Informed Consent for Loved Ones
What you need to know before a person important in your life starts a medication that will alter brain chemistry.
What you need to know before a person important in your life starts a medication that will alter brain chemistry.
By Bill Barbary If McDonald’s funded research claiming eating their food every day was healthy, would you believe it? If McDonald’s helped fund the FDA to approve that research, would you still trust the FDA? If McDonald’s executives moved freely between corporate boardrooms and FDA leadership, would you call that science… or collusion? If McDonald’s…
I am the unmedicated spouse. My wife has been on antidepressants full time (I’ll get into that later) for a handful of months now. One night about a month and a half ago she seemed upset/down. So I asked her if she was okay. She proceeded to tell me that she didn’t think she could…
WHY was he asking questions like: “What is your name?” “What’s your last name?” “Are you famous?” Was he suffering from short-term memory problems? What was he on? Was he taken off any prescriptions recently? Was there a dose change, new drug, rapid taper, cold turkey, or polydrug cocktail? Why do we accept the narrative…
UPDATE- Sad to report it’s not a great one. If I’m honest, I’m not sad. I am angry. Angry at the system that has done this and left so many helpless and without a voice! V has been writing the doctors and keeps hitting roadblocks. Today she found out his medication has been doubled, after…
If you’re confused, hurt, or wondering what changed in your relationship, you’re not alone. This space was created for spouses, partners, and loved ones who’ve felt a shift and are beginning to ask why. This is a safe place to begin understanding.
The Drug: Zoloft Why were they put on this medication: Insomnia Was informed consent given? No Were you aware of the dangers? NO Potential drug induced symptoms?No Adverse reactions? No Were there problems in the relationship before the drug was started? No, Did Your personal relationship change? Yes Was your loved one withdrawn? Yes, Making…
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