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The ALTERNATIVE MENTAL HEALTH NEWS

A monthly newsletter brought to you by AlternativeMentalHealth.com and Safe

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FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Antidepressants

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has requested that drug companies put

prominent warnings on the labels of 10 antidepressant drugs, " to include

stronger cautions and warnings about the need to monitor patients [both children

and adults] for the worsening of depression and the emergence of suicidal

ideation, regardless of the cause of such worsening. "

 

In clinical trials, these high-risk behaviors occurred in children taking the

drugs, not the placebo group. Thus the FDA would appear to be pulling its

punches. Nonetheless, doctors will be on notice that these drugs are not benign,

as they had been led to believe; they may be less inclined to hand out

prescriptions for life's momentary crises.

 

Testimony by grieving families at a public advisory committee hearing (February

2) may have prompted the FDA's move. The testimonies corroborated independent

analyses linking

antidepressants to harm of self and others.

 

The FDA continued to deny that a problem existed until evidence disclosed in

court proceedings became public. The Agency's chief counsel had even filed a

brief stating that labeling Zoloft for suicide risk would be " misbranding, " and

that FDA would forbid it.

 

The new advisory was issued on March 22, 2004, and is available at

www.fda.gov/cder/drug/antidepressants. The decade-old clinical trial data will

finally be " re-analyzed " at Columbia University. The Alliance For Human Research

Protection (AHRP) charges that Columbia has financial incentives to return

favorable results. (See www.ahrp.org or contact Vera Hassner Sharav,

(212)595-8974, veracare.)

 

 

Editorial: FDA's Antidepressant Warning Misses MarkBy Dan Stradford, President,

Safe Harbor

 

The following editorial ran March 29 in the main Atlantic City, New Jersey,

newspaper called The Press and on March 31 in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. We

have been told by editors of the Los Angeles Times, the Cox newspaper chain of

daily papers in Ohio, and the Brattleboro Reformer (Vermont) that it has been or

will be printed in those publications and we are awaiting confirmation.

Let's be honest: If you or I were as dependent on psychotropic drugs as America

is, we'd be in rehab.

The FDA has finally proposed warning labels on antidepressants because they may

promote suicidal tendencies - and we should be thankful. But isn't this just a

small patch on a nasty wound?

In the early 1960s tranquilizers were introduced into the United States and were

marketed so heavily that by 1968, Valium became the most prescribed drug in

America. And the party hasn't stopped since. Didn't doctors know at the time

that the drug was being abused and overprescribed, that it was addictive? Of

course. Did they continue to prescribe it? Of course. Did the manufacturer

continue to provide it? Need you ask?

Our society once had an old commonsense virtue that psychotropic drugs should be

used as a last resort. Why? Because these drugs, while useful in extreme

circumstances, can have nasty effects like addiction, rages, altered judgment,

divorces, and yes, suicidal impulses. These " side effects " have been around for

thousands of years, prompting most civilized groups to have prohibitions on

mind-altering substances.

Yet we have become so muddle-headed by the constant marketing to take these

drugs for every emotional malady, that we now live in a ridiculous world where

we have signs that say " This is a Drug-Free Zone " on the front of a school that

is handing out tons of psychotropics to the children for depression,

hyperactivity, anxiety, etc.

Psychiatric drugs have become a FIRST resort in America. That is the real

nightmare the FDA should confront. Doctors no longer look for causes of

depression, such as thyroid problems, lack of exercise, a bad diet, a guilty

conscience, medical problems, allergies - the likely culprits could be many. By

using drugs to treat the symptoms they not only expose patients to the effects

of the drugs but they let the real causes go untreated. And by encouraging drug

use to get over ordinary life experiences, such as a death in the family or

teenage shyness, physicians numb the pain that so often contributes to maturity

and emotional growth.

The FDA needs to step up to the plate: Psychiatric drugs as a LAST resort. What

a concept.

 

NON-PHARMA III:

" Non-Pharmaceutical Approaches to Mental Disorders " Safe Harbor's Third Annual

Medical Conference will be held at

the Glendale Hilton on the weekend of June 5-6.

Join Safe Harbor and the nation's leading voices on

safe, non-drug treatments for the mentally unwell.

 

 

FEATURING: A special afternoon with Michael Lesser, M.D., author of The Brain

Chemistry Diet, with a new book, Nutrition and The Mind, to be released in 2004,

and one of the pioneers of nutritional psychiatry in the United States.

