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What I’ve Learned about Tapering Psychiatric Drugs—A Holistic Therapist’s Perspective

Mad in America

A bout five years into my career in the mental health field, I began to truly realize the depths of corruption involved in the pharmaceutical industry. The information shared below is not medical advice and I am not suggesting anyone stop taking a psychotropic medication without consulting with a healthcare professional.

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Human

Mad in America

I thought that if I consulted with another psychiatrist to alter my medication, I would eventually feel almost human. He diagnosed me with ‘Major Depressive Disorder’ after a twenty-minute consultation and prescribed me my first ‘antidepressant’, Venlafaxine. My children were home playing on their computers in their rooms.

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Withdrawal Psychosis and the Aftermath of Tragedy

Mad in America

I became tearful while relating the story during the consultation and my doctor said he considered me to be ‘depressed.’ In 1995 I was discouraged from using cannabis and started on antidepressant and antipsychotic medication almost immediately upon beginning consultations with the psychiatrist.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

Success

In the nonprofit sector, she launched and consulted for 320 nonprofit organizations in 31 states, and raised more than $20 million for community causes and charities. Entrepreneur, consultant. Dave Conord is a growth strategist, business leader and consultant. Dave Conord.

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SUCCESS’ 2025 Women of Influence

Success

An experienced actress, consultant and facilitator, Ackerman is the writer, director, producer and performer of the critically acclaimed one-woman show, Flowers Arent Enough. Brown Personal Growth Consultant, Author A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Brown is a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, U.S.

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A new trade paradigm: How shifts in trade corridors could affect business

McKensey

They were developed using the Global Trade Analysis Project, a widely employed, computable general equilibrium model. For example, Europe, advanced Asian economies, and the United States export a lot of pharmaceuticals and transport equipment that emerging markets will increasingly need as they grow.