Posted by bleauberry on August 5, 2010, at 16:41:15
In reply to Cymbalta, other psychotropic drug and brain damage, posted by Lou Pilder on August 4, 2010, at 20:08:10
Just being alive and aging causes brain damage and neurological damage. It is part of a process we cannot stop. I guess maybe what critics claim is that drug molecules that enter the brain cause even more damage.
Residues of pesticides and herbicides on produce at your grocery store. (that's why you want to pay extra for organic...don't believe it when the FDA says these trace amounts are safe...they aren't".
Residues of pesticides, herbicides, hormones, and antibiotics in meat (again, buy organic...Mexico recently refused importation of USA bred meat because it had too much contamination in it! Mexico, ok? The same meat had no problem making it to your grocery store.)
Mercury from amalgam fillings.
Overweight.
Diabetes.
Smoking cigarettes.
To much sugar.
Trusting city water.
Hidden diseases of microbes all around us...borrellia, bartonella, babesia, candida, epstein bar virus, and at least a dozen other common names not to mention the mysterious ones.
Lead and plastic residues everywhere.
I could go on, but that's enough for now.
I guess what I am saying is, if someone is going to single out psychiatric drugs and not mention all of the above, then they clearly have an agenda that is subjective in nature and not comprehensive or objective. They don't care about your health. They care about furthering their agenda of anti psychiatry.
Tylenol. Amazing it is still on the shelf. There are so many documented cases of liver damage and death from Tylenol it is astounding.
If a psych drug can improve the quality of someone's life, then it should be used IMO. What good is a life that is dark and nearly bedridden if the goal is to protect the brain? Remain in the dark and live of life of misery so as not to damage that already diseased brain? I dunno. To me, that makes no sense.
Clearly though, I think most people do make a mistake of relying almost exclusively on the drug itself for life improvement, without addressing any of the other brain-protecting, health enhancement, disease resistance, or life extension things touched upon above. Food and drink choices are extremely important. Without factoring in those, there is no way to point the finger solely at the drug.
I wish God did more miracle healings. I've heard about them. Never seen them. But his wisdom is beyond our comprehension. Whatever the reasons, they are greater than we could understand at this time, and are inevitably absolutely perfect and good. Doesn't feel that way to us right now for sure, but again, there are things our eyes and thoughts have not seen. Some of God's people in the Bible suffered chronic "thorns in the side".
But we can talk to God daily and ask for the wisdom to know which drug it is, which herb, which doctor, etc is good for us. Healing I think is much more likely when we ask His guidance. If that guidance happens to end up being Cymbalta or some other supposed brain damaging drug, fine.
If anything, I think when speaking about drugs specifically as brain damaging, it is probably very high doses where the risks are. I do personally think doctors chronically overdose patients higher than they should be. But that it is IMO.
poster:bleauberry
thread:957236
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20100731/msgs/957350.html