me get my body back into balance which I feel is very important and highly recommend. I thought after weaning off the drugs and seeing my natural doctor I would gradually start to feel better, and I did, somewhat. But I was still crying myself to sleep many nights, still overcome with a feeling of doom, it was hard to function doing everyday tasks, I felt very overwhelmed by everything. I was hopeless, it seemed as though I would never find anyone who could help me. I realized I had a lot of anger inside me, at the doctors and at myself for believing theI want to share my story in the hope of saving others from going through what my family and I have endured. It is about giving people the knowledge they need to make the right choices in order to heal.

In 1998 when I was 32, I was misdiagnosed with depression. I was going through a very rough time in my life and went to a therapist who I thought could help me work through this difficult time. This therapist told me I had depression, sent me to a psychiatrist, who prescribed the first of nine different antidepressants I would take from 1998 until October 2006, along with three different medications for insomnia. The problem (that too many people and even doctors are not aware of) is these drugs can cause and worsen depression. I went from doctor to doctor for years looking for help and was always told the same thing, “Your depression is getting worse, you need to try or add another drug.” After each antidepressant I tried, I kept feeling worse; I went from struggling through a rough time in my life to my body becoming so mentally and physically out of balance I experienced the following: overcome with a dreadful sense of doom, could not leave the house, unable to concentrate, no motivation, lack of contentment, couldn’t function doing everyday tasks, insomnia, extremely sad (I cried all the time), everything was overwhelming, sick to my stomach (I had no appetite, nausea), digestive problems, very achy muscles, started waking up in the middle of the night and morning in a panic (sweating, my heart would be racing, I felt very scared). I didn't want to try and get through one more day, the only reason I did not swallow a bunch of pills was because I truly feel God gave us all the gift of life and it is not up to us to take it away. I did go to bed praying I would not wake up the next day; the feelings were unbearable. My life became painful and empty of any pleasure. I did not want to live anymore.

In August of 2006 I realized that I was misdiagnosed while reading a book by Dr. Peter Breggin “The Antidepressant Fact Book.” This book warned of the dangers of antidepressants. I showed the book to my M.D. and by October 2006 was weaned off the antidepressants. I was also seeing a natural doctor who helped me get my body back into balance which I feel is very important and highly recommend. I thought after weaning off the drugs and seeing my natural doctor I would gradually start to feel better, and I did, somewhat. But I was still crying myself to sleep many nights, still overcome with a feeling of doom, it was hard to function doing everyday tasks, I felt very overwhelmed by everything. I was hopeless, it seemed as though I would never find anyone who could help me. I realized I had a lot of anger inside me, at the doctors and at myself for believing the

er 2006, along with three different medications for insomnia. The problem (that too many people and even doctors are not aware of) is these drugs can cause and worsen depression. I went from doctor to doctor for years looking for help and was always told the same thing, “Your depression is getting worse, you need to try or add another drug.” After each antidepressant I tried, I kept feeling worse; I went from struggling through a rough time in my life to my body becoming so mentally and physically out of balance I experienced the following: overcome with a dreadful sense of doom, could not leave the house, unable to concentrate, no motivation, lack of contentment, couldn’t function doing everyday tasks, insomnia, extremely sad (I cried all the time), everything was overwhelming, sick to my stomach (I had no appetite, nausea), digestive problems, very achy muscles, started waking up in the middle of the night and morning in a panic (sweating, my heart would be racing, I felt very scared). I didn't want to try and get through one more day, the only reason I did not swallow a bunch of pills was because I truly feel God gave us all the gift of life and it is not up to us to take it away. I did go to bed praying I would not wake up the next day; the feelings were unbearable. My life became painful and empty of any pleasure. I did not want to live anymore.

In August of 2006 I realized that I was misdiagnosed while reading a book by Dr. Peter Breggin “The Antidepressant Fact Book.” This book warned of the dangers of antidepressants. I showed the book to my M.D. and by October 2006 was weaned off the antidepressants. I was also seeing a natural doctor who helped me get my body back into balance which I feel is very important and highly recommend. I thought after weaning off the drugs and seeing my natural doctor I would gradually start to feel better, and I did, somewhat. But I was still crying myself to sleep many nights, still overcome with a feeling of doom, it was hard to function doing everyday tasks, I felt very overwhelmed by everything. I was hopeless, it seemed as though I would never find anyone who could help me. I realized I had a lot of anger inside me, at the doctors and at myself for believing the

