Drug Withdrawals, Psychiatry, Mental Health Medications

[ababyinthesun]

A PSYCHIATRIST KILLED ME

[electroboyla]

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[angiierous]

Why are there never any good side effects? Just once I'd like to read a medication bottle and see "May cause extreme sexiness" ;)

[ssalemi]

Nice Video. Straight Info. Good Man. What Scientology!????!

[wepwnkittens4lyf]

i'm withdrawing from ecstasy + ciggarettes, and it's not gradually since im getting drug tested by court. my mom won't let me get mental help or a therapist or anything, and i can tell it's dangerous.. i could feel myself going into a seizure everytime, with the feeing starting from the back of my eyes. i need help really bad, does anyone have any suggestions ? :"(

[MonacoBlast]

My only fear is that I would find out that I really do have to be on drug X.

[MonacoBlast]

Jeeze! A little humility and compassion and Breeding seems okay.

[MonacoBlast]

Took 6 months to get off of Klonopin and another year before the itch went away.

[MonacoBlast]

I'm having a fun time. Night sweats, day cold sweats, depression--Yes depression,

feelings of hopelessness and Yes, feelings of hopeFULLness.  Well, it's my life.

[2011SkaterGirl]

i made the notes but i forgot to write them down... what the fuk

[sk8erdude180x2]

its all part of the masterplan ppl dont be fooled we are already druged by floride

[fushapanther]

Voice of reason, good man. Not enough resources for to help people with withdrawal from these nightmare drugs

[oliverthered]

up-regulating and homeostasis. narcoleptic withdrawal was like 6-8 months of tripping and then ability to think and concentrate returning (18 months now, nearly normal again!). like going through puberty in about a year. would never go back, stimulation seeking and intense cravings and horrific side effects stopped almost instantly after discontinuation, withdrawal took a while to kick in.

[urtube2k9]

I so get this,i have just been took off 3 antidepressant drugs and i'm getting serious withdrawal incl dizzy and faint with head rushes,cause my stupid gp took me off them right away,when i needed to be slowly took off them.

[MrJungleMonkey]

SERISIOUSLY!!!! If i had not watched this video i would have completely collapsed under the fear and hopelessness. It really helped me in my time of need. Thank you so much for posting this, i really think it has helped many people :D

[holdonfortheride001]

Hopefully in time I WILL come right, all these drugs have done to me is pretty much destroy me, my hair everything and I used to look like Tom Cruise when he did the movie Top-Gun when I was 18, God o might, I hope in time I get my looks back so I can work out at the gym and get all my muscles back so I can look good for the girls. Damn you psychiatrists....the hell you have put me through....

[holdonfortheride001]

They have put me on a nausea drug afterwards but it makes me not able to go for walks outside. If I go for a 20 minute walk I end up in bed for about 3 weeks to recover, so I am slowly coming off of the medication Prochlorperazine, very very VERY slowly, it is going to take a couple of months to fully come off. I am someone who used to cycle 60-80 kilometers everyday from the ages of 16-20. It was when I was 17 they put me on all these drugs screwing how my body functions like walking etc.

[holdonfortheride001]

Carrying on from my last message, I was discharged and they said I had to come off the medicationcold turkey that was making me throw up for 3 months called Ziprasidone, and I ended up in bed for 2 whole months with debilitating fatigue and had electric shocks throughout my brain and I was shaking, IT WAS TOTAL HELL!!!! Worst thing I have ever gone through and I was only 21 at the time as I am 22 now. And all along I had Aspergers Syndrome not Psychosis the psychiatrists tell me.

[holdonfortheride001]

I was put in a mental hospital because I had extreme restlessness for a whole year from an anti-psychotic medication which my psychiatrist didn't take me off. It was TORTURE. Anyway I ended up in a mental hospital over it and came off Olanzapine which was causing the extreme restlessness that almost drove me nuts, well it actually did drive me nuts to be honest and they put me on another medication in there that made me throw up for 3 months.

