A the spouse of a close friend of mine committed suicide while he was on anti-depressants. Now I'm not a doctor, and I don't know everything about these drugs, but I deal with depression every day, and I'd rather face it with my willpower. My friends started taking behavioral meds, and they changed. That gives me the creeps. The pain in my life sucks, but it keeps me awake.
dude i can tell u right now that they work 10 tinmes better then placebos stop fuckin lying an making piontless videos that dont mean shit , u honestly must b the dumbest fuckwit i have ever seen
Antidepressants "work" by blocking the response, but not fixing the problem itself. Depression is a symptom that there is something wrong, but not the cause. Its like when you brake the bone and trying to get rid of swelling and pain without putting the bone together. Watch Daniel Amen - Change Your Brain Change Your Life 1-8
I totally hate the pharmaceutical industry and this drug obsession but I do have ADHD and dyslexia and have struggled with it for my entire life. (And yes, it's not as simple as being hyper active). Don't ever say it doesn't exist. That's so friggin' narrow minded!
Don't listen to this ill informed nutter. This " Doctor" is a liar and a fraud. Anti depressants can be life saving drugs in just the same way as heart disease and diabetes medications are. He knows NOTHING about depression. His " advice" is dangerous and just plain wrong- his motives are to sell his books!
Hahhahaha naked emperor :) It's an amusing approach at the way society views views these real life issues. It's so true that everyday more people try to mask these reasons, these facts with sugar coated options. A lesson in life is never learned if eyes never open to what waits before them. I've been taking zoloft but this video really did help me. It made me think in more detail about what I'm depriving myself of, so thank you. :) You're very wise for your words.
People who take anti depressents think that because they have problems, something is wrong with them. Really they need to develope coping skills for dealing with life on life's terms and have a change of attitude.
Benzel et al (2007) used Gene Mapping and found those with NRG3 variants interact with NRG1 and ERBB4 to create far higher susceptibility to schizophrenia.
Gottesman and Shields (1976) reviewed 5 twin studies and found that concordance rates between MZ twins were between 75% and 91% for chronic forms of schizophrenia.
These are just 2 studies which show genetic explanations for a psychological disorder. There are many others for multiple disorders
This dude has no experience with antidepressants. It's a fact Jack! Keep reading and talking dude during this time, we are working on the treatment of depression.
I think that for everyone that isn't SEVERELY mentally ill, such as Bipolar type I or schizophrenia medications are not worth the horrible side effects. I have been taking medications for over ten years and I've never really noticed the benefits of medication. Come to find out I have BPD and meds can't help. THey can 'treat' the depression with meds bullshit. Guess what? They are pushing Abilify on people for depression. Abilify gave me Tardive dyskinesia symptoms! Weed helps me best.
I took prozac a longtime ago.I was on it for a week.It caused repeated panic attacks.I felt that I wanted to commit suicide.I feared I wa going to kill someone.I didn't know why.I went off of it and when the drug went out of my body the thoughts of harming others went away.It caused a nervous breakdown.Took me two years to get better.
Of course you don't like drugs, you can't prescribe them. I wish that just one of your health care providers had more then one tool in your tool belts.
I wonder just what type of talk therapy you use? I bet you will say that every other type of talk therapy is useless.
ADHD is nothing more than a direct result of the modern women thinking she's too good to be a stay at home mommy. The truth is, the children are the ones that stand the most to lose. If they want to have a career or turn into a second income, that's great, I just think that if people have kids, the kids should come before all that. Some single mom's HAVE to work, and that's still the fault of the parents, but at least more understandable.
@alexiac1 - You're talking about an exception not a rule. There's absolutely no choice involved in your situation. I'm talking about situations people create for themselves. Why would you even mention this? Obviously there was nothing you could do about that and that wasn't even my point.
DON'T TAKE ANTIPSYCHOTICS OF ANY SORT-- SSRIS, BENZOS, ANTIDEPRESSANTS. THESE ARE CHEMICALS. ANYTHING UNNATURAL THAT YOU INGEST WILL DO MORE HARM THAN HELP. THEY DO NOT CURE THE PROBLEM, SO WHY WASTE THE TIME? TREAT THE ROOTS OF YOUR ISSUES-- NOT THEIR SYMPTOMS.
I started on Wellbutrin, next to Celexa, then it was Effexor, Then from there is was Cymbalta. When I first started on anti-depressants they felt like just what I needed. I felt good, I laughed a lot, I always was in a positive optimistic mood. Believe it or not it all started with just one pill Wellbutrin which was administered just after my coming clean off of street drugs and alcohol addiction. Currently I am on: hydroxiyzine, trazodone, clontidine, and Cymbalta. I feel like killing myself. ☹
@shaBAM33 Not society, but one's thinking (patterns of thinking).
Also, I think you've misunderstood what the author said. He meant that "chemical-imbalances-cause-depression" theory is unsubstantiated, not that mental disorders and personality disorders aren't real. I am sure he meant brain chemicals (serotonin, etc.).
Eating correctly isn't the only factor. Not having severely unproductive thinking patters is another important factor. BTW, what is correct diet? Opinions differ on this.
Good video, i was persuaded into taking effexor/venlafaxine and the drug has ruined my life. From a month of 'depression' the last thing i needed was to be tricked into taking a drug that has caused nothing but pain physical and mental, its taken me a year to taper of this drug and have not had a dose for about 2 weeks i still feel like im hung over all the time. the drug does nothing when you take it and rips your head apart when you dont. SCAM TO MAKE MONEY YOU GREEDY FUCKS I HOPE YOU ALL DIE
It is a fact that prozac has been found to have the same effect as that of a placebo in mildly depressed patients. However, they compare it using the mean values. Prozac works well for some people, and does not work at all for others.It would be good to first get tested for chemical imbalance and then get them.
what about mri's that show that a bipolar brain works different than a normal brain. in todays modern society the only thing that is acceptable is a normal functioning brain. and whats with the lame green screen? maybe the drugs dont work. but currently there is no other way to treat them. also what about the circulation probelms asociated with major depression. maybe all this can be treated with spirituality and therapy. but in this age the time required to heal is not available. ur a doctor?
@rykandenveezy123 Can circulation problems be cured by mainstream antidepressants? The author said that some mental/emotional conditions are caused by physiological problems and that the latter need to be addressed. Have you watched the entire video?
what THEIR NOT TELLING YOU...........ZOLOFT KILLS ...HEN HE WOULD HAVE JUST PUT SUGAR IN A GAS TANK ....NOW HE KILLS AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE...THANKVYOU PFIZER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PFIZER KILLS!!!!!!!!!!! THEY TESTED THE MOST DOCILE OF RABBITS AND TOOK THEM OFF ZOLOFT AND WHAT HAPPENED?? THE RABBITS ATTACKED RABBITS RIGHT NEXT TO THEM THAT THEY ALREADY LIKED FACT.... ZOLOFT KILLS INNOCENT AND WRECKS FAMILIES FOREVER. SSRI'S ARE KILLING 22% MORE PEOPLE THAN ACTUAL WITHOUT THE DRUGS. P
This man is not only a fool- he is a dangerous fool!- These anti depressants are LIFE SAVING DRUGS in many instances. I cannot possibly explain just how beneficial prozac was to me when I first started on it. I think I would have commited suicide without this " wonder" drug that made me feel so much better. I know everyone is different. For some unfortunate people its true- they don't work. But for the vast majority these drugs SAVE LIVES. Don't listen to this ill informed nutter
Enjoy your placebo pill. And your slew of side effects. And your physical addiction. And all the money that's being sucked out of your bank account by the greedy liars of Big Pharma.
And for the record, I suffer from major depression and I've tried most antidepressants on the market. The way they made me feel is something I would not wish on my worst enemy, and I have sworn off antidepressants forever.
They said the drugs only help people with serious or server depression. The mild or moderate depression it doesn't help. THATS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE thinking they are depressed....The drugs work.
pEOPLE ALL HAVE BREAKING POINT , lETS FACE IT IF THEIR WAS REAL HELP AND REST AND LOVE FOR PEOPLE ,THEY COULD COPE WITHOUT DRUGS,
I DO HAVE SOME BRAIN DISFUNCTION THAT GIVES ME SOME ANXIETY, STAMMERING WORDS, SHORT TERM MEMEROY ISSUES, BUT I AM BORN WITH THIS, I GOT ON DRUGS FRO A BAD MARRAGE AND HANDICAP CHILD ALONG WITH WORKING WAY TO HARD. I ENDED UP DESTROYED ,THEIR ARE EVIL PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT KILLS PEOPLES HEART, mOST TIME THEIR IS NOT HELP, YOU ARE RIGHT IN MANY WAYS, NO TIME
people to often bring their own personal beliefs into their career as a psychologist and cram their weird twisted beliefs down peoples throats, and people listen because of the fact they have the title Dr and take what they say as fact. What Dr Breeding says is fucking garbage and those who disagree are welcome to follow him back to the dark ages.
There is evidence of chemical imbalance and studies done at Yale ans other universities. Some people do not make enough seratonin on their own and have major depression. What anti depressants do is boost the seratonin levels so they can live normal lives. You may not believe that depression is a mental illness. Minor depression is normal but major depression is horrible and debilitating. The new SSRI's have really made a big difference for sufferers. You can't think your way out of depression.
Why do all therapists/psych doctors look crazier than their patients??
AD's are total evil, I was prescribed Paxil(I have bipolar disorder) when it first came out. I went crazy-I don't mean dress funny, talk funny. I mean violent crazy, knives out crazy. I thought my boyfriend wanted to kill me, and I believed he and his best friend(a girl) were sleeping together behind my back. I almost killed myself-took years to come down from that stuff.
Thank you for exposing the dangers of these poisons. My husband committed suicide May 30, 2010. I begged his doctors to take him off these "anti-depressants", they only increased the dosage. My georgeous husband is now dead and I am a widow way too young. In my opinion these prescription meds pushed my husband to shoot himself in the chest. He was never happy on any of the prescription drugs. He only got worse. I am so glad these prescribed poisons are being exposed.
