I was on the phone discussing business when Fox reported the suicide rate for returning Vets has already gone over the 100 mark for July. I went nuts. I started yelling into the phone that this just isn’t right. The number is way too high.
Troops coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan are being AUTOMATICALLY treated for “stress” and “depression.” They are being administered psychotropic drugs and synthetic tranqillizers like Xanax whether they need them or not.
These guys are being medicated with drugs PROVEN to increase incidents of suicide and violence. Psychotropes dampen or suppress inhibitions that normally would stop someone from committing acts they otherwise would not. Add Xanax and it is a double whammy. There is no self control. It allows sudden outbursts of rage that would otherwise be minor annoyances.
These drugs can account for the increases in domestic violence from returning Vets, AND many other things as well including suicide.
Something is very, very wrong here. VERY wrong. It should be stopped immediately.
You know too much.
You’ll be the first to the reeducation camp
(and btw, I worked Psych. You are absolutely correct)
Many of the symptoms of depression are also the same symptoms as adrenal fatigue. But not too many MDs even know what adrenal fatigue is, much less how to treat it. Soldiers coming home after multiple stresses to their adrenal system need to be given more than just anti-depressants and a few therapy sessions.
There is an excellent book called "Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome," by James L. Wilson, a naturopathic doctor. You can find it on Amazon. It covers what the syndrome is, how its caused, how you can be tested to find out for certain if you have it, and how to recover from it. I highly recommend it. There are no easy fixes though - it requires changing dietary habits, taking supplements, changing your sleep cycles, among other things.
One interesting point he makes in the book is how certain forms of alcoholism are brought on by adrenal fatigue - the hypoglycemia caused by run-down adrenals predisposes a person to a compulsive desire for alcohol in order to "jump start" an exhausted system. Seeing as how alcoholism tends to become a problem among returning veterans, it makes sense.
Self fulfilling prophecy: ask a depressed, possibly permanently disabled vet questions like are you a burden to your loved ones and it plants a suggestion in that vet's mind, which reinforces their feelings of uselessness. Add to it the known side effects of prescription antidepressants (kinda contrary to the POINT and why I only use or recommend catnip tea, which has no side effects). It's what passes for "science" now: they're callously creating the statistics which they will use later to "prove" their theory as "fact".