[heartlessvietboy]

Medicine is fake. Especially the psychiatric ones.

[Ragnarok187]

How is that as soon as ANYONE questions psychiatric drugs they are automatically labeled either a scientologist or 'mentally ill'? You people do realize there's more than just psychiatry and scientology don't you? Breeding is a PSYCHOLOGIST. The same area as psychiatry, just without the drugs. Psychologists help people with the exact same issues as psychiatrists, such as so called 'mental illness', but they do so by talking and understanding and therapy, something not taught to biopsychiatrists.

[jalshit]

Thanks Dr. John for your helpful and encouraging words, you are spot on.

[lify21]

i really apreciate what you're doing to help the truth come out....thanx a lot !!! Dr

[twistt]

I'm addicted to oxy contin and other opiates... I'm going to rehab soon but have also been on prozac and lorazepam for a long time, I'm scared of people thinking that I need to be off it.

[moob7]

I'm 17 and I'm currently going through a withdrawal period as of 3 days ago from amphetamines and weed and I strongly agree that having friends to support you helps a lot

[eDrifter1]

@moob7

'I'm currently going through a withdrawal period as of 3 days ago'

that was 6 months ago, how are you now?

thanks

signed, curious

[dumbtrooper]

i love this doctor he tell the truth thats is importent peace to you doctor :)

[CJEB4]

These drugs have TOXIC levels of flouride in them, its a chemical dumbing down of the people. Its sick how many people take some kind of "medicine for a mental illness". I have family members who go nuts when they come off the meds, because they are addicted, these people are also much less intellectual after taking these drugs, even when weaned off, they're never the same again.

[threadysparrow]

cjeb you know nothing about pharmacology. they go nuts after coming off the drugs because they suffer from withdrawal. when a drug does for the body what the body cannot do on its own. the body gets used to the drug's effects. when the drug is quickly taken away, the body doesnt know what to do and it thinks that it is dieing. this is why they go nuts. read a fucking pharmacology book instead of spewing out this dumb shit

[pinkytm1]

Receptor downregulation is a normal thing that occurs when you you take drugs. In some cases it seems to be critical to the mechanism of action. That downregulation can take 1-2 months on a drug and 1-2 months to reverse the process when going off a drug. During that slow up regulation period you will likely feel terrible. Your receptors are in a hyposenstive state and the level of available neurotransmitters is low. Slow tapered withdrawal is the least painfull.

[mscarco]

does being a christian make you any smarter than an atheist? does being a scientologist make you any worse a person than any other person. i don't agree with anything scientology preaches, but he is right in the sense that all drugs are addictive in ways. this is rather obvious. but we are over medicated. that said, some people clearly do need these medications, but other people, whom are completely normal feel they need anti depressants. like its some wonder drug. not enough room to continue..

[appostollo]

Anyway, I think the switch got me overall worse. I am way more offensive now. Group therapy was tried at the same time I was doing the switch and I ended being noncompliant and out of tune with everyone around me including the nurses and therapists. I was expulsed 3 times and rejected the last chance of coming back to group therapy. Now I'm trying to get off pharmaceutical drugs against the will of my parents and psychiatrist.

[threadysparrow]

you shouldnt get off the drugs. you need them. your family and your doctor love and care about you. and they want to see you well. the drugs you take are for your psychosis. yes you have a psychosis. please take your medication your life will be better. trust me i was in your position. im not trying to "get you" or anything. trust what your family wants for you

[appostollo]

I stopped taking them 3 months ago, not abruptly, but still against their will. There was also something else that happened meanwhile, my parents got separated which fortunately, or unfortunately, was something that has alliviated the ambient at home. No more discussions between them, at last! They always argue all the time, so this was a good thing to happen in my opinion. The psychiatrist is somewhat impressed and is looking to see if I can hold it till next appointment, in December.

[threadysparrow]

but you are suffering for no reason. you are not taking your meds when the meds will help you. trust me. doesnt it seem silly not to take some medication if those who love you and those with M.D. degrees know that it will help?

