Are Meds Really the Answer (or Maybe the Problem)?

My observation as both a participant in severe depression at times and as an onlooker into the lives of loved ones has convinced me that we are too quick to categorize behavior that really was considered normal 50 years ago. We all have moods, mood swings, and ups and downs, but today’s billion dollar medical industry needs to keep us convinced there is something wrong with us and we buy (literally) right in to it. It’s like we are not allowed to experience grief or any other number of emotions that once were considered normal and something to be weathered through. Nor are we willing to standby and help one another through these times.

Two excellent books for those interested in the medical profession’s approach to mental conditions are “Medication Madness” by Peter Breggin, M.D.(a licensed psychiatrist) and “Psychiatry, the Ultimate Betrayal” by Bruce Wiseman. Though Wiseman is a layman, the book is incredibly researched and documented with an exhaustive reference section in the back o footnotes in the book.

More and more research questions the “good” meds do as opposed to the horror stories linked to them.

http://breggin.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=79