I agree wholeheartedly with your answer on this months "Question" [see http://www.psychologydebunked.com/email0705_Q&A.htm]. Treating the soul does belong to true Bible believing pastors and brethren using the word of God as being sufficient. The problem is how do you find such pastors or those within a fellowship that are not tainted or completely emerged in psychology?

I know I fight an up hill battle with leadership within my fellowship. I've shared many articles from your newsletter and encouraged your book on Psychology Debunked, but there isn't a lot of agreement and I am only tolerated in my beliefs. The fellowship I'm with is probably the best in the area as far as sticking to the teaching of the Bible, but psychology is so deeply ingrained in the minds of our nation it's difficult at best for America to let loose of such a god.

I run a one step addiction program called The Most Excellent Way (http://www.mostexcellentway.org) and it is difficult to get people to understand that their destructive addiction is not a disease. If they stay with the program for a while they finally come to see where they have been duped by psychology and their life begins to turn around.
 

As for the man in "Letters" [see http://www.psychologydebunked.com/email0705_letters.htm] my heart goes out to him, I've seen this happen before. It's very difficult to break through the religion of psychology just as it is difficult to convince a Mormon or JW that their religion is off base comparing the Bible with their doctrine. It is a spiritual issue and not flesh and blood we are dealing with, as you well know. Thanks for being there.

Thank you for your e-mails all these months. Thanks be to God for what you both are doing in trying to alert trusting patients about the seriousness and danger of many prescribed drugs.

 

First, please discontinue emails to my husband's email address. He died 5 months ago with Multiple Myeloma after 5 years of drugs, surgeries, radiation, and chemo treatments.
 

One of his drugs was Cymbalta for neuropathy, caused perhaps by the Thalomide or Velcade chemo treatments he'd had. His cancer Doctor was never sure "what" exactly caused his neuropathy. Cymbalta was first used for epilepsy, secondly for anxiety. Thirdly, for patients showing signs of neuropathy. After 4 weeks on Cymbalta, he began having epilepsy-type jerking movements.

 

About 2 months after his death, I experienced 2 panic attacks due to high anxiety. After explaining some of what I'd experienced with his illness, what I'd seen and struggled with for many years, a doctor prescribed Alprazolam (Xanax), an anti-anxiety drug in the Benzodiazepine family, one of the most difficult, if not THE most difficult drugs to withdraw from. 

During the 2nd Doctor's visit, I remarked that the drug didn't seem to be doing much, except making me want to climb the walls and be drowsy....both at the same time. The Doctor then prescribed Lexapro to take along with Alprazolam. He also suggested that "he" suggest a psychiatrist, and a cardiologist, both of whom just happened to work in the same building. After lab tests, he also sold me some Lipitor.

I've already discontinued the Lipitor, and am presently nearing the end of my withdrawal program on Alprazolam. I had filled the prescription for Lexapro, but took it back to the Pharmacy after having read the dangerous possible side effects.

When I phoned the Doctor's office for results of previously performed tests, the Doctor's recording said I had a urinary tract infection, which I found out later can be caused by using Xanax (Alprazolam). Later on that day, I phoned the Doctor's office to tell them I didn't see any need to schedule a visit with his cardiologist friend, since my tests showed no abnormality and that I was NOT going to get on the Medical merry-go-round as my husband had done. This Doctor had his nurse inform me he chooses to no longer treat me.