[appostollo]

I'm really not aware of it yet. She is, the other nurses are. I exposed this issue today to the nurse responsible for me. It is, in consense, that I need a reavaliation on the drugs. You have already hinted me that it's going to be antipsychotics again. That's.... ok, I suppose. But it was the switch plus the group plus long years of no interaction with the outside that might have caused the attacks.

[threadysparrow]

i take adhd meds, anti depressants, and blood pressure meds. i have been on them for a long time. i know you are probably afraid. do not listen to people like this guy in the video. they do not know anything. listen to professionals who you see in person. you will probably be on anti psychotics forever. but i will be on my meds forever. it sucks to have that reality, but then you have to think "what is actually BAD about taking meds?" you wont be a zombie trust me. your life will improve ALOT

[tallslimaussie]

@threadysparrow Which pharmaceutical company do you work for?

[threadysparrow]

@tallslimaussie see. there you go. the best argument from these people. i must work for a pharmaceutical company because i dont buy into half wit dumb ass ideas like you do. so i MUST be working for them. im an undercover agent for big pharma

[kevvie100]

@threadysparrow take a look at the book Anatomy Of An Epidemic. It explains how these meds make people MORE prone to depression and anxiety over the LONGTERM. Most people "on meds" are very defensive, which is understandable. It's only when you go through hell that you realize just how dangerous these medications potentially are.

[heartattackstroke]

@threadysparrow

"Trust me..."...."Trust me..."

Sure thing, shill.

[appostollo]

I've been on antipsycothics as the main drug for about 8 years, but recently, about 1 year ago it was switched to an antidepressant SSRI as the main one with an antiepileptic as adjuvant. I've never had panic attacks before this switch, but I had 3 already. One made me fear I would never be able to move my arms and mouth, I was breathing uncontrolably and the oxygen level on my tissues went low. The second only affected my mouth. The third happened when I had no antidepressant for half a week.

[phishhead11]

perhaps there's a bit of Scientological undertone in this guy's intense distrust in mental health medications, but on the whole he's correct about these drugs having debilitating long-term effects. breeding has some sensible advice for a person seeking to live a long healthy life, if one doesn't obsess over his religious background.

[swfowkes]

However, tryptophan and 5-HTP are problematic in people with chronic inflammation in which IDO (indoleamine dioxygenase) trashes tryptophan and 5-HTP and causes brain toxicity that may be entirely comparable to the toxicity of SRIs. Neither option is pristine. But shouldn't there be a choice? Shouldn't there be an ethical imperative for full disclosure?

[swfowkes]

I'm not a scientologist, even slightly, but I agree that antidepressants are substantially dangerous. SRI drugs, for example, sabotage serotonin storage levels in presynaptic neurons (i.e., storage=synthesis+recycling). Serotonin precursors do not do this. They also restore depleted serotonin presynaptic storage *caused* by SRIs.

[alasuxjudik]

Yep hes a scientologist. Going to them for mental health assitance is like going to a pedophile priest to help keep you safe from a pedophile father. They fill fuck you up and take all the money you can qualify for.

Fuck hubbard, John Breeding and all you other losers.

HAIL XENU!!!!!!! :)

[Nu13th]

Do you have a source? I didn't find in my reading that Dr. Breeding was a Scientologist.

[itsonebay]

I have been on Paxil for a year, and finally after gaining 35 pounds, I have been coming down off it 2.5 mg at a time. I am down to 7.5 a day and soon will be off. Best wishes.

[TaoandAgain]

Antidepressants saved my life. It is just so irresponsible to attack them. It IS however a hallmark of Scientology

[acbulgin2]

@TaoandAgain With respect, I say that psych drugs CAN save your life in acute crises. The problem lies in the debilitating long-term effects. He is not attacking psych drugs in my view. He is simply saying that for those of us who cannot make it ON psychiatric drugs and who have some hope of getting off of them, there ARE proper ways to go about it. To deny this possibility is in my view irresponsible. I do not care about his religious views, whatever they are.

