We would all agree that child mental health is an important issue in society.  Recent trends might lead us to believe that mental illness is on the rise, and that modern “science” is now properly labeling the countless “mental disorders” that children, adults and the elderly exhibit, but were previously misunderstood.   For example, children are known to have higher energy and activity levels, shorter attention spans, difficulty learning, uncontrolled emotional tantrums, fears, and shyness.  In the past we just let children grow up; but now these behaviors are labeled psychiatric disorders of one kind or another, and the children drugged to “fix” them.  No one knows the long-range effects of the new powerful anti-psychotic drugs not even tested on children.  But Ritalin and some of the earlier drugs have proven to stunt body and skull growth – directly countering a child’s health.  Nevertheless, these and the newer more powerful drugs are freely prescribed to children younger than four and through the teenage years, as being necessary for child mental health.

Historically, psychiatrists were the ones that dealt with crazy people.  Today, that image has been replaced with psychiatrists being mental health “experts.”  They have put forth all sorts of theories to explain so-called mental illnesses or disorders and the different ways to treat them.  Lacking scientific proof to validate their theories, they continue to promote false ideas and dangerous methods of treatment.

While lying on a couch, people have spent countless hours talking, only to be told they have classic symptoms of Freud’s Oedipal Complex.  The mental health of many others has been negatively evaluated only because of the answers they gave to Rorschach’s Inkblot test.   More recently, without any medical tests whatsoever, millions of people have been told and continue to be told that they have a chemical imbalance in the brain which automatically guarantees them a mental disorder diagnosis and a prescription for dangerous mind-altering drugs as treatment.

Now we can add some additional nonsense to this endless history of false information and false science.  Psychiatrists are saying that cats are the possible culprit of causing schizophrenia!  Apparently cats are the natural host to a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii.  However, when that parasite is in another host such as a mouse, it seems to alter the behavior of this unnatural host to a marked degree.  The behavior of the mouse is irrational to the extent that the mouse loses its fear of cats and of course then proceeds to get eaten by the cat.  This “fatal attraction” behavior is interesting for sure, but is not acceptable as a link to schizophrenia.

Toxoplasmosis is the resulting infection in humans carrying this parasite.  If you are in good physical health, then you might not even notice that you have toxoplasmosis, or “toxo.” It is not a medical concern as mild flu-like symptoms occur or no symptoms at all.  It is estimated that up to one third of the world’s population has this infection.  Where is the “fatal attraction” behavior in all those people?  Are psychiatrists implying that one third of the world’s population has schizophrenia?

Logic is lacking here.  It seems that psychiatrists are desperately looking for a physical cause of schizophrenia which doesn’t exist.  Just because some schizophrenia cases have tested positive for toxo, it doesn’t explain the billions of people who also have it and are normal functioning members of society without any mental health problems.

It would be logical to skip the entire mental health route and address possible physical causes of irrational behavior (like schizophrenia) or any other mental health problem.   Since it is known that toxo can have an adverse effect on one’s behavior, then it would be smart to test for it and if found to be positive, then the mystery is solved.  This is a perfect example of how irrational behavior is not rooted in the mind.  How logical would it be to first diagnose a “mental illness,” which here is really a medical condition, then treat it with drugs known to have horrendous side effects? Obviously it is simpler and more effective to detect and treat the underlying physical condition.

The point is that psychiatrists are trying to tell you that you can “catch” schizophrenia like you can catch a cold! They are still preaching that mental illness really exists by trying to get you to believe that it can come from an infection or virus, like real diseases do.   But all it really boils down to is that in some people a parasite is causing irrational behavior, end of story, no mental health issues involved here at all.

The other supposed link to schizophrenia from cats is that the parasite is able to increase the production of dopamine.  Dopamine is the chemical in your brain that helps relay messages and directs behavior to a degree.  Psychiatrists claim that there is “growing evidence” that schizophrenics have more dopamine than regular folks, thus the supposed “correlation” between the cat parasite and schizophrenia.

