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Hi Linda, I’m sorry about the withdrawal. Been there. You might not be able to go back and change anything or get those years back, but you can enjoy today and the rest of your life. You can make the most of what you have and find more joy in the present. I don’t want to disregard your losses. You are not alone in that. The damage these drugs do to our nervous systems can also prohibit enjoyment and empowerment to create the life you want. However, it’s still possible! If I can be drug free after 20+ years, I believe it’s possible for anyone.

Feel free to email me if you’d like to connect: ewalterconsulting@gmail.com.

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3 minutes before news of your comment hit my inbox, my “Insight of the Day” did.

It was an excerpt from a John Maynard Keynes quote:

“The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds. The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.”

I know of no satisfactory definition of “mental health,” of “mental illness,” or of any so-called “mental disorder” or personality disorder” – none that stands up to scrutiny linguistic, scientific or magic.

Do you, please?

Our dear, dear professor of large animal veterinary surgery, John Patrick O’Connor told us that

1. If we heard the clip-clop of hooves, to think first Horse! rather than Zebra!

2. The reason God gave horses pairs of limbs was so that veterinary surgeons could tell if one was injured, deformed…

3. That the bovine peritoneal could be likened to a marriage (long but excellent story)…

4. That intending vets should never get too proud – “As you’ll be treating animals for antibiotic- deficiency for the rest of your lives”…

5. And that the very worst animal diseases we could expect to encounter were the veterinary diseases – those inflicted on animals by veterinarians.

I have since often reflected that all these first principles of his applied equally to the practice of medicine and of psychiatry, where one might substitute so-called antidepressants and so-called antipsychotics (and Bob Whitaker has, I believe, pointed out that such terms [like “mental disorders” etc , I reckon], once uncritically accepted, radically mislead).

The short version is that the bovine peritoneum, like a marriage, may bounce back spectacularly following major insult/trauma if appropriate remedial action is taken, but that constant, low-grade niggling, nagging assaults (e.g. a leaking rumen) may prove fatal.

I suggest that “mental illness,” like “sinfulness” before it, us a false human misconception and that most of our emotional suffering and much of our physical suffering, too, results from not realizing that we are our minds but that our minds – our thoughts and emotions – are just a tiny part of our (presUMably infinite and eternal) Awareness – that thing into which, among its other functions, is allowing the last big bang (or OM!) to expand.

I try to speak humbly, as befits a guy who practiced the art and science of veterinary medicine for 26 years, without knowing the first thing about it and who, when then told it, took abortion or so years to realize that THAT was it…and, obviously, I fail.

I may never be able to make atonement to all the animals who were hurt to bring you this, but try I must.

Thank you very much indeed for your amazing, and amazingly humble comments.

Comfort and joy!

Tom.

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Dear Dr. Aruna,
I’m so very happy to hear you’re a “recovered” psychiatrist! We need more who are open-minded like you.
Conventional psychiatry cures no one because it’s designed to only manage illness, not cure anyone. That makes it it quackery, in my opinion.
There are excellent homeopathic remedies for trauma (and everything else). For example, homeopathic Aconite is often used for PTSD, panic attacks and other results of trauma. I’ve given it to 2 of my family members. One had not just taken meth a few hours earlier, but had injected it. About 4 hours after getting the Aconite he was released from the psych ward at our local hospital and well enough that we went to a restaurant for dinner. Over time, other homeopathic medicines also helped him.
Like many other plants that are extremely toxic in their natural form, Aconite becomes a powerful healer once it’s turned into a homeopathic medicine—and there’s no original substance in the medicines! All that’s left is its “energetic signature.”
The WHO says homeopathy is the second most widely used system of medicine in the world. It’s truly amazing.
-Linda, author of “Goodbye, Quacks – Hello, Homeopathy!”

