If you’ve ever tried to taper off an antidepressant and suddenly felt like your entire emotional world cracked open, you aren’t alone and you aren’t imagining it. What most people describe during withdrawal isn’t a mysterious relapse or a chemical imbalance “coming...
Why Big Pharma Quietly Avoids Pregnant Women: The Untold Story About Psychiatric Medications Medically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Pregnancy is a time of immense physical, emotional, and psychological change. But here’s the curious part: pharmaceutical companies...
The Psychology of Big Pharma Marketing: How Companies Manipulate Mental Health Medically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Pharmaceutical companies spend billions of dollars every year to market psychiatric medications, often using manipulative strategies designed to...
Why Psychiatric Medications Are Not Like Insulin: Understanding the Manipulation Medically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Many people hear comparisons between psychiatric medications and treatments for physical illnesses like diabetes. You’ve probably seen phrases...
When Schools Pressure Parents to Medicate: What You Need to Know Medically Reviewed by Dr. Teralyn Sell, PhD Parents today face increasing pressure from schools and educators to medicate children for behavioral or attention concerns. From 504 Plan or IEP meetings to...
