Below are links and article quotes of an editorial piece about psychiatry’s influence and how it is proven that chronic brain chemical imbalances do not exist. This means schizophrenia does not exist, at least in psychiatry’s very narrow watered down theories. The dopamine theory has also been unproven, and I take a medication that increases dopamine where-as excessive dopamine is thought to cause schizophrenia.
Psychiatry is driven by drug-revenues when alternatives are unavailable and unexplored such as Reiki, Homeopothy, vitamins, Herbal Supplements, Reflexology and Yoga and Talk Therapy have been put on the backburner as far as mainstream thinking goes. Is it time to change the focus and agenda to a more progressive science in a more forwardly progressive world?
Should we medicate distrust of authority, or peddle their agendas?
Interesting read, but I find that off-meds I’m totally insane and on-meds I can cope, so if there is no truth in psychiatry are you saying that I’m getting some kind of placebo effect just from taking a pill? I have noticed recently that my mind seems to be very vulnerable to suggestion. people merely have to mention something and it goes into my subconscious and re-surfaces sometime later in strange and unusual ways. I would love to try therapy with a professional therapist to see if it would actually help. truth is I’m so scared of coming off medication that I don’t even want to think about it. last time I came of meds was like a trip to hell, and I don’t want to ever go back.
There was no big pharma influence in the discovery of antipsychotics. Chlorpromazine was at the time being used as an anaesthetic. One doctor happened to use it to sedate agitated psychotic patients (who incidentally before this often lived in asylums their whole adult life). Low and behold the psychotic people had a life changing response to chlorpromazine and were able to live an independent life.
also known as major tranquilisers, yeah I know, they’re also called neuroleptics. your right its just basically sedation, doesn’t change the fact that they help some people cope with whatever people want to call this affliction.
Thank you for posting this! Yes, the chemical imbalance theory has no scientific proof to it. And yes, the DSM V is a joke. (And I’m not anti-psychiatry)
I am just speaking the truth. It’s not flipping PROPAGANDA!!! I never said that I was right, but psychiatry has lied and said that the chemical imbalance is what causes schizophrenia and it’s obviously NOT. It’s obviously just sedation to control symptoms of trauma etc. and biological toxicities. ■■■■ that.
Good info. Yeah really no one knows anything about the brain aside from what chemicals make you happy stressed etc. it sucks. I prefer to take the cognitive and psychological approach to combat it.
I’m sure it is why don’t you back up the backwards ass statement? HUH? PROVE that needless endless torment of medicating madness isn’t a negative aspect of why psychiatry is a ■■■■■■■ joke. Prove that it’s helping the people who take it versus the ones who choose not to. Prove that it’s not coercive. PROVE IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS OF coercion. Prove that you’re being unbiased by claiming this information should be banned no ■■■■ YOU ■■■■ YOU for saying that! I hope that someday you realize that ignorance is not bliss so ■■■■ off. If it’s such ■■■■■■■■ then why do so many people around YOU agree with ME. Why? Are we just brainwashed? NO. NO psychiatry has brainwashed YOU like everyone else on this forum who thinks medication for schizophrenia is a ■■■■■■■ happy utopian existence compared to living with an uncurable psychosis THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE CURED IF ANYONE GAVE A DAMN.
Ditto for me about the med’s. I’ve come across psychiatrists before who I thought were pretty useless. I’m thinking about trying Dialectical Behavior Therapy".
Because I thought I was in a forum about recovering from schizophrenia, btw I am cured and I don’t need you to help me anymore than you already have. You obviously aren’t very invested in a cure, like many others, do you even have schizophrenia?
Whitaker claims MIA is a balanced site but basically it’s full of participants involved in an antipsychiatry wankfest. Psychiatry isn’t perfect but MIA is so OTT that it lacks much, if any, credibility.
oh you guys @StarryNight some people are offended by anti psychiatry. I am included by it. I don’t mind you posting what you find important, but I side with Malvok on this one. Schizophrenia is real. you should take meds for it. just like you would take meds for the flu if you caught it. right?
I didn’t know that attacking facts was fun for you, have fun…guess you’ll get the last laugh, but I really wish people didn’t lie and psychiatry’s tool is propaganda how else do they reap such high profits? It’s a coercive system. I never chose it, and I haven’t benefited much from it.
I’m not anti-psychiatry. Why do people get offended when someone asks for transparency I mean it’s kind of disgusting that consumers protect the views too when there is a lie behind it that permeates the entire system.
I want to see an example of what causes schizophrenia and how it is a chemical imbalance. Prove that psychiatry isn’t instilling the lie or deny it and hide behind the shame of its failures. I find more insulting is the science behind the lie of schizophrenia, and sad that people have to live under the shame of its stigma when they shouldn’t have to. Sorry for caring.
Sorry for caring I’m sure no one’s even going to read or reply because you can’t argue common sense with someone who doesn’t want logic, merely a comfortable shelter for their narrow minded opinions it’s not like I have any sort of aim or vendetta it’s simply that I’d prefer to know the truth and if it was a lie wouldn’t anyone be upset in the slightest?
It’s different for every body. Some people just need peace of mind and a stress free life and things start to get better. Unfortunately some people have it worse.
Meds aren’t the greatest but for most people it’s all that works.
It still doesn’t mean that schizophrenia is a chronic chemical imbalance with no other remedies than anti psychotics or tranquilizers, and maybe my aim is not an attack but a request for transparency and less control and manipulation of people’s minds?