I am sorry for your loss. If it is any comfort, know that he is in a place where there is no anger, judgement, no sadness, no pain-he is loved and is nearer to you than you may believe somedays. I am not a religious person at all, but do believe the burden we carry on our shoulders each day-makes us 100 times stronger in our next life.
thank you so much for this video , i am going through this right now , thankfully i havent had to take any medications for it long term , again thank you !!
Anytime people have a need there will be people try to make money filling there needs. The field of psychology has become a pseudo science of experimental drug therapies that do more harm than good. There's a lot more money to be made from a life long drug dependency than taking time to understand why someone is depressed and actually teaching them how to feel better.
You should feel ashamed for this propaganda.. Not only you inform depressed people to stop taking drugs that may help them but you also make them feel guilty by saying their condition is their fault.. FUCK YOU
The study only compared antidepressants with placebos for mildly depressed people. There are tons of studies that show that antidepressants work for major depression. It's not made up.
You are contributing to the stigmatization of mentally ill people with your disinformation propaganda.
mental illness is all made what a fucking load of shit ,ill tell you what this guy is just bitter cause he cant prescribe the drugs because he is only a shitty psychologist and not a psychiatrist, and condems them like a dickhead and convincing like minded retards the same.
and it doesnt take a psychologist to figure that out. lol
mental illness is all made what a fucking load of shit ,ill tell you what this guy is just bitter cause he cant prescribe the drugs because he is only a shitty psychologist and not a psychiatrist, and condems them like a dickhead and convincing like minded retards the same.
and it doesnt take a psychologist to figure that out. lol
Explain how your antidepressent "placebo" theory will help a potential suicidal bipolar patient in a major depression. Oh wait, Bipolar disorder is made up too, huh?
Some of what you have to say may be true to a degree, but giving a sugar pill to a schizophrenic, a bipolar, or a diabetic is denying real TREATMENT with DRUGS that will work and save their lives. Not all drugs are bad. Your video reminds me of the views of a religious zealot or of any other extremist's narrow mindedness.
@Italianiceisnice well actually Bi Polar is made up and if you do the research you will see that psychology was set up by people who wanted to control the female population, 75% of all people diagnosed with personality disorders are women, check out Judith Herman,s book Domestic abused to policital violence, ignorance is bliss!!!!
what if there is nothing wrong with your life in the sense that you have hopes and goals that you feel you can achieve, but then out of nowhere you start experiencing panic attacks for no apparent reason, you try lifestyle change and diet change but that doesn't work, you go on a course of zoloft and you start feeling better after the body acclimates to it. How do you explain that??
@monarofreak anti depressants may work for a while, but chances are once your brain gets used to it, all the "side effects" become the actual effects. There are plenty of other options, including natural remedies: saffron, SAMe, 5htp, exercise, etc. that are more effective and without the side effects.
I was thinking that some time in life - you see what your doing as not your path or a path u didnt really want to do but maybe thats lifes way of givining you a mission I did not really want to end up doing websites I wanted to make video games... however i now have ended up going more towards websites... I know you wanted to be a rock star but had you not done this would you have even been able to help people know this. I can spread the message with websites... funny how life works... :)
@Globodyne Of course it works once you become a drug addict to it. Im sure its a great drug thats why you are now addicted to it and people profit from your addiction. You took the easy way out and the fast solution.
@Globodyne Mine works for me too. Don't listen to twotribes03. I was depressed for months. Doctor tried antidepressant and it didn't work on the dosage he gave me (I didn't even care if it worked because I was so depressed). Then I was put on a higher dosage and the depression was gone in 1 day (it worked so fast because I already had the drug in my system from being on a lower dosage). Antidepressants work...like you say, this guy is an idiot!
If only I could inflict the immense, relentless torment that depression has inflicted upon me. Tell me that chewing my wrists out with my teeth is a made up condition. How do people like this get Ph.D's?
@Biginjunchief negative feelings, bad behavior, etc. is not what disease is. im not saying that people dont have problems(some that may be extreme or possibly illogical) that they need help with...for ex. if someone really wants depression medication all they have to do is lie....say if there was a medication for some disease like hepatitis(but this med's side effect is it gets u high) u cant lie to get the med because there are objective tests(blood tests). there's no obj. tests for disorders
@Biginjunchief sorry dude, but this guy is right, open your mind its not you that you hate, its the fucks that are around you, there the ones that have led you to where you are,shit parents shit freinds. its not all your fault,i thought of attempting suicide myself then realised alot of the time people put you down because there jealous why should i feel bad for there shortcomings, your not going to feel how you feel now forever. its not a problem with your brain wer all different
@Biginjunchief I velieve he was saying that chemical imbalance was made up. in psychology they dont necessarily believe in the scientific aspect of it.
Dr. John Breeding...you might be drowning in your own utopic "We can all heal ourselves" dream...No wonder why psychologist are just that...frustrated science men who could not be real doctors, but instead find themselves in the limit of being 'gurus or shamans' on ilness involving the brain and it's processes, saying a lot but saying nothing in the end. Pills aren't the magic solution, just like therapy or 'self insighting' alone...But pills DO work, THERE IS SCIENTIFIC PROOF, come on!
You got the internet now. At least you can type out your feelings and you dont have to give your name or pay for it and you wont be taking pills (they are DRUGS) that may damage you. Doesnt matter if the manufacturer gets sued later. I know its tough but you gotta learn to face reality, not to numb your head up so you cant think. You should think! You dont have to think about bad things all the time, watch a vid on youtube or talk (message) people. Then later you wont be dependent on PILLS!
This isnt loading well for me. But im gonna open my big mouth (keyboard in this case) i seen this guy before and i think its remarkable that he says DONT take meds. I agree with him. Meds are expensive, dangerous (side effects) and sometimes you have to take OTHER MEDS to counteract the first meds! Wait for your body to "adjust." You better watch out. Youre putting chemicals into your body and maybe later you got permanant damage. At least TRY to deal with things thru exercise and talking.
How can you claim that Clinical Depression and SSRI's are either non-existant or don't work? Spinal tap synovial fluid hormonal tests PROVE that some people do not produce sufficient levels of serotonin and other neurotransmitters. You must be one of those hick jaded worn out old school class of "doctors." You're brain is what's naked to the truth. Read some books and talk to some of my friends who take anti-depressants and benzodiazapines and had their lives turned around. Retire!
I was given Antidepressants for depression & they din't work, & the doctor gave my dad Antidepressants for back pain & guess what they din't work, funny that!
antidepressents dont work all they do is bottle your emotions up inside to where its harder to show your emotions thus burning out on your serotonin levels making you emotionless drugged out zombie when you get off the serotonin is not there and you have anger spurts and you have uncontrollable emotions and feel totally not like yourself like depressed bad about yourself always feel angry alone trust me i feel this way
Placebo Effect?? The "effect" I got took place during normal dreaming? I woke up from good sleep into a world of HELL! Immense feeling of HORROR and physical convusions and vomiting and urge to DIE. It was NOT a placebo!
I stopped the meds and have gradually been recovering positive thinking and exercise etc .
Dear Dr. Breeding. I'm also a Psychologist. Professor and Clinician in private practice for 13 years. You are misinformed. You have let your biases against medication and mental illness grossly obscure your perception. I must appeal to your integrity and ask you to please stop misinforming people simply because YOU have some VERY UNUSUAL ideas and dislikes about medication and mental illness. I know people who listen to folks like you, and, then, no surprise, have terrible relapses.
@xjustice13 Exactly - it may be prescribed sometimes for people who don't need it but for those who do it is *absolutely* needed. To suggest that because something like biochemical depression isn't yet fully understood that it doesn't exist is unscientific and unprofessional. You are being extremely irresponsible to suggest that people with diagnosed mental illnesses can safely come off their prescribed medications and just 'cheer up'. Very poor form Dr Breeding, you're putting lives at risk.
@xjustice13 the basis of your judgment is nothing but an appeal to ridicule, personal attack, and positioning the well. Drugs don't produce PERMANENT change in dialectical thinking, stress mgmt skills, spiritual/existential growth, other adaptive behaviors; it doesn't get people out of invalidating/traumatic environments, meet needs, change distortions-- these things are the basis of depression. WHEN THE DRUG IS STOPPED, OLD SELF DEFEATING BEHAVIORS START BACK UP. Nothing was really changed.
@ratiocinativeness Ridicule? You got "ridicule" and personal attack out of my reply? Really? I was giving Dr. Breeding professional criticism. Positioning the well? Not sure I understand what you mean. I never said drugs produce permanent change. But antidepressants have saved countless millions of lives. Please don't side with Breeding. I am a clin psychologist, and I very well understand the benefits of psychotherapy. It's what I do. Your argument is weak. Try again. Sincerly, xjustice13.
@xjustice13 I agree, drugs HAVE indeed saved many lives. I personally know someone who was once suicidal who thanks to drugs kept her from slitting her wrists. Don't think I disagree. And by the way, I might not be a clinical psychologist yet, but I am training to be one. I have a problem with people being drugged up long term and not being required to get professional psychotherapy. That's a no-no-- the drugs don't produce the change that can occur through therapy, of which is money saving too
@ratiocinativeness Fair enough. Sounds like you and I agree more than we might disagree. Some folks, in my experience, need to be on meds longterm due to stubborn depressions that won't respond to psychotherapy. Also, most people with bipolar disorder have to stay on meds their entire lives. You'll start to see this pattern the more you interact with such clients. Cool that you're training to become a clin psychologist! Right on! I wish your journey well. Respect.
@xjustice13 I personally think that with treatment resistant depression (as you hinted at), it would be helpful for patients to be checked out for other conditions that many doctors might oversee or don't think about like vitamin deficiencies, food allergies, thyroid problems, sleeping disorders, digestive disorders, abnormally high cortisol levels, heavy metal poisoning, etc-- things that could be making the symptomatology worse than it should be that if treated would greatly help...
