Psychiatric drugs can make things worse
Irish psychiatrists are believed to be spending too much time enjoying lavish overseas trips organised by drugs companies and there is evidence that “unscientific material aimed at influencing prescribing practice” may have taken place.
There is a further problem in that many people being prescribed psychiatric drugs report many adverse and serious symptoms as a result of these drugs. For instance, tardive dyskinesia and tardive akathisia are serious neurological disorders which even neurologists and psychiatrists admit are caused by psychiatric drugs.
Often the symptoms are countered by administering other drugs. People who suffer severe mental distress need a more holistic approach to their problems. Increasingly people are becoming disillusioned with the conventional approaches of psychiatry which, they feel, do not address the cause or causes of their problems.
Sean Fleming,
Leafonney Cottage,
Kilglass,
Enniscrone,
Co Sligo.
