Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications PDF
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The author and publisher have provided this e-book to you for your personal use only. You may not make this e-book publicly available in any way. Copyright infringement is against the law. If you believe the copy of this e-book you are reading infringes on the author’s copyright, please notify the publisher at: us.macmillanusa.com/piracy. For my wife, Ginger Her mother, Jean Our daughter, Aly Her husband, Chris And their new son, Cole. Love you! Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Notice Introduction - These Are True Stories Chapter 1 - Killing the Pain—and Almost the Cop HARRY ON PAXIL SPELLBOUND BY PAXIL DID HARRY “GET AWAY WITH IT?” CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING MEDICATION MADNESS INVOLUNTARY INTOXICATION: A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER WHAT WAS THE PAIN INSIDE HARRY’S HEAD? AKATHISIA: A PAINFUL DANCE OF DEATH THE PERPETRATOR PROFILE Chapter 2 - What Is Medication Spellbinding? A CLOSER LOOK AT MEDICATION SPELLBINDING MEDICATION MADNESS CAUSED BY NONPSYCHIATRIC DRUGS WARNINGS MANY DEPRESSING DRUGS HOW THE CONCEPT OF SPELLBINDING CAME ABOUT MEDICATION SPELLBINDING, FAITH, AND AUTHORITY CAUSATION AND FREE WILL SOCIETY REINFORCES THE SPELLBINDING EFFECT Chapter 3 - The Toothless Watchdog Growls THE DRUG LABEL CONFIRMATION FROM THE COURTS SOUNDING A WARNING IN 1991 THE FDA BEGINS TO REACT THE FDA ADVISORY COMMITTEE AWAKENS TO THE BROADER DANGERS THE NEW BLACK BOX ABOUT ANTIDEPRESSANT-INDUCED SUICIDALITY IN CHILDREN APPLYING THE SUICIDE WARNING TO ADULTS TAKING ANTIDEPRESSANTS CONFIRMING MEDICATION MADNESS, INCLUDING STIMULATION OR ACTIVATION GSK CONFESSES: PAXIL CAUSES SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN ADULTS FDA ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONFIRMS ANTIDEPRESSANT- INDUCED SUICIDALITY IN ADULTS CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS PREVENT SUICIDE, REGARDLESS OF THE DRUG LINING UP TO DEFEND THE DRUGS DO ANTIDEPRESSANTS WORK AT ALL? NO LONGER ALONE Chapter 4 - Young Girl Murderers in the Making MURDERING MOM LASTING PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS WHAT IF EMILY HAD ACTED? A FORTUNATE EXCEPTION TO ROUTINE PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE CHESTNUT IS DROWNING Chapter 5 - Doctors Driven Mad by Medication THE NATURE OF MANIA HIGH RATES OF ANTIDEPRESSANT MADNESS IN ADULTS HIGH RATES OF ANTIDEPRESSANT MADNESS IN CHILDREN THE RISK OF GIVING ANTIDEPRESSANTS TO ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE PATIENTS ASSAULTING HIS COLLEAGUE WITH A TACK HAMMER A DOCTOR COLLECTS CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY KNOWN EFFECTS OF ALL STIMULANTS STRATTERA: THE NONSTIMULANT STIMULANT CONFIRMATION OF STRATTERA’S DEVASTATING IMPACT FROM RARE TO COMMONPLACE THE COVER-UP Chapter 6 - Killing Loved Ones to Save the World ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE PSYCHIATRY’S COMPULSION TO DO “MORE OF THE SAME” LIKE ABUSERS IN THE FAMILY MISSING THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS FINDING HIS WAY TO ME WOMEN KILLING THEIR CHILDREN Chapter 7 - Drug-Induced “Happy Faces” ACTING STUPIDLY—AGAIN AND AGAIN A FIVE-AND-ONE-HALF-YEAR MANIC REACTION THE ENTERTAINING HOME INVADER PROZAC AND XANAX IN A DEADLY COCKTAIL Chapter 8 - Not Quite Twelve Years Old MEDICATING ANDY RISPERDAL: ANOTHER POTENTIAL MEDICATION CATASTROPHE BRINGING LAWSUITS Chapter 9 - Sleeping Pill Madness SEDATIVES, HYPNOTICS, AND ANXIOLYTICS HIGH UP AND ON HALCION GREAT BRITAIN TAKES STRONG ACTIONS THE TRIAL IN MARTIN QUICK’S CASE SPELLBOUND BY THE NEWER SLEEPING PILLS Chapter 10 - Tranquilized Into Violence FROM CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST TO RACIST EXTENSIVE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE THE BRAIN-DISABLING EFFECTS OF TRANQUILIZERS