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Tom Cruise Criticizes Brooke Shields
By Cindy Locke May 25, 2005, 17:21 GMT
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Tom Cruise is an idiot. His 'religion' has let children die that could have received help through medical help and treatment. His English and grammar are atrocious. He needs to 'Shut Up'. He has no clue what a woman in postpartum depression goes through. Ms. Shields did not ask for his opinion nor seek his advice. As for career problems, both of his ex-wives are far superior actors than he will ever be. His movies must involve action and/or sex. He has no range. I think his search for a younger and younger woman is also a search for someone who is below his intelligence level and doesn't infringe on his 'famous' act. Shut up, Tom. You look better with your mouth closed and your clothes off. We don't care what you think. Brooke is a graduate of Princeton, did you even graduate from high school?
jillian,
Have you ever wanted to end your life? Have you ever been scared to be alone because of what you might do? Have those thoughts terrified you so much that you couldn't function? Until you have do not judge. Your comments could have shamed someone into not taking medication and ending their lives! I have been battling depression for nine years. Exercise, therapy, vitamins, diet...They did not help. Medication finally did! I have just wasted 9 years of my life. And this is bad how? Is it bad that I am finally making relationships, taking risks, being creative, enjoying my family? Do any 'street drugs' have these side effects? If there are sign me up! For now I will stick with my perscription meds.
I commend you that you did not take medications during your trying time in the hospital...But I would guess that you were not in a deep clinical depression. Because if you were there is no way out. It is dark and terrifying.
Don't judge my decision and I will not judge yours.
Joan, I have been there, too. Thanks so much for telling it like it is. I couldn't have said it better myself! Take care and God Bless!
I would just like to repeat what Brooke said;
Tom Cruise, mind your own business!
-even if you were under the influence of drugs or alcohol when you made the comments.
Maybe you meant that medication was never going to help the 'brainwash disorder' that you have. In time(hopefully) you will realize that you have indeed been sucked into a money-spinning sect and that you have been very foolish. Your biggest mistake in life is to have gotten involved in scientology. Why can't you just do the right thing and say the right things and then you won't have to go to church to wash away your sins every week. The world is tiring of people like you. Just be good and relax. Live life to the full. You and I know only know of this life. Nobody and I repeat nobody has ever been to the other side and come back. If I were you, I would be giving Brooke an apology. Why don't you try and help people like her rather than criticize them?
At least this is the image you have fought so hard to portray. I would like to help you Tom by saying - keep trying and never give up. You will become a very good person if you really want to be. I say, give it your best shot in this life because we may never get another chance.
I've gotten bad vibes from Tom Cruise for years now, and now this? I'm actually embarassed for him, touting vitamins as a means to deal with severe postpartum depression and criticizing the use of anti-depressants that have helped so many people. Yes there are risks associated with them but that is true of all medications. The Pill for example has fatal blood clotting as a possible side effect.
I suffered from post-partum depression after my first baby was born and didn't do anything about it other than talk it over with my husband. I was miserable. I loved my baby yet at the same time couldn't bond with him and had intrusive, repetitive violent thoughts. It took me at least 9 months to begin to bond. With the second I took Zoloft as soon as he was born. It was a completely different experience. I spent hours gazing into my baby's eyes :) I took it for about three months but probably should have taken it a bit longer. With my third, I began taking Paxil during my eighth month of pregnancy when my depression got so bad I was snapping at my older children and was just miserable. Repetitive thoughts of suicide, etc. Feelings that aren't normal for me. About a week into taking it my oldest child said, 'Mommy you're happy!' That sealed the deal for me. My body just doesn't cope with the lurching hormones associated with pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding as well as those of other women. I'm on a very small daily dose of Zoloft at the moment and it's enough for me to feel happy at the appropriate times, yet I still was very cranky a couple of days ago when I was PMS'ing, and also consumed way too much chocolate ;)
Any medicine whether it's Tylenol or Ritalin needs to be carefully assessed for side effects. Yet all can be extremely effective at treating what they are intended for and have helped countless people. I am so blessed being alive in a time where disorders such as postpartum depression and premenstrual dysmorphic disorder are both recognized and treated.
Would people deny medication to people with diabetes, high blood pressure or
any other illness? I think not, unless you've experienced the devastion of depression, you don't know what you're talking about...If a person could
'SNAP' out of it, don't you think they would, ridiculous question!!!!
Mr. Cruise is a member of a religion founded by a science-fiction author!!!
Give me a huge break and also give me his vitamins!!!!!! Wow is he high or what!!!! We are all entitled to our opinions, but not at anothers expense,
have a little tact, Mr. Cruise, you're rude!!!
OOPS, faux paus, the scientology crowd doesn't believe in medication, they let the aliens cure them......good luck to you all.......hint, I think they are a
C-U-L-T!?
I'm sure there are many things people could criticize about Tom Cruise's life.
Obviously he knows nothing about anti-depressants. Perhaps if he did, he would seek help regarding his mid-life crisis.
