.
It’s not called antidepressant withdrawal. It’s
called “antidepressant discontinuation syndrome”.
Isn’t that nice? Sort of like saying it’s the -
“Less-than-perfect-but-still-roses-and-sunshine-
readjustment-phase”.
Why not call it what it really is?
“The-lying-Nazi-scumbag-death-drug-crush-your-
soul-and-spirit-just-try-and-live-through-it-syndrome”?
A WORLD OF HURT
Antidepressant withdrawal. It’s a lonely path. A
path of pain.
It’s about betrayal.
I hear from so many people. Always one at a time.
As if they walk single file past my house.
It’s like the path of pain lies near my house and I
see one after another after another.
They’re usually surprised and angry and scared and
confused and backed into a corner like no corner
should ever have to be backed into.
They sing their sad song and dance their lonely
dance of pain.
They always come single file. They usually feel
betrayed. Let down. Lied to. The ‘institution’
claiming responsibility for OUR health – carelessly
watches the victims slip through it’s greasy fingers.
Or is it slime I smell? Or is it blood on their hands?
It didn’t have to be this way. But it is. So many
suffer. So many cry. So many others want to cry,
but can’t.
They become like powerless automatons.
“I do what the drug lets me do.” And no more.
The drug says my sleep gets messed up. The
drug says I must get fat. The drug says I can’t
be sexual anymore.
And I’m powerless. I don’t know where my power
went. I wonder if I ever had it.
I want to get away from it all.
But I can’t. The drug won’t let me. It knows all my
hiding places. Maybe it’s smarter than me. I know
it’s meaner.
I can be mean. But I don’t want to. I just want to
live life. Now I’m fighting for it.
I’ve been betrayed and I don’t know why.
Seems everything I believed in was a lie.
Now I sit and wonder, will I die?
If I did, could I take one of those drug makers with
me? Would that ease the suffering? For me, and
for those in that endless line of pain behind me?
It stretches single file as far as the eye can see.
All the others like me who wonder why….
Why do we have to be single file? If we could just
cluster together and lean on each other for support…
but the drug won’t let us. The drug says we must
be alone. Even when we’re not.
Why doesn’t somebody do something to stop it?
Stop these people. Who would dare profit – by
causing such terrible pain in another?
How cold must be the heart.
With icy stares
And haughty airs
A devil’s brew
From darkened lairs.
The sirens call,
Offering wares.
Or is it the trickster?
But the night despairs.
And all is not right in the land of the drug.
The drug says I can’t be happy. The drug says
I can’t be sad. The drug says life must suck.
Like a mad jealous lover the drug won’t let me
leave. “If I can’t have you, no one will!” it says.
It will try to kill me if I leave.
I can take the drug and watch life go by. Like a
zombie watching a parade. Or I can stop taking
the drug and feel it kick my ass.
Is feeling pain better than feeling nothing at all?
Could I ever be happy again?
Taking the drug is like a temporary lobotomy -
and it hurts like hell when it comes time to pull
the needle out of my brain.
They call it biological psychiatry. They say I’m
stupid if I don’t believe in it. Why must I worship
at the alter of science? Look where it got me.
(Maybe you’re old enough to remember when
medicine was a calling – a healing mission -
instead of a parasitic business.)
Am I really just a two-legged animal with a house
payment? Is there really no God? Is the mind
really just an organ of the body? Like the gall
bladder, or the spleen….
They want me to believe it. Do they lie?
They make money on my pain. I KNOW that.
The drug says I don’t get to know what I believe.
The drug says I have to be confused. The drug
says I’ll pay for leaving it.
I already paid for being on it. Why do I have to
pay twice?
I just want to get away from everything. But the
drug says I can’t. I’m trapped. I’m desperate. I’m
scared of a jealous drug.
I’ve painted myself into a corner and now the ship
is sinking. I want an easy way out and there is
none. I’m in a world of hurt. What do I do?
***
Get a toehold or a finger hold. Find something to
grab onto. Then maybe you can get a foothold or
a hand hold.
Then maybe you can get a little breathing room.
Question: How do I get a toehold?
Answer: Anyway you can!!!
Ever been rock climbing? That’s where you
approach a cliff and start climbing up it. Hopefully
with a safety rope.
You start climbing. Looking for a place to grab
with one of your hands so you can lift yourself up
and grab the wall with your other hand. While
finding a place to rest a foot or a toe. To lift up
even further.
That’s kind of like your situation… if you’re trying
to discontinue antidepressants and it hurts like
hell.
You want to climb out of your pit of pain? Better
find something to grab hold of. Grab what you
can. Anything that will support your weight.
Some people take nutritional supplements, and
swear by them. For others, supplements don’t
do anything to relieve the suffering.
Obviously, body chemicals are out of whack if
you’re going through withdrawal. Even though
I believe biological psychiatry rests on a sandy
and shifty foundation, they do have some valid
points. You DO have brain chemicals. They
PROBABLY are out of balance if you’re severely
depressed. Or, if they weren’t out of balance
BEFORE you took the meds, they sure are out
of balance now!
That’s one of the problems with antidepressants.
By taking them, you don’t know if they will bring
you back into balance, or take you FURTHER
OUT OF BALANCE.
Nobody knows which way you’ll go. So it makes
a lot of sense that increasing your glutathione
levels may just help with the withdrawal pain.
Here’s the first supplement I would consider
taking – Montmorency Tart Cherry Juice
Concentrate from Brownwood Acres.
Go to their web site and look around. Everything
they sell is top quality and it just might help. I
love their products and believe in them
whole-heartedly. (They have nothing to do with
antidepressants or the withdrawal process -
they just happen to make a product that helps.)
Here’s something else I would do if I were going
through withdrawal pains:
1. Find someone who knows how to do muscle
testing.
2. Have them test various supplements and foods
to see what helps and what may be hurting you.
Many doctors don’t believe in muscle testing. (It
may be the same ones who don’t believe in
antidepressant withdrawal!)
I guess because it’s often chiropractors who are
the ones performing the muscle testing.
Let me tell you from personal experience, it works.
I knew a really good chiropractor in Gainesville, FL.
I also knew a really bad one. They were in two
different worlds.
If you select someone to muscle test you – it’s
important to find a really good healer. Otherwise,
you may be wasting your time and money.
To sum up: Remember, this is just the first step
to getting a finger hold or a toehold. So you can
climb out of your pit of pain. I’ll talk about other
things later.
Should you follow my advice? Only if it makes
sense to you. I believe diet – anything and
everything you put into your physical body -
is one of the most important aspects of your
life, and certainly of your health and well-being.
Eating a junk-food diet and hoping to compensate
for it by popping a few natural supplements….
probably won’t help that much. I believe the
total diet must be considered. At the very least,
take a good hard look at your diet and determine
for yourself if changes need to be made.
Maybe you can find a toehold somewhere in there.
Before you go visit the website
Brownwoodacres.com or start looking around
for a health practitioner to perform muscle
testing, you first need to be as clear as you can
about your MOTIVATION.
Oh I know your motivation is to end the pain. But
look deeper than the surface.
What do you REALLY want to prove? To better
understand what I’m talking about, what are you
proving RIGHT NOW?
Your suffering does prove something. If you can
get in touch with whatever that is, then you’ll be
in a much better position to find your current
motivation. To make sure it’s in alignment with
what you really want.
Know what your suffering proves to you.
Next, look at what you’d like to prove by taking my
advice.
Then decide for yourself. Don’t let anyone else
make your decisions for you. Deep down inside,
you know what’s best for you.
Mark
Mark Ivar Myhre
The Emotional Healing Wizard
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