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Mary Lou Tringali, PhD's avatar

Dr Breggin is a pioneer in this field. No psychiatric drugs for children. On a personal note: I was a victim advocate for children at Palm Beach Co, Fl Guardian ad Litem program. I saw kids who were truant taking 6 psychotropic drugs. I was appalled. After talking to one of these truant children, we found out the step dad was sexually molesting her and was running away to find her dad in WI. Tragic situation. Drugs should not be a substitute for exploring mental problems. I have often noticed that school shooters were being treated with harsh drugs administered for trans children. This is a concern that needs more attention.

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Kathy M.'s avatar

Keep putting it out there Dr. Breggin and Ginger. You have a masterful agenda. 💖

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Mike's avatar

Dr. Breggin, truly a good human :)

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Dani Richards's avatar

I am so grateful to you for your books on these harms, and the withdrawal book. I was able to use what I learned from you to help two loved ones: my daughter, as a young adult, decided to take antidepressants and ADHD meds and it changed her personality overnight..... but was able to finally get off both drugs after two and a half years. It's been eight years now that she has been drug free, and she is thriving and able to experience joy and the fullness (ups and downs) of life FULLY, and also be able to "cope" with whatever comes her way. The second loved one was overmedicated in a hospital, became addicted, and needed to be tapered off carefully under a doctor's supervision.

Your books helped me to have the knowledge I needed to "do battle" for these two wonderful people. I would not have known what to do, otherwise. I am grateful beyond words.

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Skupe's avatar

She would have been much better off with a mega dose of niacin or niacinamide (vitamin B3). Read up on it. doctoryourself.com. Some conditions only suggest niacin and others work better with niacinamide and still others, either one.

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Thomas Vincze's avatar

Thanks, Skupe. I book-marked that site.

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Skupe's avatar

You are welcome. It's an amazing gift to the world, as Andrew Saul died in February 2024. I used it for research during my MS degrees and it helped me immensely. Even now, I use the site almost weekly, especially when I hear something about health or nutrition and make sure you look up all the old vitamin C guys. So ask me anything if you want.

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Skupe's avatar

Interesting about salt since that can be a confusing word these days when you consider all the different salts there are and whether they are more natural like Real Salt or AvaJane's or more like Morton's..

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Sarah P's avatar

In the aftermath of truly anomalous circumstances (I was the victim of a heinous crime by a stranger in my own home - Sarah Preece, Nelson New Zealand) I eventually relented to the persuasions of a pyschologist to trial an SSRI. I had no need or want of such a drug, but after 5 months of her persistance I eventually agreed to 'trial' Sertraline; to show her my compliance and protect my relationship with her.

Life-threatening Serotonin Syndrome and Akathisia followed. I was transformed from a functioning human to a writhing, contorted living nightmare (myoclonic jerks etc). To mitigate the harms of these neuro-toxic insults I was prescribed Benzodiazepines with the promise it was just for a short time.

For a full 18 months thereafter I pursued the medical oversight of the withdrawal I was meant to adhere to - to no avail. I started to look for information on how to safely manage a taper myself. I was incredulous at the dearth of information available on the www. All my internet searches would reveal were adverts from American Rehab centres that offered 28-day programmes for addiction. I wasn't addicted. I hated taking the drugs. I didn't understand (spellbinding effect) their role in the demise of my wellbeing, which the treatment providers were attributing to personality faults.

I came to understand that I had to get away from these people (the health system) that had only ever made me feel worse and traded on my trauma by pathologising my personality instead of seeing the harm caused by the drugs they had foisted on me. Eventually, eventually, thank goodness I came across the books of Peter Breggin, and there began my odyssey into withdrawal and the horrifying legacy of iatrogenic harm. It is nearly 5 years since I completed my taper. I am disabled by (insurance acknowledged) Benzodiazepine Induced Neurological Dysfunction. I am damaged in ways that impact me and my family every day. I am awake to all that the Breggins and other heroic whistleblowers have exposed. And eternally grateful for their courage and integrity in the face of the assaults they have faced in airing the truth. Thank you so much for all you do.