It is totally absurd to suggest that the parasite gets in us like the mouse and alters our behavior as it alters our brain’s dopamine system and then call it a psychiatric condition!  Let’s get things straight here.  A physical condition is treatable and not a mental health problem.  Without any scientific evidence to confirm validity, don’t buy into the false information given by mental health “experts.”  Do your homework and get the facts.  Then as you drive through life, you won’t get lost and make a wrong turn going down the psychiatric drug road to nowhere.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis

The particular sales rep Mr. Rockoff interviewed, Michaelene Greenly, demonstrates what best practices could and should be as a medical sales representative. This type of sales technique is widely used in the equipment and supply industry. Knowing that your buyer/customer is sophisticated enough to figure out the benefits of a product once the features are known allows that you are selling to an intelligent person, not someone who needs to be spoon-fed how to use a product and why it helps patients. Most of today’s sales reps are highly skilled at Consultative Selling skills and as a result, become resources for their customers. It is without a doubt the most effective sales approach today.

But changing a sales technique in the Pharma Industry does not create science when there is none. Near the end of the article, Ms. Greenly is working with psychiatrist Dr. Cottle on how best to use Zyprexa, an antipsychotic known to produce high weight gain in patients and often leads to Diabetes Type II. It says she had diagrams of the brain on her laptop and it showed how Zyprexa worked in the brain. This she could supply to the MD and he could explain this to his patient. This is where studies become blurred with opinions. Given that today there is no concrete, usable evidence that chemical imbalances cause mental illness, and that extrapolated theories dominate the social thinking about mental illness to the point of Direct to Consumer Advertising, we have a dilemma as a society and as a medical industry. No matter the sales technique, the message should be based in science and well tested studies, not on opinions. People’s lives are influenced by our actions and perpetuating falsehoods decrease the survival of all of us. Softer sales techniques do not create a good  science.

By Kenneth W Thomas, RN, BS

Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most commonly prescribed antidepressant medication. Their use has been associated with everything from worsening depression to homicidal or suicidal behavior. But yet another dangerous side effect of serotonin reuptake inhibitors was discovered in a recent study done at Emory University School of Medicine.

In examining over 500 twins (all were U.S. Military veterans of the Vietnam War) researchers found that of the 59 pairs where only one of the brothers was on serotonin reuptake inhibitors, a higher carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) existed. This is a thickness in the main arteries of the neck.

Study author Amit Shah, M.D. said that users of serotonin reuptake inhibitors had an average of 40 micron increase in IMT. Age is the main factor that thickens arteries naturally, and the average increase is 10 microns a year. So in effect the brothers taking SSRIs have arteries 4 years older than their twin brothers.

A conventional test assessing carotid artery thickness determines plaque formation. This determines whether or not atherosclerosis is present. And studies show when plaque formation is present in the carotid artery that plaque is generally found in other vital arteries, as well as the heart itself.

Thus this thickening of the carotid artery due to serotonin reuptake inhibitors makes the patient a more likely candidate for a heart attack or stroke. The reason behind the artery thickening was not discovered in the study.

Prozac is the SSRI prescribed most often. And of course Prozac is infamous for its better known side effects. These include insomnia, nausea, tiredness, diarrhea, uncontrolled movements, inability to remain still, mania, severe mental and mood changes, vision changes and changes in sexual desire.

Other physical side effects of this serotonin reuptake inhibitor are fever, irregular heartbeat, vomiting, black stools, chest pain, seizures and bruising easily.

But violent behavior is the most chilling reaction displayed by some patients prescribed this antidepressant.

A new study done by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, which was based on information from the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting system found 31 drugs were heavily associated with reports of violence.

Prozac was found to be almost 11 times more likely associated with violent behavior than any other medication.

Are there natural alternatives to these dangerous drugs?

Since fish oil supplements have been found to ease depression symptoms and benefit the heart, some investigation into their benefits could be indicated.

In the Archives of General Psychiatry of May 1999, a report was published by Dr. Andrew Stoll. This entailed the study of fish oil use in 30 manic-depressive patients. A large number (69%) of this depressed group took 10 grams of the oil over 4 months and reported a marked improvement. Only 19% of the placebo group reported benefits.

The psychiatrists themselves know of this safe and very effective alternative, so why are dangerous serotonin reuptake inhibitors still being promoted to the public?

Perhaps we are the victims of one of the largest and most deadly scams to be perpetrated on the public, solely for the financial benefit of greedy pharmaceutical companies and their willing partners, psychiatrists and other medical professionals who prescribe these drugs. All indications seem to point in that direction.

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http://blog.markstengler.com/antidepressants-linked-to-artery-disease-2/

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ADHD is the most common mental health problem found in school age children. And while psychiatry freely admits that they do not know what causes ADHD or its symptoms, they justify the labeling of children and medicating them as having an incurable brain disease.

