’s been a mass chemical Killing of people labelled with “Schizophrenia” by Psychiatry in the past 60 years that would equal a tiny fraction of the “mercy killings genocide” which took place in parts of Europe in the 1930s.
SCIENTIFICALLY
“Anti Psychotic” Drugs cause Suicide and Homicide (Akathisia), Disability, Ill Health and Early Death.
“Akathisia Suicides” are ‘philosophically’ covered up through a Policy of Psychiatric Corruption and Self Interest, and “Akathisia Violence” is blamed on the “Patient”.
Coming off “Antipsychotic” Drugs responsibly can lead to Full Recovery. A Fact that has been demonstrated many times on this Website.
“Anti Psychotic” Drugs can also cause “Schizophrenia” in the Misdiagnosed – Black People are NOT 9 times more likely to develop “Schizophrenia”:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2418996/
“…In 2006, ÆSOP reported a ninefold increase in the risk of developing schizophrenia in black Caribbeans when compared with the white British population..”
I’ve been on these drugs myself. I was disabled while I took them, and I found it extremely difficult to come off them.
I notice that most people that genuinely Recover as a result of stopping “medication” Recover in similar ways.
A problem I can see with the “Hearing Voices Network” in London is that they only seem to have meetings “during normal working hours”, whereas most Peer Groups have meetings outside of normal working hours.
Most people are unlikely to be available between 9am and 6pm to attend a London HVN Meeting, so the potential for people to gain or to contribute is very limited.
Thank You Madison Natarajan,
I appreciate your inverted comma treatment of ‘Psychosis’.
I noticed this on the MIND WEBSITE:-
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/antipsychotics/alternatives-to-antipsychotics/
“..What if I don’t want to take medication?
Many psychiatrists believe that severe mental health problems like schizophrenia must be treated with medication, but if you don’t want to take antipsychotics, there are alternative treatments you can try.
You may find it’s possible to manage your symptoms, or to make a full recovery, without medication. This page covers:
Talking treatments
Arts therapies
Ecotherapy
Complementary and alternative therapies
Peer support groups
Healthy lifestyle changes…”
Thank You Linda,
I’m very sorry for your loss.
I’m glad you got out, and wrote constructively about the misery. Your book will help others.
Nobody gets much better in the Psychiatric system as far as I can see. I know I didn’t.
Thanks Dr Ana,
I wonder if the GP prescribers know anything about AKATHISIA?
I would describe the people in the Study not as “Psychotic” but maybe with distress.
Two of the most exclusive eye hospitals in the world The Western Eye Hospital and Moorefields Eye Hospital are based at London in the UK.
When I attended both of these NHS Eye Hospitals with eye problems and mentioned, that Psychotropic drugs I had consumed in the early 1980s had affected my eyesight, doctors at both of these hospitals kept what I said off my Records and entered negative Mental Health entries instead.
At Moorefields Eye Hospital the Consultant himself recorded “takes Seroquel for his Psychiatric Problems” into my Notes. Whereas my prescription of Seroquel at 25 mg per day – would NOT have been suitable for any “Psychiatric Problem” whatsoever. Seroquel at 25mg per day is only used for Off Label Purposes.
The Consultants casual approach might reasonably predict the actual standard of medical care available to a person “with Psychiatric Problems” in some Nhs medical facilities in the UK.
I came off neuroleptics with basic Psychotherapy but “people” can “Fu*k Off” with the term “Psychosis”.
But this is Very Good News!
Neuroleptics are not needed as Mad in America has continually maintained, and we’re getting to a point where “Schizophrenia” doesn’t exist.
I think the term “Psychotic” is widely misused. If a person can benefit from communication then surely they are not “Psychotic”.
IMO the answers to Depression and Anxiety, were ‘invented’ in India, and are available more or less for free. And we are very grateful in the West to be able to access them.
https://youtu.be/b5qmbEt3Dyg
Thank you Liam,
I support and admire Kerry O’Malley.
You describe nasty and vindictive behaviour from the Psychiatric Authorities against a senior citizen. Its like the entire system is corruptly stacked against a “target”. If Kerry survives it proves “them” wrong.
I can’t agree either, with the notion that psychiatric drugs make people safer. It’s well established that psychiatric drugs can cause Suicide and Homicide; and shorten life expectancy considerably.