This QUACK is saying mental illness is MADE UP. So schizophrenia is "all in your head". Bipolar depression is bogus. What else is made up? Cancer? Heart disease?
John Breeding is a quack. Probably a scientologist as well.
Thanks for the video. Apart from the ineffectiveness and serious side effects of these drugs, the real outrage is that people are made to believe that their feelings of anxiety, anger, sadness, discouragement and grief are abnormal. In most cases they are not. Dealing with these feelings, talking about them, taking time to reflect on them IS effective.
@DemiReb I realize that it is normal for me to have anxiety I built it up by not socializing much for about 5 years and I understand this but now I do need an anti anxiety/anti depressant to get me out and use to being around people again and once I do get used to it again I will be able to slowly ween off the drug.
@DemiReb you have no idea what you're talking about.I've been severely depressed for more than 5 years&I've tried everything, going to different counselors&psychologist. It made a little improvement and after a while I was back to get depression again. After 3 sessions my psychologist suggested me to take medication. The drug REALLY helps me. I continue taking the drugs&having weekly psychologist session to learn how to deal with my problems. W/o the drugs I constantly lived in fear&feeling down
@DemiReb When these drugs are used and Serotonin or Dopamine are increased is there proof that Serotonin and Dopamine are NOT destroyed afterwards to never to re-used again? I read articles but no one addresses this with convincing data.
@JAKEHARRIS281 I don't quite understand your question. AD's don't increase the serotonin/dopamine levels. They are thought to inhibit the reuptake (termination of action) of these neurotransmitters. All amphetamines (and LSD for some serotonin receptors) are thought to do the same thing. There are no conclusive proofs of what ANY neurotransmitter/drug precisely does. Is that what you wanted to know?
@DemiReb I mean after LSD inhibits the reuptake of the neurotransmitters, will the Serotonin be used again or destroyed? Or simply put, is anything destroyed or depleted during the process of taking LSD or amps?
The idea that the little prescription pill can fix whatever ails you, is a deeply held belief by the majority of us who have been bombarded our entire lives by ads (usually involving an actor wearing a white doctor's coat with a stethoscope draped around his neck) saying this drug will heal -- insert ailment here.
It's all a fraud. Even the new big-pharma ads for anti-depression drugs states that 2/3 of all these drugs are ineffective. If that doesn't wake you up, what will?
I have worked in the field for 25 years. I see first hand the improvement meds make in people's lives.
This guy is irresponsible in how he is representing anti-depressants.
Some people will listen to his "giddiness" at being anti-anti-depressants. He has a personal agenda, and that will end up hurting people who seek help.
Yes sometimes meds are prescribed when therapy would be much better, but to be this anti-meds will lead to unnecessary suffering.
"Meds" for what? Medicine is for a medical disease. Please tell me what medical disease you may be referring to. In addition, please explain how "therapy" (i.e. I presume you're referring to talking as in "psychotherapy") could EVER be substituted in place of ANY real medical disease. The mere thought ought to sound preposterous to any logical thought process. Have you ever heard of any M.D. who ever decided it would be "better" to "talk" to someone, than, for example, administer penicillin?
Psych meds can be used to build up a person's brain chemistry when it has be imbalanced by traumatic events or abuse. I think it is common knowledge that stress helps to cause many physical illnesses. You sound like the guy in this video. I think you are him under another name trying to support yourself. I also can tell you are closed minded so have a nice day.
You didn't answer my question. I wonder why? In addition, you made an entirely preposterous statement "brain chemistry when it has been imbalanced...." Really? Please provide supporting evidence of any method of any kind that may be used to gauge or measure any sort of chemistry that has been "imbalanced" and, what any sort of proper balanced chemistry would even be or look like. Of course, I've made a rhetorical question. The answer is, there is no such evidence of any chemical imbalance.
One can not dismiss a psychologist with a PHD so easily.People do benefit from biological psychiatry, but many do not and become worse from psychotropic drugs and ECT. When brain damage is a result, it doesn't take rocket science to understand something must change.
Brain research is ongoing, nobody has all the answers, but Dr Amen ,Psychiatrist, is definetly on the right track. Some where between these two Drs. is a paradigm that won't damage peoples brains.
I wonder why are most of the anti-psychiatry videos on youtube featuring psychologists especially more frequently than any other people? And I agree with punkfloyd87. Since when did psychologists become trained enough to render an opinion about medicines?
Although I respect his views, I'm questioning this person because he is a PhD and not an MD in psychiatry, neurology, psychopharmacology, etc. How can he render an opinion on the biology of mental illness without studying that biology itself? There's also a lot of talk about drug companies being big and evil, and I don't disagree in some sense, but there is still the profit motive; if a product is constantly defective it'll be taken off the market. Look at Vioxx.
There is no "biology" of "mental illness". Never has been. Disease is always discovered in the lab under the microscope, or, on the autopsy table. All so called "mental illnesses" are thought up and then a show of hands is raised and they vote on it. Incredible, isn't it?
There is clearly a brain development difference in abused and traumatized adults. And this is biological. As they say, you have an axe to grind and you are a fundamentalist of the mind. You are willing to twist facts in order to prove some kind of point. I wonder why?
"There are no external validating criteria for psychiatric diagnoses. There is neither blood test nor specific anatomic lesions for any major psychiatric disorder. Is psychiatry a hoax as practiced today? Unfortunately the answer is mostly yes".
Loren Mosher, MD,
Former Chief of NIMH Center for the study of schizophrenia
"There are no tests available for assessing the chemical status of a living person's brain. It is well established that the drugs used to treat a mental disorder, for example, may induce long-lasting biochemical and even structural changes (including the brain) which in the past were claimed to be the cause of the disorder, but may actually be an effect of the treatment".
Elliot S. Valenstein, Ph.D.
author of "Blaimiong the brain: The Truth About Drugs and Mental Health"
"In medicine, strict criteria exist for calling a condition a disease. In addition to a predictable cluster of symptoms, the cause of the symptoms or some understanding of their physiology must be established. Psychiatry is unique among medical specialties in that, we do not yet have proof either of the cause or the physiology for any psychiatric diagnosis. In recent decades, we have had no shortage of alleged biochemical imbalances for psychiatric conditions. Diligent though these........cont.
cont. .......attempts have been, not one has been proven. Quite the contrary. In every instance where such an imbalance was thought to have been found, it was later proven false. No claim of a gene for a psychiatric condition has stood the test of time, in spite of popular misinformation."
Joseph Glenmullen, M.D.
Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, in his book "Prozac Backlash" (Simon & Shuster, New York, 2000) pages 192-193, page 196, and page 198
"First, no BIOLOGICAL etiology has been proven for any psychiatric disorder (except Alzheimer's disease, which has a genetic component) in spite of decades of research. So, don't accept the myth that we can make an accurate diagnosis. Neither should you believe that your problems are due solely to a "chemical imbalance".
Edward Drummond, M.D.
Associate Medical Director at Seacoast Mental Health Center
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in his book "The complete guide to psychiatric drugs"
and I could go on ad infinitum. It's obvious you do not keep current or abreast of findings in the industry you purport to represent and have been implicated in for 25 years.
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@kevinneslund As I thought, you don't work in the field. So you have not witnessed the benefits of meds. I could quote many excerpts from other doctors, and they would be in the majority compared to your quotes. But I'm done with this game, I've seen your type before, with an anti-med axe to grind because of your own inner psychological issues. The problem with you Breeding is you have part of the answer and you try to make it the whole answer. Balance is always best my friend.
@cavemeister7262 : It is of no relevance whether someone "works in the particular field" they may have knowledge about. For example, a doctor need not have contracted VD in order to have knowledge on it and treat it. Your statement is immaterial. I do not have an "anti-med axe to grind". I fully support anyone's right to consume anything they wish. However, the fact is, ALL doctors will admit, when pressed that, yes, there are definite side effects to these drugs. BTW, you called me "Breeding"?
@cavemeister7262 : Don't you find it quite interesting that the Chief of The National Institute of Mental Health Center for the study of schizophrenia, himself, has said what he did in the aforementioned post I made? What more credible evidence could one hope to have? In addition to Psychiatry Professors from the world's leading Medical Colleges. Are you implying they're perhaps not credible, or, maybe, lying?
I work on a psychiatric unit and I am not ignorant or rigid enough to believe all psych meds are bad. I use the middle path, sometimes they are needed and sometimes they are not.
@rogerprows This psychologist on the other hand says all psych meds are bad. Sadly, his ignorance will cause some people to suffer much more than they need too. I am sure you don't work in the psych field otherwise you would know what the truth is, simply by observing the effects on medication on people. So are you saying psychiatric meds never are needed and never help anyone?
He just explained it. PLACEBO EFFECT. The person BELIEVES they have been helped/healed. I have seen people change their behavior to being "healed" and under the same prescription change back to their depressed. So, evidently the prescription has no control. The patient does. I would never take a prescription for my emotions. I CONTROL MY HAPPINESS not any drug or person or event.
@kevinneslund one example of "biology": clinically depressed people have far reduced levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, which is a metabolite of serotonin, compared with a control group. That, I would think, would indicate at least some partial biological basis for one particular prevalent "mental" illness. You're definitely right about psychiatric illness being different empirically from the "physical" diseases, but I wouldn't say empirically nonexistant.
Took the words right out of my mouth. Tests PROVE that some people need these medications to live a happier and more productive life. You, as with many doctors I have met, seem to use the words "always" and "never" too often. I think this Doctor needs to read some more biochemistry or retire soon. And he should learn to talk at a normal pace, he seems spaced out on something. Too much Valium? He probably is hooked on his own supply contradictory medications.