The CDC reports that by 2007, there were 5.4 million children 4-17 years of age diagnosed with ADHD, an increase of 22% from 2003 to 2007. As of 2007, parents of 2.7 million youth ages 4-17 years (66.3% of those with a current diagnosis) report that their child was receiving medication treatment for the disorder. Rates of medication treatment for ADHD varied by age and sex; children aged 11-17 years of age were more likely than those 4-10 years of age to take medication, and boys are 2.8 times more likely to take medication than girls. Children with Medicaid were more likely than uninsured children or privately insured children to have each of the diagnoses.

The medication of choice for this disorder is an amphetamine based drug given several different brand names such as Ritalin, Adderall, Focalin, Concerta, Dexedrine, Metadate and Vyvanse. Each of these has a stern warning on the packet insert to not be given to anyone who has a thyroid condition. Considering the findings in 1997 at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, how many children are being harmed by being placed on this stimulant without a thorough testing for thyroid disease? What typically happens with a person who doesn’t seem to respond to the medication at the usual dose, they will have their dosage increased and be thought of as “resistant” to the medication. In the case of hyperthyroidism, the symptoms mimic hyperactivity and impulsive behavior, and the result of an amphetamine with this thyroid condition is increase behavior problems. This results in children being given more medications to handle that behavior, or more psychotropics, in that they are typically are started on anti-psychotics to manage the aggressive behavior.

In an article written on September 17, 2010 by Helen Beden, HealthDay News reporter, findings were suggesting that MDs were jumping to antipsychotic meds for this same thing too soon, and that managing just the amphetamine based drugs could cause the aggressive behaviors to diminish or stop. This allows that children were unduly being put on a strong antipsychotic when it was unnecessary and still being a problem of medication adjustment today. Why is this still going on?

The problem with treating a disorder with no biologic origin as yet to be found with a stimulant that psychiatry freely admits in the APA’s Textbook of Psychiatry “do not produce lasting improvements in aggressivity, conduct disorder, criminality, educational achievement, job functioning, marital relationships, or long-term adjustments.” Furthermore, the NIMH publication concluded “the long-term efficacy of stimulant medications has not been demonstrated in any domain of child functions”. So why are they still given in such large quantities despite the evidence they don’t work? It’s because the stimulant “numbs” the child for the short-term, their neurologic systems overwhelmed by the powerful drug, and it seems to those looking at them that it worked and calmed them from their hyperactivity. It’s only later when they’ve been on this devastating drug for years that we find they have had to be placed on several drugs to combat their “resistance” to the amphetamine, and soon demonstrate depression, suicide, and dependency on drugs for living.

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http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2010/09/17/aggressive-kids-with-adhd-may-not-need-antipsychotic-meds

It’s known in the medical circles that people with depression have an increased chance of developing heart disease. Negative lifestyle habits associated with depression – such as smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, lack of exercise, poor diet and lack of social support – interfere with the treatment for heart disease. It seems that now, with the current finding from Emory, that being treated with the common SSRIs for depression decrease life expectancy by speeding up the artery thickening that is associated usually with aging. As the study at Emory points out, we can expect some artery thickening with age, but if SSRIs are affecting the serotonin that resides in our arterial walls, intestines and even our platelets, who knows what other damage is being done that will have long term effects on the health of 118 millions antidepressant users, according to the CDC. It’s the most prescribed for diagnosis in the US.

David Spiegel of Stanford University School of Medicine says he’s glad to see more people getting treatment for depression, which causes more disability than any other medical condition.

Well, unfortunately, Mr. Spiegel is incorrect in that there is no medical evidence to date that says depression is caused by a chemical imbalance, thus a medical condition. No study at all. No brain examination by X-ray, MRI or PET Scan has definitively found evidence of depression. No study to date has shown SSRIs to be any more effective in lifting depression than a placebo. Yet, there are studies that confirm over 60% of depressed persons taking up exercise show lessening or alleviation of symptoms of depression. That’s a fact.

