Diagnose Human Emotion, Drug Liberally

Posted on May 19, 2012. Filed under: blue sage wellness, health, Health & Healing, Health & Wellness, holistic healing, natural remedies | Tags: ADHD, america is over-diagnosed, antisocial personality disorder, beethoven, bi-polar, DSM-IV, made up diagnosis, mood disorders, natural remedies for mood, natural solutions for mood, paranoia personality disorder, pharmaceutical industry |

Beethoven: A Creative Genius and Kaleidoscope of Human Emotion

What if we had drugged Beethoven? Would we have the masterpieces he left us? Fortunately, the DSM-IV was not around during his time because the chance is very good that they would have thrown the book  at him.

If Beethoven, because of his volatile moods (Bi-Polar Disorder), tendency to be reclusive (Anti-Social Personality Disorder & Paranoia Personality Disorder) and impatience (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) were told my a modern-day psychiatrist he needed medicated, we would likely have nothing but a shell of a man left and no Beethoven’s Fifth. If Beethoven’s dark moods were stamped out, would he have ever arrived at his magnificent last symphony, Ode to Joy? How have we turned the very state of being human – emotion, angst, the peaks and valleys – into a disorder? (more…)