Re: Husband and Prozac

hi,

taking psychiatric medication for years at a time can be highly toxic and permanently alter your brain chemistry, and not for the good. here are two books that will answer a lot of your questions. one is written by dr. peter breggin who is a psychiatrist who has spent years and years studying this issue. the other is by gabriel cousens who is an expert is detoxing from psychiatric medication.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0738203483/sr=8-2/qid=1142172410/r...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060959657/sr=8-4/qid=1142172494/r...

i believe that peter breggin has a way for you to get in touch with wholistic psychiatric doctors.

i mean perhaps your husband is fine with the status quo, but you don't seem to be. Depression is never easy, but what is? there is a price to pay no matter how you deal with it. medicaiton? a price to pay. no medication? a price to pay. my own personal opinion is that psychiatric drugs are like any other drug, they numb you long enough to help you thru the day, but after years of being numb where does that leave you?

of course they do have their place, and some do well on them. then again some do well smoking pot.

i find that choosing to feel my naked emotions, no matter how miserable or horrible or tragic they are that i am moving through Depression and experiencing life more fully, that is the path i have chosen and i do not regret it.

its really up to your husband perhaps allowing others to choose his path in life is part of the problem.

peter breggin will take you thru the steps one by one to get off meds if he wants to do that. but first he has to decide what he really wants, he needs to make a decision about his fate. proactively taking control of his life will help alot no matter what decision he makes.

ff