I've had MCS for over 10 yrs now. Recently, I became very depressed due to a situation linked to my MCS. I was prescribed antidepressants and tranquilizers for anxiety. I took these medications believing I was doing the right thing. Well, it turns out it was the absolute wrong thing to do. Because of my MCS, these drugs had a devastating affect on me. I cannot tell you what I've had to experience. It's been an MCS sufferer’s worst nightmare. Of course, my doctor didn't buy my claims, he figures I must just be crazy or something.
Before the medications, I had started using St. Johns Wort, fearing the synthetic chemicals. My intuition did warn me about these man made drugs. And I was on the right track. Unfortunately, my family intervened upon one of my low moments and whisked me away to the local emergency room, thinking they were doing the right thing. I went along with the program to show my eagerness to improve. Little did I know, I was making a near fatal mistake.
I thought because these drugs were given to me by a doctor and because they're designed to help people that they would be safe. But, as with most things, those of us with MCS do not have the "normal reaction." I had no idea I was poisoning my brain. After all, these drugs were "good chemicals." I wish I had known that these drugs could be so harmful for someone like me. My wish is to possibly spare someone, or many, of the nightmares I'm having to experience.
See also TOXIC PSYCHIATRY: Why therapy, empathy, and love must replace the drugs, electroshock, and biochemical theories of the “new psychiatry.” by Peter R. Breggin, M.D. Paperback edition published 1994 by St. Martin's Press www.breggin.com/prbbooks.html