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Also, lithium is a natural and necessary part of human biochemistry. I buy it at our local health food store. Each capsule is 1 mg, much smaller than the enormous doses prescribed by psychiatrists. A hair mineral analysis, ordered by a naturopathic doc, shows a person’s level of lithium and I like to make sure mine stays in the correct range. I’ve also bought homeopathic lithium but haven’t gotten around to taking it yet.

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“Thank you very much for another wonderful…”

And I am terribly sorry to impose!

MANY thanks!

Tom.

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Can you identify the comment by the first line of text? I don’t want to remove the wrong comment!

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So sorry!

Best wishes!

Tom

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Hi Maggie! Check out my other article:

https://www.madinamerica.com/2023/11/letting-go-of-lithium/

I don’t take any psychiatric medications, but I can relate. I was prescribed a variety of cocktails at different times, but the last combo I tapered off from was Lithium and Trazadone. I still have some Trazadone handy, but typically go to benedryl or Gaia – Sound Sleep if my sleep gets disrupted. I’m learning more about herbs and homeopathy, and currently take Motherwort for sleep. My body doesn’t seem to need as much of the hardcore stuff that it use to.

Happy to chat with you sometime. My email is ewalterconsulting@gmail.com.

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Also, as a public health professional working for a small primary care clinic and community outreach worker — thank you for the always welcome reminder about how you “trusted everyone [all medical professionals] but yourself.” This is quite relatable but easy to forget when you get onto the other side — anyone in healthcare and the periphery are in monumental positions of power in many ways!

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The explanation you just shared about Depakote is extremely helpful because you pretty much shared how these medications create gut imbalances and create a greater need for more healthy bacteria. I personally experienced this over the 20+ years of being medicated. Severe gut issues to the point of leaky gut when I got off.

This also explains why the Keto Diet can be so effective for individuals when they decide to taper. Cutting out excess sugar from your diet supports brain and gut health. Focusing on more veggies and fiber support the gut and brain.

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Thank you Carol! I’m excited for what’s next and looking forward to supporting more individuals on their healing journey.

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Thanks so much Peter! I’ll listen to it this week.

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Hi Linda! Thank you so much for sharing! I am geeking out about homeopathy and western herbs these days. I recently took Coffee Cruda for about a week and a half before the Eclipse when the shift into Spring started. My mind gets busy and I can sense the change. I likely could benefit from some flower essences as well. Walnut is great for change.

I’m making my own Motherwort tincture to help me with sleep. I’m excited to check out your resources! Considering doing more training in homeopathy and herbalism when the time is right, but for now I just research and learn from my friends. It seems us herbal/somatic/homeopathic people find each other! 🙂

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National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC8448128
by M Enshaeieh · 2021 · Cited by 8 — Our results provide direct evidence for the efficacy of valproic acid, a mood-stabilizing and antipsychotic drug, against chronic Toxoplasma infection. These …

Now Linda speaking: The drug company scientists have designed drugs that work by killing some of the protozoa that cause Toxoplasmosis. But the drugs don’t kill all the protozoa so that if a patient stops taking Depakote, the infection comes roaring back, convincing the patient he or she needs the Depakote. In reality, according to the Nat’l Institute of Health (NIH), the herbal extract, artemisinin, kills the protozoa. Artemisinin is a natural extract of the plant Artemisia vulgaris or Artemisia annua (they’e almost identical). Artemisinin can be purchased from some health food stores or Amazon, maybe Whole Foods. You can also buy homeopathic Artemisia vulgaris. Please read my book about homeopathy.
American psychiatry is basically smoke and mirrors, designed to fool people into believing their “mental illness” is incurable and that the only “experts” are psychiatrists. Trust me, they are clueless. They have cured 0 people since their association (corporation) came into being because their intention is not to cure anyone. It’s to make the most profits. I’d say that’s true of most medical “care,” too. I hope you’ll read “The Flexner Report” on Wikipedia. You’ll see why medical care is all about using patented chemicals and surgery instead of curing people, gently and permanently, with homeopathy.

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