No-Nonsense Guide to Psychiatric Drugs: Including Mental Effects of Common Non-Psych Medications: 1 (No-Nonsense Guides Book 1)

Have you ever experienced brain fog strange moods or suicidal thinking while on a prescription medication?Do you wonder if your doctor gave you all the necessary warnings about the mental effects of what has been prescribed?Do you sometimes think you might not need to be on all those drugs?Chances are you have not been given the opportunity for Informed Consent because you were not told what is really known (and not known) about what the drug is doing in the body and brain its possible side mental effects whats known and not known about its safety and the actual evidence regarding how well it works (or not).Any drug that causes changes in mind mood emotion or behavior is by definition a psychotropic agent regardless of whether it is prescribed in a psychiatric setting. Psychiatric drugs have the potential to cause the very things they claim to treat or worse. Even common non-psychiatric medications can have profound mental effects.In todays assembly line health care with ten-minute office visits often with only a non-physician assistant or nurse the quick fix of dispensing a prescription almost never includes a thorough discussion of the factors you would really need to make a well-considered decision about accepting a drug. This user-friendly no-nonsense guide empowers the health care consumer with the basics in order to make informed decisions about psychiatric drugs and other meds with unsuspected mind-bending effects.Dr. Dolan is passionate about patient empowerment and believes being an informed consumer is the only protection against becoming a victim of your medications.