Your Drug May Be Your Problem

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Your Drug May Be Your Problem:

How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications.

 

by Peter R. Breggin M.D. and David Cohen Ph.D.

Hardback, 1999, Perseus Books, Reading, MA.

The first book to expose the shortcomings of psychiatric drugs and to guide

patients and doctors through the process of withdrawing from them.

 

Your Drug May Be Your Problem is the only book to provide an up-to-date

uncensored description of the dangers involved in taking every kind of

psychiatric drug.It is the first and only book to explain how to safely stop

taking psychiatric drugs.

Psychiatric drugs are given positive names like " antidepressant, "

" tranquilizer, " " sleeping pill, " " stimulant, " " mood stabilizer, " and

" antipsychotic. " But can they do more harm than good?Can they make you feel worse

than ever?

Psychiatric drugs are prescribed to more than twenty million Americans to help

with problems called " depression, " " anxiety, " " panic disorder, " " insomnia, "

" obsessive-compulsive disorder, " " manic-depressive (bipolar) disorder, " and

" attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. " But can they cause problems you never

had before?Can they ruin your health and life?

Your doctor may take fifteen minutes to decide you need a drug, but you can end

up taking it for months, years, or a lifetime.You deserve to know the dangers in

advance--including the difficulties you may encounter when trying to withdraw

from them.

Before you start or stop taking psychiatric drugs, read this book.Learn about

their dangers and learn about how to safely stop taking them.This book can help

you and your doctor make a plan to safely withdraw you from psychiatric drugs.

Groundbreaking and empowering, Your Drug May Be Your Problem offers readers

what they have long sought-a medically and psychologically sound program for

freeing themselves from psychiatric drugs, emphasizing throughout the importance

for patients to keep control over the withdrawal process.

About the Author

With a background that Time magazine describes as " pure establishment " --Harvard

College, Case Western Reserve Medical School, and a teaching fellowship at

Harvard Medical School--Peter Breggin, M.D., has become an internationally known

psychiatrist and author of a dozen books, including the bestselling Talking Back

to Prozac and Talking Back to Ritalin. Formerly a member of the faculty of the

Johns Hopkins University Department of Counseling, he is the International of

the Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, which he founded in the

early 70s. He is in private practice in Bethesda, Maryland.

David Cohen, Ph.D., holds degrees from McGill University and the University of

California at Berkeley. He is Professor of social work at the University of

Montreal, where he teaches and does research in the field of psychiatric

medication, a subject on which he has published widely.

What Others Are Saying About Your Drug May Be Your Problem!

" This book leads the way in explaining and redefining the growing pathology

of the culture of psychiatric medications. It is a reminder of where we are

and a non-medical prescription of where we can go. "

-- Dr. Fred Bemak, Professor of Counselor Education and Section Head for

Wellness and Human Services, College of Education, The Ohio State University

" In non-technical, easy to understand language, Peter Breggin and David

Cohen bring an incredibly important and hardly ever recognized message to

people who need to understand the dark side of psychiatric drugs and how to

stop taking them. I heartily recommend it. "

-- Candace Pert, Ph.D., Research Professor, Department of Physiology and

Biophysics, Georgetown University Medical Center and author of Molecules of

the Mind

 

" This book is long overdue. Drs. Breggin and Cohen make possible the

practice of psychiatry with a conscience. "

-- Bertram P. Karon, Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Psychology, Michigan State

University.

 

" This innovative, informative, and easy-to-read book is a godsend for

non-medical people such as parents, teachers, counselors, social workers,

and psychologists who need to know the potential dangers of referring their

children, students, or clients to physicians for psychiatric medication. "

-- Clemmont E. Vontress, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Counseling, George

Washington University

" It has taken great courage for Drs. Breggin and Cohen to write this very

significant book....As advocates for non-pharmacological approaches...the

authors have outlined a careful and highly responsible program for

withdrawal from psychiatric medications. "

-- Milton F. Shore, Ph.D., Former President, American Orthopsychiatry

Association, and recipient of the American Psychological Association Award

for Outstanding Professional Contributions (1998)

 

" This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive and honest source of

information about adverse and withdrawal effects of commonly-used

psychiatric drugs. It should be in the office of all medical and

non-medical " mental health " workers. It should also be read by anyone

considering the use of psychiatric drugs and all those who want to stop. "

-- David H. Jacobs, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Resident Faculty,

California Institute of Human Science

 

" Working as a consultant I am constantly looking for ways to help clients

achieve a more educated view regarding psychotropic medication. Breggin and

Cohen have assembled a gold mine of information to assist in this process.

I can think of no other book that has done such a superb job of making such

information accessible at any point of decision regarding taking or

discontinuing psychotropic medication. "

-- Tony Stanton, M.D., Psychiatric Consultant

" Emotional maturity, self-confidence, and life competence come from

struggling with stresses, fears, and adversities. When young people become

addicted to drugs they remain emotionally immature until they quit and start

learning to cope. Breggin and Cohen point out that the same is true of

chronic users of major psychiatric medications. It is not until they

withdraw from the chemical dependency urged on them by psychiatry, that they

can develop inner strengths for coping with life's difficulties. "

-- Al Siebert, Ph.D., author of The Survivor Personality

 

" One hundred years from now, people will read current psychiatric textbooks

with the same incredulity we have about blood-letting and snake oil. Your

Drug May Be Your Problem will be remembered as the turning point and as the

beacon that showed the way out of these dark days of widespread psychiatric

drugging. Breggin and Cohen, like trusted friends, provide us with critical

information we need to know in order to make informed decisions about

psychiatric drugs, including when and how to stop taking them. They present

it all within a coherent philosophy of life and health that makes the

routine use of psychiatric drugs obsolete. If you have reached that

inevitable point of being disillusioned with your psychiatric drug, this

book will be your best friend and guide. "

-- Douglas C. Smith, MD

 

 

" Your Drug May Be Your Problem provides much useful and very practical

information and it is much needed considering that there is such massive

propaganda by the pharmaceutical and medical industries about such drugs.

