The reason more and more people are being diagnosed with mental illness is because there's been more awareness and attention and less stigma toward mental illness.
He's right about the depression fact. I was suffering from depression and would feel physical pain when I hit a low. I started exercising and it went away. Endorphins are one hell of a drug.
People don't even know how true this is, and worst is, some mindless corporate boffins keep spouting this bullshit that it's complicated, nah, it's simple, this is no accident.
thank you bill, for also bagtalizing autism and adhd. you just helped discrimate against a whole group off people who have been puit down and let down their entire life, just for being different than (nearly) everyone else.
The funniest interviewer on television. One of the funniest people ever. Clever by far than any late night host, ever. Curious how he can not be hired by NBC, CBS, ABS to do what Johnny Carson (great comedian but definitely of the very common) did and be accepted mainstream. Oh, I guess commercial is not in Bill’s sites.
"We wont stop being sick until we stop making ourselves sick." [thoughtful pause, cocked eyebrow.... audience looks around at each other..."uh...yeah! Right on Bill! Exactly! He is SO smart!]
thanks for posting something informational. Have heard other stories about Cleveland Clinic people trying to help people by trying to practice honest medicine. That part of Cleveland isn't the nicest, either. There's such big money involved, not to mention the possible criminal liability that coming clean in the health industry is probably very scary
@pkearne well im simply trying to stay as healthy as possible hehe :) i do thank you for your input and sharing the knowledge. best conversation i had on youtube. cheers :)
I love being an american, kinda... maybe, sometimes... I Bill Maher is so awesome, he's not afraid to say what we need to hear and not what we want to hear.
While I don't always agree with Maher's opinions on other topics, I believe he hits the mark with this video on the current state of health in the USA.
the excercize thing being just as effective as any perscriptioin is true. whenever i feel down, i pop in a Richard simmons work out tape and go for it. nothing brightens my day faster.
@libbern Im from the USA and you are 100% correct on that. You said it all in that one statment sumed it up. Both of the poltical partys suck, the US needs a new revoulation.
He's right about exercise and depression. I've noticed it in my own habits. Also I read that the physical cause of depression is a lack of neuron activity in the brain. It was in an article that proposed magnetism as a possible way of stimulating regions of the brain to start firing. However, exercise does the job even better as long as you're willing to get off your ass.
I only mentioned dementia when you asked about my experience with mental illness. The disease I spent most of my time discussing was schizophrenia, which correlates with excess dopamine in the brain. Schizophrenics do not appear to have any structural brain damage, so it appears that schizophrenia is at least in large part brought about by a chemical imbalance. It, thus, is also a "physiological" problem. How do you differentiate mental problems from physical ones when it seems that all or
I want to add something my doc told me in response to my concerns about takeing a mood stabalizer: He said " People tend to give way too much credit to medications and what they can do. They won't "control" you. They minimize the intensity of your condition so you and your body can actually manage it." He was right , btw.
After being prescribed medications that caused more illness than ever, then working closely with persons diagnosed with illnesses such as schizophrenia, I question if they were/ are, not more attuned than the average "normal" persons.
@Stuartsaves he said "we won't stop being sick untill we stop making ourselves sick" It's the point of the entire rant really. Too many people drink, smoke, get fat, use drugs... He's urging people to start looking after their own bodies with that line.
@GaryNull it sickens me to see that people wont leave there comfort zone to help change this corrupt world, "if you live your life without any effort or suffering it will mean nothing to you"
Funny how the comedies are some of the most honest and smartest people on earth like Bill Maher and George Carlin to name a few. To bad they didn't run our Counties...
I love this man! Buy 1 lb of organic spinach at Costco for under 4 bucks and put 2 handfuls in a blender with a banana or 2, a nickel-size slice of ginger, a dash of stevia, and water and get your smoothie on!!!
I think US allowing pharmaceutical companies to advertise prescription drug is a big mistake. "Do you ever feel tired? Well, here's you answer..." People start to demand drugs from their doctors when they really don't need them.