To the asshole that thumbs downed me. I'm assuming that you thought I was speaking to someone. I was speaking about myself, and if you had taken the time to actually read through the comments you would realize that. Something tells me what i have said is a thousand times more useful than anything you could ever come up with.
Mental illness does NOT exist. Emotional problems are NOT diseases/disorders. There's no such thing as a "chemical imbalance in brain that causes so called "mental illness" as psychiatrists claim. Psychiatric drugs cause mental suffering, brain chemical imbalances, neurological damage, bodily damage, damage to the soul etc. Psychiatric drugs are no more effective than placebos. They DONT WORK. Anyone who says they derive benefit is placebo effect. Psychiatry and their drugs WILL KILL YOU.
I think you're right. Would you tell people that chemical imbalances don't exist if it meant your whole career was on the line? Most people wouldn't. It's fear of losing ones position that keeps psychiatry going.
.....I thought your life was soooo great now, so why do you feel the need to leave snide remarks and talk about retarded things like 'shrooms' etc. Why waste your time?
I meant that i felt i was being retarded. I realize i wrote it like it was towards you and i did not mean that. I meant oneself in general. Sorry dude.
And what do you know about Mushrooms? Ever tried them? If not, try not to bash them please... they have been proven to help people with alcoholism and depression in clinical studies, with much higher success rates than AD's. Again sorry for the mixup i once again meant myself not you. Merry Christmas to you too man.
It's all good. Natural drugs seemed to help me out a bit btw. Whenever im down nowadays, i smoke a bit of bud and it helps me relax and take stock of things. Also, picking up an instrument worked wonders for me. Combining the two was like heaven lol. Weed smoked from a vape has almost no bad health effects... and its been proven to reduce the chances of lung cancer if you smoke as well. It bonds to the tar, and comes right back out. Hope that helps a bit bro.
Exactly. And the pro-psychiatry supporters who support it keep it going. If we help destroy psychiatry so these chemical junkies don't get their fix, we can all be happy.
take mushrooms. you will find that you end up solving the problems that are hounding you. your outlook on life will permanently be brighter, everyone ive ever asked has agreed with me on that point.
The dangers of antidepressants are not justifiable because their benefits are negligible , I used them for only a few months and have tardive dyskinesia and chronic severe pain . I haven't had my IQ tested but I am not as sharp.Like most people I didn't realize my symptoms were caused by antidepressants so I went to neurologists who never told me what caused by symptoms .This is why the reported incidence is a fraction of the actual incidence of severe side effects.
There are really no placebo groups in these trials because the psych drugs have so many side effects that people know they are not in the placebo group . You state that the drugs have some positive effect on the most depressed . Actually these people are excluded from the trials.Use these drugs long enough and you will get tardive dsykinesia and lowered cognitive ability.Everyone is harmed eventually .
Head trauma causes depression but drugs exacerbate depression in all cases ,eventually
Double blind studies show them ineffective . If you feel initially better , you may be experiencing adrenal hyperstimulation but you will be damaged in the long run . They destroy brain cells . They are no differnt than amphetamines or ecstacy.Read Mad In Amreica by Whitaker
okay I have watched all you have said and believe most of it is true but you have said something that is untrue. You said to leave this problem untreated this problem is very real and must be treated with medication or not either way the person needs help. you have never experienced this or you would not have said this . good luck
I totally agree with you! He tries to say that depression is 'so- called', as you say he obviously hasn't experienced it because it is real. And he must have had a pretty perfect, easy ride through life if he thinks that depression is something that will just 'cycle out'!
Guess what. It cycles out if you realize that you are being a retard moping around instead of dealing with your problems and improving your life. I was depressed for well over a year. I realized that i was wasting my own time always feeling sorry instead of changing things. I have not had an easy life whatsoever, and i agree with him because ive lived it.
I used to be on welfare. Now i own a promotions company. It is only oneself that can ever hold you back, and oneself that can fix it.
well with you saying that you apparently had depression for over a year I would've thought that you would have a little more compassion with those of us who suffer from it. I have had it for almost 5 years and you know nothing about my life and my problems so fuck you. Just because your problems 'cycled out' doesn't mean everyone's problems do. So stop being an asshole and leaving ridiculous comments on Youtube.
You just feel a lot better within and about yourself, you think in a more realistic positive way than you were thinking before, you have a lot more motivation to do things. You realise, that this is how 'normal' people must feel.
I also have social anxiety too, and although the meds haven't got rid of it completely, I do feel quite a bit better.
I'm not sure if the alcohol can mess the meds up, I guess it depends on how much you drink. I just have five cans of larger (around 5%) every Friday night.
I guess you could give your meds a few more weeks, if they still don't work just tell your doctor and he should prescribe you something else. Sometimes you have to try a few different meds until you find the ones that work for you. Good luck!
There are such things as mental illnesses. Just because certain medications don't work for all of them doesn't mean they are non-existent.
Any therapist worth their trousers knows that medication alone is never very successful. And there will always be those who abuse the use as well as distribution of said medications.
You basically, in my opinion, are an insult to anyone who has suffered from severe mental illness.
As a representative to your cause, you're entirely creepy.
obviously it needs to be treated somehow,as by the time it cycles out they may have killed themselves,lost so much,failed relationships,jobs etc.Another thing hes overlooking is the fact that antidepressants when they work may do so by mechanisms unrelated to a chemical imbalance so far
A the spouse of a close friend of mine committed suicide while he was on anti-depressants. Now I'm not a doctor, and I don't know everything about these drugs, but I deal with depression every day, and I'd rather face it with my willpower. My friends started taking behavioral meds, and they changed. That gives me the creeps. The pain in my life sucks, but it keeps me awake.
Aestros909 3 weeks ago 3
dude i can tell u right now that they work 10 tinmes better then placebos stop fuckin lying an making piontless videos that dont mean shit , u honestly must b the dumbest fuckwit i have ever seen
excution99 1 month ago
wait...what was that? How can I promote you?
You cannot dismiss all mental disorders as minor and comparable to a children's story.
ninevoltjolt 2 months ago
yes...YES! LEAD me! Do you have a Bible channel that I can watch?
ninevoltjolt 2 months ago
Antidepressants "work" by blocking the response, but not fixing the problem itself. Depression is a symptom that there is something wrong, but not the cause. Its like when you brake the bone and trying to get rid of swelling and pain without putting the bone together. Watch Daniel Amen - Change Your Brain Change Your Life 1-8
marjanella 4 months ago
antidepressants saved my life once
es696 4 months ago
"New Study, Antidepressants Don't Work Better Than Placebos" !
That is not true!
aacv 4 months ago
Seeing as they do block the neuro transmitters, this guys an fool.
I think he's just biast.
JIMMYJEE 4 months ago
I totally hate the pharmaceutical industry and this drug obsession but I do have ADHD and dyslexia and have struggled with it for my entire life. (And yes, it's not as simple as being hyper active). Don't ever say it doesn't exist. That's so friggin' narrow minded!
uclalse 4 months ago
Don't listen to this ill informed nutter. This " Doctor" is a liar and a fraud. Anti depressants can be life saving drugs in just the same way as heart disease and diabetes medications are. He knows NOTHING about depression. His " advice" is dangerous and just plain wrong- his motives are to sell his books!
scabycat 4 months ago
@scabycat +1
JIMMYJEE 4 months ago
well, i wanna kill myself, wtf do i do?
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smiulika 4 months ago
Quality video..
MrBrendaneoin22 5 months ago
Hahhahaha naked emperor :) It's an amusing approach at the way society views views these real life issues. It's so true that everyday more people try to mask these reasons, these facts with sugar coated options. A lesson in life is never learned if eyes never open to what waits before them. I've been taking zoloft but this video really did help me. It made me think in more detail about what I'm depriving myself of, so thank you. :) You're very wise for your words.
Pandaeattacos 7 months ago
nice to hear the truth..
102sammy 7 months ago
freaky lookin dude...
wrenchaholic 7 months ago
People who take anti depressents think that because they have problems, something is wrong with them. Really they need to develope coping skills for dealing with life on life's terms and have a change of attitude.
seabreezeA1A 8 months ago
Benzel et al (2007) used Gene Mapping and found those with NRG3 variants interact with NRG1 and ERBB4 to create far higher susceptibility to schizophrenia.
Gottesman and Shields (1976) reviewed 5 twin studies and found that concordance rates between MZ twins were between 75% and 91% for chronic forms of schizophrenia.
These are just 2 studies which show genetic explanations for a psychological disorder. There are many others for multiple disorders
Biological approach has a lot of support
spursdude92 8 months ago
And does LSD destroy Serotonin after you experience the affects? Links please for test results and proof.
JAKEHARRIS281 8 months ago
This dude has no experience with antidepressants. It's a fact Jack! Keep reading and talking dude during this time, we are working on the treatment of depression.
vesamicol 8 months ago
I think that for everyone that isn't SEVERELY mentally ill, such as Bipolar type I or schizophrenia medications are not worth the horrible side effects. I have been taking medications for over ten years and I've never really noticed the benefits of medication. Come to find out I have BPD and meds can't help. THey can 'treat' the depression with meds bullshit. Guess what? They are pushing Abilify on people for depression. Abilify gave me Tardive dyskinesia symptoms! Weed helps me best.
MsAgnosticatheist 9 months ago
I took prozac a longtime ago.I was on it for a week.It caused repeated panic attacks.I felt that I wanted to commit suicide.I feared I wa going to kill someone.I didn't know why.I went off of it and when the drug went out of my body the thoughts of harming others went away.It caused a nervous breakdown.Took me two years to get better.
mikelmunny 9 months ago
Of course you don't like drugs, you can't prescribe them. I wish that just one of your health care providers had more then one tool in your tool belts.
I wonder just what type of talk therapy you use? I bet you will say that every other type of talk therapy is useless.
