Bøker av Larry Podsobinski

This is Mr. Podsobinski's second book. Like his first book about his first 40 years with schizophrenia, this book is also about his further encounters with his own mental health issues. What prompted the writing of this book is that Mr. Podsobinski inadvertently went into total Xanax withdrawal while trying to discontinue the Xanax he had been on for 15 years. He did not know this could be fatal. What ensued in the process was hallucinations he instinctively recollected from his 1970s young adult use of real LSD and fresh Psilocybin mushrooms as he compares the Xanax withdrawal hallucinations with these psychedelics, but shows how they are not the same as far as hallucinations for clear reasons. Then he examines the Xanax hallucinations with the hallucinations of full-blown psychosis as in his first book. His examination once again finds these are not alike forms of hallucinations. In this sense, the book is an examination of hallucinations. A more important serious aspect to this book is it shows why Xanax honestly earns its bad reputation. It is not an addictions thing as thought. Larry's digging and verifying with doctors finds it is only more recently known that Xanax causes brain damage, not addiction. It affects/damages a certain brain chemical described that then will never function the same unless Xanax is attached to this certain normal brain chemical. He describes the works and what it is like to know one is living with this in the one recurrent theme in the book. Other recurring themes include again aspects including aging with residual schizophrenia and keeping it benign since late 1994. In addition, brought to light is current state of art medical science that Psilocybin is being used to treat resistant depression and other ailments. A thoughtful look into modern thinking on substances that once only were considered "drugs of abuse" and are now being found to have medical benefit.The Author April 2021

This is a story of the affects on the author of paranoid schizophrenia, diagnosed at age 17 through current 2018 age 60. Unlike previous editions, the author reflected upon his contribution back to society, and he realized the reason in the previous editions for the long Philosophy chapter stuff was not a part of this story. He realized this came about by growing up in the 1970s and that 'we all want to change the world' theme of those times. So Larry has done a "reconstruction edit" in this version and all of the Philosophy has been deleted, and replaced with more accurate newer discovered information on this illness. And as the author sets out in 1994 to prove there is never a reason to go back into the hospital as long as one adhere's to "effective" medications. He invites questions, and will answer them in his YouTube format channel. This book does, however, ascribe to the medical model for treatment. Is current, honest, and true. As corroborated by newly written contributions by clinicians.