USA It helps to give personal experience, but all letters and postcards will help. Complex problems aren't solved by force and pills, or columnists' sound bites. There are plenty of people who willingly choose to take neuroleptics. But use of force and intimidation drain the very spirit of empowerment out of a person that is needed for long-term recovery. Quitting neuroleptics can unmask these drug-induced brain changes, leading to severe emotional and mental problems during withdrawal that can last for many months, and can be far worse than before the person started taking the drugs.
People have a right to know neuroleptics can hook people, before they start.
Ann Landers is acting as the Joe Camel of neuroleptics, shame on her. She should join us in demanding psychiatric drug detox centers, instead of hooking more of her readers on a drug which can cause such frightening brain changes. A new study published by the American Psychiatric Association shows these neuroleptic-induced brain changes seem to change the size and shape of the brain, and these changes are actually visible on MRI scan. The researchers suspect the swelling of the brain is directly related to the rebound effect to neuroleptics. The use of antipsychotic drugs, rather than the action of a distinct disease process, appears to bloat the volume of several innerbrain regions in people diagnosed with schizophrenia, according to a team of neuroscientists.