[xxXghislainXxx]

drugs r bad, mmmK?

drugs killed mj

Ibogaine is supposed to help with addictions

(this guy needs to eat more)

[Rotulette]

Do you know that John Breeding is a member of of a Scientology front organization, the CCHR?

This is not an inoffensive cult, scientology kills, inform yourself!

[xxXghislainXxx]

no way, r u sure about this?

I don't follow scientology as I have Zero interest on them but I didn't know scientology kills, do u mind informing us how is this done?

Thank you for sharing

[acidbath32]

legalize poppy and marijuana!!!

[hellothurr123]

I wish i knew about you when I was going through my benzo withdrawal.

[bigwillakingkilla]

i was reciving great help but when i was put on probation they made me stop seeing my doctor and made me see a (mhmr) and thats where my life went totally fuck and now that im not on probation they released me and now im not taking anything and im angry all the time, and sad and hate everything and everyone i hate feeling this emptiness sorrow, feels like im spinning round and round and i cant stop i have no insurance to see a real doc, my life is fucked but im trying to help it but its hard

[smokey5481]

Meaning that I was on lyrica for a while and then basically depot injections of risperdal consta for the last two years untill 4 months ago. Hope to stay off. Although I think I keep on saying that I would go back on.

[smokey5481]

I want to get off the drugs because basically I had rispredal put in my coffee by my mum and dad and I don't know when I was better and when I was worse. I know I ended up going to a doctor (the same one that had given my mum the drug) and being diagnosed and ended up on drugs.I didn't even find out about the risperdal in my drink untill I stopped two years later. Then 6 months later I ended up in a clinic and have been on lots of drugs since 4 months ago.

[MooWithMetubes]

I was on paxil welbutrin and klonopin...Going on these medications was HELL. I was in bed for weeks going on them and months going off of them. I quit cold turkey and went crazy...worst 6 months of my life. I wasn't even on them that long but Ive always been super sensitive to drugs. Now I'm tryin to get off klonopin but it's gonna be gradual this time.

[LostMente]

It'd be great if all these mood stablising drugs wern't so dangerous...it would also be wonderful if friends and family and the people taking the drugs were more responsible to begin with

[lcbaudar]

This reminds me when I was a kid I wrote to a penpal who was on pharma drugs and told him they were bad. I then got a letter from his parents that he had some sort of breakdown from stopping them and they committed him (again). They wanted to sue me for suggesting he stop! What a sad sad world.... People are brainwashed on this stuff.

[paisleyyama]

Any parent that would want to sue a penpal KID over a mere suggestion and then commit their own kid is seriously messed up! I bet your penpal was not mentally ill but mentally abused by his parents. His parents sound really messed up! I hope your penpal is doing okay now. He may have had a "breakdown" b/c deep inside he knew what you were saying was right but his parents wouldn`t let him have the freedom of being himself. They just wanted a drugged up kid out of their hair. How sad!

[lynnej1970]

ive been on methadone 15years the doctors keep u on it,,,i feel helpless..

[lynnej1970]

yes doctors arnt aware of what withdrawal feels like,,and yes they do then make out u r mentally unstable because of this...

[lynnej1970]

they want to make ppl hooked on stuff so u dont think...belive me i know i am there the only difference is i am aware and stuck..

[Here4UMentalHealth]

I just posted 2 video responses. I love your vids and I believe you're speaking the truth! Thankyou!!

[edthewicked]

It's enlightening to hear the Truth about prescription dope when one psychiatrist after another keeps pushing all these chemicals on me, not to mention my own family backing them up. Even my holistic therapist switched sides on me! I'm currently taking Wellbutrin (300 mg daily) and Dexedrine (30 mg SR) for major depression & ADD, and my new psychiatrist is thinking of adding Klonopin to the mix for social anxiety as a result of PTSD. When is it enough!? Already started weening off process...

