Posted by AlexCanada on October 24, 2012, at 19:05:48
In reply to papillon2, posted by Dinah on October 22, 2012, at 16:28:13
Lou's actions encourage people to not take their medication. He is constantly being uncivil and makes disgusting offensive comments.
How on earth is he not banned from this forum? This board continues to dwindle in membership with less active posters than years ago and the moderators need to get a clue as to why this is happening. It's because of double standard anti-med agenda pushers who are dismantling this place one day at a time.
I personally am sickened to even go on this board hardly anymore because every day I see anti-med jargon and fairy tales from this unethical person whom calls me a flat out liar while calling others anti-semites just so he can continue on his ill-informed anti-drug agenda.
Not everyone needs medication but there has to be a realization that some issues do require it for the individuals own good. That is why there is a difference between Depression and Clinical Depression. One is more mild than the other. And one requires medical assistance.
My life was in torment before medication. If I took Lou's advice I'd be dead. So yes I will be very damn offended by his disgusting comments.
We need to stand up against this. This is more than just how he may effect me or you. This is about how he effects the entire board and the hundreds of lurkers who browse for information because they are looking for genuine help. Lou's actions cause some people to question if medications are necessary. Some of these people are going through such hardships where it may be difficult to think clearly. I used to be at a point where everything looked so dark, grim, negative that it was extremely difficult to see the world through anything but the negative lens. When this occurs it is easy to think that ''nothing'' will help. This can lead certain individuals to commit suicide. When you destroy the notion of hope you destory lives. When people give up on believing that medication can help for their severe disorders then lives are lost.
Lou is directly being responsible for causing tremendous harm to countless individuals. This should Not be tolerated under any circumstance!
> > I must admit that I have refrained from posting due to not wanting to receive the sort of response that we are talking about here. It would be too mentally challenging for me to (a) read and (b) respond to such a reply, and I would feel awful for ignoring it outright. And let's be honest, I'd continue to be spammed regardless of what I might say and request.
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> > I guess this is more my problem than anyone else's, but depression is exhausting enough as it is, you know? It's noisy enough in my head without having someone adding to it, giving ammunition to unhealthy and unhelpful thoughts. So I don't say anything, and I guess it is a shame because I don't have anyone else to talk to about these things.
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> > I guess I should press send now, though I bet I'm going to regret it soon due to the above.
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> I think you ought not let it keep you from reaching out to those who might understand. There is no need to even open posts from someone if you don't wish to, much less respond.
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> There is a rule at babble that says the thread originator can state up front that certain types of posts would not be helpful, and request that they not be made.
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> So you can always include in your own thread a notice that you would not find certain statements helpful - statements about psych meds being potentially responsible for deaths or psych meds being potentially responsible for violence against Jews; answers that involve an apocalyptic religious experience; discussions about prohibitions that Dr. Bob may or may not have made about sharing information; requests that something be read or viewed before participants reply - or whatever you really don't wish to read. Those are just examples.
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> I'm not sure if it could be included in a signature.
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> Of course, it's all contingent on Babble rules being in place, and since we are virtually unmoderated, it might not be worth the bandwidth it's written on.
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