When: Saturday, June 5, 2004, 8:30 AM to 6 PM; Sunday, June 6, 2004, 8:30 AM to

5:30 PM

Where: Glendale Hilton Hotel, Glendale, Califonia (just outside Los Angeles).

The Hilton is next to downtown Glendale with an array of nearby shopping,

restaurants, theaters, etc. Rooms $109.00 per day. Mention Safe Harbor when

booking. Event parking $8.00 per day. For reservations, call (818) 956-5466.

Fees: Before May 20: $130 for both days (lunch not included)

After May 20: $160 (lunch not included)

Day Rates Available

15 Hours continuing education units (CEUs) for CA LCSW/MFTs and nurses - $60

extra. (BBS Prov. No. BCE 2516; BRN Prov. No. pending - No refunds after May

24.)

 

FLASH!

CMEs (CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION) FOR PHYSICIANS ARE AVAILABLE -- CONTACT SAFE

HARBOR OFFICE FOR INFO.

Register by phone - (323) 257-7338, email -

SafeHarborProj or online at:

https://nt7.corpsite.com/secure_alternative/donation.htm

Seating is limited!

Safe Harbor is accepting applications for a limited number of exhibitors for

Non-Pharma III. If you would like to exhibit at the conference, please contact

wendy for information and an application.

With a dozen speakers, presentations will include:

Nutritional Treatment of Mental Disorders:

 

An afternoon with Michael Lesser, M.D., one of the founders of the

orthomolecular (nutritional) psychiatry movement in the U.S.

 

Hidden Thyroid Conditions That Commonly Affect Mental Health - And How to

Treat Them:

 

Denis Wilson, M.D., discoverer of Wilson's Thyroid Syndrome, originator of the

thyroid hormone sustained-release T3, and author of Wilson's Thyroid Syndrome -

A Reversible Thyroid Problem. (www.wilsonssyndrome.com)

 

The Rising Tide of Pharmaceutical Lawsuits - What the Practitioner Needs to

Know About the Future of Psychiatric Drug Litigation:

 

Karen Barth Menzies, drug products liability attorney for Baum Hedlund, legal

counsel for the Paxil class action law suit and one of the nation's leading law

firms for pharmaceutical litigation. (www.baumhedlund.com)

 

Reversing Psychiatric Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury:

 

David Steenblock, D.O., director of the Brain Therapeutic Medical Clinic of

Mission Viejo, California. Dr. Steenblock's clinic was the first to combine

Hyperbaric Oxygen with a comprehensive program including nutritional therapies,

cardiovascular rehabilitation, physical and occupational therapy, biofeedback

and neuro-biofeedback, acupuncture, and pulsed electromagnetic therapy, in

addition to conventional treatment protocols, to increase the potential for

improvement. (www.strokedoctor.com)

 

Homeopathic Treatment of Anxiety and Depression:

 

Randy Martin, Ph.D. O.M.D. L.Ac. Dr. Martin, author of Optimal Health, How to

Get It, How to Keep It, has published numerous articles nationally and

internationally on homeopathy and Oriental medicine (www.optimalhealth4u.com).

 

Reversible Dementias - Detecting and Treating Medical Problems That Are

Common Causes of Dementia Symptoms in the Elderly:

 

Barbara Massey, R.N., Program Director for G.E.N.E.S.I.S. - a unique community

outreach project established in 1995 under the Los Angeles County Department of

Mental Health. Their mission is to organize medical and social services for

seniors having difficulty caring for themselves. They do not accept most

diagnoses of " dementia, " reporting that the majority of cases are due to

treatable medical problems.

 

EEG Biofeedback Treatment for Depression, Anxiety, Addiction and Other

Disorders:

 

Victoria L. Ibric, M.D., Ph.D., BCIAC, a board certified instructor who offers

internship training for therapists interested in using Neuro/biofeedback in

their practice. Dr. Ibric graduated from medical school in Bucharest, Romania

and obtained her PhD in both immunology and health psychology. Dr. Ibric

practiced medicine for more than 20 years in the field of oncology, neurology

and cancer research. Presently she has a full time thriving private practice in

Pasadena at the Therapy & Prevention Center, and she is consultant for UCLA-

Pain Medicine Center, Kaiser Permanente, and other clinics. She provides

Neuro/biofeedback for a variety of disorders or symptoms caused by stress, as

well as peak-performance training. Since 1993 Dr. Ibric has had a high rate of

success using Neurofeedback training on patients with disorders such as chronic

pain, sleep or tremor disorders, traumatic brain injury, ADD/ADHD, autism, and

seizures. Dr. Ibric continuously applies her research experience

while practicing neurofeedback. Many of her results have been presented at

National and International conferences, and have been published in peer review

journals. She has been and continues to be an active promoter of Biofeedback/

Neurofeedback in the community. (www.neurofeedback-dribric.com)

