The Prescribed Deaths report exposes how pharmaceutical companies have illegally excluded deadly side effects from Australian prescription medication warnings, for over 20 years. With the assistance of doctors from Harvard and Yale universities, the report details how side effects relating to death, coma, respiratory depression, addiction, overdose, abuse, withdrawal symptoms, dependence and tolerance have been deliberately withheld from Australians.

Hi friends and colleagues. My Mental Health Journey:It’s been a while since I shared anything about my battle with my mental health condition. In fact it has been over a year since I made the decision to be open about what I am dealing with. I would love to say that I have moved ahead. My life has changed enormously, some good, a lot not, I couldn’t explain it all.Recently my physicians reviewed the clinical diagnosis and made a sizeable change from the original position. Mental health isn’t an easy thing to diagnose, but I am basically back at the start. Everything has been thrown away and we are working with a new hypothesis about what I am dealing with. 2 and half years after I started my battle, I have changed all my medication (after withdrawing the previous prescriptions), and I am starting again. I am not delighted, it did hit me hard, but I simply see this as just part of battle. The big games are more often won in the final term anyway. I really don’t care that people know about my depression, stress, anxiety and personality disorder. What I do care about is for others to know that the day I stopped denying was the day I started fighting. You can’t win a fight if you don’t admit you are in one. I have commenced writing a book about my journey, my struggle, my mistakes and ultimately my victory. An old friend wrote to me and mentioned how my openness assisted him to seek help. That is the sole reason why I write what I write. If you had Cancer you would see a Doctor. If you don’t feel great in yourself, do the same, it’s that simple. http://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/public/gettinghelp/overview.cfmhttp://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/public/gettinghelp/helpingsomeoneelse.cfm

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