Me too. I was disappointed at first but there were some nuggets. The biggest overall takeaway is to get more people to question what they’ve been told.
Any drug with a withdrawal mechanism is addictive, technically. The severity of addiction is highly variable (ranging from mild to severe). I have many patients over the years struggling to get off of their medications. The challenge is very real.
However, this post speaks to the mass over-prescribing that is actually taking place without first exploring causative factors. Pscyh meds may take the “edge” off of the harshness of emotional swings but, unfortunately, they also reduce the solution to the painful challenge of life, namely creativity, meaning, purpose, passion, and sex drive.
Of course, I refer out when psych meds are needed. There are definitely genuine use cases. I would never tell a patient not to take a medication prescribed to them by another doctor.
Charts that show which foods spike insulin are very useful. This one is hard to read so I highlighted fat and sugar to illustrate the obvious difference. You can search for charts if you want details.
You’re speaking my language! We have hundreds of pharmaceutical grade plant medicines in our pharmacy and custom-make formulas. So effective and so unappreciated by conventional care. Because $$$.
I’ve been so depressed and anxious before that I didn’t think I could go on. The path to contentment, for me, was a personal one. I had to develop a spiritual mindset and practice that worked for me. I currently experience a lot of joy and contentment but it took time. I had to learn to let go of ALL my upsets and replace each one with creativity and the pursuit of meaning. Slowly, my identity changed and eventually creativity, meaning, purpose, and passion became bigger than the darkness I was stuck in. I can’t offer you specific advice but I can offer you hope. Godspeed.
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