 

Is It Mental or Is It Dental? How Mercury Fillings, Root Canals,

Temporo-Mandibular Joint (TMJ) Syndrome, and Other Dental Issues Affect Mental

Health:

 

Raymond Silkman, D.D.S., Brentwood, California. Since 1992, Dr. Silkman has been

practicing holistic dentistry, orthodontics and treatment of TMJ and related

disorders in cooperation with chiropractors, homeopaths, acupuncturists,

osteopaths, and other health professionals.

 

Holistic Approach to Mental Health Through the Balance of Neurotransmitters,

Hormones, and Nutrition:

 

Peter Muran, M.D. Dr. Muran, host of the TV show Longevity Healthcare and

director of the Longevity Healthcare Center of Laguna Hills, California, is a

recognized expert in the treatment of candidiasis, natural hormone replacement

therapy, treatment of digestive disorders, and chelation for cardiac disease and

mercury toxicity. (www.alternativemedicinehealthcare.com)

 

Safe Harbor's 2004 Recovery Panel:

 

6 people, now leading drug-free lives, tell their remarkable stories of recovery

from mental disorders.

 

And MUCH, MUCH more...

 

 

Canadian Member of Parliament Urges Disclosure of SSRI EvidenceIn the following

letter, reprinted with permission, Canadian Member of Parliament Svend Robinson

calls for full disclosure of the evidence that:

in the drug companies' own tests, the drugs failed to outperform placebo in

children and

using the drugs puts children in harm's way.

 

March 4, 2004

Honourable Pierre Pettigrew, PC MP

Minister of Health

507 Confederation Building

House of Commons

Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

Dear Pierre,

I have recently been contacted by a number of concerned Canadians regarding the

potentially dangerous side effects of some anti-depressants prescribed to

children and adolescents. As the Canadian Medical Association Journal noted,

some new antidepressants known as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors

(SSRIs) or serotonin noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors (SNRIs) have been shown

to increase the risk of suicide in youth.

This in itself should be sufficient to prompt Health Canada to take steps to

prevent the prescription of these drugs to children, however, there is also

significant evidence that indicates that SSRIs and SNRIs are no more effective

than placebos in treating children. It would appear then, that these drugs are

at best useless, and at worst deadly, when prescribed to children and

adolescents.

Unfortunately, it appears that Health Canada, as the federal prescription drug

regulatory body in Canada, has been aware of these problems with SSRIs and SNRIs

prescribed to children for some time, and yet has only recently issued an

advisory on the matter. It is widely acknowledged that such advisories are

rarely noticed by doctors or their patients.

What steps has the department taken to ensure that families are immediately made

aware of the risks of these drugs? Has Health Canada called on the manufacturers

of these drugs to issue proper monographs with proper boxed warnings to children

and their parents when prescribed these drugs? Has Health Canada asked the

manufacturers to fund a Health Canada media campaign to inform Canadians of the

risks of SSRIs, including television ads or materials distributed in schools?

Finally, if manufacturers are not able to certify that parents and children are

being appropriately warned as to the dangers of SSRI use, will Health Canada ask

them to withdraw their products from the Canadian market?

I would also note that Health Canada has stated that it would assess the safety

data of the medications supplied by their manufacturers. I would urge you to

direct Health Canada to proceed with its assessment of the drugs' safety in a

public and open manner, so that Canadians can see the evidence for themselves.

As Canadian media reports have recently revealed, the practice of most

pharmaceutical companies is to withhold any negative results of clinical drug

trials. At the same time, positive results from these trials are promoted,

giving both the public and doctors a false impression of drug safety and

effectiveness.

Currently, Health Canada receives all clinical trial results from pharmaceutical

companies, but keeps them confidential. In the United States, the Food and Drug

Administration publishes the comments of reviewers on its website, and releases

trial results through Freedom of Information requests without the consent of the

manufacturer. Sadly, Health Canada does not take even these meagre steps towards

transparency in the drug approvals process.

I would therefore urge you to direct Health Canada not only to release all trial

results of prescription drugs - both positive and negative -- to the public, but

to bring in the necessary regulatory changes to compel all drug companies to

register trials when they begin, to release results from discontinued trials,

and to publish the results of all trials promptly after their termination.

