Category: 1boringoldman

Where did you meet him?
1boringoldman

Memory of Mickey
I feel so sad ….. it was through my email contact with Mickey Nardo (at the very beginning of ‘my journey’ about psych drug harms) after a 1BOM blog came up in my google search on Seroquel, that I learnt about the existence of David Healy back here in UK and both 1BOM and DH’s blogs really were a life saver for me, because otherwise I may well still be following ‘doctors orders’ which were that I would need medication for life and thus would have faced, no doubt, a premature death.

(I was diagnosed with bi-polar 2 when it is so clear to me, knowing what I know now, that I suffered iatrogenic SSRI induced Akathisia which led to being prescribed even nastier antipsychotics)

So I feel I owe Mickey an awful lot and will be eternally grateful to him for signposting me to a whole new world of TRUTH about the horrific, corrupt story around prescribed meds.

I am now very well, meds free, happy and SO very grateful to Mickey, for letting the truth be known and for his very kind response to my email back in May 2015.

God Bless, Mickey and many condolences to his family …

PS. I can’t wait for the book based on 1boringoldman that Abby is promising

When did you meet Mickey?
2016

Where did you meet him?
only through his website

Memory of Mickey
I knew Mickey only through his writings on 1boringoldman. I don’t even recall how I stumbled onto the site, but it has been a regular go-to for me over the past two years, and Mickey’s writings have been profoundly influential about how I think about my profession and how I fit into the world as a psychiatrist.

I rarely contributed to comments, in fact only once. I don’t consider myself a dumb guy, but always had the same sort of anxiety about contributing to the conversation that a kid has approaching the grown up table. I occasionally thought about putting in a comment just to express how grateful I was for his work and sharing his insights so freely. I never did, so I must resign myself to writing here.

It saddens me that his leg of the race is done, but clearly he was a major player in pushing back against some real rot in our profession, and I will remain grateful for that.

When did you meet Mickey?
2011

Where did you meet him?
His blog

Memory of Mickey
In 2005 I was encouraged to resign from my research study coordinator position at UT Southwestern after I reported principal investigator Madhukar Trivedi for ethical misconduct. I was despondent and reached out to Bob Rubin, who introduced me to Barney Carroll. Bob Rubin and Barney Carroll were my lifelines through some difficult times. In 2011 Barney Carroll introduced me to Mickey Nardo. Mickey investigated my complaint and published his findings on his blog. His analysis of what I experienced in the world of academic clinical research helped me to recover and move on to a career in regulatory services.

I had the pleasure of meeting Mickey and his wife Sharon in Austin during the “TMAP trial” which involved Madhukar Trivedi and his mentor John Rush. Even though the drug company settled before Trivedi and Rush appeared in court, the trial brought attention to the questionable activities of academic researchers at UT Southwestern.

When did you meet Mickey?
2011

Where did you meet him?
Follower of 1BOM

Farewell Mickey Nardo, 1 (not very) Boring Old Man

Memory of Mickey
His blog was incredibly important at exposing the corruption and distortion of data in psychiatry (and more broadly, in medicine). This contribution is invaluable. At the same time, he exuded decency. He is the psychiatrist all of us would want for ourselves and our loved ones if the need was there.

When did you meet Mickey?
2012

Where did you meet him?
Through our blog work

Related link: “Clues” from 1boringoldman.

Memory of Mickey
I always found Mickey approachable. He often mentioned my research on his blog and we emailed occasionally in regard to Paxil (of which he wrote about a lot). We corresponded a lot about ghostwriter, Sally K. Laden, a subject that Mickey was very compassionate about (amongst others)

His work with RIAT and his ability to crush data and disseminate it are, and always will be, legendary.

His 1boringoldman website was a place I visited regularly. His posts would generate a lot of comments, respectful ones at that – the reason being Mickey was a respected man by not only me but by others across the world.

Love, light and peace to Mickey and his loved ones.

You, sir, will always be a legend.

When did you meet Mickey?
2011

Where did you meet him?
Only knew him through his blog

Memory of Mickey
His writing showed the clarity of his thinking and his deep caring for people. Some of things he wrote helped in practical ways (in particular, his pieces on group theory) and others deepened my understanding of what we know about the human mind. His commentary on his profession (that had moved away from him in many ways) was and is a needed corrective to the pharmaceutical biologicalification (new word there) of the treatment of distressed people. I am sad he is gone and grateful that I got to know him in this small but important way. I am sorry for your loss.

When did you meet Mickey?
2011

Where did you meet him?
his blog

Memory of Mickey
i visited his blog everyday. His writing was like a beacon for me, it illuminated issues and ideas. He seemed to be a master teacher. I scan the internet everyday for information related to mental health and i forwarded many articles to him. From his blog posts i saw him put some of the articles to use. I have always felt like he and i were in a personal dialog and that seems like a wonderful thing to attribute to his writing.

When did you meet Mickey?
2010

Where did you meet him?
His wonderful blog

Memory of Mickey
I find it fascinating that his last blog post was titled "Call me, maybe." He knew.