Posted by Toph on March 6, 2012, at 15:34:04
In reply to Lou's response-schisldehybuz, posted by Lou Pilder on March 6, 2012, at 4:46:56
Knowing that conversing with Lou is futile, I just want to say as a passing former poster that Szasz and Breggin are important antagonists to psychotherapy and the unchallenged commercial selling of psychotropic medication. Breggin reminds me of a certain poster who obsesses about pharmaceutical complications with repeated doomsday hyperbole. Most of us are concerned about the side effects of our medication and their long-term use. So we are attentive to the warnings and bad experiences of others. We tire of those with misleading strident agendas, however. We don't ban airplanes, automobiles, swimming pools and medications because they occationally contribute to deaths. We weigh the benefits with the risks while companies strive to make each better and safer in a competitive market. If lithium had been pulled off the market 40 years ago because some users developed kidney problems or thyroid issues, I would not now be anticipating retirement with a comfortable pension and savings, rather I would likely be living in a mental health halfway house if I were even alive. Similarly, my daughter was incapacited by chronic depression a couple years ago. Now she is about to complete her masters in nursing as she finishes her clinicals on the cardiac unit at Children's hospital - all possible because of carefully monitored Wellbutrin use. I'm glad you're here Lou. But I'm also glad that mostly you're wrong.
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