It seems that the health and safety of Canadians is being threatened by Health

Canada's inappropriately close relationship to the pharmaceutical industry. The

more drug companies are able to keep their records out of the public eye, the

easier it will be for potentially dangerous drugs like SSRIs to claim the lives

of unsuspecting Canadians.

I would therefore urge you to stand up for the safety of Canadians and ensure

that the protection of public health - rather than the protection of corporate

interests - remains the top priority of Health Canada.

I await your earliest possible reply.

Sincerely yours,

Svend Robinson, MP

Burnaby-Douglas

 

Dr. Ann Tracy and Columbine Victim Speak in Anaheim, California, Apr. 5

Ann Tracy, Ph.D., author of Prozac Panacea or Pandora and director of the

International Coalition for Drug Awareness (www.drugawareness.org) will be

speaking on: " The Downsides of Modern Antidepressants - A Look at Side Effects,

Violence, and Suicide "

Dr. Tracy is one of the nation's leading experts on the negative effects of

SSRI's (antidepressants).

Also speaking will be Mark Taylor, the first student who was shot at the

Columbine High School massacre in Colorado. At least one of the shooters was on

psychiatric medication.

The evening is co-sponsored by Mothers Against Manufactured Madness (MAMMA) and

Safe Harbor.

For more information, contact MAMMA at (619) 670-3552.

 

When: 7:30 PM, Monday, April 5, 2004

 

Where: Anabella Hotel, 1030 W. Katella Ave., Anaheim, California, in the La Rosa

Room

 

Admission: $11.00 Donations are also welcome.

 

Announcement: L.A. Safe Harbor Support Group Meeting, Wed., April 14

The monthly Safe Harbor support group in Los Angeles will meet on Wednesday,

April 14, 2004, at the Safe Harbor office at 1718 Colorado Blvd. in the Eagle

Rock area of Los Angeles from 7 PM to 9 PM.

Group sharing will occur the first hour. Our speakers for the second half of the

evening will be two individuals who have recovered from schizophrenia and

bipolar disorder, respectively, and now live drug-free lives.

Please RSVP to SafeHarborProj or (323) 257-7338.

For info on Safe Harbor Boston, New York, or New Mexico support group meetings,

see contact info in left sidebar.

 

Article: 1 Percent of Children Test Positive For Early-Stage Celiac

We have reported previously on the connection between celiac disease and

Recurrent Brief Depression (Alternative Mental Health News, Issue 42) and other

mental disorders, and the treatment of Celiac Disease with a gluten-free diet.

A study by Bingley and colleagues tested 5,470 children at age seven for

indications of subclinical (early stage) celiac disease. These children and

their parents were a part of a long-term study, the Avon longitudinal study of

parents and children. In the first stage of this test, the children were tested

for antibodies to an enzyme called tissue transglutaminase. Those who tested

positive were then screened for antibodies to a second enzyme, IgA

antiendomysial. These children were compared to geographically-matched controls

who tested negative to the first enzyme. One percent of children tested IgA-EMA

positive, a prevalence similar to adult sufferers of celiac disease. This group

of children were approximately nine months behind in height and weight compared

to the control group. However, only one in ten of these children were on a

gluten-free diet. It could be concluded that celiac disease is present in

childhood.

For the entire article, see

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/328/7435/322.pdf.

 

Article: What Does a Gluten-Free Diet Look Like?index

An article on www.msgtruth.org notes that gluten and MSG (monosodium glutamate)

are closely related, and urges celiac patients to stay away from msg as well as

the following common food products (shortened list):

FOODS TO AVOID:

Most commercial canned or processed foods.

Most candies.

Wheat flour, oats, rye, barley, graham flour, semolina flour, triticale,

bulgur, spelt, durum, couscous.

Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP) or Hydrolyzed Plant Protein, which contain

free glutamates (equivalent to MSG, says the FDA).

Sirimi (imitation seafood), which may use wheat as a binder.

Modified Food Starch - found in over-the-counter medications as well as

processed foods.

Beer, ale, gin, vodka, whiskey.

Flavored and instant coffees, some herbal teas, root beer.

Anything with malt flavoring or malt syrup.

Flavored yogurts, some ice creams, some light or fat-free dairy products,

artificial cream, processed cheese spreads, some chocolate milk drinks.

Prepared meats.

