It's obvious the TV news media is protecting their commercial sponsors, Big Pharma, by ommitting to report the prescription drug connection in all these school shottings and murder suicides.

Cheryl Rounds - Great points!  Thank you!  This sad connection is so much more true than average folks realize.

Does anyone out there have the link to the website that lists these poor tortured souls and how some begged to be taken off their medications because it made then feel so outta sorts and even violent - they're pleas fell on deaf ears as far as their doctors went........I CALL THIS ABUSE of the patient and the prescriber of these killing drugs "a killer"!

There must have been 25 names with photos on this site - one poor mother who begged to go off her medication cut her infant daughters arms off while she then let her bleed to death.........(sorry, but people need to know!)

THESE MEDICATIONS ARE DANGEROUS AND DEADLY!!!  MAINSTREAM MEDIA JUST DOESN'T LET JOE PUBLIC KNOW - btw, HOW MANY JOE PUBLICS DO YOU KNOW WHO ARE COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS TO WHAT'S GOING ON?  There are many wonderful people in my life, but there are too many who just don't get it!  Arrgghh.

Hi Cheryl, I agree with you, I am mainly writing to comment on the replies to your comment because the reply option does not show up below...

SEROTONIN is ***********NOT************** a feel good hormone!!!! If your pineal gland is activated by natural full spectrum light, that does NOT mean that your serotonin is increased. The SSRIs INHIBIT the pineal gland. Vitamin D IS good for you... true but it does NOT mean that your serotonin is increasing.

GOOGLE Serotonin Syndrome and see what you get... schizophrenia, hallucinations, pupil dilation, agitation, nausea, organ failure, death... that is what killed Anna Nicole and Daniel Smith.

I am so sick and tired of all the alternative medicine people spouting natural ways to raise your serotonin. You do not have to go along with the company line of their hypothesis in order to get people to agree with you. Simply saying "Omega 3 works wonderfully by depleting tryptophan and lowering serotonin" will be enough to alert people of an alternative that is more than just a "natural" version of their synthetic stuff.

Because it is not serotonin replacement... it's just outright poison they are giving you in the form of antidepressants. Antidepressants and antipsychotics were originally developed based on the discovery of pesticide. Zoloft and some of the SSRIs are derivatives of "antipsychotic" drugs.

However that does not mean they correct psychosis, far from it.

If you look up serotonin in the dictionary it states that serotonin is a hormone in the body responsible for constriction of involuntary muscles and blood vessels, and is also a neurotransmitter.

It is the INCREASING of serotonin that is the problem, and why so many people cannot find a suitable treatment.  I highly recommend non-invasive treatments before you go messing around with herbs you're not sure of. Omega 3 however is incredibly effective and very good for you.

Thanks for that insightful comment Cheryl.  Could not agree more.

It's worth repeating in big letters; PSYCHIATRY IS A FRAUD.

I agree psychiatry is fraudulent, but what do you do for paranoid schizophrenia?

My 22 year old son suffered horribly for years, and was in the locked ward in the psychiatric hospital for some time - it's so incredibly defeating and heartbreaking. Truthfully I don't know who feels more tortured - the sufferer or the parents. I have tried many natural products including, but not limited to; omega 3 (Dr Stoll's) magnesium supplements, super greens etc... while these have some extremely limited effects, the only things that allow him to function normally are anti-psychotics and anti-depressants. Unfortunately he is like all Schizophrenics - he has been self medicating with cigarettes and alcohol for years and gets chronically distressed if these are not available to him. I also can only monitor his diet while he is at home, what he eats at work is his choice and he unfortunately treats my obsession with natural health the same as the rest of my family - good humouredly! I would give my right arm to fix his brain and get him off these disgusting chemicals - but he truly cannot function without.

GREAT BOOK RUSS!!!!  AND A CERTAIN MUST READ FOR ANYONE WHO HAS LOVED ONES WHO TAKE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.  

MAYBE "YOU" THE PERSON READING THIS IS TAKING "SCRIPTS" AND WONDERING "WHAT IF THIS STUFF IS TRUE ABOUT MY MEDICATION?"  IT IS TRUE.

......ORGANIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IMPROVE ANY DISEASE OR CONDITION SINCE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES DO NOT COMPROMISE OR CHALLENGE THE BODY IN ANY WAY - THEY ONLY NOURISH IT.  THEY FUEL IT PROPERLY - NOTHING ELSE ACHIEVES THE SAME.

Another great read - Confessions of an RX Drug Pusher  by Gwen Jones

Kevin Trudeau has written extensively (although word-y-ly) about this subject.

For some reason I cannot reply to KathieJamisonCote's comment below but I wanted to say that Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher is a really good book, and it's Gwen Olsen... not Jones

NPR does not consider reports of the activities (GOSSIP) of Brittney Spears or Paris Hilton, or the personal business of any other entertainer because--guess what? It isn't news! Gossip about people's trips to rehab or that they shaved their head is not news. News reports on issues that actually affect our lives that we have a right to be informed about. Fox "news" is not news nor is it in any way, shape, or form either fair or balanced, particularly those times they actually veer off their main gossip course and touch on one of the real issues of the day. What's fair about that idiot O'Reilly, masquerading as a reporter of news, rants and raves and rags about politicians with names not followed by an R in Limbaughese regurgitating those hate-mongering mantras ad nauseum as he is interviewing a fellow member of the Repugnant party while never interviewing a member of the party they despise? Fair reporting doesn't involve prejudicial and one sided spitting, frothing and foaming rambles as all of O'Reilly's shows do; fair reporting is a presentation of known facts or interviews with parties from both sides of an issue without the interviewer interjecting his/her biases blatantly abusing the position of influence they have been entrusted with. The job of a real, and fair, reporter is to present both sides of an arument in an objective manner, allowing those hearing their report to weigh and assess both sides and reach their own conclusions. The kind of news O'Reilly and many more on Fox 'News" shows present to their audiences do not present the viewpoints of anyone who opposes Rupert Murdoch's warped, myopic screwed up ideologies. That, however, hasn't stopped Murdoch from unethically advertising his absurd drivel as "fair and balanced", has it?

NPR does none of these things, so why on earth would anyone have a problem with their work? Perhaps this identifies one who does as a Repugnant party member --which would explain, but not justify, a statement like that.  

I have to vehemently disagree with some of this post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You should never attempt to raise your serotonin, that is what the drugs do and that is why they cause all these problems!!!!!!!!

Do not use tryptophan and if Sam-e works the way you say it does do not use that one. You want high METABOLIZED serotonin, not high brain levels of serotonin. That is why Omega 3 works so well, because it DEPLETES tryptophan.

That being said, if you have never taken an antidepressant, one of those natural remedies may not be as harmful as if you are already brain damaged by an SSRI. SSRIs destroy the ability of the brain to get rid of used serotonin so depending on how long you have been on one, your brain is at a lower capacity to get rid of serotonin and you will probably need extra Omega 3s for a long time.

Please go to www.drugawareness.org to learn about the difference between 5HIAA and 5HT serotonin, or google serotonin syndrome.