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Penny's avatar

What a magnificent essay - thank you both so much, as ever.

The resources available from your books, videos, research papers and testimonies, comprise a treasure trove for all of those who are suffering, and in need of safe recovery.

Your work is brave and truly heroic.

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Pamela Laine's avatar

Fantastic resources. Thank you so much for compiling them all in one place.

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Jameshayes Hayes's avatar

Spread the truth.

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Linsey's avatar

I ordered Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal wanting to get my son OFF the medications he’s been on for 10 years. It’s an excellent book. I presented it to his psychiatrist and left it with him but I know he didn’t read it. He is supporting decreasing the medication although not as slowly as the book describes so my son is having withdrawal symptoms for sure that is taking a few months to level out before attempting another decrease. He started at 20 olanzapine and is now down to 12.5. Thank you Dr. Breggin!!!

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Older and Wiser's avatar

Linsey, I lost my wife to Prozac. Read Drrs Breggin, Glenmullen, Healy, Tracy (psychologist), etc. etc. Two decades ago a psychiatrist I went to for chronic pain - that he equated to "what a prisoner of war goes through" He offered me Prozac and I took the prescription not because of his advise but because I wanted to do an experiment on me. Could I - who grew up in the 50s, 60's and 70's and never smoked cigarettes or marijuana, never did drugs, etc. - could I over-power Prozac - knowing all that I knew. I had a lot of emotional trouble getting off. Today i am much wiser. If i were withdrawing from a drug, I would ALSO follow Dr. Satchin Panda's science (Salk Inst.) to not eat late. I never eat after 4PM - because having "excess circulating glucose" in your blood at sunset per Panda causes terrible inflammation all thru the night. This one change healed all of my problems in a few months. I had been facing heart and knee surgeries, fainting spells, insomnia, sores that would not heal for 15 years, etc "Getting my affairs in order."

Here's my logic. taking drugs damages brain cells - drugs don't belong in our brains. Inflammation damages all cells including the brain - the blood brain barrier cannot protect the brain from "inflammation coming via the blood" (a scientific finding). So if I were withdrawing from a drug, I would never eat late nor eat meat within 6 hrs of sundown to AVOID the inflammation which would impede healing.

I told the above to a stranger on a golf course 3 years ago. Four weeks later he found me to tell me in tears that he was was age 73 and a type II diabetic for 20 years "taking insulin often" - "tried everything all to no avail." But that morning his glucose 78 - normal for the first time in nearly 20 years. He simply stopped eating before 4PM every day and saw healing benefits EACH day in the first week.

Inflamed tissues especially the one-cell thin endothelial lining of all blood vessels can't heal if the transfer of oxygen, nutrients, etc - and the transfer-out of waste products - is impeded by inflamed tissue. When my body healed most noticeable was that a 15 year old severe frostbite sore (scab) healed and disappeared. There is no trace of that quarter sized sore. I changed just one thing. I never eat after 4pm - WELL before sundown. Guess who talked about eating with the position of the sun.? Jesus Christ did - documented in two ancient documents titled "The Essene Gospel of Peace." Here is the online copy:

https://media2-production.mightynetworks.com/asset/50819821/Sz_kely__E.B._-_The_Essene_Gosel_Of_Peace__1_.pdf#_gl=1*1csly6s*_ga*ODE4NDM0NDg4LjE3MjQ2OTc0OTU.*_ga_T49FMYQ9FZ*MTczNDk4NDc0My4xMDkuMS4xNzM0OTg0ODA3LjAuMC4w*_ga_NEGJ2SXNP7*MTczNDk4NDc0My4xMTAuMS4xNzM0OTg0ODA2LjYwLjAuMA

Note He identified "The Four Angels of Healing from our Earthly Mother". Take care.

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Shadowman55@spmail.com's avatar

Antidepressants don't cure they only mask symptoms. Their is no test to prove mental illness. Just another fraud.

