Category Archives: neuroleptics
FDA: Antidepressant Trials Have Not Adequately Reported Sexual Dysfunction Side Effects
‘Trouble is, when people DO report sexual dysfunction after being given psychiatric drugs, they are often ignored. In my case, after being given an antipsychotic, the credibility of what I said was gone. I didn’t even know whether there were others suffering like I have been until I found a support group on Yahoo in 2009.
To put it bluntly, I haven’t been horny in almost 32 years. I discontinued haldol when I was 35. I’m 67 now. (I have never taken SSRIs.)
My biggest concern is for the CHILDREN being given psychiatric drugs. Will they be able to experience normal puberty? I think we will have a growing number of people who are asexual. We will also have more people put on welfare because they’ve been harmed and disabled by the drugs and can no longer work.
(I have adult friends who have taken SSRIs and have reported sexual dysfunction, NOT ONLY ED, but LOSS OF LIBIDO and GENITAL NUMBNESS, PERSISTING YEARS AFTER TAKING AND THEN DISCONTINUING THEM. They are some of the people I’ve come to know through a Yahoo support group with 3,721 members.)
For some young people, this may be a permanent condition.
For some, it may be a reason they are committing suicide.
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Antipsychotic-induced Sexual Dysfunction Under-reported
Here’s a post from Mad in America mentioning studies involving structured interviews or questionnaires that result in many more patients reporting sexual dysfunctions from neuroleptics (or so-called “antipsychotics”). Researchers [from the Netherlands] “found that a comparison of different antipsychotics showed … Continue reading
Psychiatry causes harm and it’s widely denied: psychiatrist shares her sadness about her profession
Originally posted on Everything Matters: Beyond Meds:
Joanna Moncrieff, MD shares her response to this question: How do you feel about the current state of psychiatry? ? https://vimeo.com/81506029 Dr. Joanna Moncrieff psychiatrist and senior lecturer University College London video from…
Don’t Coerce the Mentally Ill Into Treatment
The Murphy’s Bill was initiated after the Sandy Hook massacre. Rather than investigating what kind of treatment (drugs) Adam Lanza was given, it is assumed he didn’t get the proper kind, or enough. Now, some people jump to the conclusion … Continue reading
Video interview with John Nash of Beautiful Mind fame
Originally posted on Everything Matters: Beyond Meds:
The film A Beautiful Mind was about John Nash. There is some commentary about this film on Beyond Meds written by Bruce Levine. It’s worth reading. The story told in the movie was…
If I Had Remained Med Compliant… by Monica Cassani “. . . I would still be on a cocktail similar to the one I began to withdraw from 10 years ago now: 84 mg of Concerta 50 mg of Seroquel … Continue reading
Subject of the film,”A Beautiful Mind”, Professor John Nash, and his Recovery From Psychosis Without Drugs
“John Nash let us know that he did not need psychotropic drugs to get better. We always hear about the fear that people will stop taking drugs if they hear some people don’t need them but what about all the people who could be free or on lighter dosages if they knew how to detox safely and got support? What about all the people who are forced to take these drugs when they do them serious harm? Why are the media not concerned about them? If they were not so profitable for many would people care?” ~ Mary Maddock, founder of MindFreedom Ireland
Dr. Nash was also disappointed that the film made it look as though he was actually seeing things which, in his experience, he did not.
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