Posted by JLx on March 31, 2003, at 17:18:50
In reply to I am very skeptical about this posting/poster » JLx, posted by Jack Smith on March 31, 2003, at 16:14:02
> OK, I don't want to sound like I am accusing anyone but I am very skeptical of this posting. . . First off the poster constantly provides a link to this website. Second, on the website, there is a link to this website--something like "join the discussion at psychobabble about magnesium." I hope that this poster is sincere and I hope that the owner of this website is sincere BUT the website contains a whole bunch of links to the usual anti-psychiatry people.
Hmmpf! What would be my ulterior motive? What would be his? I know he did a TON of research to come up with the info he did, because I did a lot of research just to find him! I found his site linked on here http://www.priory.com/psych.htm : The International Forum for Psychiatry - the world's First Internet Medical Journal
Editor: Dr Ben Green, MB, ChB, MRCPsych ILTM. University of Liverpool. Please note that's "Psychiatry" not ANTIPsychiatry. On that page, under "Latest Articles and Papers", there is a link called "The Best of Other Psychiatry Pages". From there, click on PSYCHIATRY, and on there scroll down about half way, under Affective Disorders, Eby's site is linked as "Depression and magnesium - user page with interesting ideas". That's how I found his site -- from a British online psychiatry journal, just as I said.
And I had no idea this site was linked on Eby's site, but so what that it is?I've never read Peter Breggin's book nor have I been "antipsychiatry" until NOW. My life is in shambles from years of depression -- that's "treated" depression btw -- and if it weren't for George Eby's site called "Rapid Recovery From Severe, Stress-Induced Depression Using Magnesium" -- and here's that link AGAIN ;)
http://www.coldcure.com/html/dep.html I wouldn't even be posting here because I USED TO BE TOO DEPRESSED TO DO SO. I used to wake up right into the feeling of wanting to put a gun to my head, and then commenced wondering how I was going to get through another day, or gee, should I try another drug? Another doctor? Spend some more hundreds of dollars on PSYCHIATRY instead of making another house payment? Check into a hospital? (No, probably not that one as I have no insurance.)After 3 DAYS on magnesium, I woke up in a positive mood, spontaneously sat up in bed and stretched --something I can't remember doing since I was a teenager -- and thought, hey, what shall I get done today?? That's a miracle.
I don't have a job, I don't have an income. I'm facing foreclosure on my house. I'm thousands of dollars in debt and have 3 court judgments against me. I've lost all but one friend, my previous career, my savings and just about everything else TO PSYCHIATRY TREATED DEPRESSION but I feel better today than I have felt in years!! I am no longer depressed thanks to George Eby and his provided-for-free information that saved my life!! That's how it feels to me. I NOW have my life back. I NEVER expected to EVER AGAIN feel even HALF this good. Yes, I am now cynical and jaded about psychiatry. Magnesium for depression is not something completely unknown and obscure. There were medical studies done decades ago. What do we pay psychiatrists for except their scientific expertise and knowledge about the human body? My psychiatrist pooh-poohed any possible beneficial effect from magnesium when I specifically asked him and IF I HAD LISTENED TO HIM, I would not be here today posting because I used to be too depressed to communicate!!
I don't care if you believe me. I only care to spread this word about something that SAVED MY LIFE FROM THE ABSOLUTE EVERYDAY HELL OF DEPRESSION -- and that's while on antidepressant drugs, thank you very much -- just in case it might benefit someone else. Even one person.
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