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Older and Wiser's avatar

Agreed. I am 73 - the epitome - almost a freak of health - very physically and competitively active. But in 2017 I was getting my affairs in order. I had seen 21 doctors for muscular pain and inability to sleep - sores that would not heal - fainting spells, etc.

I went to a renowned psychiatrist (I was that desperate) and he said "you are going thru what a prisoner-of-war goes thru (pain, certainty of future pain, raging insomnia and hopelessness. IN 2018 I learned of researcher Dr. Satchin Panda's science findings. That eating too late is HORRIBLE. He said "WHEN you eat is more important than WHAT you eat." I have proved that on myself. All of my problems were gone in less than 4 months. A 15 year-old severe frostbite scab/sore - the size of almost a quarter - healed. Pain- gone. Fainting spells - gone. I haven't seen a doctor in 7 years for any reason except one free physical to get a blood test for inflammation - see what that looked like after my return to health. When I was unhealthy is was over 10 (normal in USA is 1 to 3) Optimum is <1.0. That test revealed that I was quite close to ZERO. The lab, who called the result to me, said they had never seen such a low number - ever. I literally have a new body - by God's design because we were never meant to eat too close to sundown. To your health.

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Larry W Brown's avatar

Thank you Dr. Peter Breggin for your deep truth about the deep oppression and actual subjugation and deaths of so many who are deluded or coerced to use these so called "anti-psychotic" drugs. Aside from the chemistry and its deadly debilitating effects on the human biology and spirit, we cannot trust that claim “anti-psychotic” when it is produced and marketed by actual psychotic/sociopaths with corrupted corporations. Some would say it is evil on earth, and I agree. On the positive side, there is YOU!.....and a growing multitude of folks aware of these deadly drug traps and tricks, and folks like me who am honored and will not forget my brief meeting with you in LA in 1986 to speak at my church rally to help eliminate the barbaric psychiatric “treatments”. Your individual indomitable efforts resulted in great good for the human species, and you have earned the well-deserved moniker “The Conscience of Psychiatry” for having almost eliminated those treatments. The drugs remain as a covert gateway to destruction of the natural person and ability. Yet, as many hear your messages and we help spread the truth with you, it will help many to regain health, sanity, happiness, and spiritual awareness without those covertly subjugating effects of the drugs. I cannot say enough words of thanks and praise for you and your courageous and stalwart outspoken truth and help to mankind. May your life continue to be richly blessed.

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Rhoda Forbes-Kirk's avatar

Dr. Breggin,

I have a question about the concept of projection. Isn’t that what is happening on a daily basis where the Leftists accuse their opponents of doing precisely what they themselves are doing? Isn’t that part of the psychological confusion and chaos they are creating? Messing with our minds!

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Dr. Peter and Ginger Breggin's avatar

One of the oldest manipulations is to accuse someone of doing what you are in fact doing--it is gaslighting ~ ginger Breggin

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NewZealandDoc's avatar

I would also call attention to Irving Kirsch's landmark study of antidepressants in his book, The Emperor's New Drugs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_Drugs). Thank you for your ongoing work.

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Dr. Peter and Ginger Breggin's avatar

Yes another very important book ~ Ginger

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Skupe's avatar

It's also not surprising as most doctors, no matter what kind, aren't taught nutrition in medical school (unless they pay extra for it and/or additionally go to nutrition school) which would definitely be another tool in their toolbox. Even a membership in WestonAPrice.org for $40.00/year would help doctors immensely. Also read The Contagion Myth

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Pierce4Lives's avatar

Yes!! WestonAPrice.org is the best and should be mandatory💕. We’ve been so misinformed for so long.

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Skupe's avatar

Yes, for doctors and all people! A dentist friend told me if he followed Price suggestions, he'd never have any money.