dreadful sense of doom, could not leave the house, unable to concentrate, no motivation, lack of contentment, couldn’t function doing everyday tasks, insomnia, extremely sad (I cried all the time), everything was overwhelming, sick to my stomach (I had no appetite, nausea), digestive problems, very achy muscles, started waking up in the middle of the night and morning in a panic (sweating, my heart would be racing, I felt very scared). I didn't want to try and get through one more day, the only reason I did not swallow a bunch of pills was because I truly feel God gave us all the gift of life and it is not up to us to take it away. I did go to bed praying I would not wake up the next day; the feelings were unbearable. My life became painful and empty of any pleasure. I did not want to live anymore.

In August of 2006 I realized that I was misdiagnosed while reading a book by Dr. Peter Breggin “The Antidepressant Fact Book.” This book warned of the dangers of antidepressants. I showed the book to my M.D. and by October 2006 was weaned off the antidepressants. I was also seeing a natural doctor who helped me get my body back into balance which I feel is very important and highly recommend. I thought after weaning off the drugs and seeing my natural doctor I would gradually start to feel better, and I did, somewhat. But I was still crying myself to sleep many nights, still overcome with a feeling of doom, it was hard to function doing everyday tasks, I felt very overwhelmed by everything. I was hopeless, it seemed as though I would never find anyone who could help me. I realized I had a lot of anger inside me, at the doctors and at myself for believing the

el God gave us all the gift of life and it is not up to us to take it away. I did go to bed praying I would not wake up the next day; the feelings were unbearable. My life became painful and empty of any pleasure. I did not want to live anymore.

In August of 2006 I realized that I was misdiagnosed while reading a book by Dr. Peter Breggin “The Antidepressant Fact Book.” This book warned of the dangers of antidepressants. I showed the book to my M.D. and by October 2006 was weaned off the antidepressants. I was also seeing a natural doctor who helped me get my body back into balance which I feel is very important and highly recommend. I thought after weaning off the drugs and seeing my natural doctor I would gradually start to feel better, and I did, somewhat. But I was still crying myself to sleep many nights, still overcome with a feeling of doom, it was hard to function doing everyday tasks, I felt very overwhelmed by everything. I was hopeless, it seemed as though I would never find anyone who could help me. I realized I had a lot of anger inside me, at the doctors and at myself for believing the

me get my body back into balance which I feel is very important and highly recommend. I thought after weaning off the drugs and seeing my natural doctor I would gradually start to feel better, and I did, somewhat. But I was still crying myself to sleep many nights, still overcome with a feeling of doom, it was hard to function doing everyday tasks, I felt very overwhelmed by everything. I was hopeless, it seemed as though I would never find anyone who could help me. I realized I had a lot of anger inside me, at the doctors and at myself for believing them. I also had years and years of negative conditioning inside me. When you have experienced so much pain for so long, it becomes easier to focus on the negative than to be positive. You forget how to think and feel positive. In my case, that was only strengthened by the words the psychiatrist who misdiagnosed me said, “You just may never be happy.”

My hope came when I found Patrick Wanis. I read one of his pocket books and decided to contact him. From the first time we spoke, Patrick had a profound effect on me. He did more for me in our first phone consultation then all the therapists/counselors I had previously been to combined. He helped me get rid of the anger and taught me how to become more positive by using the power we all have inside us. He not only gave me the tools to heal, he showed me how to use them. I still struggle with the affects of being misdiagnosed but Patrick Wanis gave me hope and showed me how to get my life back. The change in me was so noticeable, a friend of mine who was going through an extremely difficult time decided to have a phone consultation with Patrick. After her first consultation she called me and said, “In six years of therapy nobody has helped me as much as Patrick Wanis.”

Most people are not given other options to heal, they are hastily given antidepressants – drugs that can cause and worsen the symptoms they are seeking help for. I do not want to give the impression everyone who takes antidepressants is wrong, but I would like to know how many of them are aware antidepressants can cause depression, do they know how many people are misdiagnosed and do they know how many people there are like me, whose lives were devastated by these drugs. How many are aware of Patrick Wanis, who can get to the core issues and teach them how to get better by using the power we all have inside us. I want to share my story to give people the knowledge to make the right choice on the best way for them to heal. I did not have choices because I wasn’t given the knowledge and had to live through years of pain and emptiness. I do not want someone else to go through the same thing.

It scares and saddens me that in our society it is becoming more and more common for a doctor/t