@pkearne then i do apologize for my rant. and i do appreciate you being calm and pointing out the flaws. not many commenters on youtube are like that hehe. i do see you are knowledgeable in this field so i would like to ask a question and please correct me if im wrong: most of food is modified or filled with some sorts of chemicals that arent supposed to be there. wouldnt you say that those chemicals damage and cause diseases more frequently then random virus occurrences?
The 96 people who hit the dislike button -54 were laughing so hard they hit the wrong button, 23 didn't like seeing someone think for themselves, and the 19 others because Bill does not believe there is an invisible man in the sky.
I see two psychiatrist one for my 6 year old daughter who has an anxiety disorder and ADHD. He not only doesn't feel it's right to prescribe anything to her, but feels that time and continual therapy will help her. I also see a psychiatrist myself, he has not 'diagnosed' me with anything, nor suggested meds. Sometimes a psychiatrist simply offers help and counseling.
You see this is why in the UK, the National institute for clinical excellence (NICE) was a good thing, they were a more impartial board who decided whether a drug was actually statistically significant and decided whether to invest money in it. Many people hated it though because it blocked the sale of cancer drugs that showed minimal benefit and now the government wants to make the doctors in charge of what drugs to use. We just became a little more Americanised, and i hate it.
i love bill maher... hes the reason i stay away from unnessisary pills, and probably why i can eat whatever i want and smoke pot but stay healthy and thin (with some exercise) (god forbid lol)... seriously, bill maher is saveing lives with his wisdom... i had a doctor tell me i needed surgery for a broken pinky, i didnt get it done and my finger is fine... and i was told i would need extra surgery for the pin they were gonna put in... i saved money and my finger by ignoreing the doctor :)
Agreed. I don't know the exact number but it's something like 80% (probably more) of kids over 5 are on some kind of ADD or ADHD medication. I am one of them. ADD used to be called boredom. When a kid got bad grade, the best medication was a foot in the ass from dad and a tongue lashing from mom. And that usually worked pretty well. If a kid is bored in class, then the parents need to help school him/her at home or hire a tutor. Pills are just unatural.
I've never seen this one before in my life, but it fits almost exactly with things I've written about before. If we're going to have the health problem, then why not outlaw soda and compel people to eat spinach?
I agree, healthcare reform needs to be in our hands if we want it done right. We know what's wrong, we can fix it, we just need to do somethng about it.
My doctor told me that pharmaceutical drugs are so expensive for the general public to buy because it costs exactly 1 billion dollors just to get ONE new drug passed through the FDA. 1 BILLION dollars? And are most of these drugs even necessary?
I'm not talking about a type I diabetic or a case of pneumonia. But you notice that the majority of ads aren't addressing issues like that. They're addressing things like depression, insomnia, fatigue, gas, etc. Again, many times the above things do require treatment but in so many cases they could be avoided or mitigated with more sleep, exercise, less stress, and healthier food.
"Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done." -Biblical Prophet
Even more funny than I first thought. I honestly consider the possibility that he is a well-programmed AI. :) His answers always appear to be structured in the same way. He repeats like half the post he is responding to, adds some kind of tweak of that account (phat, skep etc) together with an insult. Then there is always the accusation of scheming for big pharma, and finally package-inserts, court decisions or VAERS, etc. He also have never responded to a direct question.
Brilliant. Says it like it is. People really need to listen to this because it's the truth.
Francescka Bronte sure is the truth those who haven't done there research believe otherwise check out vaxxed the movie
and now he is a old idiot sucking up !!!
Watching this in 2023 .. 15 years later…and sadly it’s only WORSE
"Doctors pour drugs of which they know little, to cure diseases which
they know less, into human beings of whom they know nothing.” - Voltaire
Pharmaceutical companies genuinely help people, I'm sure you've taken pharmaceuticals at some point in your life
Bill Maher !! Always way ahead of his times in his thinking.
