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Re: Lou's request-aomeebah

Posted by detroitpistons on May 25, 2010, at 0:42:24

In reply to Lou's request-aomeebah » detroitpistons, posted by Lou Pilder on May 24, 2010, at 22:59:19

Lou,

I don't have any answers for you. I don't understand your questions. I said "pseudoscience," not "xxx." Unless you have a specific question for me, I don't have any specific answers. However, I have a feeling of where you are trying to go with this....Psychiatry, neurology, psychology, are not perfect because the inner workings of the brain are incredibly difficult to observe, study and explain. These sciences are really still in their infancies on a historical perspective. However, advances are being made.

People who make sweeping generalizations about an entire field of study based on a few factors of their choosing, while completely ignoring a vast sea of evidence are simply myopic or delusional. The Benzo Island folks would lead you to believe that "all xxx is yyy" regarding psychiatry and/or psychiatric therapies. It smacks of paranoia, conspiracy theories, etc. No matter what subject is being discussed, that kind of reasoning is flawed. In my opinion, people such as those at Benzo Island fail to make any distinctions between or among, well....anything. It's just a "pills are bad" mentality. That's ignorant.

That's my opinion. You have to look at the whole rather than a few parts.

> > I just wanted to give my opinion on this site to anyone who's looking for information or help on discontinuing benzodiazepines. Benzo Island is truly an island. It's closed off. Even if you just want to read the forums, you have to register, give an introduction and be approved, and then you are sort of assigned to a person who will "help" you and give you a discontinuation plan. At least they reference the Ashton Manual, which I believe to be very useful. The site is NOT, however, affiliated with Dr. Heather Ashton or www.benzo.org.uk (the "good guys").
> >
> > Now, I can't vouch for how well their discontinuation advice works because I quit the site after being personally attacked. Once they have you snared in their net, they start to try to get you into the whole anti-psychiatry/ Peter Breggin mindset. Honestly, if I wasn't fairly knowledgeable about all of this, I might've believed them. Maybe I would've stopped taking meds. Maybe I would've even killed myself...I think it's a dangerous site. They will tell a schizophrenic (or at least imply) that antipsychotic medication is "bad" for them. AP meds are certainly no picnic for some people, but for other people they are life-savers. None of these drugs are perfect, but a lot of us lead much better lives because of them.
> >
> > The site really made me feel uncomfortable. Honestly, I really felt that they applied a sort of "cult" psychology there. It was just really weird and a little disturbing. It's very secretive and dictatorial. It's not good. I think they are intentionally and irresponsibly toying with people's mental health because of their own unfounded beliefs. What's worse, it's all based on pseudoscience.
>
> dp,
> You wrote,[...What's worse, it's all based on xxx...].
> I am unsure as to what you are wanting to mean. If you could post answres to the following, then I could have the opportunity to respond acordingly.
> A. could you list some parts of {it's all} that is based on xxx and state here if it is your opinion or if it is fact?
> B. why are the parts that you list here, if you list some, xxx?
> C. other questions if the above are answered
> Lou
>
>


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