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Thank you to all who
signed the following petitions!
June 8th,
2006
The following letter is
a addressed to the mother of Rebecca
Merhav.
Rebecca Merhav's first CTO appeal was denied. Please see
second letter below for more details. She has another one coming up
on June 22nd. Her mother has been pressuring her to go along with
the CTO, and with the increased dose of Clozapine, Rebecca is
showing signs of becoming submissive to her mother and the
psychiatrist. This CTO appeal may be her last chance before she is
subjected to ECT or institutionalization if she does not comply.
It's important that we attempt to inform her mother that the
pressure she is putting on Rebecca is not in Rebecca's best
interest.
Please e-mail info@chaada.org if you are
interested in adding your signature to the following letter. This
letter will be sent on or before June 19th.
To Ms. Merhav,
I have spent the last almost two years of my life researching
psychiatric drugs after I experienced abuse from doctors and the
negative side effects of an SSRI. I understand that it is your
belief that the doctors are only doing what is best for Rebecca.
However, it is obvious to me just from hearing about Rebecca that
she desperately wanted to taper off the medication, and that people
are making concerted efforts to convince her to go along with the
CTO and not resist the psychiatrist's recommendations at the appeal
hearing. This is wrong, and
forcing Rebecca to take the Clozapine is putting her well being,
even her survival, in grave danger.
Studies show that the use of antipsychotics does not improve
long-term outcome - instead, such use worsens the original condition
considerably, increasing both severity of symptoms and incidence of
relapse ( http://www.moshersoteria.com/). This fact
should be obvious to you after watching Rebecca suffer at the hands
of psychiatry for 28 years. The drug she is on now, Clozapine, has
been on the market since 1971 but was voluntarily
withdrawn from the market in 1975, because of sudden deaths caused
by the drug, before Rebecca ever even started taking it. It was
later reintroduced to the market when doctors discovered that it
seemed to work better than their other neuroleptic drugs. Why a
doctor would prescribe the most dangerous drug in existence for her
supposed condition is a mystery to me. This drug is not effective at
relieving symptoms, despite what doctors may tell you.<
BR> The progression from one toxic drug to the next, more toxic drug, is nothing more than
outstanding evidence that psychiatrists are willing to try anything,
no matter how inhumane, when their early attempts do not work.
Similarly, whenever a dose needs to be increased, that is evidence
that the drug is not working.
There are some things that Clozapine does well; these
are:
1) It leads to increased patient compliance with the medication
regime and therefore lessened incidence of psychiatrists resorting
to involuntary hospitalization, restraints, etc. ( http://www.priory.com/focus14.htm)
Clozapine suppresses aggression, rebelliousness, and spontaneous
activity but does not improve
hallucinations and delusions. Basically the patient is
subjected to a chemical lobotomy and forced into a flat emotional
state. ( http://www.breggin.com/neuroleptics.html)
2) Leads to severe blood disorders
3) Leads to liver failure
4) Can cause collapse of the blood vessels (from low blood
pressure, especially when used in conjunction with antibiotics and
other drugs)
5) Leads to heart enlargement and failure
6) Lowers the seizure threshold
7) Can cause patients to have difficulty breathing or to stop
breathing
12) Can cause bone marrow to disintegrate
Other dangerous side
effects include postural hypotension and tachycardia, sedation,
seizures, weight gain, and rebound psychosis.
Clozapine can
also cause:
- Nausea,vomiting and constipation.
- Elevation of liver enzymes (frequency
up to 10%)
- Hypersalivation (frequency 12-40%)
- Confusion or delirium
- Incontinence frequency/urgency,
hesitancy, urinary retention
- Benign hyperthermia (5-15%)
- Development or exacerbation of obssesive
compulsive symptoms (Baker et al, 1992; Patil, 1992; Meltzer,
1993) (http://www.priory.com/focus14.htm)
The following excerpt from www.breggin.com
demonstrates that there is no justification for treating
schizophrenia or similar symptoms with psychiatry's toxic drugs.
"But isn't schizophrenia a biochemical and
genetic disease? In reality, there's no convincing evidence that
schizophrenia is a biochemical disorder. While there are a host of
conjectures about biochemical imbalances, the only ones we know of
in the brains of mental patients are those produced by the drugs.