Self-basting turkeys (often injected with Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein).

Canned Soups, dehydrated soup mixes, and bouillion.

Creamed, breaded and scalloped vegetables.

 

RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVES:

Amaranth

Buckwheat

Garbanzo beans (unless soy allergy is present)

Corn

Potatoes

Rice

Quinoa

Milo - used for baking

Millet - crumbly so use with binder

Mandioca - use for crackers

Chestnut - crumbly so use with arrowroot

Tapioca - use for binding and thickening

Teff

White sweet potato

Cassava

Malanga

Yams

 

The books The Gluten Free Gourmet Bakes Bread and More From the Gluten Free

Gourmet (written by Bette Hagman) contain recipes to help the celiac sufferer

avoid gluten. However, rice milk is sometimes used in the recipes. Rice milk

contains a tiny amount of gluten from barley protein (less than .002%).

 

Article: Web Search Helps Thyroid Patient

The other day, I asked a co-worker about a thyroid condition that had afflicted

her a few months before -- a condition triggered by eating a brownie. Suddenly

she was unable to swallow, started to choke, and couldn't breathe. The choking

sensation had persisted

and still troubled her frequently.

While waiting about seven months for a public health clinic to complete their

testing and diagnosis, she turned to antidepressants (apparently prescribed

earlier) to help her cope with life. Hours of Web searching yielded no

alternatives, partly because her assumption that she had hypothyroidism

(underactive thyroid) was incorrect.

I remembered a discussion thyroid and depression in this ezine. All the back

issues are available at AlternativeMentalHealth.com, but in my experience a

Google search is the easiest way to find them.

I went to google.com and clicked the " Advanced Search " link at the top of the

page. (Don't worry, the " advanced " features are simple and clearly explained.) I

typed the words " thyroid " and " depression " into the " find results with all of

the words " text box. Then I narrowed the search with " only return results from

the site or domain alternativementalhealth.com. " (You can do this with any

website!)

I hit paydirt within five minutes, on a page linked to our site:

www.ithyroid.com/chocolate.htm. I learned that chocolate contains cadmium and

lead -- good for batteries, not so good for humans with hyperthyroidism. I

printed the page and took it to my friend.

As it turns out, she already wanted to quit her chocolate habit, without ever

associating it with her illness. Armed with this new information, she got rid of

all her chocolate. The choking sensation was gone by the next day.

If you have any information about tasty chocolate substitutes (besides carob,

which makes her feel " drunk " ), please email your suggestions to

SafeHarborProj.

-- Alan Graham, assistant editor

 

Article: Possible Bacterial Trigger for Alzheimers Found

The increased lifespan of Americans has been offered as an explanation for the

rising incidence of Alzheimers disease in this country. The underlying

assumption seems to be that Alzheimers is a natural or inevitable result of

reaching a certain age, at least for those who are genetically predisposed -- as

many as half of us.

Perhaps there is another answer.

A few years ago, Brian Balin of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

examined the brains of 19 people who had died of Alzheimer's and 19 people of

the same age who had died of other causes. He found Chlamydia pneumoniae

bacteria in 17 of the 19 " Alzheimers brains " and only in one of the others. Dr.

Balin has now completed a follow-up study that is scheduled for publication in

journal Neurobiology of Aging.

Evidence of Chlamydia in brain tissue is not significant in itself. Chlamydia is

a common bug that causes mild pneumonia, a persistent cough and a low-grade

fever; most of us will be exposed to it at some time in our lives. The link to

Alzheimers might be nothing more than an increased susceptibility to infection.

However, it would be a tremendous breakthrough to find a bacterial trigger for

Alzheimers -- and not unprecedented. Until recently, stomach ulcers yielded only

to the surgeon's scalpel; now they yield to antibiotics. Chlamydia itself is

being investigated as a possible culprit in heart disease.

Dr. Balin set out to determine whether or not the bacterium could induce

Alzheimers-like symptoms in mice. He and his colleagues chose a kind of mouse

that does not naturally develop the amyloid brain plaques characteristic of

Alzheimers. (Plaque: a small area of damaged tissue. Amyloid: a starchlike

protein that is deposited in the brain, liver, kidneys, etc., in certain

diseases.)

The researchers sprayed a strain of the bacterium that had been harvested from

human Alzheimer's patients, up the mice's noses. One to three months later, Dr.

Balin killed his mice and examined their brains. All the animals had developed

plaques, the size and number of which were greater the longer the animals had

lived.