[derek2653]

ed, the psychiatrist is probably putting you on Klonopin due to the fact you are taking wellbutrin and dexedrine which both are considered stimulants which is increasing your anxiety and can cause mania, insomnia etc.

[AbiltyToThink]

I love Dr. Breeding outlook and the way he reaches out to people ,what a great soul !!

[chiki329]

I mentioned to a psychiatric nurse about Dr. Breeding's webpage and some of his statements on mental illness. The nurse replied that she had taken a course recently showing the physical effects of mental illness through new brain imagining techniques.

[wallflower1111]

has anyone heard or used of ginkgo biloba, i took it for a year now and i feel like im high on energy and not depressed anymore....but it fucks your sleep upp sooo badly omfg my brain doesnt stop

[chrissys31]

sorry I have to say again your so right about freeing up the fear because you cant get it through to you if your afraid so you do have to cope and deal with that first just like the stima about methadone being hard to get off and your always hearing horror stories about sickness so you dont wanna get off these drugs any of them if you know you wont feel good.

[chrissys31]

I never was the person with social anxiety and panic attacks but after I stopped abusing opiates and got on effexor and buspar to help it BUT I dont have any support system and like you said its very hard and I have 3 kids and sometimes I feel I put too much on my 14yr old having him basically as my support but I feel also sometimes i am 6secs from a nervousbreakdown lol...in childern its real hard to tell if its a withdrawal effect or bad behavior or what.

[chrissys31]

hi thanks for this video, Im on effexor and buspar and i have thought about that when its time to stop taking them what its going to be like and Im also detoxing or tapering off methadone now and im on 106mgs now and im going down 2mgs a wk and im ok so far but yes I heard when you get down real low thats when it starts being uncomfortable do you know some sites I can read about this (methadone detoxing?) Love your vids can you do some about kids on antipsychotics the subject at whole? ty.

[ballpark4]

the jun 22 edition of time magazine has a great article on the Cleveland clinics illness prevention program :O))

[0XXD]

Your voice sounds as bad as mine Dr. Breeding. Great video as always. BTW, I would suggest putting the links to all the sites mentioned in the video. Transcript of the video would be nice too, but I realize that's a lot of work.

[MuntucoGer1]

Quality nutrition - available to most (still expensive so some can't afford); Quality rest - available to many Westerners, but not all; Quality time - likewise available to BE MADE/BOUGHT for many, but not all; Quality spiritual activity - can be developed. Please pick up, read and re-read 'Learning How to Learn' by Idries Shah. Recommend 'Neccesity of Madness' by John Breeding too. Welcome comments, questions and discussions about Real life, psychology, Sufism and Buddhism. ;-)

[MuntucoGer1]

...want to ACTUALLY go hurt people, do we! The strong point about this work of John's is that, yes, it is made possible by his vigour and, ultimately, his love for people. But without accurate knowledge, John's work would resemble the work of big pharma apologists...Maybe it's good to rememebr too that these apologists are human, vulnerable and beaten around like the rest of us. I don't excuse the act of knowing better and PERSISTING in drug-peddling/electro-shock/co­nditioning activity.

[MuntucoGer1]

As always, thanks to John and to the people who support him to do his work. John gives a damn and is thinking about human development. Remember though that John doesn't neccesarily want a pedestal here...!! If more of us were well self-informed, vital and motivated, John would be part of a wider community and not so conspicuous. Knowledge is the key here - I say this 'cos INCORRECT knowledge can still be dispensed by GOOD people...we don't really believe that every post-grad psych student...

[exquisitepain]

thank you for this video.

i am at a crossroad in my life and therapy has become almost unbearable.

i've tried every SSRI there is and i'm down to just paxil (which i hate)

if i go to mental health they will help me taper but everything is too hard to deal with. i'm just scared because everyone i know tells me i'm better on the meds. and my psych quit the practice so it's back to in-house insurance shrinks.

thanks for letting me rant.