The comments prove people are indeed slaves to pills.
This guy speaks the truth!!
We are making ourselves sick by what we're feeding our bodies!
I made a speech regarding pharmaceuticals. I agree so mich
Great video!!
Bill is so right . I guess the reason he can afford to be so honest, is that he doesn't have an owner. I really like that about him.
The reason more and more people are being diagnosed with mental illness is because there's been more awareness and attention and less stigma toward mental illness.
+DarkEnergy7 Everyone is mentally ill. And I mean everyone. Just try to live with it and have fun.
That and because the American healthcare system is broken, which drives people crazy.
Flat Henry you are correct! When they rich realized they could make money from illness, they helped create it!
I'm a Theist, in this case I agree with him about Big Pharma. I'm studying to be a Traditional Naturopathic Dr.
"Just pot, sadly." 1:01
HAHAHA awesome!
Right on Bill!!! Keep the truth coming man!!!
He's right about the depression fact. I was suffering from depression and would feel physical pain when I hit a low. I started exercising and it went away. Endorphins are one hell of a drug.
messages like this need to be pumped into our tv sets during commercials... not all these drug commercials with which we're constantly bombarded.
People don't even know how true this is, and worst is, some mindless corporate boffins keep spouting this bullshit that it's complicated, nah, it's simple, this is no accident.
Bill is the man!
Spot on bout big pharma.
thank you bill, for also bagtalizing autism and adhd. you just helped discrimate against a whole group off people who have been puit down and let down their entire life, just for being different than (nearly) everyone else.
Thank you!
I've been saying this for years!
Respect.
This is great phelld! thanks TerryOlinger!
Spinach is good!!
One of my favorite rants.
So true...
This clip was featured in the beginning of a documentary titled "forks over knives" great film
LOLOL!!!! OK...why isn't this apart of our daily conversation?
The funniest interviewer on television. One of the funniest people ever. Clever by far than any late night host, ever. Curious how he can not be hired by NBC, CBS, ABS to do what Johnny Carson (great comedian but definitely of the very common) did and be accepted mainstream. Oh, I guess commercial is not in Bill’s sites.
Working in the healthcare field I can share your very humorous side of a very very serious situation in this country.
Has congress ever called up the AMA to grill them on anything?
"We wont stop being sick until we stop making ourselves sick."
[thoughtful pause, cocked eyebrow....
audience looks around at each other..."uh...yeah! Right on Bill! Exactly! He is SO smart!]
thanks for posting something informational. Have heard other stories about Cleveland Clinic people trying to help people by trying to practice honest medicine. That part of Cleveland isn't the nicest, either. There's such big money involved, not to mention the possible criminal liability that coming clean in the health industry is probably very scary
this must be the greatest speech ever
@pkearne well im simply trying to stay as healthy as possible hehe :) i do thank you for your input and sharing the knowledge. best conversation i had on youtube. cheers :)
"Ask your doctor if getting off your ass is right for you"-- Freakin' **epic**
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
I love being an american, kinda... maybe, sometimes... I Bill Maher is so awesome, he's not afraid to say what we need to hear and not what we want to hear.
this is INSANELY GREAT!
Thats right.
Research that has been done and will continue, in order to monitor any potential increase in severe side effects (etc).
I love how I just finished eating some spinach in the last minute of this video
I was once told to take a med for a disease that I 'might have' developed! The liver problem was just one of many side effects
Love the guy going "Mmm...yeah! Mmmhmm...mmmm."
The clue's are in the comercials on TV.
One is selling a new drug , and the next is a lawyer looking for people to sue for old drugs.
While I don't always agree with Maher's opinions on other topics, I believe he hits the mark with this video on the current state of health in the USA.
the excercize thing being just as effective as any perscriptioin is true. whenever i feel down, i pop in a Richard simmons work out tape and go for it.
nothing brightens my day faster.