The LINK below represents how a ‘humane helping hand’ can have an extremely successful outcome:-
https://www.madinamerica.com/2020/05/do-antipsychotics-protect-against-early-death-a-review-of-the-evidence/#comment-171623
Thank you again for presenting this Article.
Fair play to the Australian Health Minister for supporting an ‘open minded’ investigation into the increase in Suicide among young Australians.
Death
On 14 June 2020, Rajput, aged 34, was found dead hanging from the ceiling fan in his home in Bandra, Mumbai.[67] He had reportedly been suffering from depression for about six months. No suicide note has been found as of 15 June 2020.[68] According to Mumbai Police IPS officer Vinay Chaubey, medical prescriptions and medical reports were found in Sushant’s room and an investigation is underway.[69][70]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushant_Singh_Rajput
Sam,
It’s Dr Shipman type behaviour:-
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Shipman
He also explains things in simple English.
“…One policy conclusion that could be drawn from this study is that the attempt to use drugs to make mental patients less dangerous is the obverse of what is needed. ..” – Completely true again.
Psychiatric medications (usually taken for “work stress”) can cause Suicide Violence and Homicide in people with no underlying “mental illness” or violent tendencies.
Completely true. Jails are not full of violent “schizophrenics”, they are full of people that attack other people when they are drunk.
Thank You Noel,
https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2014/oct/28/tackle-mental-health-inequality-black-people
“..Black men in Britain are 17 times more likely than white counterparts to be diagnosed with a psychotic illness…”
“..Early death, by up to 25 years, is frequently found to be associated with long-term use of neuroleptics/tranquilizers (euphemistically called “anti-psychotics)…”
Drug induced Suicide (Akathisia) in the first few years after Diagnosis contributes also to the early death figure. Below is a LINK concerning my own experience, demonstrating Psychiatrists being prepared to set up situations whereby complainants can be killed:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vYO9r1FkdJSv8Bi8Q3c3u9WXNZXkmxvO/view?usp=drivesdk
I can only presume “this Practice” to be “Common Medical Practice”.
Thank You Ashley,
Psychiatric Drug induced Suicide, Homicide and Violence tend to be closely related. Society would be a lot safer without “antidepressants”.
Sam
When they present studies concerning “antidepressants” and recovery rates and scientific percentages I think they’re “waffling”.
“Antidepressants” have never established themselves as having any value in terms of effectiveness.
In my opinion the Epidemic in Irish Suicide and Familicide can be directly traced to the commonplace use of Psychiatric Drugs in the “normal population”.
BBC News – US Supreme Court backs protection for LGBT workers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53055632
“..An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex,” he wrote…”
Society is full of potentially gratuitously dangerous people without “Mental Illness”. Whats so special about the “Mentally Ill”?
I’m sure it’s possible to improve life without taking a moral perspective!
.
“Anosgonosia” reminds me of a “neologism” and if you put this along with thinking cats have “schizophrenia” then E Fuller Torrey is definitely “schizophrenic”.
Thank You, John and Irving and James
You are part of a group of ethical professionals and activists that are patiently and successfully turning the tables on very bad behaviour in “Mental Health”. The results of this in my opinion, can be clearly seen in the UK.
“…In reviewing the studies it was sometimes the case that only the treating psychiatrist was rating the effectiveness of the procedure, not the patient…”
– Which in the case of electric shock would be fairly “useless”.
As regards “symptoms”; if a person is okay with a “symptom”, and it doesn’t affect anyone else; is there anything “wrong” with the symptom?
Dear Sera, thank you for writing this.
Its true that none of us are saints, some of us get away with our misdeeds, and some of us get sent to jail.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/11/overkill-atul-gawande
“…Virtually every family in the country, the research indicates, has been subject to overtesting and overtreatment in one form or another. The costs appear to take thousands of dollars out of the paychecks of every household each year. …”
Thanks Will and Faith,
As usual this is a very well written Article.
I remember (reading) from your own experience Will, that you were incarcerated as a ‘seriously unwell’ person until the insurance money ran out, and then you were “released”.
According to this Research
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16507962/
a ‘schizophrenic’ is 20 times more likely to be extremely distressed as a result of taking psychiatric drugs than never haven taken them at all.
