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Medicating Normal is untold story of what can happen when profit-driven medicine intersects with human beings in distress.

Big Pharma Lies –

2019 – A high functioning, Harvard graduate and star athlete, she had been diagnosed in her early twenties with “mental illness”. Her subsequent treatment resulted in a steady stream of doctors dispensing different diagnoses and an ever-increasing regimen of medications. As time passed, she was told by some doctors she would need medication for the rest of her life. Twenty-plus years later, she was taking a staggering 10 pills daily. Today, with the support of our family, she has a house, a steady boyfriend, and has just self-published a meaningful book of essays. While she has reduced her daily medications to 4, she still struggles with their challenging physical side effects. She says the medication mutes her disruptive thought patterns—what she calls “intrusive thoughts”—but at what cost? I wrestle with the question– are these powerful medications really helping her achieve her full potential? Or is there another, better way?

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Leonard Buschel

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