My Response when asked to make remarks from the article written by Dan Roberts, published November 10, 2013 in The Liberty Crier.
Nearly Every Mass Shooting in the last 20 years shares one thing in common, & it's not weapons
I can't deny that psychiatric drugs are very damaging, to self and others.
It is difficult to accept the drugs I take that say UNKNOWN regarding their results. Yet they work for me and not for others.
One drug I am aware of damages your system after 18 years. I know multiple people who have taken this drug for years and then one day, in the 18th year, BOOM! You are not conscious of your actions and you lose your awareness.
Psych drugs are not like other medications and the person, along with his family, needs education. When perceived to be like a pain pill, take a pill and feel relief in minutes or hours, it becomes extremely dangerous as these meds need days, weeks and sometimes months before the body accepts the drugs and has a constant flow in the brain.
Finding the right dosage and types of medications is like tuning in to the right frequency of a radio station. As you're looking, you hear the static and multiple voices talking at the same time. Turn the sound up on your radio and continue to search for 10 minutes. See how you feel and react. That's an example of what a person is experiencing 24/7.
Every person's body chemistry, DNA, is different. Hence, how the medication affects one is different for each person. When drug changes are made, some are hospitalized for 3 days or more. In my family, my brother and cousins take many of the same drugs but at different dosages. Some need an extra 'kicker'.
Anti-depressants and mood stabilizers can adversely give you thoughts of what is called suicide. Its a toss of the coin that determines what may happen. CBT (talk therapy) has also become very effective for PTSD and depression. For PTSD in today's world, talk therapy now equals taking medication. Talking about your emotions can rid you of these emotions.
Rather than a person thinking he is going to kill himself, its an issue of trying to stop the noise, terminate operation or other "robotic" thoughts without emotion, cancel, shutdown, power off or shut down
I took a class called, "Don't let your emotions rule your life." Mental Illness is a mood disorder. Its filled with emotion, seen or unseen. Many get angry. I'm blessed with not being an angry person. On anti-depressants, what you have to do is monitor a person's mood. Rather than saying "How are you?", you are better off addressing a person with, "How is your mood?"
I'm not an expert or consultant of any kind, but what I see when someone becomes depressed, you are asked "Are you feeling better?" There needs to be a focus on anger, simply by asking "How angry do you feel? Did someone or something make you angry today?" or more personal "What pissed you off?" people seem to relate to that type of language.
The emotion of anger accepts hate, the most evil of emotions. Hate gives you strength. Hate gives you a clear mind for planning and power. Hate disrespects all things. Hate wants to kill. Hate enjoys killing. It has nothing to do with guns or gun control. If all we had were bows and arrows to kill, there would be an attempt to ban them. A simple rock, as we recently witnessed, thrown with power kills.
Every action we take can be dangerous. There are consequences for actions, that we must take responsibility for.
Acts of Prevention and Interventions must take place. It is not an awareness to weapons.
It is an awareness of emotions, Anger accepts Hate that enjoys Killing, that what it Can Not Create. Hate Destroys.
There is something very powerful in the words "Love your neighbor as yourself" as it is the greatest commandment.
I can't deny that psychiatric drugs are very damaging, to self and others.
It is difficult to accept the drugs I take that say UNKNOWN regarding their results. Yet they work for me and not for others.
One drug I am aware of damages your system after 18 years. I know multiple people who have taken this drug for years and then one day, in the 18th year, BOOM! You are not conscious of your actions and you lose your awareness.
Psych drugs are not like other medications and the person, along with his family, needs education. When perceived to be like a pain pill, take a pill and feel relief in minutes or hours, it becomes extremely dangerous as these meds need days, weeks and sometimes months before the body accepts the drugs and has a constant flow in the brain.
Finding the right dosage and types of medications is like tuning in to the right frequency of a radio station. As you're looking, you hear the static and multiple voices talking at the same time. Turn the sound up on your radio and continue to search for 10 minutes. See how you feel and react. That's an example of what a person is experiencing 24/7.
Every person's body chemistry, DNA, is different. Hence, how the medication affects one is different for each person. When drug changes are made, some are hospitalized for 3 days or more. In my family, my brother and cousins take many of the same drugs but at different dosages. Some need an extra 'kicker'.
Anti-depressants and mood stabilizers can adversely give you thoughts of what is called suicide. Its a toss of the coin that determines what may happen. CBT (talk therapy) has also become very effective for PTSD and depression. For PTSD in today's world, talk therapy now equals taking medication. Talking about your emotions can rid you of these emotions.
Rather than a person thinking he is going to kill himself, its an issue of trying to stop the noise, terminate operation or other "robotic" thoughts without emotion, cancel, shutdown, power off or shut down
I took a class called, "Don't let your emotions rule your life." Mental Illness is a mood disorder. Its filled with emotion, seen or unseen. Many get angry. I'm blessed with not being an angry person. On anti-depressants, what you have to do is monitor a person's mood. Rather than saying "How are you?", you are better off addressing a person with, "How is your mood?"
I'm not an expert or consultant of any kind, but what I see when someone becomes depressed, you are asked "Are you feeling better?" There needs to be a focus on anger, simply by asking "How angry do you feel? Did someone or something make you angry today?" or more personal "What pissed you off?" people seem to relate to that type of language.
The emotion of anger accepts hate, the most evil of emotions. Hate gives you strength. Hate gives you a clear mind for planning and power. Hate disrespects all things. Hate wants to kill. Hate enjoys killing. It has nothing to do with guns or gun control. If all we had were bows and arrows to kill, there would be an attempt to ban them. A simple rock, as we recently witnessed, thrown with power kills.
Every action we take can be dangerous. There are consequences for actions, that we must take responsibility for.
Acts of Prevention and Interventions must take place. It is not an awareness to weapons.
It is an awareness of emotions, Anger accepts Hate that enjoys Killing, that what it Can Not Create. Hate Destroys.
There is something very powerful in the words "Love your neighbor as yourself" as it is the greatest commandment.