Shame one you!
ssherez 10 months ago
ADHD is nothing more than a direct result of the modern women thinking she's too good to be a stay at home mommy. The truth is, the children are the ones that stand the most to lose. If they want to have a career or turn into a second income, that's great, I just think that if people have kids, the kids should come before all that. Some single mom's HAVE to work, and that's still the fault of the parents, but at least more understandable.
troydeancarpenter 10 months ago
@troydeancarpenter
Oh yeah - it's all our fault - no doubt, it was my fault when my husband died of a heart attack, leaving me with a 13 month old baby .
alexiac1 9 months ago
@alexiac1 - You're talking about an exception not a rule. There's absolutely no choice involved in your situation. I'm talking about situations people create for themselves. Why would you even mention this? Obviously there was nothing you could do about that and that wasn't even my point.
troydeancarpenter 9 months ago
FUck big pharma
immortality2186 10 months ago
DON'T TAKE ANTIPSYCHOTICS OF ANY SORT-- SSRIS, BENZOS, ANTIDEPRESSANTS. THESE ARE CHEMICALS. ANYTHING UNNATURAL THAT YOU INGEST WILL DO MORE HARM THAN HELP. THEY DO NOT CURE THE PROBLEM, SO WHY WASTE THE TIME? TREAT THE ROOTS OF YOUR ISSUES-- NOT THEIR SYMPTOMS.
BrittB007 11 months ago
I started on Wellbutrin, next to Celexa, then it was Effexor, Then from there is was Cymbalta. When I first started on anti-depressants they felt like just what I needed. I felt good, I laughed a lot, I always was in a positive optimistic mood. Believe it or not it all started with just one pill Wellbutrin which was administered just after my coming clean off of street drugs and alcohol addiction. Currently I am on: hydroxiyzine, trazodone, clontidine, and Cymbalta. I feel like killing myself. ☹
Davidvideos83 11 months ago
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shaBAM33 1 year ago
@shaBAM33 Not society, but one's thinking (patterns of thinking).
Also, I think you've misunderstood what the author said. He meant that "chemical-imbalances-cause-depression" theory is unsubstantiated, not that mental disorders and personality disorders aren't real. I am sure he meant brain chemicals (serotonin, etc.).
Eating correctly isn't the only factor. Not having severely unproductive thinking patters is another important factor. BTW, what is correct diet? Opinions differ on this.
humanyoda 11 months ago
VERY VERY GOOD SIMPLE VIDEO!
frenchis19 1 year ago
Good video, i was persuaded into taking effexor/venlafaxine and the drug has ruined my life. From a month of 'depression' the last thing i needed was to be tricked into taking a drug that has caused nothing but pain physical and mental, its taken me a year to taper of this drug and have not had a dose for about 2 weeks i still feel like im hung over all the time. the drug does nothing when you take it and rips your head apart when you dont. SCAM TO MAKE MONEY YOU GREEDY FUCKS I HOPE YOU ALL DIE
Dumgolem 1 year ago
It is a fact that prozac has been found to have the same effect as that of a placebo in mildly depressed patients. However, they compare it using the mean values. Prozac works well for some people, and does not work at all for others.It would be good to first get tested for chemical imbalance and then get them.
celine1342 1 year ago
Everyone check out dr sebi
peacenlove2810 1 year ago
what about mri's that show that a bipolar brain works different than a normal brain. in todays modern society the only thing that is acceptable is a normal functioning brain. and whats with the lame green screen? maybe the drugs dont work. but currently there is no other way to treat them. also what about the circulation probelms asociated with major depression. maybe all this can be treated with spirituality and therapy. but in this age the time required to heal is not available. ur a doctor?
rykandenveezy123 1 year ago
@rykandenveezy123 Can circulation problems be cured by mainstream antidepressants? The author said that some mental/emotional conditions are caused by physiological problems and that the latter need to be addressed. Have you watched the entire video?
humanyoda 11 months ago
what THEIR NOT TELLING YOU...........ZOLOFT KILLS ...HEN HE WOULD HAVE JUST PUT SUGAR IN A GAS TANK ....NOW HE KILLS AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE...THANKVYOU PFIZER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PFIZER KILLS!!!!!!!!!!! THEY TESTED THE MOST DOCILE OF RABBITS AND TOOK THEM OFF ZOLOFT AND WHAT HAPPENED?? THE RABBITS ATTACKED RABBITS RIGHT NEXT TO THEM THAT THEY ALREADY LIKED FACT.... ZOLOFT KILLS INNOCENT AND WRECKS FAMILIES FOREVER. SSRI'S ARE KILLING 22% MORE PEOPLE THAN ACTUAL WITHOUT THE DRUGS. P
bigsmellyftrwondrful 1 year ago
This man is not only a fool- he is a dangerous fool!- These anti depressants are LIFE SAVING DRUGS in many instances. I cannot possibly explain just how beneficial prozac was to me when I first started on it. I think I would have commited suicide without this " wonder" drug that made me feel so much better. I know everyone is different. For some unfortunate people its true- they don't work. But for the vast majority these drugs SAVE LIVES. Don't listen to this ill informed nutter
scabycat 1 year ago
@scabycat
Enjoy your placebo pill. And your slew of side effects. And your physical addiction. And all the money that's being sucked out of your bank account by the greedy liars of Big Pharma.
And for the record, I suffer from major depression and I've tried most antidepressants on the market. The way they made me feel is something I would not wish on my worst enemy, and I have sworn off antidepressants forever.
SSJkiller 1 year ago
Dude you have twisted this around...
They said the drugs only help people with serious or server depression. The mild or moderate depression it doesn't help. THATS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE thinking they are depressed....The drugs work.
Idiot
laudiumWP 1 year ago
pEOPLE ALL HAVE BREAKING POINT , lETS FACE IT IF THEIR WAS REAL HELP AND REST AND LOVE FOR PEOPLE ,THEY COULD COPE WITHOUT DRUGS,
I DO HAVE SOME BRAIN DISFUNCTION THAT GIVES ME SOME ANXIETY, STAMMERING WORDS, SHORT TERM MEMEROY ISSUES, BUT I AM BORN WITH THIS, I GOT ON DRUGS FRO A BAD MARRAGE AND HANDICAP CHILD ALONG WITH WORKING WAY TO HARD. I ENDED UP DESTROYED ,THEIR ARE EVIL PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT KILLS PEOPLES HEART, mOST TIME THEIR IS NOT HELP, YOU ARE RIGHT IN MANY WAYS, NO TIME
59Disciple 1 year ago
i think you better update your facts on ADHD dr, get your head out of your ass!!! it is VERY REAL.
keyters 1 year ago
Hi, what do you think about the much talked about possitive affects of 5-HTP in alleviating the symtoms of Depression?
macspud28 1 year ago
What do you think of 5-HTP as a suppliment to help eliviate the sympoms of deression.
macspud28 1 year ago
people to often bring their own personal beliefs into their career as a psychologist and cram their weird twisted beliefs down peoples throats, and people listen because of the fact they have the title Dr and take what they say as fact. What Dr Breeding says is fucking garbage and those who disagree are welcome to follow him back to the dark ages.
lankeypete 1 year ago
There is evidence of chemical imbalance and studies done at Yale ans other universities. Some people do not make enough seratonin on their own and have major depression. What anti depressants do is boost the seratonin levels so they can live normal lives. You may not believe that depression is a mental illness. Minor depression is normal but major depression is horrible and debilitating. The new SSRI's have really made a big difference for sufferers. You can't think your way out of depression.
keleeemo 1 year ago
Why do all therapists/psych doctors look crazier than their patients??
AD's are total evil, I was prescribed Paxil(I have bipolar disorder) when it first came out. I went crazy-I don't mean dress funny, talk funny. I mean violent crazy, knives out crazy. I thought my boyfriend wanted to kill me, and I believed he and his best friend(a girl) were sleeping together behind my back. I almost killed myself-took years to come down from that stuff.
gravelandgrain100 1 year ago
Cocaine works better than placebo ;)
squirttilithurts 1 year ago
Thank you for exposing the dangers of these poisons. My husband committed suicide May 30, 2010. I begged his doctors to take him off these "anti-depressants", they only increased the dosage. My georgeous husband is now dead and I am a widow way too young. In my opinion these prescription meds pushed my husband to shoot himself in the chest. He was never happy on any of the prescription drugs. He only got worse. I am so glad these prescribed poisons are being exposed.
jdarc2000 1 year ago
@jdarc2000 -
I am sorry for your loss. If it is any comfort, know that he is in a place where there is no anger, judgement, no sadness, no pain-he is loved and is nearer to you than you may believe somedays. I am not a religious person at all, but do believe the burden we carry on our shoulders each day-makes us 100 times stronger in our next life.
Love to you.
gravelandgrain100 1 year ago
thank you so much for this video , i am going through this right now , thankfully i havent had to take any medications for it long term , again thank you !!
cliffordincalifornia 1 year ago
Anytime people have a need there will be people try to make money filling there needs. The field of psychology has become a pseudo science of experimental drug therapies that do more harm than good. There's a lot more money to be made from a life long drug dependency than taking time to understand why someone is depressed and actually teaching them how to feel better.
RichardE8ST 1 year ago
You should feel ashamed for this propaganda.. Not only you inform depressed people to stop taking drugs that may help them but you also make them feel guilty by saying their condition is their fault.. FUCK YOU
inv1e 1 year ago
Sorry, but this is complete disinformation.
The study only compared antidepressants with placebos for mildly depressed people. There are tons of studies that show that antidepressants work for major depression. It's not made up.
You are contributing to the stigmatization of mentally ill people with your disinformation propaganda.
xknowledgeisfreex 1 year ago
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mental illness is all made what a fucking load of shit ,ill tell you what this guy is just bitter cause he cant prescribe the drugs because he is only a shitty psychologist and not a psychiatrist, and condems them like a dickhead and convincing like minded retards the same.
and it doesnt take a psychologist to figure that out. lol
lankeypete 1 year ago
mental illness is all made what a fucking load of shit ,ill tell you what this guy is just bitter cause he cant prescribe the drugs because he is only a shitty psychologist and not a psychiatrist, and condems them like a dickhead and convincing like minded retards the same.
and it doesnt take a psychologist to figure that out. lol
lankeypete 1 year ago
Explain how your antidepressent "placebo" theory will help a potential suicidal bipolar patient in a major depression. Oh wait, Bipolar disorder is made up too, huh?