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Older and Wiser's avatar

I would strongly encourage anyone to watch Dr. Satchin Panda's interview by Dr. Rhonda Patrick - 2016 Youtube. Panda proved that "WHEN we eat is more important than WHAT we eat" --I add from my 7 years of experience in never eating after 4PM - it is more important by a LOT (a TON). Panda proved that if you have "excess circulating glucose (ECG)" (from any food source - sugar, carbs, meat, rice....) in your blood stream AS THE SUN is SETTING, the pancreas will not release insulin to get rid of that excess "sugar" - it's asleep in that function. The ECG causes terrible inflammation ALL THRU THE NIGHT CONTINUOUSLY and the cause (ECG) of that inflammation is not addressed/stopped until almost an hour after awakening AND being exposed to light (sunlight is optimum).

I tell people to give this a try. A 73 year old Type II diabetic "taking insulin often" for 20 years, had normal AM glucose in 4 weeks but a slight improvement EACH MORNING in the first week. His AM glucose was in steady decline IN THE FIrst days! He was able to heal from not eating after 4PM each day - like I told him I do.

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Skupe's avatar

I eat my two meals in the early morning and before lunch on my chosen ketovore plan. I don't have to test my blood but I bet it's similar. My dad was Type 1 Juvenile

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BlazeCloude3's avatar

Celebrate the Breggin's Agenda for the growth and prosperity of humanity

worthy of at least a chance through empathy and kindness towards achieving better Mental Health

in our collective society.

Few, as Dr. and Ginger Breggin, have so saturated public media sources with the knowledge of evil's

inherent command for POWER/CONTROL to be the source of Mental Illness and Emotional Distress

as a key ingredient for Coup resulting with Global Slavery, Disability, Sterilization, Murder.

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Dr. Peter and Ginger Breggin's avatar

Thank you Blaze! ~ Ginger

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BlazeCloude3's avatar

No...Thank-you!!!

Such a voice as yours was/is requisite for our culture; the traditions, faith, values of our ancestors to survive for the benefit of our progeny.

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Maillot Maryline's avatar

Bonsoir, j'aurai juste une question à poser à tout le monde sur le forum. On nous a fait croire au fameux déséquilibre chimique pour les maladies mentales, ce qui est faux. On parle maintenant que les troubles bipolaires peuvent être détectés dans une prise de sang. Je pense à un nouveau mensonge. Que pensez vous?

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Dr. Peter and Ginger Breggin's avatar

Maillot says: Good evening, I just have a question to ask everyone on the forum. We have been made to believe in the famous chemical imbalance for mental illness, which is false. There is now talk that bipolar disorder can be detected in a blood test. I think of a new lie. What do you think?

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Dr. Peter and Ginger Breggin's avatar

Every claim of a physical component to a psychiatric illness has been debunked once it was scientifically examined. this will be no different, I predict. we could tell the chemical imbalance theory was false right away-- see our book Toxic Psychiatry. ~ Ginger Breggin

Translation: Chaque affirmation selon laquelle une composante physique serait à l'origine d'une maladie psychiatrique a été démystifiée une fois qu'elle a été examinée scientifiquement. Je prédis que ce ne sera pas différent. Nous pourrions dire immédiatement que la théorie du déséquilibre chimique était fausse - voir notre livre Toxic Psychiatry. ~ Ginger Breggin

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Maillot Maryline's avatar

Merci Peter et Ginger Breggin pour votre réponse et vos informations. Vous êtes des anges envoyés par dieu ❤️

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Every claim of a physical component to a psychiatric illness has been debunked once it was scientifically examined. this will be no different, I predict. we could tell the chemical imbalance theory was false right away-- see our book Toxic Psychiatry. ~ Ginger Breggin

Translation: Chaque affirmation selon laquelle une composante physique serait à l'origine d'une maladie psychiatrique a été démystifiée une fois qu'elle a été examinée scientifiquement. Je prédis que ce ne sera pas différent. Nous pourrions dire immédiatement que la théorie du déséquilibre chimique était fausse - voir notre livre Toxic Psychiatry. ~ Ginger Breggin

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