A patient patient's patience
If
someone was to ask me six months back, "Can
consumption of prescription drugs to treat a disorder, say substance
abuse - do more harm than good?".
I
would say that I am not sure.
Well
today, I could say with bitter anger that "Prescription
drugs to treat substance abuse stands a chance of driving a person to the edge of
sanity. And while wandering across this edge, the person could meander astray and end up losing one's mind."
There
is a popular quote, "I
was born intelligent, education ruined me".
Perhaps,
the same can be said about a person, visiting a psychiatrist for
treating a disorder. It is a known fact that many diseases today are
being invented by the pharma giants to sell their drugs. More
sales mean higher profit. The pharma companies share their success
with the doctor by lavishing incentives upon them for their deed.
What
is that deed done by the doctor to deserve the incentives, one may
ask.
Firstly,
he diagnoses a person to having an XYZ disorder, after certain rounds
of Q&A and understanding the problem; the doctor relates
the condition with the theory that was taught to him at med-school.
Secondly,
this person, who is now a patient is prescribed of its cure. The
prescription drugs that will help his mind to come to terms with the
norms defined by the sane society. He then is asked to continue
with it and let the doctor know of its outcome on a systematic basis.
This
XYZ disorder, which was invented by the pharma giant, thus find its
lifetime consumer and the doctor his patient. A win-win situation.
Let
me go through the confession by an American psychiatrist, Dr.
Leon Eisenberg to a German magazine, couple months before his death -
"ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), a disorder
that develops in children, is a fictitious disease which our team put
together for the benefit of the drug companies, and added it in the
new disease classification section." ADHD once diagnosed by
the pediatrician, the children start using this dangerous chemical
drugs at the tender age.
If
this does not rattle your conscience, let me share a couple of
queries that Dr. Eisenberg put forward to a brilliant new resident
doctor.
-
Who is a patient?
A
man/woman who visits any doctor becomes a patient.
-
When does the person become normal again (ie, stops being a patient)
Rarely
ever, if ever was the answer.
Shocked?
Why, because there is no proof or test to find out what chemicals are
"out of balance" in the brain, for these sort of disorders.
Most of these drugs are unnecessary and are known to provoke suicide
and homicide. Now imagine the case of a child who is being treated
for ADHD or autism; or an adult diagnosed with schizophrenia or
Bipolar disorder or paranoia etc.
Once
these people have started taking these dangerous chemicals, at what
point can they discontinue with their dosage.
If
these drugs were to test the patient's patience, for every wrong diagnosis it might not seem rudimentary to scream at a psychiatrist's face - how
long can you test a patient patient's patience.
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