Mad in America
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Following doctor’s orders, I had obediently swallowed Seroquel (quetiapine) that night, a so-called ‘antipsychotic’ medication used to treat mental illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and, off-label, dementia, autism, eating disorders, insomnia, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Mad in America
JULY 19, 2024
I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1998. My highest mood score came on the day in 2009 when my only child was born. Around the 2016 hospitalization my diagnosis was elevated to schizoaffective disorder and I was placed on everyday Zyprexa. The tracking system I use does the same thing for my moods.
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Mad in America
JANUARY 4, 2025
” Psychiatric Services 60 (2009):1439-1445. As our society embraced the use of SSRI antidepressants, disability due to affective disorders dramatically increased. Source: Gaynes, et al. “What Did STAR*D Teach Us? Results from a Large-scale, Practical, Clinical Trial for Patients with Depression.”
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
As Whitaker noted, the research literature shows that psychosis pills and depression pills increase the chronicity of the disorders, and the same is true for stimulants, benzodiazepines, and drugs used for bipolar disorder. 650 None of this history is found in Insel’s book or on NIMH’s website.
Mad in America
MAY 6, 2025
During his testimony in a court case in 2009, when an attorney asked him about his rank at Harvard Medical School, Biederman replied: Full professor. Depressive and bipolar disorders: patients attitudes and beliefs towards depression and antidepressants. Joseph Biederman was an example of grandiosity. Whats above that?
Mad in America
JANUARY 9, 2025
But now they often say Since they have bipolar disorder, theyll never be able to manage their emotions or achieve any stability. Preventive Services Taskforce also helped Big Pharma, by telling doctors to screen for depression in 2009 10. Harris, G Drug Makers Are Advocacy Groups Biggest Donors, The New York Times, Oct 21, 2009.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The contents of most medicine cabinets in the US have changed a lot since the days of “candy aspirin” poisoning, with more drugs being prescribed to kids: In 2009, children became the leading growth demographic in the pharmaceutical industry. which questioned the rising cases of young children diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
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