RFK Jr. is going to war against SSRIs. Doctors and patients are caught in the middle.
Thursday, May 14, 2026 The Washington Post published an article on SSRI medication withdrawal receiving more political attention: “For years, the issue lingered at the margins — on patient forums and in a handful of studies. It gained broader attention in early May, when Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced an effort to study […]
Amitriptyline Withdrawal
Here is an interesting article on Amitriptyline withdrawal that I find helpful. I am helping a patient lower this medication and am surprised at how severe the withdrawal symptoms can be. The patient stopped taking Amitriptyline 5 mg abruptly, along with diazepam 2 mg, after taking it for two months. The withdrawal symptoms consisted of […]
Being obsessed with being productive … is unproductive by Steven Johnson
Here’s a helpful article by Steven Johnson about productivity that gives people permission to relax. The sympathetic nervous system, which creates the “fight or flight” response is almost always too active while the parasympathetic nervous system is below normal. This imbalance ultimately creates health problems. I strongly advocate a shift in our attitudes towards achievement […]
Antipsychotic Use in Young People Tied to 80% Increased Risk of Death
Publish date: December 12, 2018 By Steve Cimino Vitals View on the News RESULTS HEIGHTEN ‘ALREADY INCREASED CAUTION’ FROM JAMA PSYCHIATRY Children and young people who received antipsychotic doses higher than 50-mg chlorpromazine equivalents had an 80% increased risk of death at follow-up, compared with a control group, according to a study of young Medicaid enrollees who […]
What These Medical Journals Don’t Reveal: Top Doctors’ Ties to Industry
Conflict of Interest in Medical Research and Journal Articles Here is a recent article in the New York Times on the conflict of interest between researchers and their published findings: their failure to be transparent about receiving substantial funding from pharmaceutical companies. Basically, many research findings are paid advertising from pharmaceutical companies, and the “prestigious […]
Alternative Medical Information on Vaccines
Thought I would share a few interesting articles on vaccines as we approach winter and the pressure to choose whether to receive the flu vaccine. Vaccine Adjuvants and Excipients What Doctors Don’t Tell You: Scientists Discover Why the Annual Flu Jab Doesn’t Work The information being provided helps to clarify some questions that people may […]
A Psychiatrist’s Personal Opinions of Donald Trump
As I listen to Mitt Romney and the Republican party speak up against Donald Trump today (Transcript of Mitt Romney’s Speech), I feel compelled by civil duty to express my personal opinions on Donald Trump’s rise in politics. It has been an interesting, incredible, and horrifying experience to see the rise and success of Donald Trump […]
Orthomolecular News: No deaths from nutritional supplements
I like this article that presents the safety on nutritional supplements to the public, to correct any misunderstanding of the supposed dangers of nutritional supplementation. Alice W. Lee, MD, ABIHM Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, January 12, 2016 No Deaths from Supplements. No Deaths from Minerals. No Deaths from Amino Acids. No Deaths from Herbs. by […]
The New York Times: Talk Therapy Eases Symptoms of Schizophrenia
In the New York Times, dated October 20, 2015, an article on the benefits of talk therapy in recovery from schizophrenia. This is a government funded study, and therefore, with less bias from pharmaceutical agencies, needing to promote their medications as the primary treatment of choice. Please see an exerpt of the article below. More […]
NY Times: Drowned in a Stream of Prescriptions, Abuse of Medications
Please see this article in the New York Times for the story of a young man who was prescribed stimulants by psychiatrists, despite his parents’ repeated warnings of their son’s abuse of the medication and repeated psychotic symptoms, until the patient committed suicide: Drowned in Prescriptions Prescription medications can often cause addiction. Often a psychiatrist […]