YOU GOT IT WRONG - Flux Pavilion (AKA Josh Steele)

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Flux Pavilion (AKA Josh Steele)

Josh Steele is an English producer, known in the dance world as Flux Pavilion

ARTICLE: Flux Pavilion on How Antidepressants Helped His New Album: 'I Could See, Hear & Feel More Clearly'

Quote: "The cure is actually that something's up biologically. That was a really big turning point for me. Just acknowledging that you have a chemical imbalance. That is the root of the cause."

Publication: Billboard

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YOU GOT IT WRONG - Dr. Kristi Dumas

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Dr. Kristi Dumas

Dr. Kristi Dumas is a forensic psychologist, owner of a mental health agency, and brain training center

ARTICLE: Gruesome murder in Greenbrier County shows to be driven by a decline in mental health

Quote: "Getting people to understand depression is a chemical imbalance, is a huge first step."

Publication: WVVA Television

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YOU GOT IT WRONG - Mitzi Bockmann

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Mitzi Bockmann

Mitzi Bockmann is a New York City-based Certified Life Coach

ARTICLE: Chemical Depression May Be Why You Feel Sad All The Time, Even Though Your Life Is Good

Quote: "Chemical depression is a disease caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain, which creates depressive symptoms without anything actually being wrong."

Publication: Your Tango

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YOU GOT IT WRONG ~ Jenny Wilson

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Jenny Wilson

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Jenny Wilson is a family nurse practitioner

ARTICLE: Unmasking Mental Health

Quote: "People think there is a difference between cholesterol medication and anxiety medication, but there isn’t, You can do all the coping methods possible, sometimes it’s just a chemical imbalance that needs to be corrected with a prescription"

Publication: FHC Today

Read what the experts say HERE

YOU GOT IT WRONG - Saeeda Nida Zahara

 

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Saeeda Nida Zahara

Saeeda Nida Zahara is a Psychologist/Counsellor

ARTICLE: Are you worried about Your Mental Health

Quote: "Depression doesn’t comes up itself. There’s always a reason why a person get’s involved in it. There are biological factors, chemical imbalance and traumas. We need proper quantity of serotonin and dopamine in our body and if there’s any up and down in these two of them it leads to an imbalance. Psychiatrists recommend medicines which help us chemically and heals our genetic problems"

Publication: Kashmir Patriot

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YOU GOT IT WRONG - MIA FOX

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Mia Fox

Mia Fox is the CEO of 'Normalising Mental Health’ and is a popular mental health TikToker with over 38,000 followers.

ARTICLE: Interview With Mia Fox- The Mental Health TikToker Making A Difference.

Quote: "Going back to the word depression being thrown around so much. There is such a stigma around it, people either don’t believe you or just think you’re a bit sad and will get over it in a few years. Depression is a real illness, depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain."

Publication: BRIG NEWSPAPER - UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING'S STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1969

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YOU GOT IT WRONG - Adrienne Nagy

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Adrienne Nagy

Adrienne Nagy is theboard president of NAMI Athens, Ohio.

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

ARTICLE: NAMI Athens provides help to those affected by mental illness

Quote: "What that means is education about mental illness. We're continually trying to educate the public to know that mental illness is an illness like any other illness—it's a biochemical imbalance in the brain. It's no different than diabetes or heart failure. "

Publication: The Post Athens

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YOU GOT IT WRONG - Molly Nixon

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Molly Nixon

Molly is a registered nurse

ARTICLE - She's been treating COVID-19 patients since March. She can't do it anymore

Quote: “If there are other health care professionals out there that are struggling, first of all, I want to say very proudly that I do take medication for depression and have no shame in my game. Life’s tough. And sometimes if you've got a chemical imbalance, it makes it tougher. So I would encourage them to take care of their mental health.”

Publication ~ Michigan Radio

Read what the experts say HERE

YOU GOT IT WRONG - Esther Peverley

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Esther Peverley

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Esther is a writer, and a teacher. 

ARTICLE - How To Explain Your Mental Illness To Your Child

Quote: “It is important for your child to know that your mental illness is not their fault or anyone else's. They need to understand that mental illness is due to a chemical imbalance in the brain”

Publication ~ MOMS

Read what the experts say HERE

YOU GOT IT WRONG - Linda Larson Schlitz

The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Linda Larson Schlitz

Linda is the Owner of Faucet of HOPE,  a service organization created to offer HOPE- Help Opportunity Praise and Encouragement by offering counseling and coaching to individuals seeking to discover their God given purpose in life and how to get paid to do it.

Author and Speaker – Linda is the Author of “Ditzy Blonde Faucet-It’s a God Thing”, a memoir of her battle with substance abuse, mental illness and other self destructive behaviors that led her to becoming suicidal.  Linda’s newest book “Speak to Me God I’m Listening- 365 Daily Meditations for Those Who Want to Hear God Answer Life’s Toughest Questions” hit the top 10 best seller list in the 12 Step Recovery category on Amazon when it was released in December of 2019.

Linda continues to offer services counseling, coaching and consulting services worldwide. She provides employee assistance services for Empathia and provides services to employers through Balancing Life’s Issues.

Linda has been featured on many media networks and on a growing number of podcasts and video talk shows.

ARTICLE - Demand For Counseling Increasing During Holidays, Pandemic

Quote: “People don’t have any sense of consistency in their lives, so of course that causes anybody anxiety and stress, and if we’re under stress for more than a couple of weeks, that causes a chemical imbalance in the brain."

Publication ~ Spectrum News 1

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YOU GOT IT WRONG - Sherry Christiansen

 The aim of this blog is to highlight persons in the media who tout the chemical imbalance theory as a fact. It's highly unprofessional and misleading to do so and this blog demands that any statements relating to the 'chemical imbalance' myth should either be backed up with supporting evidence or retracted.

Where possible, each person featured on this blog has been contacted via Twitter, email, and/or Facebook and asked to retract their statements or provide supporting evidence.

Once supporting evidence has been shown they will be removed from this blog. Moreover, if they retract their original statements they will also be removed from this blog.

As you will see from these lists, many of the authors are household names and influence those who follow them. This has to stop. The chemical imbalance line was created by the pharmaceutical industry, moreover, Eli Lilly, who launched the first of the SSRIs, Prozac.

Those featured on this list need to do their research.

Bob Fiddaman (Author of the Fiddaman Blog)

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Sherry Christiansen 

Sherry Christiansen is a freelance medical writer with an extensive healthcare background. She worked directly with patients in an inpatient hospital setting and collaborated on medical research projects, such as Alzheimer's Universe—a division of the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine.

Sherry’s articles have been published on the following websites Medical News Today, Alzheimer's Universe, A Place for Mom, and Live Well Past 100.

Education

Sherry’s educational background includes writing educational curriculum for an online BSN (nursing) program. She has also worked on a medical research project (studying the effects of education) at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York. Sherry has written health and wellness lessons, produced articles published on the website Medical News Today, and created current news articles for a senior health website.

ARTICLE - What Is Clinical Depression?

Quote: “It’s important to note that clinical depression is a set of signs and symptoms that may add up to a chemical imbalance in the brain. This chemical imbalance is thought to be the underlying cause of clinical depression.”

Publication ~ Very Well Health

Read what the experts say HERE

Concerned patient safety advocate and attorney, S. Randolph Kretchmar, writes to CEO

Does venerable Cleveland Clinic promote the old urban legend?

Open letter (email) to Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD, CEO of Cleveland Clinic