@libbern Im from the USA and you are 100% correct on that. You said it all in that one statment sumed it up. Both of the poltical partys suck, the US needs a new revoulation.
He's right about exercise and depression. I've noticed it in my own habits. Also I read that the physical cause of depression is a lack of neuron activity in the brain. It was in an article that proposed magnetism as a possible way of stimulating regions of the brain to start firing. However, exercise does the job even better as long as you're willing to get off your ass.
I only mentioned dementia when you asked about my experience with mental illness. The disease I spent most of my time discussing was schizophrenia, which correlates with excess dopamine in the brain. Schizophrenics do not appear to have any structural brain damage, so it appears that schizophrenia is at least in large part brought about by a chemical imbalance. It, thus, is also a "physiological" problem. How do you differentiate mental problems from physical ones when it seems that all or
The one true thing here, that you can't dispute, is that, "diet and exercise don't fail".
I love it when Bill says something obvious and people say 'Wow... i never realised that'. If I was an American i would definately vote for Bill.
Bill ! This is priceless!!
Gotta love that Bill.... Bill Maher for president!
Wow! This man has been called everything but right! Anybody care to tell me, us, why?
I usually don't agree with Bill on a lot of issues, but I'm with him on this one.
This is true. I don't know where I got the idea, it sounds pretty stupid to me now. You're right.
He's too funny! ...this is great.
I want to add something my doc told me in response to my concerns about takeing a mood stabalizer: He said " People tend to give way too much credit to medications and what they can do. They won't "control" you. They minimize the intensity of your condition so you and your body can actually manage it." He was right , btw.
So that I found this thanks to FoodMatters.tv !! never thought I would agree with Bill Maher!!
After being prescribed medications that caused more illness than ever, then working closely with persons diagnosed with illnesses such as schizophrenia, I question if they were/ are, not more attuned than the average "normal" persons.
you have a lot of very good information. is there a website where one can find the stories grouped?
"...so ask your doctor if getting off your ass is good for you."
Gold.
@Stuartsaves
he said "we won't stop being sick untill we stop making ourselves sick"
It's the point of the entire rant really. Too many people drink, smoke, get fat, use drugs... He's urging people to start looking after their own bodies with that line.
@GaryNull it sickens me to see that people wont leave there comfort zone to help change this corrupt world, "if you live your life without any effort or suffering it will mean nothing to you"
Funny how the comedies are some of the most honest and smartest people on earth like Bill Maher and George Carlin to name a few. To bad they didn't run our Counties...
I love this man! Buy 1 lb of organic spinach at Costco for under 4 bucks and put 2 handfuls in a blender with a banana or 2, a nickel-size slice of ginger, a dash of stevia, and water and get your smoothie on!!!
I think US allowing pharmaceutical companies to advertise prescription drug is a big mistake. "Do you ever feel tired? Well, here's you answer..." People start to demand drugs from their doctors when they really don't need them.
Pill or Spinach? Let see... that's a hard one!
this dude is awesome
Never argued that this guy is smart, even though I'm not his fan, But this one he nailed right on the head;))
@pkearne then i do apologize for my rant. and i do appreciate you being calm and pointing out the flaws. not many commenters on youtube are like that hehe. i do see you are knowledgeable in this field so i would like to ask a question and please correct me if im wrong: most of food is modified or filled with some sorts of chemicals that arent supposed to be there. wouldnt you say that those chemicals damage and cause diseases more frequently then random virus occurrences?
you guys should watch Sir Ken Robinson's changing education paradigms
Exercise is not only good for you, it makes you feel good! and in a safe way!
Good food has no confusions, no complexities!
This Man is brilliant!!!
The 96 people who hit the dislike button -54 were laughing so hard they hit the wrong button, 23 didn't like seeing someone think for themselves, and the 19 others because Bill does not believe there is an invisible man in the sky.