Some of what you have to say may be true to a degree, but giving a sugar pill to a schizophrenic, a bipolar, or a diabetic is denying real TREATMENT with DRUGS that will work and save their lives. Not all drugs are bad. Your video reminds me of the views of a religious zealot or of any other extremist's narrow mindedness.
Italianiceisnice 1 year ago 2
@Italianiceisnice well actually Bi Polar is made up and if you do the research you will see that psychology was set up by people who wanted to control the female population, 75% of all people diagnosed with personality disorders are women, check out Judith Herman,s book Domestic abused to policital violence, ignorance is bliss!!!!
davydacounsellor 4 months ago
Respond to this video... Very true all off it, I work with clients all the time and who I feel sorry for is the kids they are feeding these poisons,
davydacounsellor 4 months ago
what if there is nothing wrong with your life in the sense that you have hopes and goals that you feel you can achieve, but then out of nowhere you start experiencing panic attacks for no apparent reason, you try lifestyle change and diet change but that doesn't work, you go on a course of zoloft and you start feeling better after the body acclimates to it. How do you explain that??
monarofreak 1 year ago
@monarofreak anti depressants may work for a while, but chances are once your brain gets used to it, all the "side effects" become the actual effects. There are plenty of other options, including natural remedies: saffron, SAMe, 5htp, exercise, etc. that are more effective and without the side effects.
rooeen 1 year ago
I was thinking that some time in life - you see what your doing as not your path or a path u didnt really want to do but maybe thats lifes way of givining you a mission I did not really want to end up doing websites I wanted to make video games... however i now have ended up going more towards websites... I know you wanted to be a rock star but had you not done this would you have even been able to help people know this. I can spread the message with websites... funny how life works... :)
TheaDragonSpirit 1 year ago
My Paxil clearly works for me. This guy is an idiot.
Globodyne 1 year ago
@Globodyne Of course it works once you become a drug addict to it. Im sure its a great drug thats why you are now addicted to it and people profit from your addiction. You took the easy way out and the fast solution.
twotribes03 1 year ago
@Globodyne Mine works for me too. Don't listen to twotribes03. I was depressed for months. Doctor tried antidepressant and it didn't work on the dosage he gave me (I didn't even care if it worked because I was so depressed). Then I was put on a higher dosage and the depression was gone in 1 day (it worked so fast because I already had the drug in my system from being on a lower dosage). Antidepressants work...like you say, this guy is an idiot!
susp1 1 year ago
If only I could inflict the immense, relentless torment that depression has inflicted upon me. Tell me that chewing my wrists out with my teeth is a made up condition. How do people like this get Ph.D's?
Biginjunchief 1 year ago 5
@Biginjunchief negative feelings, bad behavior, etc. is not what disease is. im not saying that people dont have problems(some that may be extreme or possibly illogical) that they need help with...for ex. if someone really wants depression medication all they have to do is lie....say if there was a medication for some disease like hepatitis(but this med's side effect is it gets u high) u cant lie to get the med because there are objective tests(blood tests). there's no obj. tests for disorders
843andrew 1 year ago
@Biginjunchief sorry dude, but this guy is right, open your mind its not you that you hate, its the fucks that are around you, there the ones that have led you to where you are,shit parents shit freinds. its not all your fault,i thought of attempting suicide myself then realised alot of the time people put you down because there jealous why should i feel bad for there shortcomings, your not going to feel how you feel now forever. its not a problem with your brain wer all different
Dumgolem 1 year ago
@Biginjunchief I velieve he was saying that chemical imbalance was made up. in psychology they dont necessarily believe in the scientific aspect of it.
alaskamanify 8 months ago
Dr. John Breeding...you might be drowning in your own utopic "We can all heal ourselves" dream...No wonder why psychologist are just that...frustrated science men who could not be real doctors, but instead find themselves in the limit of being 'gurus or shamans' on ilness involving the brain and it's processes, saying a lot but saying nothing in the end. Pills aren't the magic solution, just like therapy or 'self insighting' alone...But pills DO work, THERE IS SCIENTIFIC PROOF, come on!
MysteryMachine21 1 year ago
You got the internet now. At least you can type out your feelings and you dont have to give your name or pay for it and you wont be taking pills (they are DRUGS) that may damage you. Doesnt matter if the manufacturer gets sued later. I know its tough but you gotta learn to face reality, not to numb your head up so you cant think. You should think! You dont have to think about bad things all the time, watch a vid on youtube or talk (message) people. Then later you wont be dependent on PILLS!
SuicideisBrainLess 1 year ago
This isnt loading well for me. But im gonna open my big mouth (keyboard in this case) i seen this guy before and i think its remarkable that he says DONT take meds. I agree with him. Meds are expensive, dangerous (side effects) and sometimes you have to take OTHER MEDS to counteract the first meds! Wait for your body to "adjust." You better watch out. Youre putting chemicals into your body and maybe later you got permanant damage. At least TRY to deal with things thru exercise and talking.
SuicideisBrainLess 1 year ago
ur stupid why do you have a beard? What are you covering up It looks so stupid! Keep your fucking opinion to your self
peterod82 1 year ago
Dr. ,
How can you claim that Clinical Depression and SSRI's are either non-existant or don't work? Spinal tap synovial fluid hormonal tests PROVE that some people do not produce sufficient levels of serotonin and other neurotransmitters. You must be one of those hick jaded worn out old school class of "doctors." You're brain is what's naked to the truth. Read some books and talk to some of my friends who take anti-depressants and benzodiazapines and had their lives turned around. Retire!
MasterThousandJulys 1 year ago
I was given Antidepressants for depression & they din't work, & the doctor gave my dad Antidepressants for back pain & guess what they din't work, funny that!
fatturdburger 1 year ago
antidepressents dont work all they do is bottle your emotions up inside to where its harder to show your emotions thus burning out on your serotonin levels making you emotionless drugged out zombie when you get off the serotonin is not there and you have anger spurts and you have uncontrollable emotions and feel totally not like yourself like depressed bad about yourself always feel angry alone trust me i feel this way
distubezero 1 year ago
Placebo Effect?? The "effect" I got took place during normal dreaming? I woke up from good sleep into a world of HELL! Immense feeling of HORROR and physical convusions and vomiting and urge to DIE. It was NOT a placebo!
I stopped the meds and have gradually been recovering positive thinking and exercise etc .
LabRat6619 1 year ago 2
Dear Dr. Breeding. I'm also a Psychologist. Professor and Clinician in private practice for 13 years. You are misinformed. You have let your biases against medication and mental illness grossly obscure your perception. I must appeal to your integrity and ask you to please stop misinforming people simply because YOU have some VERY UNUSUAL ideas and dislikes about medication and mental illness. I know people who listen to folks like you, and, then, no surprise, have terrible relapses.
xjustice13 1 year ago
@xjustice13 Exactly - it may be prescribed sometimes for people who don't need it but for those who do it is *absolutely* needed. To suggest that because something like biochemical depression isn't yet fully understood that it doesn't exist is unscientific and unprofessional. You are being extremely irresponsible to suggest that people with diagnosed mental illnesses can safely come off their prescribed medications and just 'cheer up'. Very poor form Dr Breeding, you're putting lives at risk.
TheWyghtravyn 1 year ago
@xjustice13 the basis of your judgment is nothing but an appeal to ridicule, personal attack, and positioning the well. Drugs don't produce PERMANENT change in dialectical thinking, stress mgmt skills, spiritual/existential growth, other adaptive behaviors; it doesn't get people out of invalidating/traumatic environments, meet needs, change distortions-- these things are the basis of depression. WHEN THE DRUG IS STOPPED, OLD SELF DEFEATING BEHAVIORS START BACK UP. Nothing was really changed.
ratiocinativeness 1 year ago
@ratiocinativeness Ridicule? You got "ridicule" and personal attack out of my reply? Really? I was giving Dr. Breeding professional criticism. Positioning the well? Not sure I understand what you mean. I never said drugs produce permanent change. But antidepressants have saved countless millions of lives. Please don't side with Breeding. I am a clin psychologist, and I very well understand the benefits of psychotherapy. It's what I do. Your argument is weak. Try again. Sincerly, xjustice13.
xjustice13 1 year ago
@xjustice13 I agree, drugs HAVE indeed saved many lives. I personally know someone who was once suicidal who thanks to drugs kept her from slitting her wrists. Don't think I disagree. And by the way, I might not be a clinical psychologist yet, but I am training to be one. I have a problem with people being drugged up long term and not being required to get professional psychotherapy. That's a no-no-- the drugs don't produce the change that can occur through therapy, of which is money saving too
ratiocinativeness 1 year ago
@ratiocinativeness Fair enough. Sounds like you and I agree more than we might disagree. Some folks, in my experience, need to be on meds longterm due to stubborn depressions that won't respond to psychotherapy. Also, most people with bipolar disorder have to stay on meds their entire lives. You'll start to see this pattern the more you interact with such clients. Cool that you're training to become a clin psychologist! Right on! I wish your journey well. Respect.
xjustice13 1 year ago
@xjustice13 I personally think that with treatment resistant depression (as you hinted at), it would be helpful for patients to be checked out for other conditions that many doctors might oversee or don't think about like vitamin deficiencies, food allergies, thyroid problems, sleeping disorders, digestive disorders, abnormally high cortisol levels, heavy metal poisoning, etc-- things that could be making the symptomatology worse than it should be that if treated would greatly help...
ratiocinativeness 1 year ago
thanks for this ther shoud be mor pople like you
rich11214 1 year ago
what you do i s quit all your pills like the people said smoke weed drink more beer and just be your self who the fuck needs pills these days
distubezero 1 year ago
This QUACK is saying mental illness is MADE UP. So schizophrenia is "all in your head". Bipolar depression is bogus. What else is made up? Cancer? Heart disease?