About the comment that the psychiatric drugs are legally tested --
Most people don't know the nature of this testing. Take 100 test subjects. Give them a psychiatric drug. Ok, 28 of them become suicidal the first week. Ten of those are plotting the murder of their family members. Remove those subjects from the test group. Now you've got only 62 test subjects. Fifteen of them develop some serious reaction during the course of the test - say, erratic heart beats. Remove those from the test. Now you've got 47 test subjects.
You finish off the test with just 47 subjects - you can therefore state that no one who completed the course of the testing had any suicidal or homicidal problems, and you don't have to mention that 'little' side effect in the test results.
This is honestly how it works. Take a good look at the insert that comes in your next medicine bottle. They only report the side effects of those WHO COMPLETE THE COURSE OF THE STUDY and they REMOVE THE PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS FROM THE STUDY BEFORE IT IS COMPLETE.
Now, these psychiatric drugs - Prozac, Luvox, Effexor, etc. - are most dangerous and the BEGINNING and WHEN GOING OFF THEM. So they remove people who have problems at the beginning of the test - AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE GO OFF THEM DURING THE TEST!!!!
Luvox - given to many children in the US - is now illegal in England because it makes people - including children - suicidal and homicidal.
Take a look at the school shootings. MOST of the murderers were either on or just gotten off these drugs. (Don't think it's the 'oh he is not taking his medication, that's the problem' - because the psychiatrists say 90% of the people who need them aren't medicated - but the 'unmedicated' children aren't going around shooting people, are they?)
These drugs are very, very, very dangerous. Effexor is a real witch to get off of, extremely addictive, with horrible effects upon withdrawal. I know women who are pregnant, and trying to get off it so their newborn babies won't have to suffer withdrawal - but they can't do it. That's one of the drugs Andrea Yates was dealing with when she drowned her 5 kids.
These things make people crazy. All you have to do is do the research.
I, too, have suffered post-partum depression, but Prozac is NOT a cure. It simply masks the underlying physical condition causing the depression.
How dare any of you judge anothers choice to use prescription medication. Would you tell a diabetic not to take insulin because it doesnt cure diabetes? Would you tell a patient with high blood pressure not to take medicine because its not a cure? So what makes a mental illness any different from a physical illness? Why don't you go educate yourself before you start making uninformed statements. Just because Tom Cruise says it, that doesnt make it law. I almost took my life and antidepressants have been an integral part of my recovery, coupled with diet, excercise, and my spiritual life. So don't you dare make any judgements about my decision. Lets hope the day doesnt have to come when you have a member of your family on their death bed and theyre only hope is prescription medication. Get educated, then come back and make a statement!
Jamnurse, it seems (from the messages I checked) that most of the people who've commented in this thread are in agreement with you. I read very few comments from people who were jumping onboard with Tom Cruise's 'no prescription medications' comments. There are several people who contributed comments based on their own personal experience that vitamins, hormones, etc. have been quite effective in helping them deal with forms of depression.
I agree with you that it'd be absurd for anybody to follow Cruise's lead on this 'no pharmaceutical drugs for women dealing with postpartum depression' thing, but I don't see anybody here following Cruise's lead.
I just wanted to thank Sue for being the voice of reason on this issue. Anti-depressents can really make all the difference for a person who struggles with debilitating depression. And unless you have lived through the feelings that come with a chemical imbalance ....you just don't know how you would react or what methods you might take to be WELL again. It is a matter of health. It saddens me that the negative stigma usually attached to depression is also attached to the medications that can really make all the positive difference in a person's life. Maybe herbs will work for some, but they also have side effects. Maybe therapy, alterations in nutrition, and increased excercise will help. But, it is up to the individual to seek help and decide what is best for them.
Who would take advice from someone who devotes his life to aliens????????
Tom Cruise needs to educate himself. Then he will be eating not only his words but also his stupid beliefs. Katie Holmes is young and Tom knows he can mould her. He couldn't mould Nicole anymore. Nicole wisened up and rebelled, hence briging about the end of their marriage - which could have been saved if Tom had stopped thinking about himself and his fame and his career. Brooke Shields has been an inspiring role model over the years. I grew up reading about her and seeing her grace thousands of magazines. She has always been cheerful and courteous towards the media (and everyone knows by now that that can be very hard). She is someone that millions of women in my generation have looked up to. Tom Cruise has not been around for as long as she has - in showbiz. She has lasted and therefore she has nothing to be disappointed about (referring to Tom's comment that she may not be happy). If only he could have a kid that is really his, Tom would realize that his harsh words to Brooke were really stupid not to mention downright rude.
Brooke Shields went to university and got herself a degree. Not many people who already have lots of money would bother to do that. It says a lot about the great person that she is. It speaks for her intelligence and independence. Tom Cruise has nothing to fall back on if he stopped getting parts in movies. To tell you the truth, I don't know what all the fuss is about when I see him star in a movie. A famous actor once said that a good actor was a good liar.
Should we be putting Tom Cruise on a pedestal any longer?
