The medications that change who we are
Not low carb per se, but something I feel that there are those of us here who will find this to be of interest:
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Dr Daniel Amen has a fantastic book on the brain and how it disfunctions. Targetted supplements are remarkable in their effect.
When my son was suicidal, I put him on SAMe and 5HTP. The doctors just sent him home after an evaluation. These days he laughs and jokes and hangs out with his friends. |
It seems that drug trails, in general, only keep track of physical side effects. As far as I know, drug tests don't include monitoring mental changes.
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I have two of Dr Amen's books lined up to read soon!
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Almost 30 years ago I was given an antibiotic (can't, unfortunately, recall the name). I was assured that it was safe for me to take with my nursing baby. But within a week he was crying a lot & I was totally & irrationally paranoid. I had enough sense to link how I was feeling with the medication, so I stopped taking it. Within 48 hours both the baby & I were back to normal.
When I complained to the pharmacist that I hadn't been warned (I always read about the side effects), he said my reaction was extremely rare. Nor did he seem to care. Later I mentioned it to my oral surgeon brother-in-law & he said that reaction not only wasn't rare - he'd had it himself. When my mother was dying of cancer she was given a pain killer that caused the most horrific hallucinations. We were given no warning at all about that possible side effect. Those events have made me very suspicious of drugs - even those that do help. I wonder if there are hidden side effects that I won't know about until it's too late. |
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My mother was a big fan of Dr. Amen. She would be tickled pink to know his books are still being read! |
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They also weed out people who have side effects, eliminating them from the trial. Hidden Side Effects: Medical Studies Often Leave Out Adverse Outcomes -- Quote:
I shared my astonishment in the War Zone, in the thread Beware of OTC meds because Flonase is now OTC and doesn't even list the side effects on the box like a prescription drug does. It turned out they were considerable, like a permanent loss of smell and taste and early cataracts. Quote:
I don't regard statin risks as "rare," especially since they are so severe. And they are given to women, who have ZERO studies showing benefit. Look at SSRIs like Prozac, which gets handed out like candy, and increases the risk of diabetes. I keep reading studies that claim people only "add ten pounds" but that's not the people I talk to or read about online. And yet, we are told low carb will kill us. |
That was horrifying. I have been adamantly refusing statins, they keep suggesting, I keep explaining the genetic component to my high cholesterol, and showing them my actual cardiac risk ratios are superb.
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I just interviewed a new doctor, and when he suggested a cholesterol blood test, I told him, "I don't care." But we will look at the triglycerides. Keep refusing them. The life you save will likely be your own. |
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