Ritalin and the others.
Even Andrea Yates was on something, tried to come off of it, and went crazy, as I recall, something about the Doctor not refilling her prescription.
There are no "safe" psychiatric drugs. Each has numerous harmful short term and largely unknown long term effects. Each psychiatric drug which was orginally heralded as the new "safe" wonder drug, was found to have severe harmful side effects, including addiction, and withdrawal symptoms, among others. Psychiatric drugs obtain their result by causing brain dysfunction.
Thorazine, a strong tranquilizer, creates a very similar effect to a lobotomy (brain surgery) by disrupting frontal lobe nerve activity. Psychiatrists grossly neglect to point out the potential harm of psychiatric drugs to their patients, such as tardive dyskinesia, tardive dementia, general dulling of awareness, emotional numbing, and cognitive dysfunction.
Side effects can occur in as high as 50% or more of patients, depending on the drug and dosages, and often the effects are permanent with no known cure.
The following modern psychotropic drugs are all dangerous and should not be used by anybody under an circumstances:
1) Neuroleptics (anti-psychotic agents, major tranquilizers) - Such as Haldol, Prolixin, Thorazine, Mellaril, Stelazine, Vesprin, Clozaril, Navane, Trilafon, Tindal, Taractan, and Compazine.
2) Tricyclic Antidepressants such as Tofranil, Elavil, Adapin, Surmontil, Norpramin, Pamelor, Aventyl, Vivactil, and Anafranil.
3) Atypical Antidepressants such as Asendin, Ludiomil, Desyrel, and Wellbutrin.
4) Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (very dangerous antidepessant agents) such as Marplan, Nardil, Parnate, Eldepryl, and Eutonyl.
5) Lithium
6) Prozac
7) Xanax
7) Minor Tranquilizers - such as Xanax, Valium, Librium, BuSpar, Ativan, Halcion, Tranxene, Paxipam, Centrax, Klonopin, Dalmane, Serax, Ativan, Restoril, Miltown, Equanil, Atarax and Vistaril.
8) ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) & ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) drugs (psychostimulants - "speed") - Such as Ritalin (highly addictive), Dexedrine, and Cylert.
Maybe everyone here is trying to hang the wrong person?
Say NO To Psychiatry!
Andrea Yates was on Haldol even though her husband asked them to take her off because it made her into a zombie.
The maximum beneficial effect may take months of continuous use to develop. Likewise, beneficial effects may take days or weeks to wear off when a psychotropic drug is discontinued. Therefore, an ill person who, against medical advice, stops taking medication, may not have an immediate relapse.
Side effects of psychotropic drugs can occur early in drug therapy or may not appear until after months, or occasionally years, of drug use. Some side effects, especially many of the ones that appear early, are temporary and may go away or become less severe after a few weeks. Most side effects are related to drug dose; the higher the dose, the worse the side effect