John Breeding is a quack. Probably a scientologist as well.
hippykiller77 1 year ago
@hippykiller77 ignorance.
gamermostafa 1 year ago
Thanks for the video. Apart from the ineffectiveness and serious side effects of these drugs, the real outrage is that people are made to believe that their feelings of anxiety, anger, sadness, discouragement and grief are abnormal. In most cases they are not. Dealing with these feelings, talking about them, taking time to reflect on them IS effective.
DemiReb 1 year ago 18
@DemiReb Tru dat!
TheOrwellianFuture 1 year ago
@DemiReb I realize that it is normal for me to have anxiety I built it up by not socializing much for about 5 years and I understand this but now I do need an anti anxiety/anti depressant to get me out and use to being around people again and once I do get used to it again I will be able to slowly ween off the drug.
sharkshockey19 1 year ago
@DemiReb you have no idea what you're talking about.I've been severely depressed for more than 5 years&I've tried everything, going to different counselors&psychologist. It made a little improvement and after a while I was back to get depression again. After 3 sessions my psychologist suggested me to take medication. The drug REALLY helps me. I continue taking the drugs&having weekly psychologist session to learn how to deal with my problems. W/o the drugs I constantly lived in fear&feeling down
mayamaya 1 year ago
Love your comment. It's hard when most people tell you it's an imbalance. @DemiReb
progmanchad 1 year ago
@DemiReb When these drugs are used and Serotonin or Dopamine are increased is there proof that Serotonin and Dopamine are NOT destroyed afterwards to never to re-used again? I read articles but no one addresses this with convincing data.
JAKEHARRIS281 8 months ago
@JAKEHARRIS281 I don't quite understand your question. AD's don't increase the serotonin/dopamine levels. They are thought to inhibit the reuptake (termination of action) of these neurotransmitters. All amphetamines (and LSD for some serotonin receptors) are thought to do the same thing. There are no conclusive proofs of what ANY neurotransmitter/drug precisely does. Is that what you wanted to know?
DemiReb 8 months ago
@DemiReb I mean after LSD inhibits the reuptake of the neurotransmitters, will the Serotonin be used again or destroyed? Or simply put, is anything destroyed or depleted during the process of taking LSD or amps?
JAKEHARRIS281 8 months ago
omg i am really mad. I cant get off effexor because of the withdrawl hell.
blackkat77 1 year ago
The idea that the little prescription pill can fix whatever ails you, is a deeply held belief by the majority of us who have been bombarded our entire lives by ads (usually involving an actor wearing a white doctor's coat with a stethoscope draped around his neck) saying this drug will heal -- insert ailment here.
It's all a fraud. Even the new big-pharma ads for anti-depression drugs states that 2/3 of all these drugs are ineffective. If that doesn't wake you up, what will?
Damis101 1 year ago 2
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DeweyDuck420 1 year ago
Lexapro saved my life at one point. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
yawalad 2 years ago
Placebo? Who makes that? Is it prescription or over the country?
hotsickle 2 years ago
It's the cure for everything, greatest drug ever, it's hard to get a hold of though.
zenforaday 2 years ago 3
This doc has a problem you can see it in his eyes...don't believe what he says
cavemeister7262 2 years ago
You have a problem with what you say. You can see it in what you print. Don't believe what you say.
kevinneslund 2 years ago
@kevinneslund
I have worked in the field for 25 years. I see first hand the improvement meds make in people's lives.
This guy is irresponsible in how he is representing anti-depressants.
Some people will listen to his "giddiness" at being anti-anti-depressants. He has a personal agenda, and that will end up hurting people who seek help.
Yes sometimes meds are prescribed when therapy would be much better, but to be this anti-meds will lead to unnecessary suffering.
cavemeister7262 2 years ago
"Meds" for what? Medicine is for a medical disease. Please tell me what medical disease you may be referring to. In addition, please explain how "therapy" (i.e. I presume you're referring to talking as in "psychotherapy") could EVER be substituted in place of ANY real medical disease. The mere thought ought to sound preposterous to any logical thought process. Have you ever heard of any M.D. who ever decided it would be "better" to "talk" to someone, than, for example, administer penicillin?
kevinneslund 2 years ago
@kevinneslund
Psych meds can be used to build up a person's brain chemistry when it has be imbalanced by traumatic events or abuse. I think it is common knowledge that stress helps to cause many physical illnesses. You sound like the guy in this video. I think you are him under another name trying to support yourself. I also can tell you are closed minded so have a nice day.
cavemeister7262 2 years ago
You didn't answer my question. I wonder why? In addition, you made an entirely preposterous statement "brain chemistry when it has been imbalanced...." Really? Please provide supporting evidence of any method of any kind that may be used to gauge or measure any sort of chemistry that has been "imbalanced" and, what any sort of proper balanced chemistry would even be or look like. Of course, I've made a rhetorical question. The answer is, there is no such evidence of any chemical imbalance.
kevinneslund 2 years ago
One can not dismiss a psychologist with a PHD so easily.People do benefit from biological psychiatry, but many do not and become worse from psychotropic drugs and ECT. When brain damage is a result, it doesn't take rocket science to understand something must change.
Brain research is ongoing, nobody has all the answers, but Dr Amen ,Psychiatrist, is definetly on the right track. Some where between these two Drs. is a paradigm that won't damage peoples brains.
joesmoexx 2 years ago
I really don't agree.
rdsbarros 2 years ago
He says: "How can you treat a disease that doesn't exist?"
That's enough to convince me :) Thankyou. Your mental illness is that of an "anecdotal".
NeroIstaffer 2 years ago
I wonder why are most of the anti-psychiatry videos on youtube featuring psychologists especially more frequently than any other people? And I agree with punkfloyd87. Since when did psychologists become trained enough to render an opinion about medicines?
NeroIstaffer 2 years ago
Although I respect his views, I'm questioning this person because he is a PhD and not an MD in psychiatry, neurology, psychopharmacology, etc. How can he render an opinion on the biology of mental illness without studying that biology itself? There's also a lot of talk about drug companies being big and evil, and I don't disagree in some sense, but there is still the profit motive; if a product is constantly defective it'll be taken off the market. Look at Vioxx.
punkfloyd87 2 years ago
There is no "biology" of "mental illness". Never has been. Disease is always discovered in the lab under the microscope, or, on the autopsy table. All so called "mental illnesses" are thought up and then a show of hands is raised and they vote on it. Incredible, isn't it?
kevinneslund 2 years ago
@kevinneslund
So what is your field?
sales?
How long have you worked in psych?
There is clearly a brain development difference in abused and traumatized adults. And this is biological. As they say, you have an axe to grind and you are a fundamentalist of the mind. You are willing to twist facts in order to prove some kind of point. I wonder why?
Have you ever worked in the psych field?
On a psych unit?
cavemeister7262 2 years ago
"There are no external validating criteria for psychiatric diagnoses. There is neither blood test nor specific anatomic lesions for any major psychiatric disorder. Is psychiatry a hoax as practiced today? Unfortunately the answer is mostly yes".
Loren Mosher, MD,
Former Chief of NIMH Center for the study of schizophrenia
kevinneslund 2 years ago
"There are no tests available for assessing the chemical status of a living person's brain. It is well established that the drugs used to treat a mental disorder, for example, may induce long-lasting biochemical and even structural changes (including the brain) which in the past were claimed to be the cause of the disorder, but may actually be an effect of the treatment".
Elliot S. Valenstein, Ph.D.
author of "Blaimiong the brain: The Truth About Drugs and Mental Health"
kevinneslund 2 years ago
@kevinneslund
And as you know the biological component of mental illness has been proved in the twin schizophrenic studies.
So have a good day.
cavemeister7262 2 years ago
"In medicine, strict criteria exist for calling a condition a disease. In addition to a predictable cluster of symptoms, the cause of the symptoms or some understanding of their physiology must be established. Psychiatry is unique among medical specialties in that, we do not yet have proof either of the cause or the physiology for any psychiatric diagnosis. In recent decades, we have had no shortage of alleged biochemical imbalances for psychiatric conditions. Diligent though these........cont.
kevinneslund 2 years ago
cont. .......attempts have been, not one has been proven. Quite the contrary. In every instance where such an imbalance was thought to have been found, it was later proven false. No claim of a gene for a psychiatric condition has stood the test of time, in spite of popular misinformation."
Joseph Glenmullen, M.D.
Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, in his book "Prozac Backlash" (Simon & Shuster, New York, 2000) pages 192-193, page 196, and page 198
kevinneslund 2 years ago
"First, no BIOLOGICAL etiology has been proven for any psychiatric disorder (except Alzheimer's disease, which has a genetic component) in spite of decades of research. So, don't accept the myth that we can make an accurate diagnosis. Neither should you believe that your problems are due solely to a "chemical imbalance".
Edward Drummond, M.D.
