Yeah, I'm glad they worked too... > If they knew how to test for who would be helped and who wouldn't be... I am pretty sure there is work in this area. More

Yeah, I'm glad they worked too... > If they knew how to test for who would be helped and who wouldn't be... I am pretty sure there is work in this area. More precisely targeted treatments can only be a win. I don't dispute whitaker's findings (well especially since I haven't read his book! Nor will have time too sadly) but what trifle I've picked up indicates he's making sense. > In fact, the drugs induce upregulation of neurotransmitter receptors within weeks, which is responsible for chronic dependency, confusion, and tragically in some people, psychosis upon withdrawl. It's difficult to address this. All I can say is that I did not find most of these problems, and of psychosis I think I got that while taking the drug, not upon withdrawal. And note this: that psychosis was not a bad thing at all. One side effect I'd happily live with again, even at the cost of memory loss and whatnot. Just a data point.