Back in early Covid times, I was asked by Cecile aan de Stegge to talk at a meeting: Suicide and its Prevention. Contemporary and Historical Perspectives in Nursing, 1880–2020 This finally happened in May 2022. Cecile asked me to talk on the issues around suicide and antidepressants, which seemed particularly pertinent as an increasing number of cases that go wrong involve … [Read more...] about Caught in the Firing Line: Nurse Prescribers
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The Best Books on Medical Treatments Gone Wrong
A month ago I had an email from Ben Fox of forauthors@shepherd.com - a new venture looking to promote books in a new way. See Shepherd.com. The idea is to feature a book by an author and then get her or him to list five books that have particularly influenced them - centered on a topic of their choosing and linked into their work. Newspapers have been doing this for decades … [Read more...] about The Best Books on Medical Treatments Gone Wrong
The Caste System in Medicine
This post is by Spruce who has been a regular contributor to these columns. It follows from his comments on The Invisible Doctor and it adds to that post which has had a lot of comments since. Humans seem to have a tendency to caste systems but most people would be surprised to think you could find them in modern medicine. I had been thinking about getting a copy of my … [Read more...] about The Caste System in Medicine
Tsang/Shidlofsky Visual Snow Protocol
Visual snow describes the appearance of flickering dots or “static” in the field of vision. It’s thought to be a problem with visual processing rather than a structural issue within the eyes. This can cause difficulties for patients when trying to report visual snow to their doctor, as standard eye examinations typically find no abnormalities in these patients. The problem … [Read more...] about Tsang/Shidlofsky Visual Snow Protocol
The Invisible Doctor
From her first email M seemed completely believable. Everything since has added to her believability. So why is she not believed? This post offers another example of repeated Sanctuary Trauma, outlined in last week's post, in earlier Kidnapped Daughter posts and in all posts tagged Medical Kidnap. In The Beginning Thirteen years ago, this spring I went through some dramatic … [Read more...] about The Invisible Doctor
Sanctuary Trauma and Lariam Toxicity
Illustration: Lost on the Sea of Medicine, © 2014 created by Billiam James This is the first of 4 posts on the idea of Sanctuary Trauma. Some weeks ago, Trixie Foster got in touch. Trixie is an extraordinary campaigner on behalf of those injured by Lariam (mefloquine) - see the Strange History and Lariam Hell. She also takes up the cause of those injured by other … [Read more...] about Sanctuary Trauma and Lariam Toxicity
Brain Fog: What is it? How to Treat it.
Lots of people complain of cognitive problems on or after taking medications, whether psychotropic drugs, cholesterol lowering statins, asthma drugs like montelukast, or fluoroquinolone antibiotics. They often use the word “Brain Fog” to cover this. Women get Brain Fog in pregnancy that can linger afterwards. People with Long Covid complain of Brain Fog as do the Covid … [Read more...] about Brain Fog: What is it? How to Treat it.
New Study of Antidepressants and Vision Problems
The printed version of our new paper “Development and persistence of patient-reported visual problems associated with serotonin reuptake inhibiting antidepressants” has just been published. We couldn’t afford open access, so it would normally only be available to purchase or for subscribers of the journal. However, we've paid a fee of $200 USD which allows us to post the … [Read more...] about New Study of Antidepressants and Vision Problems
Leader with a Mandate to Eliminate Contagion
Breaking News Jorge Mario Moves with the Times Having been the first Head of State to introduce Mandates, Jorge Mario Bergoglio appears to have gotten the bit between his teeth and is now embracing (perhaps the wrong word) modern medicine rather completely. While one will surely come, there is not at present an mRNA gene therapy against the sexual abuse of minors or … [Read more...] about Leader with a Mandate to Eliminate Contagion
Is Recovery from Medication Possible?
In response to recent posts, especially A Time for PSSD, Laurie Oakley got in touch with the following thoughts. Laurie has had a series of six posts on Pharmaceutical Rape on davidhealy.org starting in February 2015 but mostly from early January 2016. These outline her own difficulties recovering from medication induced injury and the equal injury of finding the system … [Read more...] about Is Recovery from Medication Possible?