Dr. Chris Palmer

You're a shrink and you lay people on couches and you talk to them about their dreams and their past and their childhood and everything else. Or you're focused on these chemical imbalances, all these neurotransmitters, and you're prescribing pills. Lithium, Prozac, Zoloft, Xanax, Klonopin, Depakote, whatever. You're just prescribing pills. to try to modulate the brain activity.

You're a shrink and you lay people on couches and you talk to them about their dreams and their past and their childhood and everything else. Or you're focused on these chemical imbalances, all these neurotransmitters, and you're prescribing pills. Lithium, Prozac, Zoloft, Xanax, Klonopin, Depakote, whatever. You're just prescribing pills. to try to modulate the brain activity.

I think that is... You know, what you just said is 100% correct. And what you just said, when you say it like that, it sounds so obvious. Most people are going to think, well, duh. But we in the mental health field, I just want to make clear how disruptive this is to the current paradigm. We in the mental health field prescribe pills that cause obesity. That cause it. Cause it.

I think that is... You know, what you just said is 100% correct. And what you just said, when you say it like that, it sounds so obvious. Most people are going to think, well, duh. But we in the mental health field, I just want to make clear how disruptive this is to the current paradigm. We in the mental health field prescribe pills that cause obesity. That cause it. Cause it.

I think that is... You know, what you just said is 100% correct. And what you just said, when you say it like that, it sounds so obvious. Most people are going to think, well, duh. But we in the mental health field, I just want to make clear how disruptive this is to the current paradigm. We in the mental health field prescribe pills that cause obesity. That cause it. Cause it.

We give people pills and they gain 100 pounds in one year. Really? At the same time, they have dramatic increase in cardiovascular risk factors. They develop prediabetes or diabetes. And at least in the elderly, some of the medications we prescribe cause premature death. Wow. And this is not like conspiracy theory stuff. These warnings are all listed on the package inserts issued by the FDA.

We give people pills and they gain 100 pounds in one year. Really? At the same time, they have dramatic increase in cardiovascular risk factors. They develop prediabetes or diabetes. And at least in the elderly, some of the medications we prescribe cause premature death. Wow. And this is not like conspiracy theory stuff. These warnings are all listed on the package inserts issued by the FDA.

We give people pills and they gain 100 pounds in one year. Really? At the same time, they have dramatic increase in cardiovascular risk factors. They develop prediabetes or diabetes. And at least in the elderly, some of the medications we prescribe cause premature death. Wow. And this is not like conspiracy theory stuff. These warnings are all listed on the package inserts issued by the FDA.

They take it anyways because that's what the doctors are telling them they need.

They take it anyways because that's what the doctors are telling them they need.

They take it anyways because that's what the doctors are telling them they need.

They're desperate. Yeah. They're desperate. And they are, you know, in extreme cases, lives are ruined. Families are ruined also. Families are, like, lives are ruined. So this broken, vulnerable family, whether it's your parents, your spouse, your children...

They're desperate. Yeah. They're desperate. And they are, you know, in extreme cases, lives are ruined. Families are ruined also. Families are, like, lives are ruined. So this broken, vulnerable family, whether it's your parents, your spouse, your children...

They're desperate. Yeah. They're desperate. And they are, you know, in extreme cases, lives are ruined. Families are ruined also. Families are, like, lives are ruined. So this broken, vulnerable family, whether it's your parents, your spouse, your children...

take this vulnerable human being to a doctor and say please I'm begging you help us right and the doctor says we're gonna issue we're gonna use these pills and these pills are gonna help your symptoms they are antipsychotics they are mood stabilizers they are antidepressants they are whatever And again, not all of the pills have the same side effects.

take this vulnerable human being to a doctor and say please I'm begging you help us right and the doctor says we're gonna issue we're gonna use these pills and these pills are gonna help your symptoms they are antipsychotics they are mood stabilizers they are antidepressants they are whatever And again, not all of the pills have the same side effects.

take this vulnerable human being to a doctor and say please I'm begging you help us right and the doctor says we're gonna issue we're gonna use these pills and these pills are gonna help your symptoms they are antipsychotics they are mood stabilizers they are antidepressants they are whatever And again, not all of the pills have the same side effects.

So I'm not here to berate psychiatric meds altogether. I think psychiatric meds can save people's lives. I think some people really benefit from them. So I can play both sides of that fence. But the most disruptive part about linking physical health with mental health

So I'm not here to berate psychiatric meds altogether. I think psychiatric meds can save people's lives. I think some people really benefit from them. So I can play both sides of that fence. But the most disruptive part about linking physical health with mental health

So I'm not here to berate psychiatric meds altogether. I think psychiatric meds can save people's lives. I think some people really benefit from them. So I can play both sides of that fence. But the most disruptive part about linking physical health with mental health