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

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His irregular sleep patterns, staying up all nightit all started coming into focus. Parents can keep their children on their health insurance until theyre 26, but in life-or-death situations, we should be able to get critical information. A big example of that was theMedicating Normal event in Virginia Beach, where you and I first met.

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The Fallacy of Modern Psychiatry: Treating Symptoms, Ignoring Causes

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H uman behavior is shaped by a complex interplay of lifes events, conditions, and circumstances. From the safety of ones surroundings to access to proper nutrition, sleep, and social stability, the circumstances of life have a lasting biochemical effect on the brain. and of course a host of pharmaceutical drugs.

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

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noted that it is a myth that mental disorders play a significant role in at least 90% of suicides. [6] 6] In most cases, there is no preexisting mental disorder. 18] Goldney had received “gold” “from a number of pharmaceutical companies.” The comment I made in 2015 on the Board of Health’s website. [40]

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

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T here is a core concept shaping the ‘market’ in health, the concept of an assay, that few doctors or patients understand. This idea went nowhere, until a birth defect crisis triggered by thalidomide, a sleeping pill, struck. Academics even boast that EBM shackles the pharmaceutical industry. They go by the evidence.

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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

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For months, the GP had focused on an alleged traumatic event causing her significant psychological distress. They could not recall any traumatic event, confirming instead a stable and nurturing home life. There have also been notable shifts in the types of traumatic events leading to PTSD.

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Doctors Are Not Trained to Think Critically

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The medical profession expressed a global disdain towards these individuals; those diagnosed with a mental health condition were highly stigmatised and considered weak or defective characters. I couldn’t sleep, I felt agitated, my thoughts were going round and round and then I became suicidal. Admittedly I was tired out.

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Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death

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As an example, the Danish Board of Health has warned that adding a benzodiazepine to a neuroleptic increases mortality by 50-65%. Fifth, events after the trial is stopped are ignored. when the follow-up was 30 days, i.e. an increase in suicidal events. 15 Third, half of all deaths are missing in published trial reports.