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September 28, 2005, 3:06 pm PDT

09/28 Overmedicating America: The Cruise Controversy

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Tom Cruise has nothing to do with the fact that we are over medicating here in America, Its a shame that People can not take their personal feelings for Tom Cruise or his film ratings or most of all his religious or personal beliefs and set that aside and focus on the topic of this subject, THE FACTS, the topic is OVERMEDICATING!!! 36 million people or more are on drugs, people have been lied to, there has been a huge cover up by the pharmaceutical companies, they knew that these drugs cause death and many many other problems and they hid the truth, the FDA hid the truth, right now most of these pharmaceutical companies are paying people off left and right, this is not a matter of who should or should not take antidepressants but should the people taking them at least know the truth about the clinical trials, it is not a small percentage of people who have horrible effects from these drugs, its more then we thought, these drugs are very very dangerous and i thank people like TOM CRUISE who went out and took a risk that people would not really like what he said, but he stood up and spoke the TRUTH, not his opinion, we need more people to stand firm in the FACTS. not opinions. I am not a Scientoligist, this is not a religious issue, I am a victim and I deserved to know the truth. I am alive and I plan on telling as many people I can how dangerous these drugs are.
These drugs do not kill!!! The drugs that kill are the illegal kind. These drugs were made for specific reasons and to help specific disorders. I can tell ya from being the parent of an adhd and nuerologically impaired son that his medication helps him to focus and learn. I also would know when a medication was not working and would call the doctor and make an appointment to talk about it and see what could be tried next. Alot of you seem to be under the impression that doctors love to medicate kids and that is not true my doctor was very cautious before he put my son on medicine we went the route with diet it didn't work, we did the behavior time out plans and they didn't then we went to school. When my son was in kindergarten he could not sit still everything going on around him was so much of a distraction that he would be up and out of his seat and then when they went out to play he wanted to be left alone and another child would not leave him be and he hit the child with the truck he had in his hand after that until they got him placed in a class that he could learn in my late husband and I went to kindergarten with him so that we could keep him in tow. They put him in an emotional support class and then started testing his academic ability and called us in for a conference and told us that our son had a chemical inbalance that not only prevents him from sitting still but also is the reason he cannot learn the way our daughter does. They also said that its the reason for his behavior when someone bothers him and he doesn't want to be bothered. Its very much a chemical imbalance. My son has been on Catapres for 11 years to control his impulsivity and he was on it only a week when we had seen the change and it was a big change he was not aggressive like he is when it wears off and he has been on Ritalin and is now on Concerta and it works too and helps him. When he does not take it I can tell and his teachers can tell and our doctor can to. Years ago we had tried everything before we put him on medication and nothing worked. So rest assured "THERE INDEED IS SUCH A THING AS CHEMICAL IMBALANCE."
 
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September 28, 2005, 8:03 pm PDT

Drug hysteria

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Tom Cruise has nothing to do with the fact that we are over medicating here in America, Its a shame that People can not take their personal feelings for Tom Cruise or his film ratings or most of all his religious or personal beliefs and set that aside and focus on the topic of this subject, THE FACTS, the topic is OVERMEDICATING!!! 36 million people or more are on drugs, people have been lied to, there has been a huge cover up by the pharmaceutical companies, they knew that these drugs cause death and many many other problems and they hid the truth, the FDA hid the truth, right now most of these pharmaceutical companies are paying people off left and right, this is not a matter of who should or should not take antidepressants but should the people taking them at least know the truth about the clinical trials, it is not a small percentage of people who have horrible effects from these drugs, its more then we thought, these drugs are very very dangerous and i thank people like TOM CRUISE who went out and took a risk that people would not really like what he said, but he stood up and spoke the TRUTH, not his opinion, we need more people to stand firm in the FACTS. not opinions. I am not a Scientoligist, this is not a religious issue, I am a victim and I deserved to know the truth. I am alive and I plan on telling as many people I can how dangerous these drugs are.
 All drugs kill, as do aspirin, alcohol, sugar, fats, vitamins, and donuts. At least prescription drugs come with labels and are packaged with fact sheets. Ask for them at your pharmacy and READ them. Question what you take.

I submit that the reason we take so many medications is that we live longer but not necessarily well. With longer life come the maladies that attend aging. Should we remain vigilant that our medications are pure and fully tested? Of course. Would we choose to suffer needlessly from mental health diseases when treatment exist? Of course not. Psychotropic drugs have allowed patients to be free of custodial care, a euphemism for insane asylums, and function as productive citizens.

Ranting of conspiracies is both uninformed and pointless.
 
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October 19, 2005, 1:03 pm PDT

you hit the nail right on the head

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Tom Cruise has nothing to do with the fact that we are over medicating here in America, Its a shame that People can not take their personal feelings for Tom Cruise or his film ratings or most of all his religious or personal beliefs and set that aside and focus on the topic of this subject, THE FACTS, the topic is OVERMEDICATING!!! 36 million people or more are on drugs, people have been lied to, there has been a huge cover up by the pharmaceutical companies, they knew that these drugs cause death and many many other problems and they hid the truth, the FDA hid the truth, right now most of these pharmaceutical companies are paying people off left and right, this is not a matter of who should or should not take antidepressants but should the people taking them at least know the truth about the clinical trials, it is not a small percentage of people who have horrible effects from these drugs, its more then we thought, these drugs are very very dangerous and i thank people like TOM CRUISE who went out and took a risk that people would not really like what he said, but he stood up and spoke the TRUTH, not his opinion, we need more people to stand firm in the FACTS. not opinions. I am not a Scientoligist, this is not a religious issue, I am a victim and I deserved to know the truth. I am alive and I plan on telling as many people I can how dangerous these drugs are.
I couldn't agree with you more! This post speaks the truth & I plan on informing as many people as I can as well on the truth! Matter of fact...I e-mailed Michael Moore & asked him to do a documentary to expose this fraud....maybe even a possible connection to Bowling for Columbine!  Just a thought. Maybe we are a more violent nation because just about everybody & their mother are on psychotic drugs!!!!!! Hmmmmm....the way I see it, that can't be good for society!
 
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