For as much money as is being made from pharmaceutical companies for this one mental health issue, and for the tremendous amount of agreement that it’s debilitating and incurable, we still find no evidence of offending brain chemicals causing this condition. We treat it with a chemical that alters our chemistry negatively, such as what Emory University has found. We already know the horror of suicidal and homicidal tendencies while on or just coming off these chemicals. Evidence continues to mount that these drugs cause more damage than good for the person, considering placebos work just as well in 50% of all depressed cases. I believe that the evidence will show that antidepressants perpetuate the condition as the person gets more ill from the side effects of these drugs, and that this epidemic of depression will continue to grow at alarming rates as long as psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry perpetuate the false notion that brain chemicals cause depression or any other mental illness. Solutions will not be found in the laboratory of chemicals. The problem doesn’t start with chemicals or the condition would have already been fixed. And hypothesizing the causes and then acting as if they are real are causing real human misery and shortened life spans from the irresponsibility of someone trying to make a buck.

http://shared.web.emory.edu/whsc/news/releases/2011/04/antidepressants-linked-to-thicker-arteries.html

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/prevention/stress/depressionandheart.aspx

http://articles.cnn.com/2007-07-09/health/antidepressants_1_antidepressants-high-blood-pressure-drugs-psychotropic-drugs?_s=PM:HEALTH

By Kenneth W. Thomas, RN, BS

Parents send their children off to school every day in hopes of them getting a good education and growing up to be mature responsible adults.  But what about child mental health?  Is that something you want addressed at your child’s school?  Are you aware of any sort of child mental health activities in existence at the school?  If not, perhaps your rights as a parent are at risk.

Back in the day it used to be there was a resident school nurse, who every September would note down height and weight and do a quick eye exam or something of the sort.  If you became ill during school hours, she would take your temperature and send you home.  Today the school nurse has largely been replaced with child mental health programs implemented in schools where students are screened for mental disorders.  Instead of being sent home with a fever, your child could be sent home with a diagnosis of mathematics disorder, reading disorder, ADHD, bipolar disorder, or a host of other so-called disorders.

It is vital that you know about any child mental health program in the school so that you as a parent remain in charge of your son or daughter’s health and welfare.   If your kids’ school does have a child mental health program in operation, it is very possible that your child could be screened for mental or behavioral disorders without your consent or knowledge.  Perhaps a parental consent form was legitimately sent out but didn’t make its way into the parents’ hands or, was conveniently overlooked.  In either case, the child or teen gets screened and that is the first step of your child’s mental health being under the direction of the school and not you.

These mental health screenings are a result of the government’s formation of the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.  The goal is to screen all children through the school system and then the entire general public.  In theory, screening people in an effort to prevent something undesirable or to handle a condition before it gets worse is a good idea.  However, this does not apply to child mental health as it is impossible to screen someone for something that has never been proven medically or scientifically to exist.  Mental illnesses and mental disorders are only based on subjective opinions  and not on any physical evidence.  How else would school personnel ever be qualified to diagnose a mental or behavioral condition?

Additionally, some programs such as TeenScreen, admittedly have a false positive rate of 84-94 percent!  Imagine countless normal children being labeled with something they don’t have and put on a drug that has the strongest FDA warning of increased risk of suicide!  Imagine knowing that there is nothing wrong with your son or daughter and being told he/she must take a drug or you will be charged with child neglect! 

Needless to say, this is not some fly by night fluke of a situation to be ignored.  As a parent, you need to know these psychiatric drugs are prescribed to supposedly “improve” child mental health, but they actually alter the mind and are dangerous.  They have horrendous side effects such as violence, suicidal thoughts and mania to name a few.

This is why it would be a good idea to do your homework and find out what child mental health programs exist in your local schools.  That way you can exercise your rights as a parent so that you are informed on what can and can’t be done to your child without your consent.  Every parent should be allowed to raise and educate their child as they see fit.  Government or school intervention to handle behavioral problems in the name of mental health violates that right.  Get informed on your rights to informed consent.

 http://www.naturalnews.com/033969_mental_health_screening_teens.html

 http://www.naturalnews.com/026187.html

Talking to children is a parent’s best defense against their child’s use of synthetic drugs. In a culture where psychiatry and Big Pharmaceutical companies have made drug use commonplace among our youth, it may be wise to take another look at the side effects not only of the new and dangerous synthetic drugs, but of the often prescribed ones as well. The best defense may well be open communication with young children and teenagers. 

