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I have known many victims of coercive psychiatry, that have been forcefully drugged, that have committed suicide while on these drugs. One of the side effects of antipsychotic medication is 'akathisia' the symptoms of akathisia is extreme agitation. A person suffering akathisia is at an increased risk of committing suicide or acts of violence. Also akathisia can exacerbate psychosis.

So if you are a friend or carer of someone on these medications and you witness ...

We have a family member who for a few years now is breaking all ties with family. She becomes too angry for anyone to talk to. She thinks that people are watching her and that everyone is against her. She will not go visit a doctor and has no income. We don't know where or to whom we should talk to first. She wants to talk to a lawyer of all people to tell her ...

Ok, before I start off, I have to say that I'm really ashamed of this and I've never even told it to my therapist.

Ever since my depression/Panic Disorder started, my imagination has been totally over-active. I remember once, I was in my car and I looked up at a tree and I all of a sudden pictured my Grandpa hanging from a noose from the tree. It was so scary because I love my ...

Look! Somewhere for me to talk :D . I've been self injuring for almost a year now.

Hey all,

Welcome to the Cutting and Self Injury Forum. This is the appropriate place to discuss Cutting and Self Injury and related topics. We'll be moving some threads over here eventually but for now please feel free to start new ones.

I'll work on getting this forum into the Dropdown Nav above this week as well.

Hey all,

Welcome to the Anti-Psych Forum. This is the appropriate place to discuss the negative aspects of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Medications. We'll be moving some threads over here eventually but for now please feel free to start new ones.

I'll work on getting this forum into the Dropdown Nav above this week as well.

It seems that I haven't really been able to communicate what I'm going through with my parents. It's like I have to tell them I am gay or something. There seems to be this very awkward feeling surrounding my illness that derives either from simple unease with personal matters or from the stigma that mental illness so often provokes. My parents and I have never been very close at all and it is very strange ...

Well, now that I've got your attention....I just wanted to introduce myself. I am new here and this is the first forum that I have ever visited and participated in. I have to admit it is quite entertaining to post here. I've read a lot of the other posts and they are very interesting. All of you people seem to have an interesting story or at least something to say about mental illness. I really ...

I was just wondering what ya'll do for a living? I know there are a lot of people who go about their lives living with depression and anxiety and accomplish a lot! You people deserve an incredible amount of respect!! You show a lot of courage. People tend to think those that are mentally ill can't hold down a job or do anythign else worthy of praise. That is simply not true. I am living ...

http://www.ahrp.org/infomail/0902/06.php

At a meeting of the New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Arif Khan raised serious concerns about the apparent link to suicide of the new psychotropic drugs: "'We have to ask if medication is the only way' to approach the prevention of suicide?"

Dr. Kahn analyzed the FDA data on suicide rates for more than 71,604 patients who were treated ...