Dr. Peter Breggin is one of the greats in the critical psychiatry space. Many (especially pharmaceutical companies) consider him dangerous, and he has weathered much controversy and is being proven right. He was instrumental in stopping Frontal Lobotomies, spoke out against ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy), the use of Ritalin and Concerta on children with ADHD, amongst other ‘modern’ treatments. Here he tells us what so many other psychiatrists won’t.
Psychiatric drugs, and marijuana damage your brain. He has never drugged any of his patients nor locked them up. It is possible to practice psychiatry without using drugs. He talks about the importance of love and trust in people’s lives, from infancy on, and the lack of it as a trigger for mental illnesses, as well as its use in treatment.
At 34:36 on the video, he talks about the damage caused to the brain. He then goes on to describe the best way to come off these psychiatric drugs without causing further damage. In too many cases, people disillusioned with the effects of psychiatric drugs on their brains and their lives, quit cold turkey. Many have such mood swings and psychotic incidents that they are hospitalized and then are usually put on even more drugs. When withdrawal is done slowly and correctly, this typically does not happen. We are posting other videos on correct practices in withdrawing from meds.
Learn more @ www.breggin.com and https://breggin.com/article-detail/post_detail/Dr-Peter-Breggin-Psychiatrys-Most-Dangerous-Critic
Comments
@taraelizabethdensley9475
We need more doctors like this, he truly has empathy.
@sandywhat2429 Had I heard the Truth coming out of this gentleman decades ago I could’ve gotten myself out of the grip of psychiatrists and polydrugging. Nonetheless I’ve heard this message and I’m proud to say that I am now undrugged after 40 yrs of poly psychotropic drugging and misdiagnosing. Thank you to these brave few doctors fighting for the Truth.
@graciegolden2290
I really love and respect this man. Brave soul.
@spice8831
What a beautiful heart this man has… Bless him!! How tragic that he’s a solo voice speaking truth and wanting to help people unlike what seems to be his entire profession. Sad sad sad. Thank you for showing people what a true Dr should be. You’re in my prayers lovely man.
@trinalyn4453
I really admire the part where Peter says that as a therapist you must unconditionally love your patients. I think the world needs to follow the practice of unconditional love more often.
@marjoriesita2377
I stopped Lithium, Prozasin, Effexor, Brintellix, Alprazolam, trazadone and other meds within 2 weeks. I had withdrawal, bad manic/bipolar depression for a month and now feel excellent.
@Reneemaschke
Marjorie Sita I quit cold turkey 120 mg of Prozac after 7 years. One month of paranoia, but HEALING WELL after a month or so
@ewawyhowska2097
Marjorie Sita quite a speedy withdrawal Thank God you have not ended up being hospitalized. At the beginning of 2016 due to mania I was forcefully put on olanzapine, aripripazol, etc…. starting from May last year I started reducing the dosages and today I am only on 100 mg of lamotrigine. A couple more months, and I am off. I know what these drugs do to your brain, and I would never recommend to anyone withdrawing in such a speedy way. The best of luck for you
@Rezparviz
Marjorie Sita I had problems with prozosin as well. Did you have withdrawals from it and side effects while talking it?
@ashleybutler86
If you start having brain zaps or other strange symptoms high dose vitamin C (and D). Take amino acids too
@ewawyhowska2097 Yener Okcay I believe that it is individual. Sadly, after my withdrawal (half a year later) I had another manic episode (bipoalar) and was hospitalised, so I believe that some people just need to be on meds and withdrawal may be riskt. Now I am back on meds and probably will have to take them for the rest of my life .
@ocey3349 @ewawyhowska2097 I’m so sorry to hear that, I heard that once you go off meds the symptoms come back worse than before. What are you taking and can you feel your emotions? What are the negatives they are causing you? I really believe things would have been different if we had never started meds in the first place and had found other ways in coping with the mania. I had mania because I was forced to take medication but it wasn’t half as bad as what the meds have done to me. I’m trying so hard to ignore and be on the long and never ending road of recovery.