There are synthetic drugs so harmful that children have ended up in psych wards after ingesting them. This is no wonder, but of course the psychiatrists have no idea how to treat what is obviously a physical reaction to a toxic substance, not a mental illness. The director of the Louisiana Poison Center, Mark Ryan, pointed out that powerful antipsychotics were used by some doctors to “calm” users when sedatives failed. The antipsychotics, of course, are incredibly dangerous in themselves. Obviously, being falsely diagnosed as mentally ill while in a psychiatric hospital can be a traumatic and dangerous situation in itself.

Since hospital employees are unfamiliar with treatment for such abuse, there exists a real danger of misdiagnosis and improper treatment. As of now, there is no reliable medical test for synthetic drug use. Only anecdotal evidence can point to its existence.

Drug abusers compare the effects of synthetic drugs to that of methamphetamine, with the addition of extreme anger, hallucinations and physical anxiety so strenuous as to be uncontrollable. One emergency room doctor reported that he has had to administer “the equivalent” of general anesthesia to persons suffering extreme toxic effects from synthetic drugs.

Side effects of the synthetic drugs may include paranoia, panic attacks, depression, reduced perception of reality and difficulty in thinking clearly.  Some have even committed suicide days after using these easy to purchase drugs.

One of the most insidious things about these substances is the fact that they are sold legally in many states. Inexpensive and marked “not for human consumption,” they have managed to slip right by the FDA, often sold as bath salts and plant food. Some of the drugs are manufactured overseas, in Pakistan and other countries, by rogue chemists. Thankfully, some states are starting to ban them, encouraged by the many poison control centers around the country having to deal with emergency calls after synthetic drug use.

In September of 2011 the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced plans to make selling or possessing synthetic drugs of this nature illegal in the USA. This will be an emergency action that will be effective for a year. During this time, it is expected that the government will call for permanent control of the drugs.

Many of the side effects of synthetic drugs (including suicidality, heart problems, paranoia, anger, hallucinations) sound similar to warnings on prescribed psychiatric medications. One hopes the DEA will inspect the dangers of these drugs at the same time. Shouldn’t our children be protected from drug abuse whether it lines the pockets of a chemist in Pakistan or a psychiatrist in New York City?

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http://www.crossroadsme.org/blog/?p=1763

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Dr. Steven Galson, MD, stated emphatically that many ADHD drugs carry serious risks. People with ADHD who are being medicated with the following drugs should be especially wary:

• Ritalin (Tablets, sustained release and extended release)
• Methylin (Oral and chewable)
• Metadate (Extended release)
• Adderall (Tablets and extended release)
• Concerta (Extended release)
• Dexedrine Spansule Capsules and tablets
• Focaline (Tablets and extended release)
• Daytrana (Transdermal system)
• Straterra capsules

The FDA directed the producers of all pharmaceuticals treating people with ADHD to develop Patient Medication Guides. These guides were to warn of both adverse psychiatric symptoms and cardiovascular risks associated with the drugs.

The FDA reviewed information detailing serious cardiovascular events when patients took the prescribed dose of the ADHD drugs. Especially disturbing were reports of people with ADHD dying suddenly while on these medications. These people already had serious heart defects or problems, thus the powerful drugs predisposed them to a fatal event.

One of the common side effects listed for methylphenidate drugs such as ritalin is “heart palpitations.” And abuse by people with ADHD of this drug has resulted in a sudden heart attack, even in people who have no symptoms of heart disease.

In 2011 it was widely reported that there actually was no heart risk for those on these drugs. However, there is no denial from Medical Sources that stimulant medication such as Ritalin, Adderall and Concerta raise blood pressure and heart rate, a contributing factor to cardiovascular trouble. And the FDA still receives reports of heart problems in people with ADHD taking these stimulant drugs.

The parents of Mathew Smith have no question concerning what stole the life of their young son at the age of 14. According to the pathologist who performed the autopsy, Mathew’s heart had small vessel damage caused by this drug. And one of the medical examiners stated that Mathew’s heart weight was 402 grams, compared to the normal 350 grams of a full grown man. Prior to his diagnosis of having ADHD, Mathew had no heart defect or disease.

His certificate of death states ”Death caused from Long Term Use of Methylphenidate, Ritalin.”

This tragic story began when Mathew was in the first grade, and evaluated by his school as having ADHD. The school social worker threatened his parents with a charge of neglect by Child Protective Services if they refused to take him to a doctor and follow any advice to place their child on Ritalin. Scared by the thought of Child Protective Services taking away their kids, the parents relented.

