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“Dad, Something’s Not Right. I Need Help”: Richard Fee on the Dangers of Adderall

Mad in America

It really hit me when he came home in 2009. Fee: He started working with me at the store in the fall of 2009. He wanted to stay in Greensboro because he had a great support group and loved the area. But then, I started noticing changes in his behavior. Something seemed off, but I couldnt put my finger on it. He died in November 2011.

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Beyond Pharmacare

Mad in America

My first experience with Seroquel was in 2009 during my first night in a psychiatric institution. Cold hands gripped me, and a needle penetrated the weak flesh of my arm. My room filled with a dense fog. Unable to see through it, I slept for two days straight.

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Why I Stopped Taking Antidepressants—and Was It Worth It?

Mad in America

In 2009, no one had heard of tapering. The beginning of the spiral The first drug, paroxetine, turned out to be a poor fit due to unbearable drowsiness. After several months, the doctor advised me to stop taking it abruptly. When withdrawal symptoms surfaced weeks later, I returned to the doctor, alarmed.

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The Mothers Fighting a Scandal Bigger Than Thalidomide: ‘We Were Told the Medication Was Safe’

Mad in America

From The Guardian : “In 2009, Emma Murphy took a phone call from her sister that changed her life. ‘At first, I couldn’t make out what she was saying; she was crying so much,’ Murphy says. ‘All I could hear was “Epilim.”‘

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My Story of Surviving Psychiatry

Mad in America

Back in 2009 I was incredibly blessed to have a couple of my fellow patients who comforted me, listened to me and took care of me. In October 2009 I was discharged after 3 very long weeks and I quickly concluded that the ‘antipsychotics’ I had been forced to take were numbing my feelings and dulling my thinking in a debilitating way.

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Book: »Schizophrenie« in der Alltagssprache: Eine linguistische Begriffsgeschichte 1908–2009, by Yvonne Ilg

History Psychiatry

Dear Hmadness readers, Yvonne Ilg’s new book, “Schizophrenie” in der Alltagssprache: Eine linguistische Begriffsgeschichte 19082009, has just been published. It… Read more Book: Schizophrenie in der Alltagssprache: Eine linguistische Begriffsgeschichte 19082009, by Yvonne Ilg

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The Death of Joey Marino

Mad in America

In 1992 he met Anthony Edwards and was his stand-in for the movie Delta Heat , which landed him a permanent role as Anthony’s stand-in on the hit medical show ER from 1997 to 2009. Joey also went on to play an orderly and a nurse on the show. It was a career that changed his life.