I see two psychiatrist one for my 6 year old daughter who has an anxiety disorder and ADHD. He not only doesn't feel it's right to prescribe anything to her, but feels that time and continual therapy will help her. I also see a psychiatrist myself, he has not 'diagnosed' me with anything, nor suggested meds. Sometimes a psychiatrist simply offers help and counseling.
You see this is why in the UK, the National institute for clinical excellence (NICE) was a good thing, they were a more impartial board who decided whether a drug was actually statistically significant and decided whether to invest money in it. Many people hated it though because it blocked the sale of cancer drugs that showed minimal benefit and now the government wants to make the doctors in charge of what drugs to use. We just became a little more Americanised, and i hate it.
Watching this from a Chiropractic point of view - I just want to meet this man to introduce him to it.
"Just pot sadly".... nice line lol
I got up and walked over to my tv. Whats the first thing I see and hear? "Lovaza isn't for anyone..."
And they say my automotive stabilizer is snake oil...
i love bill maher... hes the reason i stay away from unnessisary pills, and probably why i can eat whatever i want and smoke pot but stay healthy and thin (with some exercise) (god forbid lol)... seriously, bill maher is saveing lives with his wisdom... i had a doctor tell me i needed surgery for a broken pinky, i didnt get it done and my finger is fine... and i was told i would need extra surgery for the pin they were gonna put in... i saved money and my finger by ignoreing the doctor :)
"The money is in the middle; people who are alive... sort of, but with one or more chronic conditions..."
Well said.
bill maher isnt afraid to say how it is. i respect american tv for having his show on. thats the only reason to respect it
Agreed. I don't know the exact number but it's something like 80% (probably more) of kids over 5 are on some kind of ADD or ADHD medication. I am one of them. ADD used to be called boredom. When a kid got bad grade, the best medication was a foot in the ass from dad and a tongue lashing from mom. And that usually worked pretty well. If a kid is bored in class, then the parents need to help school him/her at home or hire a tutor. Pills are just unatural.
I've never seen this one before in my life, but it fits almost exactly with things I've written about before. If we're going to have the health problem, then why not outlaw soda and compel people to eat spinach?
Is that Rahm Emmanuel on the guest panel? How Ironic
I agree, healthcare reform needs to be in our hands if we want it done right. We know what's wrong, we can fix it, we just need to do somethng about it.
correction, wasn't prescribed haomoglobulin, it was gammaglobulin. five years ago now, bit scratchy on the details.
A great movie which also touches on the subject of pharma companies influence and other issues is called : "what the health"
mymyby also “Vaxxed” it exposes the fraud committed by the CDC who covered up the truth about the link between the MMR vaccine and Austism
EXCELLENT.
My doctor told me that pharmaceutical drugs are so expensive for the general public to buy because it costs exactly 1 billion dollors just to get ONE new drug passed through the FDA. 1 BILLION dollars? And are most of these drugs even necessary?
I'm no fan of Bill Maher but he nailed this one right on the head.
I'm not talking about a type I diabetic or a case of pneumonia. But you notice that the majority of ads aren't addressing issues like that. They're addressing things like depression, insomnia, fatigue, gas, etc. Again, many times the above things do require treatment but in so many cases they could be avoided or mitigated with more sleep, exercise, less stress, and healthier food.
thumbing you up ;)
They need to legalise "Hemp Oil". There are so many medicinal purposes being ignored because no money is to be made from it. You can't patent a plant!
@collieh1
Are you saying Accupuncture is not Mainstream & it does not produce positive results ?
That was an excellent idea :)
"Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done."
-Biblical Prophet
Cured to Death the effects of Prescription Drugs. A brilliant book
Even more funny than I first thought.
I honestly consider the possibility that he is a well-programmed AI. :)
His answers always appear to be structured in the same way. He repeats like half the post he is responding to, adds some kind of tweak of that account (phat, skep etc) together with an insult. Then there is always the accusation of scheming for big pharma, and finally package-inserts, court decisions or VAERS, etc.
He also have never responded to a direct question.
Bill is the man!