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An important review which finds that we are overprescribing potentially harmful drugs and that people are far too often left on drugs with no proper review.
theguardian.com/society/2021/s…, via @guardian
theguardian.com/society/2021/s…, via @guardian
If you are called in for a review of your #antidepressants, #antipsychotics, #benzodiazepines or #opioid pain meds, it is very important that your prescriber works with you to reduce slowly and safely. Mishandled withdrawal can have lifelong consequences. @sajidjavid
Don’t assume that standard withdrawal advice is safe, it often isn’t. Learn from others experiences, use liquid forms or tapering strips to allow your body chance to acclimate to the change, especially at low doses. If you feel unwell after reducing, it’s withdrawal not relapse.
Having trouble #meditating? The problem might be lurking in your medicine cabinet. #Benzodiazepines literally act like meditation-blockers. 1/17
We know that brain wave patterns change during meditation. The normal alert resting state of the brain dominated by alpha waves shifts to theta, delta, and gamma frequencies. States of flow in extreme athletes are likewise correlated with theta waves. 2/17
Psychedelics like psilocybin, LSD, ketamine, and DMT/Ayahuasca also change brain wave patterns. We can predict with good certainty that changing the state of consciousness involves changing brain wave frequencies. 3/17
