About The Prescription Drug Crisis – side effects, addiction, and withdrawal (Documentary, 2020)
Antidepressants, ADHD stimulants, anti-anxiety medications, antipsychotics... One-in-five Americans, along with millions of children, are prescribed psychiatric drugs daily, and often for a lifetime. The award winning documentary film "Medicating Normal" follows the stories of high-functioning people whose doctors prescribed pills to help with common problems such as stress, mild depression, insomnia and grief with devastating impact on their lives. It is the untold story of what happens when profit-driven medicine intersects with human beings in distress. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 – Intro ▷ 00:15 – Medicating Normal ▷ 05:20 – David: depression and benzodiazepine ▷ 08:12 – Brianna: ADHD and vyvanse ▷ 09:19 – Rebecka: anxiety and zoloft, prozac ▷ 12:59 – Shalamar: insomnia and lorazepam ▷ 14:42 – Angie: stress disorder and klonopin ▷ 18:23 – PTSD Workshop ▷ 20:14 – "Normal" is endangered ▷ 22:40 – The chemical imbalance theory ▷ 24:46 – Profit-driven medicine ▷ 25:28 – Harmful side effects ▷ 29:47 – UCLA Talk on Informed Consent ▷ 34:29 – Withdrawal ▷ 38:43 – Addiction to psychiatric drugs ▷ 42:52 – Warfighter Advance Veteran Retreat ▷
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- The Prescription Drug Crisis – side effects, addiction, and withdrawal (Documentary, 2020)
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