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"Anti-psychotics: most are major tranquilizers."

'We need to be honest about what antipsychotic drugs really are. Most are major tranquilizers – drugs which have a generalized sedating effect and limit the ability to feel emotions strongly. They are not “medications” treating a specific “illness.”'

'We need to be honest about what antipsychotic drugs really are. Most are major tranquilizers – drugs which have a generalized sedating effect and limit the ability to feel emotions strongly. They are not “medications” treating a specific “illness.”'

Rejecting the “Medications for Schizophrenia” Narrative: A Survivor’s Response to Pies and Whitaker / September 2016

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