@ewawyhowska2097 Yener Okcay I fully agree. If I had not been put on meds years ago, I would have been far better today. I was prescribed SSRI drugs for bulimia when I was only 17 (now I am 40). After a few years of taking them I came to a conclusion they didn’t do anything to me. I came off. A year later I had my first mania and as a result was drugged insanely with antipsychotics. For half a year, I was literally a vegetable. A year later I stopped taking them and immediately became manic again. Then I was on mood stabilisers for ca 7 years and stopped taking again. Surprisingly the following 7 years, I was doing fine with no meds at all. In 2015 I faced some stressful events and again – mania. Up until now I have had 4 (clinical) manic episodes, which I believe occurred as a result of taking antidepressants when being a teenager. Even my current doctor agrees this can be the reason. Each single mania was treated with heavy antipsychotics including haldol. After that I was ripped of any (!!!) emotions. I was numb. My brain stopped working. I was not able to have a simple conversation, not mentioning reading or watching anything. I stayed in bed thoughtless for months. I recovered thanks to my family and determination. I believe that if not for the SSRI sh*t served to me in the past, I could now have a normal life. Today I am on lamotryginie only as a mood stabilizers (300 mg). It’s mainly prescribed for epilepsy. I don’t even fully comprehend why I need mood stabilizers as I do not suffer from mood swings. I either have psychotic mania or “depression” which occurs straight away after being drugged with strong antipsychotics. Currently taking lamotrygine seems to be saving me from another episodes. The meds they gave me in the first place destroyed my neurotransmitters and life. As a consequence, my brain is now sensitive to stressful situations, too little sleep, too much coffee, or even an unbalanced diet. Now I am a prisoner of the pharmaceutical machine for the rest of my life. I cannot have a normal life; an interesting challenging job, or a stable relationship. I am sure there are cases when psychiatric drugs may help (paranoid schizophrenia) but the majority of cases can be easily treated without killing your brain WITH meds.
@ocey3349 I can relate to this so much! Everything was possible before this and I had an interest and open mind in everything life had to offer. I was sky high, now everything is the complete opposite to how I was living. I know this isn’t me anymore! I’ve gone from living in heaven to now living in hell, and have to accept that this is my life now. It’s the hardest thing, when I potentially have years ahead of me living in torture. I want it to change so bad! No matter what you do or who you talk to, anyone who has not gone through this, simply can’t understand. They say things like “your life is in your hands,” and that’s so far from the truth! Once you have been disabled, because that’s what it is, it is extremely stressful doing the simplest task, and it will beat you to the ground. The stressors and depressive states, and anxiety — all off these things — when it’s at its worst, it feels like you’re crying from the bottom of your heart. You feel like you’re actually going to drop dead at times. I’m around pushy people as well: although they think its helping me the pressure is unbearable. I’m going to upload before and after pictures of me as there is a difference in how I was then and how I am now. It’s a shame pictures don’t show or make people feel the same feelings or emotions we feel. They can’t fully understand the pain and suffering. They just think we are moaners and its just something to whinge about. They think we are looking too deeply into everything, when in reality, it is deep. I would rather live my life in the hope off getting better from the damages caused by the drugs, than to go back on myself and do even more harm. I’m afraid I am going to be forced to take medication again if things get worse. It’s gotten as bad as it can get and I am desperately considering attempting suicide for it’s becoming unbearable. None of this was even close to crossing my mind before medication! I have to remind myself it will pass, and it does, but always seems to come back. If it gets worse, it might never leave and be constant 24/7, which is my worst fear. I wouldn’t wish this treatment on anyone! The only people I wish it on are the doctors and nurses who forced it on me against my will. They deserve twice the treatment of this poison and then get off it cold turkey. I would have to hold them hostage together somewhere and once I’m finished with them, blow my own brains out. My life would be over at that point anyway. I would let them live, no point in killing them after that as I’m sure they would kill themselves. I was a bit manic, so what! For being on antidepressants that I should’ve stopped taking? I could have dealt with that, but they locked me up in a mental hospital. I tried kicking the door for them to let me out, so they forced high doses of antipsychotic’s on me! I wasn’t a danger to myself or anyone. So what gave them the right, just because they felt I was? They had no way of knowing what was going on in my head, they didn’t even ask. There’s nothing I can do now anyway, what’s done is done. I just got to keep my hopes up and have faith.
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