Lifetime Suicide Rates in Treated Schizophrenia: 1875-1924 and 1994-1998 Cohorts Compared
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16507962/
Results: The suicide rate in schizophrenia between 1875 and 1924 was 20 per 100 000 hospital years, a lifetime rate of less than 0.5%. The suicide rate for all psychoses was 16 per 100 000 hospital years. Current rates of suicide for schizophrenia and other psychoses appear 20-fold higher.
(‘Schizophrenics’ that don’t ever take medication are 20 times less likely to Kill themselves Or other people).
In the UK ‘Severe Mental Illness’ Diagnosis of Black People is supposed to be at least 10 times that for White People. This difference is what I’d be wondering about as regards ‘black suicidality’ in the USA, as I know from my own observation and personal experience that Psychiatric drugs can cause ‘irresistible’ suicide.
Dr Richard,
Against Psychiatric Treatments
I don’t see it as a question of “Either/Or”, as most people that consume strong psychiatric drugs are likely to remain longterm psychiatrically disabled (costing the country about £75,000 per person per year or about £3 million per person, in the course of their lives, if they live long enough).
In the past 36 years I have cost the Irish/Uk taxpayer nothing in Mental health terms – as a result of carefully leaving psychiatry.
If “basic psychotherapy” works with “neuroleptic withdrawal syndrome”, I don’t see why it wouldn’t work with “original problems”.
SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS FRAUD “LICENCE TO KILL”
From: [My Email Address – Removed]
To: Medical Newton (NHS CENTRAL LONDON (WESTMINSTER) CCG)
Sent: Friday, 16 November 2018, 00:42:07 GMT
Subject: Att. All Partners and Dr Baluch
Dear Sirs/(Madams)
In your Letter dated October 17 2018 – you seriously misrepresent me.
TRUST
My trust in Newton Medical was broken in October of 2012 when (to my horror) I discovered my name had been on a Severe Mental Illness Register since 2002. At this time (2002) I had been working as a Building Subcontractor in the **House of Parliament Buildings (and can substantiate this).
OCTOBER 8 2018 VISIT TO NEWTON MEDICAL. REGARDING HEALTH AND SAFETY ON BUILDING SITES
On October 8 2018 I explained (and showed ) to the Reception Manager and to Dr Baluch at Newton Medical, that at my last appointment on **July 20 2016 Dr Simons had given me in writing a sheet of paper from the Appointment Notes stating that – “he could see no reason that I could NOT work on a Building Site” . While at the same time Dr Simons had provided me with another sheet of paper from a “Legal Adviser” (July 20 2016)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s-mEHH5pLC5EzWpxjnOLKcylQOTJ-Kvw/view?usp=drivesdk
(which made reference to the historical 1986 Irish Record Summary) but also at the the bottom of the page stated – that I had a “Diagnosis of Schizophrenia…” and “had NOT DISPUTED this diagnosis..”.
I explained on October 8 2018 that I had shown and discussed both of these contradictory statements received in July 20 2016 with a Building Health and Safety Officer who advised me to get this contradictory situation resolved – as the medical suggestions could undermine my credibility, and could affect me in the event of an accident on a Building Site.
I have not suffered any disability in my 30 years in the UK; but Medical Claims of Present day Severe Mental Illness are invalidating. I presumed Newton Medical (promoting the disability) to be the first place to approach – this is why I called to the Surgery on October 8 2018.
DISTRESS
When I clearly demonstrated the Malpractice properties of the 1986 Irish Record Summary to Dr Simons in two interviews in October/November 2012 – at the end of both of these interviews Dr Simons shirt was completely saturated and sticking to his body (he was genuinely traumatised).
But, there is no mention anywhere on my records of this Malpractice.
MY BACKGROUND
I made Full Recovery in 1984 as a Result of carefully tapering from the Modecate Depot Injection with the help of Practical Psychotherapy – and returned to normal life and independence.
Recovered 1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PW-wn9GOkiyWAbdzgXuC8cDS-7UPEj0-/view?usp=drivesdk
Recovered 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19xYpA4O4h9h45b_H2PtSBTNFx3ErE-MK/view?usp=drivesdk
Adverse Drug Reaction Warning Request Letter sent to Galway Nov. 8 1986
ADR Request ltr Pg 1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBAZlVTbHdBRDFFSHc/view?usp=drivesdk
ADR Request ltr Pg 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBAZ0otNjFyN0NJajA/view?usp=drivesdk
ADR Request Ltr Pg 3
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBAcExwMzhEMVRzdm8/view?usp=drivesdk
MALPRACTICE:
The Irish Record Summary dated November 24 1986 was Sent To UK In Response:- but WITHOUT Requested ADR WARNING
Irish Record Summary Pg 1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBATlNoNTlpYy11X28/view?usp=drivesdk
Irish Record Summary Pg 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBAMmlqS18xQVZlcms/view?usp=drivesdk
Wellness Presentation at Galway in November 1980, according to Dr Fadel
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBANjBTZEtkbjBhMkU/view?usp=drivesdk
Dr Donlon Kenny False Reasurrance Letter November 1986
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBAeUFLam5rYmtXd3c/view?usp=drivesdk
AKATHISIA.
