Posted by judy on March 3, 2000, at 1:10:46
In reply to Psychiatric Drugs in General, posted by deb on March 2, 2000, at 18:51:50
Having been on scores of drugs, I came to the same conclusion as you. I met several psychiatrists who referred to the APA as the American Pharmaceutical Association, and agree the billions drug companies have invested in advertisements (how many paxil commercials are out there) have skewed the whole profession. There is an excellent site for anxiety called Tapir on the net and a link to Dr. Shipko's site PDI (Panic Disorder Institute). He is a psychiatrist and neurologist and you will find him sympathetic to your views. I have no doubt that drugs can help some people- I'm the first to admit that neuroleptics have stopped more than one of my manic episodes- but I feel they are overused. I think you should try a drug free approach and see if it works for you- please taper very slowly, I like the 10%/week rule, and you'll find the withdrawals aren't quite as intense. Keep posting and let us know how it goes- I wish you the best of luck.
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