Posted by europerep on January 16, 2011, at 2:43:00
In reply to Re: all psychotropic drugs, posted by kotoole7 on January 15, 2011, at 17:04:33
> I have to admit I've never suffered from chemically induced "mental illness" I know from many contacts with people suffering from toxic induced illnesses it is a very hard road until you get free of the very addictive (yes all psychotropics are extremely addictive despite the totally false marketing) psychotic drugs.
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> There is only one hope for anyone suffering from chemically induced disorders and that is get off the toxic chemically you are ingesting to treat the symptoms the toxic chemicals create. It really is a no win vicious cycle and it will never end until you get free of them. But, it's, as you may know, not an easy task. It is extremely dangerous to just stop taking psychotic meds, you have to slowly ween off, and the process to just stop all meds takes about 6 months, and as much as another two years before you body, brain and nervous system is completely free of all residue effects.
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>What is a psychotic drug? Not to be pedantic here, but for someone who claims to be an expert, you use strange words.
Also, it doesn't make sense to say that mental illness is caused by the drugs used to treat it. Why would anyone take them in the first place, if they didn't suffer from illness beforehand?
Lastly, claiming that all psychiatric drugs are addictive is just nonsense. You won't find a single person that stopped heroin without withdrawal (outside treatment), but you'll find a lot of people who stopped antidepressants (etc.) without any problem.
If you think mental illness, as an actual illness, doesn't exist, great. While psychiatry does have methodological shortcomings, your "theory" is of even much lesser quality (verifiability, falsifiability,...).
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