Meanwhile, the Scripps Research Institute's Jeffery Kelly and colleagues have

duplicated what they believe to be the early stages of plaque formation in a

test tube by combining amyloids with one of the toxins produced in the body when

ozone attacks normal body chemicals. Ozone, a highly reactive form of oxygen,

occurs as a result of inflammation.

Dr. Balin's working hypothesis is that inflammation from a low-grade infection

jump-starts the plaque formation process.

 

Article: MSG by Any Name Is Still a Neurotoxin

A highly reactive amino acid, monosodium glutamate (MSG) is used by scientists

in studies to purposely cause death to areas of the brain and is fed to rodents

to make a strain of obese and pre-diabetic test subjects, says

www.truthinlabeling.org. MSG is classified as a neurotoxin: too much of it

introduced to the brain can cause rapid cell death.

In his book, The Slow Poisoning of America, John Erb argues that this neurotoxin

is a key cause of ADHD and autism. His conclusions are based on a survey of

hundreds of medical journal articles about glutamate and its effects on the

brain and other organs.

Citing scientific studies suggesting that food laced with MSG causes people to

eat more of it, and faster, Erb states: " Corporations use this knowledge to sell

their products. Their competition uses MSG, so they keep adding it in larger

amounts to keep up with them. " See www.spofamerica.com for details.

The FDA announced in 1995: " FDA considers foods whose labels say 'No MSG' or 'No

Added MSG' to be misleading if the food contains ingredients that are sources of

free glutamates, such as hydrolyzed protein. " Since then, FDA-regulated products

have been more truthful in their labeling.

The same cannot be said of products regulated by the United States Department of

Agriculture, according to the Truth in Labeling site. The USDA approves labels

of meat and poultry products that claim " No MSG, " " No MSG Added, " or " No Added

MSG " even when they contain free glutamic acid.

Only if there is zero free glutamic acid in an end product can one legitimately

claim that there is no MSG. The burden of proof for a claim about the absence of

MSG lies with those making the claim.

To find out if there is processed free glutamic acid in a product, you must ask

the manufacturer about " free glutamic acid, " not " MSG. " If the label mentions

autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed pea protein, carrageenan, or sodium caseinate, there

may be abundant free glutamic acid in the product -- and the same types of

reactions may result.

If the manufacturer says an ingredient is " naturally occurring, " remember that

many poisons occur in nature. Monosodium glutamate itself is " natural " by the

FDA definition.

It is the amount of processed free glutamic acid that determines the " MSG "

reaction. If the manufacturer expresses uncertainty, ask that the product be

analyzed for free amino acids, including free glutamic acid.

Truthinlabeling.org was advised by the FDA that if any misbranded products are

brought to their attention, they will act to correct the situation. You can call

the FDA at 888-723-3366 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Eastern time - and keep a

record of your call.

 

Article: Nutritional Supplement Used for Tapering Off Psych Drugs

A nutritional supplement called Immunocal has been generating attention in the

past few years as a useful treatment for helping people wean off of psychiatric

drugs.

Below are the comments of one individual. Many more such examples are available

at www.prozactruth.com/tapertest.htm

" I had tried to taper off Paxil 4 times in the past. None successful. I've been

using 20 mg of Paxil for 2 years and had been able to cut down to 15 mg a day

but no further. The side effects were severe.

" I needed to function while I tapered and thought I would try the Immunocal.

" I know you want people to e-mail you before they start the taper but I did not

want to fail again and have you know about it.

" Are you ready? I AM NOW PAXIL FREE FOR 1 MONTH!!!!!!

" There were a few mild side effects during the taper but none that interfered

with my daily life. I had a few headaches but when I took 2 packets of Immunocal

in a day the side effects went away in a matter of hours!

" THANK YOU. I HAVE A LIFE AGAIN! "

 

The product is a milk serum protein isolate and is taken while on medication to

relieve the withdrawal effects of tapering off of medication and is also

reported by some to alleviate the original symptoms that caused the person to

take psychiatric drugs in the first place.

For more information on the product, see www.immunocalwins.com.

 

National Geographic Consults with Safe Harbor

We are pleased to report that National Geographic has commissioned a show to be

done on the topic " Food and Mood. " The London producer in charge of the project

contacted Safe Harbor in March seeking information and recovery stories of

people who have experienced improved mental and emotional functioning from

dietary changes and improvements.

We were happy to oblige and look forward to the show, which, we are told, will

be run in 130 countries.

 

 

 

 

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