Near Fatal Modecate Experience 1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EY4XDLt04KgmCjg_5wXU-kbVezo_DxL4/view?usp=drivesdk
Near Fatal Modecate Experience Pg 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YTWxPJTtNeTDM9eewkHoSUJr0WpBpu4b/view?usp=drivesdk
Dr Allen Frances (DSM IV) 1983 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/16313058_Suicide_Associated_with_Akathisia_and_Depot_Fluphenazine_Treatment
https://rxisk.org/akathisia/
“…Significant symptoms of akathisia occur in:
around 20% of people on an antidepressant.
at least 50% of people on an antipsychotic. On higher doses, this rises to 80% or more..”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akathisia
“..Around half of people on antipsychotics develop the condition…”
“…..Neuro-psychologist Dennis Staker had drug-induced akathisia for two days. His description of his experience was this:
“..It was the worst feeling I have ever had in my entire life. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy…” ”
Drug induced Akathisia is medically acknowledged to cause suicide.
“Depot Antipsychotic Revisited Research Paper 1998” From Galway Psychiatrist Dr PA Carney.
https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ps.49.10.1361-b.
About 4 out of 10 of the people on these drugs will attempt Suicide.
I notice that both Dr Simon Gordon and Dr Balucha are on the GP Commissioning Governing Board.
Yours Sincerely
[My Name – Removed]
**[July 20 2016 Dr Appointment
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18TeVVBAWA2yV0_J2fQ6wpOcZIsGBrOnz/view?usp=drivesdk
2003 Hse of Parliament Subcontractor ID Card
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dIKVdMN5g0GzwfU_6iUKfudLSuKjmwf0/view?usp=drivesdk%5D
Dr Bentall
I see you sampled a “medical miracle” some years ago, and that it drove you MAD.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10565099
I sampled a lot more than you, it drove me MAD as well and seriously physically and mentally disabled me.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/101EsIwUNkE85-cDy2EyraYtYH0r7sPXp/view?usp=drivesdk
I attempted to come off strong drugs in 1983 but when I did, my brain was completely broken, and I didn’t last long. I managed on my third attempt in 1984 though, with a careful drug taper; and through a similar ‘psychotherepeutic process’ – as described in “The Untethered Soul” by Michael Singer and “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle.
Dr David Healy did not administer the Haloperidol I consumed in 1980/81, but he was around at Galway in 1984 when I moved towards independance.
Dr Healy provided me with a professional Letter at Bangor, Wales in 2018 stating that he was confident I had never originally suffered from “Severe Mental Illness”. This was exactly what the Irish Priest I had visited in Central London in 1980 had also maintained.
What Happened to Me?
I spent the Summer of 1980 in Amsterdam but there is no mention of this on the English side of my Medical Records ¿¿¿
In 1986 Pharmacology Professor at Galway University Brian Leonard was President of the British Association of Psychopharmacologists.¿¿,
In 1985 my Psychiatrist at Galway, Dr PA Carney was on the examining board of the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists.¿¿
(If a person can recover from ‘Schizophrenia’ with basic Psychotherapy then this would be the way forward).
In my opinion there is no such thing as “Schizophrenia”. The reason I was able to come off strong psychiatric drugs (and recover) was because I was able to find a way to deal with my Neuroleptic Drug Withdrawal Anxiety.
Prior to coming off strong Psychiatric drugs I was diagnosed as ‘the worst schizophrenic in Ireland’.
PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS CAUSING “ILLNESS”
https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2014/oct/28/tackle-mental-health-inequality-black-people
CLAIM
“..Black men in Britain are 17 times more likely than white counterparts to be diagnosed with a psychotic illness…”
NONSENSE
Black Men are NOT 17 times more likely to suffer from Genuine “Psychosis” as white men, but once they enter the psychiatric system they are as likely as anyone else to remain “PSYCHIATRIC”.