This propaganda must be combated, and this book contributes to that effort. "

-- Wolf Wolfensberger, Ph.D., Research Professor, Syracuse University School

of Education and Director, Training Institute for Human Service Planning,

Leadership and Change Agentry

" Your Drug May Be Your Problem is an honest and straightforward attempt to

present a clear picture of drug effects, why we turn to drugs, their role in

society, and more. It fills a real need in our current drug culture and in

our current complete trust in the drug dispenser himself. The book's main

import will be to serve as a counter-balance to the myth of a " miracle " drug

cure. It's a must on everyone's bookshelf! "

-- Rhoda L. Fisher, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist

" I recommend Your Drug May Be Your Problem as the number one self- help

guide to coming off psychiatric drugs. "

-- Dr. Steven Baldwin, Ph.D., Senior Editor, Ethical Human Sciences and

Services Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of Teesside, Teesside,

UK.

 

" This book is one of the most important things that has happened to

psychiatry and especially to so-called " psychiatric patients " during this

century. Having worked for more than 20 years with so-called schizophrenics

--the main victims of the abuse of psychiatric drugs--I can say that Peter

Breggin and David Cohen must be praised for the courage they have had to

unmask many pseudo-scientific conclusions frequently present in supposedly

scientific literature. "

-- Alberto Fergusson, M.D., Director, Fungrata

" I highly recommend this book to persons on psychiatric drugs, and to the

physicians who prescribe them. These drugs are very powerful, either for

good or for harm. Since the actions for almost all of them are still

unknown, the people who use them are being experimented on, mostly

without their knowledge. Drs. Breggin and Cohen are experts on the

negative effects of drugs. Their views should be just as widely known as

the misleadingly positive advocations of the drug companies. "

-- Thomas J. Scheff , Professor Emeritus, Dept of Sociology, UCSB

" Anyone considering saying " yes " to psychiatric drugs, or wanting to " just

say no, " should first say " YES " to buying and reading this essential,

informative book. Breggin and Cohen's goal is empowerment of troubled

people seeking help, not propaganda, pressure or profit. This book

questions, informs, warns, and leaves the reader far better able to choose

wisely. "

-- Thomas Greening, Ph.D.

" This is a courageous, compassionate book, and a much-needed antidote to

the pro-drug bias of modern psychiatry and psychology. "

-- John Horgan, author The End of Science and The Undiscovered Mind.

" The modern medical approach to almost any human problem is to find a drug

-- a sort of magic bullet --to fix it. But many drugs do more harm than

good -- and some even cause the problems they are supposed to fix. And once

on a drug, coming off may also be dangerous. In this clear and important

book, Peter Breggin and David Cohen outline the problems and provide a

step-by-step account of how to come off the drug which may be harming you. "

-- Steven Rose, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Director, Brain and Behavior

Research Group, Open University

" I sure hope the authors have bodyguards and lots of insurance-the

psychotropic drug manufacturers will be on their tails for sure.

Confronting current psychiatric drug prescribing practice head on is a

daunting task-we owe Breggin and Cohen a vote of thanks for openly speaking

the truth. Despite what the pharmaceutical companies would

have us believe we don't need " a better life through chemistry " . This book

will help debunk this myth and provide practical advice on how to avoid

psychiatric drugs and get off them " .

-- Loren Mosher, Soteria Associates, San Diego, CA., Former Chief of the

Center for Studies of Schizophrenia, National Institute of Mental Health,

Rockville, MD.

" Your Drug May Be Your Problem is a clear, accurate and thorough look at the

dangers of psychiatric drugs and a prudent outline of what steps to take for

those who want to stop taking them. "

-- Thomas J. Moore, author Prescription for Disaster: The Hidden Dangers in

Your Medicine Cabinet

" I wish I had this book when I was trying to come off psychiatric drugs.

How wonderful that you have provided this guide. "

- Kate Millett

- Author, Sexual Politics and The Loony Bin Trip

" Drs. Peter Breggin and David Cohen take the reader through the risky

pathways of psychiatric medication with accurate information as a guide.

Dr. Breggin was a voice in the night calling for responsibility with

psychiatric medication. Now he leads an orchestra of protest. "

-- Jay Haley, United States International University, author of Leaving Home

and Learning and Teaching Therapy

" Breggin has been a brave pioneer in not only pointing out but also

meticulously documenting the ways that the " Emperor " of traditional mental

health treatment is naked. His relentless raising of questions and

documentation of false advertising and cover-ups by drug companies and

various forms of abuse of patients by a variety of therapists is invaluable

and irreplaceable. "

-- Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D., author of They Say You're Crazy and The Myth of

Women's Masochism, Visiting Scholar, Pembroke Center, Brown University

" Nowhere does the false medical thinking, that there is a drug free cure for

almost all common diseases, do more harm than in the modern psychiatric

argument that mental illness is easily diagnosed and then cured by a

side-effect free drug. Nowhere is the correct psychiatric thinking more

evident than in the books by Peter Breggin. In them he explains clearly

that patients with mental illnesses are in almost all instances suffering

from their inability to connect with important people in their lives and

need help in making these vital connections. He supports safe, drug free

counseling as a more effective way to help people and I enthusiastically

agree with this premise. "

-- William Glasser, M.D., psychiatrist; author of Reality Therapy and the

forthcoming Reality Therapy in Action

 

 

 

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