FALSE DIAGNOSIS Real Remedies Can Save Lives

The following individuals were falsely diagnosed with a DSM mental disorder and then prescribed psychiatric drugs, only to find out later that they had an undiagnosed, untreated and purely physical complaint.

“When I was 18, I spent three weeks in a mental hospital for what I was told was ‘depression.’ I was on psychiatric drugs for ten months after that. The drugs made me feel lethargic, impatient and irritable. They also clouded my thinking [but] I was so convinced by the ‘experts’ that I had some fundamental brain chemistry problem and that their drugs were my only hope. Years later I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome as well as debilitating food allergies! This was the cause of my so-called depression.”

A psychiatrist diagnosed a young girl who had trouble making friends, was irritable and had stopped eating, as suffering from an eating disorder. She was prescribed an antidepressant, became suicidal, was given more psychotropic drugs and her condition worsened. She was then diagnosed with “personality disorder not otherwise specified” and “borderline personality disorder.” “Nothing made sense,” the mother said. The more they treated her, the worse her problems became. A proper medical exam later found she suffered two infections, one whose symptoms include brain inflamma- tion and impaired thinking. The medical doctor determined she was not “mentally ill.” Once treated with antibiotics, she recovered.

“My wife Dianne was experiencing mood swings and erratic behavior. Without any physical examination, psychiatrists labeled her mentally ill and gave her tranquilizers and antidepressants. She got worse and worse while my insurance company paid and paid. … One day she was so ill that I had to rush her to a hospital emergency ward. Only then did we find the truth: she was suffering from a rare liver disease. Mistreated for all those months, she ended up with permanent physical damage and has to walk with a cane, has difficulty speaking and has brain damage. … People need to receive proper medical testing before they are labeled, drugged and thrown into the psychiatric system.”

“Charlie” was a 10- year-old who suffered violent mood swings, yelled obscenities, kicked his sister, couldn’t control his temper at school, and had low grades. He was labeled as “hyperactive.” His mother was told, “You have two choices: give him Ritalin, or let him suffer.” Charlie was put on Ritalin, but a second medical opinion—based on physical examination and thorough testing—discovered he had high blood sugar and low insulin. “Either condition, if uncontrolled, can lead to mood swings, erratic behavior, and violent outbursts—the very symptoms ‘hyperactive’ Charlie had exhibited,” Dr. Sydney Walker III stated. After proper medical treatment, his “hyperactive behaviors cleared, his aggression and tantrums stopped, and his grades went up.”

“When psychiatrists label a child or [adult], they’re labeling people because of symptoms. They do not have any pathological diagnosis; they do not have any laboratory diagnosis; … it’s totally unscientific.”
— Dr. Julian Whitaker, author of the respected Health & Healing newsletter

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