“Schizophrenia” is either a life long chronic disease or it’s not. A person with a diagnosis of “Schizophrenia” either remains long-term chronically mentally ill or they don’t.
Psychiatric drugs In my experience are disabling to the extent that a person cannot function normally when they take them, and psychiatric drugs also have withdrawal syndromes which can make it almost impossible for a person to stop taking them.
I think the fact that doctors are not aware of the overall problems with psychiatric drug treatment and dependency and long term outcomes, indicates how poor the standard of “Mental Health medicine” is.
Please help,
I attended a Maudsley debate where Dr John Read debated, alongside a very genuine Lady doctor who had been seriously damaged by ECT. I believe she attested that she did make a recovery through psychological means. But I don’t remember this Lady’s name off hand.
“…the only danger is a slightly higher risk of suicide when people first start taking it, because they feel so much better…”
I’ve heard this before – its just clever talk!
(I have never attempted suicide OFF medication).
Hi Marcello,
The thing about the Recovery movement is that the people have really hard times and they can all completely Recover (no matter how crazy they are).
All the people in “Normal People” are Normal but they could all be “Diagnosed”.
https://youtu.be/HBsuJGyoCrQ
https://youtu.be/4_2TARYSd2o
It’s the ghost of Dr Shipman.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Shipman
And Fact No 15
https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2014/oct/28/tackle-mental-health-inequality-black-people
“..Black men in Britain are 17 times more likely than white counterparts to be diagnosed with a psychotic illness…”
Which speaks for itself.
How About Fact No 14
Psychiatry administers physical treatments that “work” through completely disabling an individual; rather than offering non physical treatments, that are proven to completely recover an individual.
Berzerk
I think at this stage the GP s are mostly ‘bought and sold’. They might be aware that anti depressants are “trouble” but they mightn’t consider themselves to be in much of a position to do anything about the situation.
“…For Evan, my take is his parents’ and the larger Durst family’s refusal to discuss the probable murder of his beloved Aunt Kathie by his uncle caused analogous problems for Evan…”
How would any reasonable child cope with the “normalisation” of “family member murder”?
Thank you Peter, it’s only determined effort that has brought the fatal dangers of these drugs to the surface.
“…2.5 times as likely to attempt suicide ..” this is not a good advert for antidepressants.
Thank you for this worthwhile article, Francesca.
Its nice to see you back on Mad In America.
You make a lot of sense.
I can identify with the drug disability you describe, this is most peoples main problem.
It took me 6 years to cut from 25mg per month of Fluphenazine LAI injection (suitable for Schizophrenia), to 25mg per day of Thoradazine (suitable for Hiccoughs).
Thank you for presenting this, Jim.
Its amazing what groups of people and institutions can do, and get away with.
SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS FRAUD – AS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE
RESPONSE TO GP DELISTING LETTER:
From: [Name Removed]
To: Medical Newton (NHS CENTRAL LONDON (WESTMINSTER) CCG)
Sent: Friday, 16 November 2018, 00:42:07 GMT
Subject: Att. All Partners and Dr Baluch
Dear Sirs/(Madams)
In your Letter dated October 17 2018 – you seriously misrepresent me.
TRUST
My trust in Newton Medical was broken in October of 2012 when (to my horror) I discovered my name had been on a Severe Mental Illness Register since 2002. At this time (2002) I had been working as a Building Subcontractor in the House of Parliament Buildings (and can substantiate this).
OCTOBER 8 2018 VISIT TO NEWTON MEDICAL. REGARDING HEALTH AND SAFETY ON BUILDING SITES
On October 8 2018 I explained (and showed ) to the Reception Manager and to Dr Baluch at Newton Medical, that at my last appointment on July 20 2016 Dr Simons had given me in writing a sheet of paper from the Appointment Notes stating that – “he could see no reason that I could NOT work on a Building Site” . While at the same time Dr Simons had provided me with another sheet of paper from a “Legal Adviser” (July 20 2016)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s-mEHH5pLC5EzWpxjnOLKcylQOTJ-Kvw/view?usp=drivesdk
(which made reference to the historical 1986 Irish Record Summary) but also at the the bottom of the page stated – that I had a “Diagnosis of Schizophrenia…” and “had NOT DISPUTED this diagnosis..”.