Similarly, no substantial evidence exists for a genetic basis of
schizophrenia. The frequently cited Scandinavian genetic studies
(Kety et al., 1975; reviewed in Breggin, 1991) actually confirm an
environmental factor while disproving a genetic one. Such
conclusions may seem incredible to readers who have been bombarded
with psychiatric propaganda, and I can only hope they will
personally review the literature and read Toxic Psychiatry
for a review and analysis. But even if schizophrenia were a brain
disease, it would not make sense to add further brain damage and
dysfunction by administering neuroleptics. "
The following websites will enable you to do some
research into the types of alternative therapies available, their
effectiveness, and information on how they support and heal the body
rather than injure it.
http://nativeremedies.com/ (many of
these homeopathic / herbals may help with the effect on the body
from the toxins that have been in her system for 28 years)
I urge you to show
some compassion for your own daughter. Rather than looking to
drugs, psychiatric doctors, hospitals, group homes, etc. to help
her, please do your research and give alternative
therapies a try. Rebecca is an adult but is being
treated like a child. Surely her human rights and her very life are
more important to you than forcing her to comply with toxic
treatment that has shown no effectiveness for the last almost 30
years!
There are many
people who have joined my organization, Children and Adults Against
Drugging America (CHAADA), who have lost family members directly
because of the drugs. Many have lost them to the physically damaging
effects of antipsychotic drugs. CHAADA's undersigned members
and supporters join me in urging you to stop the abuse of Rebecca's
mind and body and allow her a chance to try a therapy that has
actual potential to help her body heal rather than continue to
damage it.
If you continue to
oppose your daughter's objections to the CTO, and to the Clozapine
in particular, then you not only violate your moral obligation to
support your own daughter, but your are putting your own
daughter's life in grave danger and certainly hurting her well
being, not to speak of the very serious violations of her basic
human rights!
We
call on you not to betray your own daughter now, and to support her
just and correct opposition to compulsory psychiatric treatment
!
Sincerely,
Amy Philo
Frisco, Texas USA
CHAADA Co-Founder
and the undersigned supporters of human
rights:
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Theresa Master, CHAADA Co-Founder, Pennsylvania,
USA Please do not force these drugs on your
daughter. As a soon to be step-mother of a child being
forcefully drugged by his mother this is a very sensitive subject
to me. Your daughter does not deserve to be drugged & I'm
sure that you would strongly regret your decision if your daughter
looses her life to these drugs. They have already
caused her much suffering, Please reconsider & end
her suffering before it is too
late!
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Drew Belski, Pennsylvania, USA
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Colin Downes-Grainger, Health Campaigner and
Psychotropic Drug Consultant, London I have
seen the results of mind altering drugs in many people, have read
hundreds of experiences and have experienced the life destroying
effects myself. I have nothing positive to report. There is often
no going back with psychotropic medication - it's effects are
permanent. Please heed the message in this petition. It is
the patient who possesses the truth about medication effects, and
not doctors - that is a truth worth
knowing.
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Joel Philo, Frisco, Texas,
USA
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Glenn Miller, Hamilton,
Ontario
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Miss Andrea Ball, West Salem, Ohio,
USA 44287
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Catherine Chavanne, Florida,
USA
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Judy Henderson, Aurora, Colorado,
USA
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Linda McMichael, Marietta, GA,
USA 30067
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Pearl Lantz, Sunland,
CA, USA
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Linda Garrison, Houston, TX,
USA
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Judy
Palmer, Glendale, CA, USA Mrs. Merhav, if
you have any common sense at all, & if you love & care
about your daughter as any sensible, rational parent does, you
would seek a much saner, healthier alternative to the treatment
Rebecca has been subject to. There IS an organization that
deals in this very thing, called the Price-Pottenger
Foundation. Their phone number is: 800.366.3748.
And, for GOD's sake, PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR DAUGHTER & SAVE HER
LIFE AND HER SANITY, AND NOT TO THE COURTS OR THE
PSYCHIATRISTS!!!!
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Julie Yankowsky, Co-Founder CHAADA, NY,
USA
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Melody Kohut, CA, USA
I know firsthand that from the outside it
can appear that the drugs are working because symptoms worsen when
taken off the drug--do not let this fool you! The only reason such
a thing happens is because the brain compensates for the presence
of the drug and leaves the person more vulnerable to symptoms when
first taken off (even when tapering off, if it isn't done
gradually enough). However, again firsthand, I know that with the
love and support from people in her life like you and with
alternative therapies, recovery can and will happen. Symptoms
won't go away entirely--the drugs don't do that either--but people
heal and regain their ability and drive to
function.
