“When you’re interested in science and dive into psychiatric research, your heart is broken. It looks convincing and persuasive and it’s written in very persuasive language. In reality, it’s replete with assumptions and bias, especially regarding theories about how psychiatric drugs work.”

8/ What Can You Do?
Self-education is essential. Ask questions, research, and advocate for yourself. Check out Metabolic Mind to learn more about these evidence-based alternatives. #metabolicpsychiatry #metabolicmind #mentalhealth

7/ Real & Powerful Alternatives Exist:
Metabolic therapies focus on nutrition, lifestyle, and addressing root causes. They can transform mental health and improve outcomes—even alongside medication—but are often ignored in conventional care.

6/ Why This Matters:
Many doctors have limited training on the risks of psychiatric meds, safe tapering practices, or alternatives like metabolic therapies. Patients often don’t get the full picture and need to advocate for themselves.

5/ 4️⃣ Duration of Use: Is this meant to be short-term or lifelong?

5️⃣ Alternatives: Are there other approaches to explore? Yes, there are! But doctors often don’t know this. Even if meds are prescribed, addressing alternatives can still make a huge difference.

4/ 1️⃣ Mechanism of Action: How does the medication work in your brain and body?

2️⃣ Potential Benefits: What outcomes are expected, and how will success be measured?

3️⃣ Risks & Dependence: What are the short- and long-term risks, including withdrawal & dependency?

3/What Informed Consent for Psychiatric Medications Should Include (But Often Doesn’t):
It’s not just about “take this pill.” There are key facts patients deserve to know.

2/ Ten years later, I now know what I should have asked. But how many families are derailed by treatments that worsen the issue?

Had we been offered targeted nutrition or lifestyle therapies, it’s likely her depression could have resolved within a year —without her life being endangered.

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It’s truly alarming and totally devastating. We are the most psychotropic prescribed population generationally yet our collective mental health continues to decline. So many innocent lives impacted. I’m heartbroken. Thank you for taking action and your campaign to raise awareness.

I have been very concerned about what is happening to people .... have been writing about it for some time:
bjgplife.com/the-patient-...

Thank you Marion. Your thoughts and resource are appreciated.

This is exactly what has happened to my adult daughter, although it was withdrawal from antipsychotic meds not AD’s (she tapered as instructed). Her GP is currently diagnosing her resulting tardive dyskinesia as functional neurological disorder. It’s truly exhausting trying to get help.

I received my copy yesterday. Two chapters in and all I can think about is a term I saw someone use on here recently “corporate psychiatry”. Psychiatry for the good of the corporations not for the good of the community. How many more lives destroyed before the real risks of meds are acknowledged?

Oh and it’s the doctors failing to deprescribe correctly that lead injured and suicidal individuals to these peer led chat rooms in the first place. Take a look you may find it an eye opener. www.survivingantidepressants.org/forums/forum...

8/8 Mental health care, reimagined: compassionate, informed, collaborative. Let’s make it happen! #mentalhealth #metabolicmind #brainenergy