I explained on October 8 2018 that I had shown and discussed both of these contradictory statements received in July 20 2016 with a Building Health and Safety Officer who advised me to get this contradictory situation resolved – as the medical suggestions could undermine my credibility, and could affect me in the event of an accident on a Building Site.
I have not suffered any disability in my 30 years in the UK; but Medical Claims of Present day Severe Mental Illness are invalidating. I presumed Newton Medical (promoting the disability) to be the first place to approach – this is why I called to the Surgery on October 8 2018.
DISTRESS
When I clearly demonstrated the Malpractice properties of the 1986 Irish Record Summary to Dr Simons in two interviews in October/November 2012 – at the end of both of these interviews Dr Simons shirt was completely saturated and sticking to his body (he was genuinely traumatised).
But, there is no mention anywhere on my records of this Malpractice.
MY BACKGROUND
I made Full Recovery in 1984 as a Result of carefully tapering from the Modecate Depot Injection with the help of Practical Psychotherapy – and returned to normal life and independence.
Recovered 1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PW-wn9GOkiyWAbdzgXuC8cDS-7UPEj0-/view?usp=drivesdk
Recovered 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19xYpA4O4h9h45b_H2PtSBTNFx3ErE-MK/view?usp=drivesdk
Adverse Drug Reaction Warning Request Letter sent to Galway Nov. 8 1986
ADR Request ltr Pg 1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBAZlVTbHdBRDFFSHc/view?usp=drivesdk
ADR Request ltr Pg 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBAZ0otNjFyN0NJajA/view?usp=drivesdk
ADR Request Ltr Pg 3
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBAcExwMzhEMVRzdm8/view?usp=drivesdk
MALPRACTICE:
The Irish Record Summary dated November 24 1986 was Sent To UK In Response:- but WITHOUT Requested ADR WARNING
Irish Record Summary Pg 1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBATlNoNTlpYy11X28/view?usp=drivesdk
Irish Record Summary Pg 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBAMmlqS18xQVZlcms/view?usp=drivesdk
Wellness Presentation at Galway in November 1980, according to Dr Fadel https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBANjBTZEtkbjBhMkU/view?usp=drivesdk
Dr Donlon Kenny False Reasurrance Letter November 1986
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0zhbh8V4MBAeUFLam5rYmtXd3c/view?usp=drivesdk
AKATHISIA.
Near Fatal Modecate Experience 1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EY4XDLt04KgmCjg_5wXU-kbVezo_DxL4/view?usp=drivesdk
Near Fatal Modecate Experience Pg 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YTWxPJTtNeTDM9eewkHoSUJr0WpBpu4b/view?usp=drivesdk
Dr Allen Frances (DSM IV) 1983 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/16313058_Suicide_Associated_with_Akathisia_and_Depot_Fluphenazine_Treatment
https://rxisk.org/akathisia/
“…Significant symptoms of akathisia occur in:
around 20% of people on an antidepressant.
at least 50% of people on an antipsychotic. On higher doses, this rises to 80% or more..”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akathisia
“..Around half of people on antipsychotics develop the condition…”
“…..Neuro-psychologist Dennis Staker had drug-induced akathisia for two days. His description of his experience was this:
“..It was the worst feeling I have ever had in my entire life. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy…” ”
Drug induced Akathisia is medically acknowledged to cause suicide.
“Depot Antipsychotic Revisited Research Paper 1998” From Galway Psychiatrist Dr PA Carney.
https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ps.49.10.1361-b.
About 4 out of 10 of the people on these drugs will attempt Suicide.
I notice that both Dr Simon Gordon and Dr Balucha are on the GP Commissioning Governing Board.
Yours Sincerely
[Name Removed]
Hi Jon, Great Article!
What about number 13.
13. Psychiatric Drug Treatments cause the Mental Illness that they are supposed to Cure:
https://matanuskaforensicscience.com/the-curious-incident-of-the-neuroleptic-prescription/
“…To compound neuroleptics’ ‘sledgehammer’ approach, neurons are very adept at growing new receptors to compensate for those that are blocked. Psychotic symptoms then rebound with a vengeance. …”
BUT
this Approach from Eckhart Tolle in dealing with the Pain Body, might sound crazy, but actually works (with practice):
https://www.newworldlibrary.com/Blog/tabid/767/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/438/DISSOLVING-THE-PAIN-BODY-An-excerpt-from-THE-POWER-OF-NOW-by-Eckhart-Tolle.aspx#.XtAefB7TUwA
“…This accumulated pain is a negative energy field that occupies your body and mind. If you look on it as an invisible entity in its own right, you are getting
and accidents are often created in this way. Some pain-bodies drive their hosts to suicide.
