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“When you’re interested in science and dive into psychiatric research, your heart is broken. It looks convincing and persuasive and it’s written in very persuasive language. In reality, it’s replete with assumptions and bias, especially regarding theories about how psychiatric drugs work.”

8/ What Can You Do?
Self-education is essential. Ask questions, research, and advocate for yourself. Check out Metabolic Mind to learn more about these evidence-based alternatives. #metabolicpsychiatry #metabolicmind #mentalhealth

7/ Real & Powerful Alternatives Exist:
Metabolic therapies focus on nutrition, lifestyle, and addressing root causes. They can transform mental health and improve outcomes—even alongside medication—but are often ignored in conventional care.

6/ Why This Matters:
Many doctors have limited training on the risks of psychiatric meds, safe tapering practices, or alternatives like metabolic therapies. Patients often don’t get the full picture and need to advocate for themselves.

5/ 4️⃣ Duration of Use: Is this meant to be short-term or lifelong?

5️⃣ Alternatives: Are there other approaches to explore? Yes, there are! But doctors often don’t know this. Even if meds are prescribed, addressing alternatives can still make a huge difference.

4/ 1️⃣ Mechanism of Action: How does the medication work in your brain and body?

2️⃣ Potential Benefits: What outcomes are expected, and how will success be measured?

3️⃣ Risks & Dependence: What are the short- and long-term risks, including withdrawal & dependency?

3/What Informed Consent for Psychiatric Medications Should Include (But Often Doesn’t):
It’s not just about “take this pill.” There are key facts patients deserve to know.

2/ Ten years later, I now know what I should have asked. But how many families are derailed by treatments that worsen the issue?

Had we been offered targeted nutrition or lifestyle therapies, it’s likely her depression could have resolved within a year —without her life being endangered.

1/ When my daughter was 16, she was prescribed fluoxetine for depression. She became suicidal—a known side effect of the medication—but this was treated as a worsening of her condition. None of these risks were discussed with us, and as her parent, I didn’t know what questions to ask.

Interesting post from the other side from @markhoro.bsky.social

In 1973's Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS said that women's constitutional rights include abortion rights. In 2022, corrupted SCOTUS overturned this almost 50 year precedent, as if their own beliefs are more important than your bodily autonomy! Speak out! app.sosha.ai/s/0Xyk6lt0

YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO The Keto Psychiatrist: What Keto Is Really Doing To Your Body! Can It Cure 43% Of Mental Illness?

youtu.be/B7tnfSPySb0

Psychiatrist Dr. Georgia Ede recalls being taught that mental illness is ‘chronic, progressive, incurable.’ But there’s hope! New research shows that nutrition, like ketogenic diets, can improve brain health and transform lives. Your mind deserves the chance to heal. 🌱 #MentalHealth #MetabolicMind

It’s truly alarming and totally devastating. We are the most psychotropic prescribed population generationally yet our collective mental health continues to decline. So many innocent lives impacted. I’m heartbroken. Thank you for taking action and your campaign to raise awareness.

The Patient Voice: Antidepressant withdrawal, MUS and FND Marion Brown and Stevie Lewis urgently remind us to make sure we are not mistaking antidepressant adverse effects and/or withdrawal issues for medically unexplained symptoms, functional neurological

I have been very concerned about what is happening to people .... have been writing about it for some time:
bjgplife.com/the-patient-...

Metabolic Mind Metabolic Mind is a nonprofit transforming the study and treatment of mental disorders by exploring the connection between metabolism and brain health.

#mentalhealth #brainenergy #psychiatry #health #dementia #mitochondria

Thank you Marion. Your thoughts and resource are appreciated.

This is exactly what has happened to my adult daughter, although it was withdrawal from antipsychotic meds not AD’s (she tapered as instructed). Her GP is currently diagnosing her resulting tardive dyskinesia as functional neurological disorder. It’s truly exhausting trying to get help.

How GPs can help young people avoid future self-harm: a qualitative study Background Self-harm is a growing problem in young people. GPs are usually the first point of healthcare contact for young people aged 16–25 years, after self-harm. GPs can experience barriers to supp...

Thanks to @bjgp.bsky.social for publishing e-letter
"No effective interventions to reduce repeat self-harm behaviour?"
This is a deeply concerning situation. #patientsafety ?
bjgp.org/content/74/749/e832/tab-e-letters#no-effective-interventions-to-reduce-repeat-self-harm-behaviou

Another great interview from Metabolic Mind highlighting the real possibility of metabolic therapies as a healing treatment for mental illness. Going beyond surviving…you deserve to thrive! #metabolicmind #mentalhealth #metabolicpsychiatry youtube.com/watch?v=rKCS...

Hidden Costs: The Clinical and Research Pitfalls of Mistaking Antidepressant Withdrawal for Relapse One of the commonest stories encountered in psychiatric practice is a patient reporting that their withdrawal symptoms after stopping an antidepressant were misdiagnosed by a clinician as either a rel...

Great editorial hot off the press…

karger.com/pps/article/...

I received my copy yesterday. Two chapters in and all I can think about is a term I saw someone use on here recently “corporate psychiatry”. Psychiatry for the good of the corporations not for the good of the community. How many more lives destroyed before the real risks of meds are acknowledged?

Tapering About gradually weaning off medications

Oh and it’s the doctors failing to deprescribe correctly that lead injured and suicidal individuals to these peer led chat rooms in the first place. Take a look you may find it an eye opener. www.survivingantidepressants.org/forums/forum...

The model in mental health is changing. The era of "faulty brain chemistry" is over, the hypotheses debunked, the drugs needlessly dangerous. We're moving to a more compassionate understanding that bad things happen to people and they suffer emotionally and physically as a result

8/8 Mental health care, reimagined: compassionate, informed, collaborative. Let’s make it happen! #mentalhealth #metabolicmind #brainenergy

7/8 Every prescriber knowing how to start, adjust, stop, and navigate withdrawal safely? Yes, please. No more “you’ll be fine”!

6/8 Say goodbye to medical gaslighting. Patients aren’t “difficult” for asking questions—they’re advocates for their health!

5/8 Let’s make collaborative notes the norm. Write with us, not about us. It’s our story too, after all.

4/8 Safe spaces that actually feel safe? Designed with those who’ve been there. Lived experience = lived wisdom.

3/8 Imagine if we treated the whole person! Metabolic therapies as a first stop—not a last resort. Healthy body, healthier mind!