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Apr 11Liked by Karen Brennan, PhD

What helped was getting off the medications. For that you will need to find help outside of psychiatry. Look up Peter Breggin, Kelly Brogan. A Fischer Wallace stimulator helped me sleep through tapering. Tapering can be brutal and takes a long time. It’s a demoralizing and isolating process. There are very few support groups for DEPENDENCE as opposed to addiction. You can’t just stop psych meds like other substances. Well, you can, but you may injure your nervous system. Psychiatrists are not trained to support withdrawal, they are usually misinformed by the manufacturers of medications. Honestly I got more support from an acupuncturist who was familiar with the process. In my case I believe my mental symptoms were 100% iatrogenic, starting with prednisone side effects I was not warned about. I don’t know what it feels like to have mental issues organically, that is, not caused by medicine.

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Apr 11·edited Apr 11Liked by Karen Brennan, PhD

If you're in a situation involving another person that makes you very unhappy, get out of that situation. No excuses, other than being a minor. If you're unhappy with yourself, you're gonna have to change yourself. Sorry, that's the really pain in the butt one. Find something you enjoy and spend time doing it, everyday IF possible. If there are people you enjoy being with, be with them whenever possible, but do NOT depend on them to make you happy, only to give you a boost IF needed. Learn to live with yourself, you're not as bad as you think.

Like Robin Dann said, Get off the mental prescription drugs!!! ALL physicians, and psychology linked professionals will fight you tooth and nail to keep you on these meds.

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Apr 11Liked by Karen Brennan, PhD

A lot of research is done on NAC. It’s helped a few people. I’ve suggested it to pass that along. It was used during the.scamdemic as part of the health protocol.

It works for mental disorders and to treat lung infections and that’s mainstream research

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