When you thought you knew a person and then you are suddenly confronted with this alien, nasty creature for the first time, you are in for quite a shock. However, it’s more important to observe it in yourself than in someone else. Watch out for any sign of unhappiness in yourself, in whatever form — it may be the awakening pain-body. This can take the form of irritation, impatience, a somber mood, a desire to hurt, anger, rage, depression, a need to have some drama in your relationship, and so on. Catch it the moment it awakens from its dormant state.
The pain-body wants to survive, just like every other entity in existence, and it can only survive if it gets you to unconsciously identify with it. It can then rise up, take you over, “become you,” and live through you. It needs to get its “food” through you. It will feed on any experience that resonates with its own kind of energy, anything that creates further pain in whatever form: anger, destructiveness, hatred, grief, emotional drama, violence, and even illness. So the pain-body, when it has taken you over, will create a situation in your life that reflects back its own energy frequency for it to feed on. Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible.
Once the pain-body has taken you over, you want more pain. You become a victim or a perpetrator. You want to inflict pain, or you want to suffer pain, or both. There isn’t really much difference between the two. You are not conscious of this, of course, and will vehemently claim that you do not want pain. But look closely and you will find that your thinking and behavior are designed to keep the pain going, for yourself and others. If you were truly conscious of it, the pattern would dissolve, for to want more pain is insanity, and nobody is consciously insane.
The pain-body, which is the dark shadow cast by the ego, is actually afraid of the light of your consciousness. It is afraid of being found out. Its survival depends on your unconscious identification with it, as well as on your unconscious fear of facing the pain that lives in you. But if you don’t face it, if you don’t bring the light of your consciousness into the pain, you will be forced to relive it again and again. The pain-body may seem to you like a dangerous monster that you cannot bear to look at, but I assure you that it is an insubstantial phantom that cannot prevail against the power of your presence.
Some spiritual teachings state that all pain is ultimately an illusion, and this is true. The question is: Is it true for you? A mere belief doesn’t make it true. Do you want to experience pain for the rest of your life and keep saying that it is an illusion? Does that free you from the pain? What we are concerned with here is how you can realize this truth — that is, make it real in your own experience.
So the pain-body doesn’t want you to observe it directly and see it for what it is. The moment you observe it, feel its energy field within you, and take your attention into it, the identification is broken. A higher dimension of consciousness has come in. I call it presence. You are now the witness or the watcher of the pain-body. This means that it cannot use you anymore by pretending to be you, and it can no longer replenish itself through you. You have found your own innermost strength. You have accessed the power of Now. …”
The fact that “Antidepressants” can cause suicide is a bit like – a “sick joke”.
To be completely honest, I cannot identify with non psychiatric ‘medication’ induced Suicide.
I know people often find life very hard, but most of the time they don’t kill themselves.
I know I can cope without neuroleptics, with the help of ‘basic psychology’ – so I’d wonder how many MH Workers are up to the job.
“….To compound neuroleptics’ ‘sledgehammer’ approach, neurons are very adept at growing new receptors to compensate for those that are blocked. Psychotic symptoms then rebound with a vengeance….”
I am incapable of imagining suicide in “Mental Health”, not being related to Psychiatric Drugs.
Hi Sera,
I’m not a therapist, but I can see why this might be a tricky question.
The main problem I see is the Control and Authority thing in ‘Mental Health’, otherwise I’d imagine it would be perfectly okay to ask the question (if it was suitable) and to advise, or support a person as they would like.
(I recall seeing an article some time ago on a BBC Website where seemingly a lot of young British people privately dwell on suicide – but obviously most don’t go ahead with it).
Samantha,
I can tell you for a fact that Psychiatric drugs cause Suicide and Mental Illness.
I have had regular suicidal hospitalizations, on the drugs below..
https://insights.ovid.com/clinical-psychopharmacology/jcps/1983/08/000/suicide-associated-akathisia-depot-fluphenazine/6/00004714
..but never before going on them (1960 to 1980) or since coming off them (1984 to 2020).