I think I upset the Psychiatrists, the psychologists and the neurologists. I studied Neurotoxicology and found that the reason I was suffering so much.
I was suffering from IATROGENESIS. I was being poisoned by the drugs they were prescribing for a non-existant illness.
My faith and trust in Doctors is at a very low ebb indeed

not sure if this may be helpful to this discussion
http://www.breggin.com/

He has written a book called "Your Drug May Be Your Problem",amongst others
http://breggin.com/index.php?option=...d=15&Itemid=42

The good Doctor is quite correct, my studies into neurotoxicology have confirmed to me that Doctors are Prescribing drugs on the basis of what the drug salesman tells them, rather than reading the facts themselves. It is such a pity that Doctors never listen to what their patients are telling them. Their actions are indeed criminal and fraudulent. They are almost as dishonest as polititians.

I would not say doctors are criminal and fraudulent. As their diplomas say, they are doctors of medicine. That is what they do, prescribe medicine. It is the FDA and drug companies that are to blame.

The biggest problem is that the doctors are just about the only game in town. How do you find a good one and avoid the bad ones?

The patient needs to be self informed. The internet has finally broken the veil of secrecy the doctors used to have. Do the research and ask questions. Be careful what questions you ask. Many doctors get very guarded if they think you have too much knowledge.

If your doctor does not answer your questions, try to find one that will.

Doctors boast about their 7 years training. During that 7 years they are supposed to learn to listen to their patients, and to observe any distress they may be experiencing from the treatment.
They (or some of them) take an oath which includes "first, do no harm". I am now permanently crippled because they DID do harm. All of them treated the records, and totally ignored the patient.

Does a policeman, after shooting a villain, blame the manufacturer of the bullet for causing the damage?.

One goes to a Doctor to seek a solution to a problem rather than spending time searching the internet without guidance. Does a surgeon just give an opinion or does he actually cut open the patient to cure the problem?. To give a patient a toxic compound to ingest then tell the patient that he/she is imagining any feelings of poisoning is not exactly my idea of professsionalism.

hi jackie sorry you have been disabled any kind of male practice and people run for cover

what drugs did they administer and for what condition , what do you feel has been damaged , a nuero psych will be able to map any damage to the brain, see if your lawyer can get you to see one for evaluation ,without knowing the cause this is how they should work with there testing as results are more accurate

A long story. but basically, My mother suffered from Munchausens Syndrome by Proxy. She convinced Doctors that i was taking fits-- (when I was 13 years old) Despite my pleas, I was given anti-epileptic drugs for 45 years. Mainly barbiturates (impossible to stop taking).
My cerebellum and brainstem have been damaged by the drugs. It was the neuro crowd that refused to listen to me and added even more drugs to control the depressive action of the barbiturates and also amphetamines to counter the efects of the barbiturates.

All the tests these people carried out were negative but the still kept up the drug regime. Since the Neuros could not see the damage they were doing, how can a special witness see any better?.

Wow,

I was on phenobarbitol for years as a young adult. Also Dilantin (phenytoin). I did not know they have long term side effects.

I took Klonopin (Clonazepam) for a year about 8 years ago. It was not good. Now, I have been on Neurontin (gabapentin) for 8 years since switching from the Klonopin.

I agree with vini. A neuropsychological assessment (Ph.D.)will help you define the current dysfunctions. A neuropsychiatrist (M.D.)may be able to help you get your brain chemistry normalized.

I have read Dr. Bregggin's comments. I wish there was something beside the Paxil (paroxetine) that I take at maximum dose to keep my brain from looping on mundane meaningless repetitive thoughts. He says to stay of these meds but offers no alternative. A new psychiatrist has been recommended to try to find a new drug regimen.

But I already KNOW what is wrong.. I studied neurotoxicology. I made contact with the Epilepsy research foundation and was invited to their meetings at the Royal Society. Professor Alan Richens -co-author of the book " A Textbook of Epilepsy" has given me his personal copy --signed to me. The professor told me that in a probability I was a foremost authority on the subject. I have lesions on the flocculonodular lobe of my cerebellum --lesions in the flocculus usually affect the vermis resulting in truncal ataxia.

Anti epileptic drugs are cerebellar toxic, and when you never suffered from epilepsy in the first place they are more toxic -- The drugs were not phenobarbitone but phenyl methyl barbituric acid and Sulthaime both were taken off the market in 1974 as being too toxic --I had been taking them for 17 years at that point. Cerebellar/brainstem Dysfunction in fact

Wow,

I was put on the dilantin and phenobarb in Jan 1971. I missed a bullet when the doctor didn't prescribe those poisons they gave you.

My seizures were very mild, petit mal (absence) and cognitive seizures.

What functions do you lose from the poisons? Just motor ataxia or also sensory?

My father passed away from complications of Parkinson's and vascular dementia. I understand your struggles with a movement disorder. My brain condition sometimes manifests as tremors and limb jerking. Sometimes my Neurontin helps. Other times, nothing helps. I end up sleeping in the other room in a reclining chair because my body jerks prevent my wife from sleeping.

At my last doctor's visit, she warned me about the long term side effects from the Neurontin.

Before I started the Neurontin, I had ballistic movement problems. If I started to move my arm, it would fly to the end of that range of motion. I had hit my wife a few times when this happened in bed. I once kneed her as I tried to roll over in bed. The Neurontin has stopped the ballistic movements but not all of the tremors. I still have occasional postural rigidity problems where my shoulder and upper back muscles tense up. My fingers and toes occasionally spasm in strange positions.

My hands will grip objects in my sleep. My wife knows to keep her hands away from mine because I will squeeze her hand with a vise like grip in the dead of sleep. Sometimes she will find me locked in a major body spasm with a grimace or scowl on my face.

Sometimes an odd thought or stimulus will cause muscle jerks that I have to literally shake off by shaking my arm or shoulders.

I wish somebody could tell me why this stuff happens. Fortunately, it is usually just weird or funny. Other that the few times I hit or pinched my wife, it has not caused any serious problems.

One neurologist wanted me to try Gabatril and Seroquel. After checking the literature, I chose not to try them. I did not need to try a weak shot in the dark with such strong side effects with unknown long term outcome.