After observing Mathew doing a pencil twirling trick, the doctor diagnosed him with ADHD and placed him on the drug. At no time were the Smiths informed of the possibly dangerous side effects, the controversy over the validity of the ADHD diagnosis or of the number of children who had experienced dangerous or deadly effects while on Ritalin.

The tragedy of their loss has inspired these parents to speak out. They are joining the thousands of voices worldwide in spreading the truth concerning the damage both Psychiatrists and pharmaceutical industries are creating due to their greed for power and money.

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“In 1998 Dr. S. Swedo from the National Institutes of Health described another pediatric problem… psychiatric symptoms during or after a strep infection.  These children were all before puberty and did not respond to the usual psychiatric medications.  They all had extremely elevated levels of the anti strep antibody, ….  Some of them improved dramatically after treatment with antibiotics.”

Antibiotics lead to mental illness, destroy gut health | Natural Society

Another aspect of dealing with this problem is that antibiotics, though sometimes necessary, are a double-edged sword.  Since the onset of their use in the 1930s, they have been found to themselves sometimes cause mental problems, which were traditionally treated by discontinuing the antibiotic or lowering the dosage.  Mental side effects such as delirium and behavioral changes are now automatically labeled by psychiatrists as “disorders” from their Diagnostic Manual, and drugged.  The claim of a brain-based cause of such disorders has never been scientifically proven.  And once again, unfounded labeling and drugging of behavior is being done without establishing the scientific cause – in this case the need for antibiotics or probiotics.

Pharmaceutical companies have recently developed such super strong antibiotics that they are often dangerous, not just to the bacteria they kill, but to the rest of the human body as well.  One class of antibiotics – Quinolones (brand names “Levaquin” and “Cipro”) – carry such destructive side effects that the FDA issued Black Box (the highest level) warnings on them.

“In July of 2008, the FDA mandated that all quinolone antibiotics carry a ‘Black Box’ warning for tendon rupture and tendonitis.  This is the strongest warning label a drug can have before it is removed from the market.  ….

“The FDA gets approximately 50% of their funding for the review of drugs directly from the pharmaceutical companies in what is called prescription drug user fees.  This is a conflict of interest that has made the FDA very slow and often reluctant to react to drug toxicities of all kinds. ….

David Flockhart, professor of medicine and chief of clinical pharmacology at Indiana University School of Medicine, says as many as a third of patients taking a quinolone will experience some sort of psychiatric side effect, such as anxiety, personality change, or confusion.  ‘The psychiatric effects of the quinolones are underappreciated by the medical profession as well as by the public,’ says Dr. Flockhart, who has treated more than one hundred patients with severe psychiatric side effects.”

Article about quinolone toxicity | “Levaquin Hurts” Brain/Body Toxic Drug

Thanks to drug companies, we now have super strong antibiotics encouraging the growth of superbugs, requiring even heaviery antibiotics that have even heavier side effects.  Still another serious consequence of antibiotics is the destruction of naturally existing intestinal bacteria, or “flora”, necessary for health.  This resultant lack of healthy intestinal flora has been linked to both physical and psychiatric problems.  Properly addressing the condition requires replacement of healthy flora with “probiotics”, a remedy that some doctors recognize as essential.  On the other hand, psychiatrists who ignore this deficiency do not cure it with their psychotropic drugs, because they are not what is lacking.

“After kids are given excessive amounts of antibiotics that lead to the destruction of their gut health and the subsequent onset of mental illness, they are then given deadly antipsychotics and other psychiatric drugs to ‘treat’ the condition that originated from pharmaceutical drug use.  It is a system that, whether purposeful or not, generates large profits for any prescription-happy doctors and drug manufacturers alike.

“A doctor in the UK has had success addressing ‘mental’ illness by restoring intestinal flora balances, previously destroyed by antibiotics.  Remember, there are antibiotics all around us – not just from medical prescriptions.  Beef and chicken on the market are replete with antibiotics, which the consumers then ingest, and suffer the destruction of their healthy intestinal bacteria.

Antibiotics can lead to crippling side effects and mental disorders

The pharmaceutical merry-go-round is an endless parade of drugs, with no health end in sight except healthier profits annually.  Drugs which merely squelch symptoms and have devastating side effects are obviously not the answer.  The fallacy in prescribing them to treat strep or antibiotic symptoms is obvious to any layman.  Certainly any worthy doctor is expected to use science; and good science investigates and finds actual causes, and then applies the appropriate remedy.