discovererant Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I can't remember not being medicated. what do you all reckon about this site http://www.sntp.net/ ... and I love my pdoc sniff sniff sniff [edited by a.m. to fix link] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirMarshall Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Wow, it's been a couple years since I've tripped across that site. Look, it's full of tripe and B.S.! How can you take its logic seriously when it use examples such "benzos are bad because alcohol was prescribed for centuries for anxiety". And such luminary commentary from: "Comprehensive overview of psychiatry by Gary Null, Ph.D." Gary Null has NO standing to comment on psychiatry. He is a nutrition wacko who makes a living selling vitamins and wheat grass extract on a weekend radio show. About ten years ago he suddenly started calling himself Dr. Null. As it turns out, his PhD is from an unacredited virtual university diploma mill with no campus run by a friend of his. His "doctoral research" consisted of a multiple choice questionnaire he handed out to his friends and coworkers. His "dissertation" was a 26 page summary of the questionnaire. Anyone who has the slightest inkling of academia will understand the fraud there. Understand that there are people who are foam at the mouth about psychiatry and write about it in obsessive ways. Scientific evidence and experience observation that millions of people have benefitted from modern psychiatry and medicines seem to carry no weight. Mental illness has a physical, biological, chemical basis. If we could simply think ourselves well we would. I do agree, and it is documented by many studies, that talk therapy and forms of behavior modification can help significantly in concert with medication. a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 It's a $cientology site. Gene is connected to "Karl Loren" who is actually Loren C. Troescher. It's all $cientology tripe. In fact it's lower than that even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I'd wonder if you boss was hoping you'd believe that crap so that you'd quit taking your meds and the insurance company would be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olga Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 How interesting, Scientology! The group that thinks their fearless leader (Ron Hubbard) descended to earth in a space ship. Yeah, these are people who are really qualified to give medical advice. **olga slugs back her Wellbutrin and trots off to do the laundry** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowen Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 There are a lot of people who could be living healthy, semi-normal lives that aren't because of shit like this. It makes me sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustyJr Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Silly Pdoc's "authoritatively" criticizing the proponents of the truth". LA LA land. DJr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null0trooper Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I can't remember not being medicated. what do you all reckon about this site You could always politely tell your boss that you've looked over the site to the extent that you were inclined, and ask that in the future he not introduce Scientology literature into the work environment. As a recognized religion, their materials should fall under any of the same HR restrictions as "The Watchtower" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirMarshall Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Damn Nullo, aren't you clever!!!! That's right. The Scientologists have worked very hard to be designated as a religion. Then they can expect to have limitations imposed on them appropriately. heh. a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unregistered Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I'd love to give one of these idiots a nice psychotic episode, and then ask them to get through it with vitamins and positive thoughts. Sure, some psych meds are over-prescribed, but so are antibiotics (waaaay more so, and probably more dangerous, given the rise of resistant bacteria). Of course you can dredge up cases of inappropriate prescription, but so what? They should try and live our lives some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discovererant Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 My boss doesn't know I'm on meds. We were reading the paper about a shooting on a uni campus recently and he declared it was probably because the shooter was on "psychotic" medication. I protested a little then decided to back off because he was quite opinionated. The scary thing is he is a very nice and intelligent man. Anyhow later on in the day he comes up to me and gives me that web site. Sometimes I get a little worried about swallowing such large amounts of meds everyday for years and years on end. I do wonder if they're addictive though, because I absolutely love reboxetine. Although it could be that it stops me from sliding into a hole of doom. Does anyone know how long term SSRI/SNRI use effects the liver? anxious and paranoid Discovererant PS sorry to post such an inflammatory (and possibly pointlessly aggravating) link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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null0trooper Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 PS sorry to post such an inflammatory (and possibly pointlessly aggravating) link. Heh. I learned a little bit about how one or two of the folks operate. Pick at one or two of the right terms, and a whole bundle of unwholesomeness unwinds itself from the internet. Sometimes I get a little worried about swallowing such large amounts of meds everyday for years and years on end. I do wonder if they're addictive though, because I absolutely love reboxetine. Although it could be that it stops me from sliding into a hole of doom. Does anyone know how long term SSRI/SNRI use effects the liver? I'm not sure much study has gone into long-term effects. But I am surprised to read that someone loves reboxitine. When I've taken it, it struck me as quite effective against depression without particularly elevating a person's mood. It reminds me a bit of Dirty Harry: Blunt, efficient, no-nonsense, and no use for petty problems. (And those who don't see that as an improvement, probably don't know depression!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isis Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 reboxetine tastes like ($%#).... i didnt feel happy but i didnt want to die, so it was good enough i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discovererant Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 OK.... today I found out my boss is a scientologist........... so we can all relax. I didn't know real people could be scientologists! reboxetine tastes like ($%#).... That is why I always follow with a shot of straight red cordial. The whole aftertaste goes away after a few months anyhow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isis Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 That is why I always follow with a shot of straight red cordial. The whole aftertaste goes away after a few months anyhow thats a really good idea. if i have to start taking it again, the first thing i'll buy is more red cordial i've never met anyone who's a scientologist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mghalt Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 no thanks on the scientology... but I have to say, as a person who has been medicated most of my life, I don't know how to feel about psychiatry. Sometimes I wish I had never been put on anything. Other times I wonder if I'd still be here if I hadn't been. All I know is I'm in too deep as far as psychiatric meds go and living without them at this point would be hard. Call it an addiction or whatever you will, I just don't see myself med-free for quite awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starfish Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 gotta be fuckin kiddin me! oh well...i'll go and flush all my meds down the toilet, i mean, Tom Cruise can't be wrong, can he?? (j/k) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Elvis Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I missed this the first time around. Man. I get a chubby for Tom Cruise just from the Comic Sans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowen Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I laughed when I saw the recommended reading page. There's a whole section on St. John's Wort. The plant causes some of the same dreaded brain dysfunction as prescription antidepressants, jackass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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