There is hope. It won't be an easy road, but
on drugs or off, mental illness never leads one down the easy
path. How can someone heal their mind when they are in so much
risk of their body being in need of healing?--healing that the
medical profession cannot provide, as the effects are often
permanent. I beg that you reconsider the drug option; drugs that
were developed to produce a state in a human being like that of
amphibian hibernation should not be first-line treatment in
something as complex and varied as schizophrenia, particularly as
the causes are unknown and the success rates of drug trials have
been marginal. Please give your daughter a chance to recover in a
way she finds more appropriate--sometimes just the knowledge that
you're taking initiative to resolve your problems in itself can be
a major step toward recovery. It helps pave the way towards
independence of mind, no matter how involved a role the support
group (as in family and friends and a good therapist, not
necessarily as in a group that meets together) plays. Thank you
for listening to an insider's perspective for insight on making
this very important
decision.
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Mike Madden, Hollywood, CA,
USA
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Ned Burnette, KY, USA It has been my
experiance and observations ( time and time agin) that it becomes
progressively more difficult to reopen the doors these awfull
drugs close.Also the physical and mental damage done has been
proven beyond doubt. I myself developed Diabeties and other
physical
complications.
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Delores Jankovich, MA,.MSW I
wholeheartedly support Rebecca Merhav's right to refuse toxic
drugs such as Clozapine. I urge her mother to become knowledgeable
regarding the effects of such toxic drugs (they shorten the
lifespan by an estimated 20 percent), and to support her
daughter's rights and
decisions.
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Sharon Hutchison, Arlington, Texas, USA
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Mindy Hutchison, Arlington, Texas, USA
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Billy Welch, Northridge, CA, USA
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Bob
Welch, Northridge, CA,
USA
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Mike
Graffam, Northridge, CA,
USA
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Ben Welch, Northridge, CA, USA
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Jake Welch, Northridge, CA,
USA
Dear Dr. Robert Shields,
This letter is written in support of Rebecca Merhav and
her father, Ben Merhav. I am the co-founder of an organization
called CHAADA, or Children and Adults Against Drugging America
(http://www.chaada.org).
Mr. Merhav has written to me requesting that we write in support of
his desire to help his daughter Rebecca heal from the 28 years of
trauma and prescription drug addiction caused by psychiatric
intervention.
I am not sure how long you have been the supervising
doctor for her case, but I am aware that Mr. Merhav has sought a
second opinion, as well as a hearing in appeal on the CTO which you
have issued to force his daughter to continue to take the increased
dose of Clozapine.
I am not a stranger to the inhumanity of psychiatric
compulsory treatment. After taking Zoloft (setraline) for only three
days for anxiety, I became so intensely suicidal that I checked
myself into a hospital seeking help. What I found was the opposite
of a helpful situation. The doctors there all but refused to visit
with me for more than 10 minutes, and their only solution to
anything was to add a host of additional drugs to my regimen, rather
than evaluate me for health problems (I had undetected
hyperthyroidism at the time) or consider the possiblity of
discontinuing treatment. I was separated from my family and my
newborn baby, and even though I signed an intent to leave form, I
was refused release. Through making threats to have my very sane
family members call the media and contact a lawyer, I was allowed to
be released after two days on several conditions. After three months
of trusting doctors and increasing my dose of Zoloft (although not
submitting to antipsychotics or any other drugs due to
breastfeeding), I decided to discontinue against medical advice. I
tapered off of Zoloft and got better. I was no longer suicidal and
did not experience any psychotic symptoms such as violent murderous
images and urges, suicidal thinking or compulsions,
etc.
Apparently, patients in your country have fewer rights
than we have here in the U.S. However, I see many similarities
between my case and Rebecca's. Because I have experienced the
adverse effects that can occur with psychiatric drugs I am
incredibly horrified that abuse of a patient like Rebecca would be
allowed to continue unchecked for 28 years. Side effects such as
insomnia, arthritis, fibromyalgia, constipation, memory loss,
confusion, lethargy, etc. would be more than enough to make any
person want to discontinue a drug. These side effects are making
Rebecca miserable, and the drug itself is unnecessary and harmful in
the first place. The fact that Rebecca wishes to discontinue the
medication and seek alternative therapies is not a symptom of
paranoia or any sort of underlying disorder - rather, it is evidence
that she has a will to live a full and healthy life. Violating her
basic human rights through compulsory treatment with toxic poisons
is not helping her conditon in the least.
I implore you to reconsider your opinions and take a
chance that Rebecca can recover once the toxic poisons are tapered
out of her system and she has adequate time and support to heal.
This will require proper nutrition and nutritional supplementation
to replace the many essential vitamins and nutrients the drugs have
depleted. It may also require alternative therapies to cleanse and
heal the various organs of the body. But continuing to pump her full
of poisons is sure to result in increased relapse and more bodily
disease.
According to the letters exchanged between you and Mr.
