Psychiatric medications are prescribed to millions of Americans with little understanding of withdrawal or long-term harms. Laura Delano, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 14 and prescribed five psychiatric drugs simultaneously, nearly died from a medication overdose before discovering the evidence base for these drugs is shockingly weak—most approved after just 6-12 weeks of human trials. She now helps patients safely taper off medications and advocates for informed consent, revealing how the mental health industry medicalizes normal suffering while suppressing information about devastating withdrawal effects and permanent sexual dysfunction. Psychiatric diagnoses like bipolar disorder are diagnosed purely through subjective observation with no medical tests, blood work, or biological markers—even though patients and families are told they have a lifelong brain disease.