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On Not Becoming David Foster Wallace

Mad in America

Wallace hanged himself in 2008 after withdrawing from a long-term medication, experiencing unbearable withdrawal symptoms and finding himself unable to regain relief (such as it was) in his old medication or new ones prescribed to him. Finally, I am surrounded by people who hear me, support me, and want me to be well.

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It’s You, It’s Not Me: Treatment Resistant Depression and the Psychiatric Breakup

Mad in America

Either you must admit that you’re on honest person, weather pending, or you have to be flexible with social constructs like “sick” or “honest.” The therapy to which they referred was entirely pharmaceutical—it was always a failure to improve with medication. The depression eggs are all in one pharmaceutical basket.

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Why Failed Psychiatry Lives On: Its Industrial Complex, Politics, & Technology Worship

Mad in America

In these interviews, I have talked about the components of the psychiatric-pharmaceutical-industrial complex, along with how psychiatry meets the political needs of the ruling class and dysfunctional families. Mainstream media is another major player in the psychiatric-pharmaceutical-industrial complex. Evolutionary geneticist R.C.