The drug that Brooke is on, and wrote her book about, is under heavy scrutiny at the moment due to suicidal problems in people taking it. I don't blame Cruise for speaking out. I know a woman who started an SSRI, for weight loss, NOT mental problems. She had no history of mental problems or depression whatsoever. Within one week, she had begun to plot the murder of her entire family, and her own suicide - I mean, she was buying the equipment she needed to pull this off. When her family realized what was going on, they got her off the drug immediately, and she went back to her normal healthy, happy self.
Here is some data about Paxil, the drug Brooke is pushing to treat post-partum depression.
http://www.adrugrecall.com/paxil/suicide.html
'Since this drug was approved for use in the United States, hundreds of reports of Paxil suicide attempts and actual suicides have surfaced in patient cases all over the world. There have been several studies that have found that Paxil suicide risks are double, or even quadruple, for patients taking this medication. Despite a growing body of evidence which suggests that Paxil is unsafe for adults and children, the FDA and GlaxoSmithKline consistently adhere to the false claim their Paxil suicide risks are not significant enough to warrant action that would protect consumers.
A British Paxil suicide study conducted in 2004 found that patients taking Paxil were four times more likely to develop Paxil suicide behaviors compared to trial participants who had not taken this dangerous SSRI antidepressant. Researchers found that a patient's Paxil suicide risks are greatest within the first week to ten days of treatment and again when a patient terminates their treatment.
Several Paxil suicide studies have found that Paxil suicide risks are greatest for children who take this prescription drug. A GlaxoSmithKline sponsored clinical trial found that children who began Paxil treatment often went through 'hellish ordeals of out of control behavior, suicide threats, hallucinations, and hospitalization.' The FDA has stated that more than 110 American children have already committed a successful Paxil suicide attempt. '
http://www.adrugrecall.com/paxil/suicide.html
I suffered post-partum depression, so understand that I know what it is like. It's hell. Adding a drug that has - as a side effect - suicidal ideation is NOT a good idea.
Handling the hormonal imbalances in the body is a much better solution. Getting the mother enough help so she can adequately rest is a good idea. Getting her really high-quality nutrition is a good idea. Giving her a drug that makes her want to kill herself is NOT.
Oh yes everyone. Isn't it so convenient when men, which it usually always is, unless it's some brainwashed, Stepford wife, Republican bitch, are always trying to tell women what they should, or shouldn't do with THEIR bodies.
This all coming from a closet case, supposebly 'impotent' (back to the closet case thing again) guy who has had contractual agreements with every hollywood wife to conceal his homosexuality. This coming from a guy who believes in a religion about space aliens, that was concocted by a drug addict, who used sexual blackmail against his followers, and duped people out of millions upon millions of dollars. This coming from a guy who went on National television and made a COMPLETE ASSHOLE out of himself on Oprah declaring his 'love' for a girl he's known three weeks. Which in actuality was the most desperate, sickening display of closet caseness I've ever seen in my life. So who needs the drugs, Brooke, or Tom?
Ummmmmmmm, I'm not even going to justify that question with an answer. I think Tom Cruise is as messed up as Michael Jackasson, if not more.
Let me ask this, if Tom's dear, loved Katie got depressed after having their child, what would he do? Make her take a One a Day? Say you will get over it. Go exercise. Go run bitch? It will make you feel better? What did Nicole do? It was never said, did she go against his religion?
Let me tell you, if you have panick attacks, depression or something else that controls you, and I mean controls, what should you do. Go seek religion. I am religious, however, I have seen grown men go off their meds, and end up in the County Hospital. They thought they didnt need their meds cause they were feeling well. Let me tell you, after being off their meds for a few days, they were not well. They were trying to commit suicide. It was awful.
Tom doesnt want anyone judging his relationship with Kaite, (not to mention her Herpes on her lips) , so HOW DARE HE JUDGE A WOMAN (BROOKE) what she needed to do in her own life. I think he is a pompus jerk. Again, did anyone mention Katie has herpies on her lips--- oh I mean an out break because of nerves. Which can be transferred to the privates during oral. Opps anyways
Meds are needed many times, to eah their own.
Hey last poster! You're medicine you're defining isn't working if you're comparing Tom Cruise to Micheal Jackson. There's NO comparison AT ALL. And I think you should read the posts on this board of all the serious side effects and suicidal tendancies caused by anti-depressants!
Brooke is currently 'weaning' herself off medication to get pregnant again! If it's not dangerous, why can't she take it while pregnant? And, this means she is promoting pills that can harm unborn babies, to millions of women who are HAVING BABIES! Most women will want to have MORE CHILDREN. (Brooke is!) What about unplanned and partially planned pregnancies?
And she has to WEAN herself off the medication because its ADDICTING. Is she right for doing this?
FOR THOSE OF YOU COMMENTING. BROOKE WROTE A BOOK PROMOTING PAXIL. LOTS OF PEOPLE DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE PROMOTED. IT'S DANGEROUS TO UNBORN CHILDREN WHILE PREGNANT.
The drugs you are defending aren't working. Your post makes you sound like you're in active psychosis. I think you should call a doctor and try something else!
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