Associate Medical Director at Seacoast Mental Health Center
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in his book "The complete guide to psychiatric drugs"
kevinneslund 2 years ago
and I could go on ad infinitum. It's obvious you do not keep current or abreast of findings in the industry you purport to represent and have been implicated in for 25 years.
kevinneslund 2 years ago
@cavemeister7262 : Here, you're either flat-out telling a lie, or, you simply are not up to speed with current education and findings in the field.
kevinneslund 2 years ago
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@kevinneslund As I thought, you don't work in the field. So you have not witnessed the benefits of meds. I could quote many excerpts from other doctors, and they would be in the majority compared to your quotes. But I'm done with this game, I've seen your type before, with an anti-med axe to grind because of your own inner psychological issues. The problem with you Breeding is you have part of the answer and you try to make it the whole answer. Balance is always best my friend.
cavemeister7262 2 years ago
@cavemeister7262 : It is of no relevance whether someone "works in the particular field" they may have knowledge about. For example, a doctor need not have contracted VD in order to have knowledge on it and treat it. Your statement is immaterial. I do not have an "anti-med axe to grind". I fully support anyone's right to consume anything they wish. However, the fact is, ALL doctors will admit, when pressed that, yes, there are definite side effects to these drugs. BTW, you called me "Breeding"?
kevinneslund 2 years ago
@cavemeister7262 : Don't you find it quite interesting that the Chief of The National Institute of Mental Health Center for the study of schizophrenia, himself, has said what he did in the aforementioned post I made? What more credible evidence could one hope to have? In addition to Psychiatry Professors from the world's leading Medical Colleges. Are you implying they're perhaps not credible, or, maybe, lying?
kevinneslund 2 years ago
You must be in the industry. You find a way to equate any difference to you into a psychological issue. You got any meds for that?
rogerprows 2 years ago
I work on a psychiatric unit and I am not ignorant or rigid enough to believe all psych meds are bad. I use the middle path, sometimes they are needed and sometimes they are not.
cavemeister7262 2 years ago
@rogerprows This psychologist on the other hand says all psych meds are bad. Sadly, his ignorance will cause some people to suffer much more than they need too. I am sure you don't work in the psych field otherwise you would know what the truth is, simply by observing the effects on medication on people. So are you saying psychiatric meds never are needed and never help anyone?
cavemeister7262 2 years ago
@cavemeister7262
He just explained it. PLACEBO EFFECT. The person BELIEVES they have been helped/healed. I have seen people change their behavior to being "healed" and under the same prescription change back to their depressed. So, evidently the prescription has no control. The patient does. I would never take a prescription for my emotions. I CONTROL MY HAPPINESS not any drug or person or event.
Trinilicia 1 year ago
@kevinneslund one example of "biology": clinically depressed people have far reduced levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, which is a metabolite of serotonin, compared with a control group. That, I would think, would indicate at least some partial biological basis for one particular prevalent "mental" illness. You're definitely right about psychiatric illness being different empirically from the "physical" diseases, but I wouldn't say empirically nonexistant.
punkfloyd87 1 year ago
@punkfloyd87
Took the words right out of my mouth. Tests PROVE that some people need these medications to live a happier and more productive life. You, as with many doctors I have met, seem to use the words "always" and "never" too often. I think this Doctor needs to read some more biochemistry or retire soon. And he should learn to talk at a normal pace, he seems spaced out on something. Too much Valium? He probably is hooked on his own supply contradictory medications.
MasterThousandJulys 1 year ago
To the asshole that thumbs downed me. I'm assuming that you thought I was speaking to someone. I was speaking about myself, and if you had taken the time to actually read through the comments you would realize that. Something tells me what i have said is a thousand times more useful than anything you could ever come up with.
Anderw12345 2 years ago
Mental illness does NOT exist. Emotional problems are NOT diseases/disorders. There's no such thing as a "chemical imbalance in brain that causes so called "mental illness" as psychiatrists claim. Psychiatric drugs cause mental suffering, brain chemical imbalances, neurological damage, bodily damage, damage to the soul etc. Psychiatric drugs are no more effective than placebos. They DONT WORK. Anyone who says they derive benefit is placebo effect. Psychiatry and their drugs WILL KILL YOU.
Draziom203 2 years ago
I think you're right. Would you tell people that chemical imbalances don't exist if it meant your whole career was on the line? Most people wouldn't. It's fear of losing ones position that keeps psychiatry going.
Anderw12345 2 years ago
.....I thought your life was soooo great now, so why do you feel the need to leave snide remarks and talk about retarded things like 'shrooms' etc. Why waste your time?
p.s. have a merry fuckin christmas asswipe
Dimebag204 2 years ago
I meant that i felt i was being retarded. I realize i wrote it like it was towards you and i did not mean that. I meant oneself in general. Sorry dude.
And what do you know about Mushrooms? Ever tried them? If not, try not to bash them please... they have been proven to help people with alcoholism and depression in clinical studies, with much higher success rates than AD's. Again sorry for the mixup i once again meant myself not you. Merry Christmas to you too man.
Anderw12345 2 years ago
well in that case im sorry too mate, just a simple misunderstanding. Its just something I feel very strongly about. truce.
and merry christmas mate.
Dimebag204 2 years ago
It's all good. Natural drugs seemed to help me out a bit btw. Whenever im down nowadays, i smoke a bit of bud and it helps me relax and take stock of things. Also, picking up an instrument worked wonders for me. Combining the two was like heaven lol. Weed smoked from a vape has almost no bad health effects... and its been proven to reduce the chances of lung cancer if you smoke as well. It bonds to the tar, and comes right back out. Hope that helps a bit bro.
Cheers.
Anderw12345 2 years ago
@Anderw12345 Thanks for the feedback. Cannabis seems to work well for many problems and it won't kill you.
jdarc2000 8 months ago
Exactly. And the pro-psychiatry supporters who support it keep it going. If we help destroy psychiatry so these chemical junkies don't get their fix, we can all be happy.
Draziom203 2 years ago
Exercise, fruits & vegetables, going outside, art of any form are but a few of the natural activities to take when feeling depressed.
lago4 2 years ago
well said Dr. Breeding
TomRiverstone 2 years ago
I don't care. If pills make this horrible feeling go away, I'll take it. I just want it to not feel like that any more.
Sakamachi25 2 years ago
take mushrooms. you will find that you end up solving the problems that are hounding you. your outlook on life will permanently be brighter, everyone ive ever asked has agreed with me on that point.
Anderw12345 2 years ago
The dangers of antidepressants are not justifiable because their benefits are negligible , I used them for only a few months and have tardive dyskinesia and chronic severe pain . I haven't had my IQ tested but I am not as sharp.Like most people I didn't realize my symptoms were caused by antidepressants so I went to neurologists who never told me what caused by symptoms .This is why the reported incidence is a fraction of the actual incidence of severe side effects.
8888Connie 2 years ago
shut it!
dave24ie 2 years ago
if youre talking to someone saying something stupid, sorry in advance.
If you are talking to the video, you shut it.
Anderw12345 2 years ago
There are really no placebo groups in these trials because the psych drugs have so many side effects that people know they are not in the placebo group . You state that the drugs have some positive effect on the most depressed . Actually these people are excluded from the trials.Use these drugs long enough and you will get tardive dsykinesia and lowered cognitive ability.Everyone is harmed eventually .
Head trauma causes depression but drugs exacerbate depression in all cases ,eventually
8888Connie 2 years ago
Double blind studies show them ineffective . If you feel initially better , you may be experiencing adrenal hyperstimulation but you will be damaged in the long run . They destroy brain cells . They are no differnt than amphetamines or ecstacy.Read Mad In Amreica by Whitaker
8888Connie 2 years ago
okay I have watched all you have said and believe most of it is true but you have said something that is untrue. You said to leave this problem untreated this problem is very real and must be treated with medication or not either way the person needs help. you have never experienced this or you would not have said this . good luck
SuperMatthew1973 2 years ago
I totally agree with you! He tries to say that depression is 'so- called', as you say he obviously hasn't experienced it because it is real. And he must have had a pretty perfect, easy ride through life if he thinks that depression is something that will just 'cycle out'!
Dimebag204 2 years ago
Guess what. It cycles out if you realize that you are being a retard moping around instead of dealing with your problems and improving your life. I was depressed for well over a year. I realized that i was wasting my own time always feeling sorry instead of changing things. I have not had an easy life whatsoever, and i agree with him because ive lived it.
I used to be on welfare. Now i own a promotions company. It is only oneself that can ever hold you back, and oneself that can fix it.
Anderw12345 2 years ago
well with you saying that you apparently had depression for over a year I would've thought that you would have a little more compassion with those of us who suffer from it. I have had it for almost 5 years and you know nothing about my life and my problems so fuck you. Just because your problems 'cycled out' doesn't mean everyone's problems do. So stop being an asshole and leaving ridiculous comments on Youtube.
Dimebag204 2 years ago
Antidepressants have worked for me, and I know it isn't a placebo effect because some of them that I've tried haven't worked.
RossPK81 2 years ago
What did it feel like when they worked ?
I have been on cymbalta for 5 weeks and nothing
i suffer depression and social phobia
i drink alcohol and i wonder if thats why these meds dont work for me
BlakesMercury 2 years ago
You just feel a lot better within and about yourself, you think in a more realistic positive way than you were thinking before, you have a lot more motivation to do things. You realise, that this is how 'normal' people must feel.
I also have social anxiety too, and although the meds haven't got rid of it completely, I do feel quite a bit better.
RossPK81 2 years ago
I'm not sure if the alcohol can mess the meds up, I guess it depends on how much you drink. I just have five cans of larger (around 5%) every Friday night.
I guess you could give your meds a few more weeks, if they still don't work just tell your doctor and he should prescribe you something else. Sometimes you have to try a few different meds until you find the ones that work for you. Good luck!
RossPK81 2 years ago
SSRIs and DRIs worked for me
SRNF 2 years ago
Your metaphor sucks.
There are such things as mental illnesses. Just because certain medications don't work for all of them doesn't mean they are non-existent.
Any therapist worth their trousers knows that medication alone is never very successful. And there will always be those who abuse the use as well as distribution of said medications.
You basically, in my opinion, are an insult to anyone who has suffered from severe mental illness.
As a representative to your cause, you're entirely creepy.
SubstantialWaste 2 years ago 2
very well said! He obviously has never experienced mental illness before if he thinks that it just 'cycles-out'!
Dimebag204 2 years ago
obviously it needs to be treated somehow,as by the time it cycles out they may have killed themselves,lost so much,failed relationships,jobs etc.Another thing hes overlooking is the fact that antidepressants when they work may do so by mechanisms unrelated to a chemical imbalance so far