Psychiatry: The Pseudo Science

Tom Cruise on psychiatry

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[pashedmotatos]

Hate to agree with Cruise, but he is right about Psychiatry. Too bad he's a Scientologist, and that ruins his credibility; so he actually did more harm in that interview than good.

[HilarityBribo]

I personally think psychiatric drugs help more than hurt.

[WickedWitchElphaba]

@WickedWitchElphaba I've never heard of a single person whose life has been "ruined" by a psych drug. I've read that some people dislike the unpleasant side effects, and stop taking the drug cold turkey which is stupid for ANY drug, not just psych. But most people dislike their disease more.

LOL forums. That's a reliable and academic source of information. How about not. Show me a lab report and maybe I'll take you seriously.

[WickedWitchElphaba]

@JenkemBOMBS Dude, everything you THINK is neurological. No neurons- no thinking. To deny that mental illnesses are neurological is to deny that you have a brain in the first place.

I'm not saying the drugs are the only solution. But sometimes they are when therapy has not worked. Drugs should be something of a last resort.

[JenkemBOMBS]

@WickedWitchElphaba

The fact that you think psychiatric illnesses are neurological diseases infuriates me.

The fact that you want people to take extremely harmful/addictive drugs for emotional/behavioral issues infuriates me.

The fact that you downplay how much some psych drugs have ruined peoples lives, even thought they took them as prescribed...

They're are entire forums dedicated to people talking about there psych drug withdrawal, go peddle your bullshit to them.

[WickedWitchElphaba]

@JenkemBOMBS Yeah, I'm the uneducated one. That's why I'm currently enrolled at a university.

ALL withdrawals are horrible if done incorrectly. If the drug is weaned off of slowly symptoms won't be nearly as bad.

I think you are over-reacting. I've met plently of people who have been/are on psych drugs. All of them are still alive and well. Most say the drugs helped/help them.

The fact that you encourage people not to seek treatment for their illnesses infuriates me, so I guess we're even.

[WickedWitchElphaba]

@JenkemBOMBS Oy.

Withdrawing too quickly from ANY medication can cause death if done too fast. However that is extremely rare.

And your statistics come from where? Because mine come from scientific journals, universities, and valid web resources- they all say that these drugs have been shown to have a statistically significant outcome. Meaning that most of the time they help. Of course there are always exceptions, but these drugs have been tested often enough to have proven their worth.

[JenkemBOMBS]

@WickedWitchElphaba

Benzo withdrawals are worse then any opiates withdrawals, I can show you ex heroin addicts saying they would rather go through heroin withdrawals 100 more times rather then go through benzo withdrawals again.

Most psych drug have HORRIBLE withdrawals, psychiatric drugs can cause permanent physical damage, the fact that you are denying this infuriates me. Psych drugs KILL people, they are VERY harmful, you uneducated piece of shit.

[JenkemBOMBS]

@WickedWitchElphaba

Someone taking benzos even exactly as prescribed for long enough, can die from withdrawals if they stop taking them to fast. The withdrawals can last for YEARS.

SSRI and other psych drug withdrawals are very similar. Amphetamines, mood stabilizers, anti-psychotics that cause Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, seizures, coma, death, etc.

The vast majority of the time these drugs never even helped the person with there emotional/behavioral issues.

[CliveGains80s]

race purity and intelligence seems very similar to this. Based on negative stereotypes and a government agenda then passed as science.

They are so ruthless they even give anti-psychotics to the elderly with Demantia and 1000 die a year.

maybe there is last resort use only for these brain altering toxic metal drugs for a temporary problem. the criteria is to make sales and as many as possible and passing laws to force it, including kids.

[WickedWitchElphaba]

@WickedWitchElphaba I simply see no reason for you to be so against this sort of research. Anything that leads to an expansion of knowledge and new understanding can only be a good thing. Even the Ancient Greeks were aware of that.

[WickedWitchElphaba]

@WickedWitchElphaba a point where I was actually able to ween myself off of it. The drugs are NOT addictive, they do NOT do any physical harm to the body, and they DO help- and psychiatry has been able to show why. Anybody who doubts this has very little understanding of neurons and neurotransmitters.

And again, as these fields change and evolve the drugs will become more stream-lined and have less of the unpleasant side effects.