[Kyuugirl]

If only I knew this stuff when I quit taking my meds when I was 14. I had some weird ass panic attacks for years. D:

[bonzaibb12]

Same thing ahppend to me I devoloped severe panic attacks that disapeared about 6 months after stopping all medications. The panic attacks started after I had been on medications for about 5 years

[BaileyLush]

Been there bro. Medically induced panic attacks are fuckin scary. I literally thought I was dying for like a week.

[whamfunkthat]

thank the spirits for males with estrogen

[boognishishere]

I'm just wondering what you mean. All men have estrogen...

And just in case; Males are naturally more sensitive and thoughtful than females. Estrogen has very little to do with anything cerebral. What I think you are referring to has to do with the fact that males in our society are conditioned from birth to be "men". Oh and of course, females are conditioned to be "woman".

[joemann797]

Also, listen to this man. Gradual withdrawal is the best way. My wife's doctor finds it hard to believe that she is off medications, especially since she's been on medications for over 3-4 years. Strong antipsychotics, such as abilify, geodon, and other drugs such as cogentin, and some other drugs, that I forgot, but the two main ones were abilify and geodon.

There is HOPE for those suffering. DO NOT GIVE IN! Send me a message and I can give you more information.

[joemann797]

Whey protein isolate, Amino Acids both help with withdrawal from medications! My wife is on a program from True Hope, and she's been off medication for almost a year now! She's considered bipolar disorder, and she's doing just fine off the drugs!

Drugs can kill! They cause more harm than good. Also, taking the supplements from True Hope can also help with withdrawal, but you can buy from other places if it's more cost effective.

Inositol is also very good.

[JesseQuintana]

Awesome!

[saturateu]

a wise man!

[search4orlife]

Great as always, nutrition and exersize can go a long way. Brown rice.

[Luv4Learning]

Wonderful video :). I am planning to wean off my meds once I have established what my body REALLY needs to maintain homeostasis. Right now, I'm on 20mg of Lexapro and 15mg of Mirtazipine for sleep. The mirtazipine is really helping with my insomnia issues. Still, I want to get off of psych meds all together. Since being on the mirtazipine, I have been experiencing involuntary lip twitching. I have had tardive dyskenesia in the past, so this may again be TD.

Thanks for the info.!! :) 5 stars!

[embrassemoi04]

In NY state, someone with "mental problems" cab be court mandated by a judge to take their medication- if the person is non-compliant, they will be put in jail...

Now, what's wrong with this picture?

[hollywoodnight]

The government will be bribed to shut down this channel sooner or later.

[embrassemoi04]

I hardly think so...But I understand your point!

[Cajunx2001]

LMFAO

[bonzaibb12]

It took me 1 year to get off of Seroquel. The physical withdrawel was worse than any other aspect. It literally felt like I had bugs crawling under my skin if I went more than 24 hours without taking it. I did it all alone without any support since everyone in my family has been taught not taking meds is a form of denial and non compliance. Toward the end of that year I was crushing the smallest pill 25mg and putting just a dab on my tounge to avoid withdrawl.

[zo0m14]

Very proud of you! Stay strong!

[BaileyLush]

Congrats! That's definetley noty an easy feat. I was on Lamictal, Klonopin, and Zoloft... I managed to get off, but man was it a bitch!

[paulipaz]

BaileyLush, i was prescribed Lamictal but haven't had it filled yet (no money and always skeptical about drugs though i've tried many--both legal and prescribed). And i've been on Clonazepam/Klonopin for a few months in the past.

Even though i haven't started on Lamictal yet, i'm seriously thinking about it as a last resort. What advice would you give? Were there serious side effects for you?

[paulipaz]

edit: illegal.

And congrats on getting off! :)

I guess, coming from someone who's gotten off of those drugs like you have, i'd like to here your perspective. I'm wondering if it's even worth me getting on them in the first place. I'm on the fence about this issue and about psychiatry in general, because of how the industry works with the pharmaceutical industry. But at the same time... i don't know man.