Merhav, Rebecca was on a trial of Effexor as well as on her
regularly administered Clozapine in December. The Effexor was
apparently discontinued for failure of therapeutic benefit. During
the time immediately following the witdrawal of Effexor, her dose of
Clozapine was doubled for "slipping further into psychosis." Did you
consider the possiblity that the psychotic symptoms were both the
result of Effexor withdrawal and side effects of Clozapine?
Rather than doubling her dose of Clozapine, perhaps it
would have been better to allow her to recover from the Effexor
poisoning and then slowly allow her to taper off of
Clozapine.
Reading through the letters you exchanged with Mr.
Merhav and those with other hospital officials makes me very sad.
The degree of contempt and disrespect and total lack of concern from
doctors in these letters makes one wonder what degree of compassion
is being displayed to the patient herself. Perhaps it's time to give
therapy a try. Or is that not something that Australian law allows
for? Is drugging a patient the only option psychiatry considers
feasible?
Based on our collective knowledge and experiences, many
of the former victims and
loved ones of victims of psychiatric drugs have joined
in endorsing this letter. I implore you to do some research into the
alternate side of the story, that of those people who are truly
turned into psychotics or very physically ill habitual patients by
these drugs.
Please consider a compassionate alternative to
neverending drug treatment for Rebecca Merhav.
Sincerely,
Amy Philo
CHAADA Co-Founder
and the
undersigned members and supporters of CHAADA:
- Theresa Master, Co-Founder CHAADA,
PA, USA: This is an assault on parental legal rights and human
dignity.
- Julie
Yankowsky, Co-Founder CHAADA, NY, USA
- T.M. , CA,
USA
- Ellen
Liversidge, MD,
USA: Please "free" this young
woman from her doctor's desire to double her clozapine.
My child was killed by profound hyperglycemia from a drug in this
same class. There was no warning from either the doctor, the
drug company, or the Food and Drug Administration. We were
told that the drug was safe. My child did well for seventeen
years merely on lithium, until the last two years of life on a
fancy new atypical antipsychotic. Do not keep these woman in
medication chains. She deserves to have a
life.
- Ned
Burnett, KY,
USA: I ENDURED 20 years of forced
exposure to psycho drugs. After five years of refusal my mind has
slowly began to recover. But I can not retain the things i learn
as i read, research,and i can no longer communicate except with
short passages, phrases. The memories of the torture remain burned
into my thoughts. Please,Please take the time to think before
torturing Rebecca or anyone with these drugs anymore. PHARMA will
tell you its the humane way--I assure you that it is not. Death is
one of the better side-effects of these drugs,for some
persons.
- Marie
Parcell, OR, USA
- Drew
Belski, PA, USA
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Catherine Chavanne, FL,
USA
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Susan Isadore, Acting
Chair -MindFreedom USA
Campaign
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Mindy Hutchison, Texas,
USA
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Judy Palmer, Glendale, CA,
USA: PLEASE TAKE
REBECCA OFF THESE DRUGS NOW!!
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Linda Garrison,
Houston, TX,
USA
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Carla Moxon, Los Angeles,
CA, USA
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Colin Downes-Grainger, UK,
Former teacher, political activist, health cartoonist and
iatrogenic survivor: Polypharmacy which is down to the effects
of a starter drug is widespread in medicine. All
drugs have side-effects is the mantra of medics who can
no longer deny the harm associated with a particular drug, and of
drug companies seeking to avoid responsibility for damage done by
drugs. Those who have become normal again after
ceasing to take prescribed psychotropic drugs, know that the
message about side-effects is easily forgotten and replaced by
medical belief in drugs for the patient's own good and
protection. If it is true that all drugs
have side-effects then anyone less wedded to the idea of
drug benefit would think about new symptoms being down to new
drugs. Sadly, the world of medicine is not an accountable
place, and its power is fairly unrestricted - governments like it
that way. A belief in medical expertise absolves the great
majority from the responsibility to care for
others.
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Mathy Milling Downingj, MD,
USA
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Anita Garvey, Dallas, TX,
USA
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Ruth Whalen, MLT (ASCP),
USA
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Pearl Lantz, Sunland, CA,
USA
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Megan Kelly, Pittsburgh, PA,
USA
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George Machado, La
Crescenta, CA,
USA
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Marilyn
Pinkstaff, Pawnee, OK,
USA: Please DO NOT FORCE DRUG this
lady. My son was forced drugged for 16 years. He is no
longer being forced, the "medication" (neuroleptic drugs) are
gradually be reduced and he is getting his life back. This
is terrorism of the worst
sort.
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Joel Philo, Ph.D, TX,
USA
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John Hawkins,
Los Angeles, CA,
USA
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Billy Welch, Northridge, CA,
USA
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Ben welch, Northridge, CA,
USA
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Jake welch, Northridge, CA,
USA
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