EVEN ONE OR TWO DOSES Chapter 11 - A Courtroom Christmas Story Chapter 12 - A Vicious Addiction THE MAN WHO COULDN’T TELL A LIE FROM ACUTE TO LASTING DEVASTATION A LIMITED TRIUMPH OVER XANAX Chapter 13 - He Wanted to Do Better in School THE FDA: MUCH TOO LITTLE, MUCH TOO LATE ONCE AGAIN, THE FDA PLAYS CATCH-UP ONCE AGAIN, FUMBLING THE BALL TREATING CHILDREN WITH COCAINELIKE DRUGS A SPELLBOUND RECITATION SUICIDE AS AN AMPLIFICATION OF THE DRUG’S “THERAPEUTIC EFFECT” WITHDRAWING CHILDREN FROM STIMULANTS DO STIMULANTS BENEFIT CHILDREN? Chapter 14 - Spellbound by Ritalin Addiction IT ALL BEGAN WITH ADHD ACUTE EFFECTS VS. ADDICTION WILLOW IN HER TEENS WILLOW SHOWS SIGNS OF ADDICTION ADDICTION WARNINGS ADDICTION AS A CAUSE OF DEATH RITALIN AS A GATEWAY DRUG TO STREET DRUGS Chapter 15 - Parents Forced to Drug Their Children A VERY GENTLE FATHER FIGHTS BACK STATE DOCTORS GANG UP ON A FAMILY TRYING TO PUSH AROUND THE WRONG FAMILY BEWARE MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING Chapter 16 - This Is Not My Daughter IT SEEMED TO HELP HIS ALLERGIES SPELLBOUND BY ANTIPSYCHOTIC STABILIZING DRUGS ZYPREXA ZOMBIE A WOMAN NEARLY DESTROYED BY ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS LITHIUM DOLDRUMS DRUG-WITHDRAWAL MADNESS Chapter 17 - Dilemmas and Difficulties in the Role of the Medical Expert ZERO RECIDIVISM DISTORTED PERCEPTIONS OF REALITY ARE MEDICATION MADNESS RECOLLECTIONS RELIABLE? THE ROLE OF THE MEDICAL EXPERT Chapter 18 - Drug Companies on Trial THE DARK SIDE OF ELI LILLY AND PROZAC THE INFAMOUS WESBECKER CASE BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON THE “MISSING” ELI LILLY DOCUMENTS THE DARK SIDE OF PAXIL AND GLAXOSMITHKLINE Chapters 19 - Marketing Myths and the Truth About Psychiatric Medication MARKETING MYTH: PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS CORRECT BIOCHEMICAL IMBALANCES MARKETING MYTH: PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS DON’T PERMANENTLY HARM THE BRAIN MARKETING MYTH: PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS IN SMALL DOSES ARE RELATIVELY HARMLESS MARKETING MYTH: PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS ARE NECESSARY TO PREVENT SUICIDE AND VIOLENCE MARKETING MYTH: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS ARE DISEASES LIKE DIABETES MARKETING MYTH: “THE DRUG ONLY UNMASKED YOUR UNDERLYING PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER” MARKETING MYTH: “YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE THEM FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE” MARKETING MYTH: YOUR PSYCHIATRIST IS A BRAIN EXPERT MARKETING MYTH: YOUR DOCTOR KNOWS WHAT’S BEST FOR YOU Chapter 20 - Spellbound by Drug-Withdrawal Reactions A MORE TRAGIC OUTCOME Chapter 21 - Making Drug Withdrawal as Safe as Possible BEFORE STARTING TO TAPER YOUR DRUG THE WITHDRAWAL PROCESS SPECIFIC TREATMENTS FOR WITHDRAWAL GETTING PROFESSIONAL HELP HOW LONG WILL WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS LAST? MEDICAL EMERGENCIES THAT MAY REQUIRE RAPID DRUG WITHDRAWAL ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION DO WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE? A SUCCESSFUL WITHDRAWAL Chapter 22 - The Tough Question of Personal Responsibility OVERWHELMED BY SEROTONIN CONVINCING THE LEGISLATORS MORALITY IN MOLECULES THE CRUX OF THE MATTER THE IMPORTANCE OF VALUES WHAT DO OTHER PSYCHIATRISTS HAVE TO SAY? MILLIONS OF SPIRITUAL DEATHS THE ULTIMATE CHOICE Chapter 23 - Choose Your Last Resort Wisely NO WISDOM IN PSYCHIATRIC TEXTBOOKS THE LIMITS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY WHAT REALLY MAKES THERAPY WORK? KEEP THEM SAFE FROM PSYCHIATRY PRINCIPLED LIVING PRINCIPLES OF LIFE Acknowledgments PROFESSIONAL BOOKS BY PETER R. BREGGIN, M.D. Appendix A - Psychiatric Medications by Category Appendix B - What Else Can You Do? Notes Bibliography Index About the Author Notes Copyright Page
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