[BaileyLush]

I hear you man. Well the Lamictal didn't seem to affect me to much one way or the other. I know it sounds kinda weird lol. To be honest the biggest help to me was weight lifting. I started lifting/ got my diet down good- and things just started to fall into place. It took awhile to find myself again, but it happened. And I can't say any of it was attributed to the drugs:) Klonopin was pretty instrumental in helping me sleep, but besides that...

[Manicpanicanticant]

I would really like a group therapy, But Why when handing over a sheet IS so much more easy to DO?!

[paulipaz]

I feel you. Plus i can't seem to find a group therapy around here. heheh.

[BaileyLush]

Good luck, and feel free to PM me about any more questions regarding the meds!

[Manicpanicanticant]

The brain tweakers i went went to offered help with these pills, at my first appointment i a girl did say ''would you take any drugs?'' i did speak, ''as a last resort'' the next time i did go & see them some busy bee hoppin' aroun' from person to person came to me, after three coughs in my face he did offer a drug under 5 mins, under 5 mins was all the time he'd ever see me, & off he went prescriptions comin' out of his ass even!

[Loveseekingmissile]

Find your true self and you can heal from everything. Recommended reads are Greg Braden, Bruce Lipton, Louise Hay just to start. and keep listening to Dr. Breeding.

[terratagONE]

Listening to you John helped me get off my antipsychotic meds not took them now in almost 2 year.Feel fine most days although my psychiatrist told me i would need them the rest of my life.Thanks your a life saver.

[deliciousonionsoup]

(continued) So, basically - if the therapy (of all types - your type included) and the prescription drugs aren't working then people are desperate. Often the drugs do not help at all just like the therapy doesn't help at all! So, the coming off the drugs and the therapy basically will be downers because it's yet another dissappointment after many other big dissappointments. And if therapy isn't helping then what next? Yes of course hopelessness.

[shadeofteal]

delicious: As J.B. says in the vid, people are usually told they suffer from a biological brain disease they need drugs to control. What do you expect to happen? That they believe, they can talk themselves through and out of this alleged brain disease? And what kind of "therapy" do you expect a therapist, who him-/herself believes in the biological brain disease bs, to offer, other than coping strategies?

Of course it doesn't help. Because it's not supposed to help - others than Big pHARMa.

[deliciousonionsoup]

Shadeofteal, I'm meaning here that there are many types of therapests who don't get involved with drug prescribing anyway. I'm not talking about Dr Breeding and Humanistic Psychologists here. But are you saying that the others apart from the Humanistic Psychologists still believe in drugs and that they see the cause as biological anyway? So they offer only strategies which don't get to the crux of the issues? I have a therapist who is not into drug prescribing but that is not helping me.

[shadeofteal]

Most therapists are into biology and drug prescribing. Dr. Breeding is one of the unfortunately rather rare exceptions.

Of course there are many other possible reasons why therapy doesn't help. One of them is if the therapist is afraid of his/her own shadow sides, and therefor doesn't honestly want to witness you facing yours.

Try another therapist, or maybe even a different approach, like meditation for instance.

[shadeofteal]

BTW: Usually, therapists hide their enthusiasm for biology behind the stress vulnerability model. Don't get fooled! The stress vulnerability model is nothing but biology (badly) disguized as psychology.

[blastoise0poliwrath]

come to Australia to share you ideas with other physcologists and local communitys

[deliciousonionsoup]

Personally, I think that people tend to have their problem before the prescription drug, while on it and still when off it. So to blame the drug can miss the issues. People often go on / back on to prescription drugs because they have tried all else. Of course these people often conveniently forget (in their deperation) that the drugs didn't help the first time around. But then again they often forget that therapy didn't help first, second or third time around either.

[sidecrank]

When I came off my prescribed drugs,I went to alcohol.I realise now that I am the addictive 'agent'. If my thinking is not right I will use anything to change how I feel.

[dianeticstu]

great! thanks Dr. Breeding