Is Consent to an SSRI Possible The idea that we had a right to know what our treatment options are and should be able to consent to the option that looks right for us – even if that conflicts with the views of the doctor we are seeing - arose in the 1950s linked to breast cancer treatment, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and treatment trials (research). The original drug … [Read more...] about Gambling on SSRIs
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No Sex – We’re on Antidepressants
No Sex Please! (We’re on antidepressants). Based on 17th Century Kama Sutra and Ragamala paintings. © 2014 created by Billiam James. Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) was the first born sexual dysfunction - before its Finasteride and Isotretinoin siblings - Finasteride and Consent - Isotretinoin and Consent. This video and post give you the background to PSSD which opens … [Read more...] about No Sex – We’re on Antidepressants
Consenting to Isotretinoin and Finasteride Treatment
In the Isotretinoin and Consent and the Finasteride and Consent posts we encouraged readers to make their own videos. Our aim was to contrast the BAD Isotretinoin video with something more decent. But lots of those whose lives or families have been badly damaged by isotretinoin or finasteride want something more. They often call for these drugs to be banned. We don't … [Read more...] about Consenting to Isotretinoin and Finasteride Treatment
Isotretinoin and Safety – Destiny or Mirage?
On January 22, Britain's Medicines Regulator convened a meeting on consent to Isotretinoin (Accutane, Claravis), whose dynamics map straight onto Prima Facie. Families whose children died from Isotretinoin triggered suicide, or whose sexual function is potentially wiped our forever have clamored for reform for over a decade. In 2023, MHRA rewrote the Rules of Evidence on … [Read more...] about Isotretinoin and Safety – Destiny or Mirage?
Treating Narcissistic Doctor Disorder
Many of Freud's ideas linger with us to this day. A few are disastrously misapplied in some situations but still capable of offering insights in other situations. One of these Janus-Faced ideas was about transference reactions. One day a woman in therapy threw her arms around Sigmund. Rather than reach for the obvious explanation, discombobulated he figured she was … [Read more...] about Treating Narcissistic Doctor Disorder
Interoception needs Intrepid Interoceptors
This post complements I've Come to Praise SSRIs not to Bury Them as well as Interoception or Neuroplasticity. Ghosts In 1832 the discovery of spinal reflexes initiated a journey that led to a realization that incoming sensations could trigger motor reflexes that could account for ever greater amounts of our behaviour. This was the start of a journey to a nervous systems that … [Read more...] about Interoception needs Intrepid Interoceptors
Erotic Sensory Shocks
https://youtube.com/shorts/VPH7U2IdqaY This video reflects a view many doctors have about Visual Snow and in particular a possible link to treatment. Last week's Can Antidepressants Cause Visual Snow Syndrome post hinted at what lies beneath the medical surface. The video came our way when Hannaa, one of the papers authors, mentioned VSS to one of her colleagues and was … [Read more...] about Erotic Sensory Shocks
Can Antidepressants Cause Visual Snow Syndrome?
New article We are pleased to announce the publication of a new peer-reviewed article based on data from RxISK: "Serotonin reuptake inhibiting antidepressants: A trigger for visual snow syndrome?" It can be freely viewed and downloaded. We would be grateful if you could share it as widely as possible. To our knowledge, it is the biggest series of visual snow cases linked … [Read more...] about Can Antidepressants Cause Visual Snow Syndrome?
Lonesome Heroes can work Miracles
Yesterday, the BBC reported that following inquests where older drivers with compromised eyesight have killed pedestrians, and what, possibly thanks to the work of the BBC's Hazel Martin (SSRIs and Alcohol), the British government has called "a catastrophic rise" in deaths linked to alcohol, it has been announced that there will be a tightening of regulations for eye-testing … [Read more...] about Lonesome Heroes can work Miracles
Over-Diagnosing or Under-Diagnosing
This post follows on from Repairing Ruptures in Clinical Care and the Future of Health App-Ointments. It also links to An Appleby a Day and Tangled up in Bureaucracy. Repairing Ruptures had a lot of comments from Lucy. One of them kicks things off here. Lucy’s Struggle Since waking up to the adverse effects of psychiatric drugs, I have written countless letters to … [Read more...] about Over-Diagnosing or Under-Diagnosing