Thursday 16 October 2014

Interview with James Teather, UN Sniper and Survivor of Eight Wars, Last Deployment Afghanistan, Regarding Mefloquine and PTSD




First of all, Jamie is my very good friend, a lot like a twin brother to me.  I found him two years ago on Facebook while attempting to pull myself together and adjust to living with PTSD incurred through interpersonal relationships and life as a civilian.  After keeping him in my Internet laser sights, I got fed up one day and essentially scared the living hell out of him by telling him that I had been hunting him for two years and that we needed to talk.  The reason I hunted him so tenaciously was because he was really the ONLY member of the military who was constantly and continuously standing up for other wounded warriors of the Canadian Forces.  Jamie was trained as a Pathfinder and as a United Nations sniper.  He currently lives in Uruguay, and we are co-consultants on several projects, none of which currently make us enough to really live or thrive off of.



Jamie's blog can be found at  http://www.publicpolicypirate.com/
or at https://www.facebook.com/PPPSeason3



"Jamie, what year did you learn that Mefloquine could cause psychosis?  I first learned that Mefloquine could potentially cause psychosis and create PTSD-type issues in I think ??? 2003. When I was working as a medical transcriptionist. I didn't get seriously interested in the phenomenon until around 2010 when my pharmacist gave me a copy of the Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (big blue drug book doctors and pharmacists are SUPPOSED to check before writing or filling out a prescription but never do) while I was investigating the action of hepatic port number 40 and the interchange with the Krebs cycle in human cellular metabolism.'


' FDA adds Black Box Warning[edit]From the FDA Safety Announcement on 7-29-2013 - "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising the public about strengthened and updated warnings regarding neurologic and psychiatric side effects associated with the antimalarial drug mefloquine hydrochloride. A boxed warning, the most serious kind of warning about these potential problems, has been added to the drug label. FDA has revised the patient Medication Guide dispensed with each prescription and wallet card to include this information and the possibility that the neurologic side effects may persist or become permanent. The neurologic side effects can include dizziness, loss of balance, or ringing in the ears. The psychiatric side effects can include feeling anxious, mistrustful, depressed, or having hallucinations.'[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mefloquine"  

'And then there's this:

'The drug is structurally related to a number of similar compounds called quinolines first synthesized in the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s in collaboration with military researchers. Since discovery these compounds have been linked to a rare neurotoxicity syndrome and in susceptible individuals are known to  induce symptoms of severe anxiety, psychosis, memory loss, dissociation and personality change that may mimic some features of PTSD. The underlying cause is a limbic encephalopathy that is dose-dependent  and idiosyncratic and which, in its most severe form, may feature the impulsivity observed in PCP or ketamine toxicity. In the presence of such encephalopathy, the drug may also cause microscopic damage to the brainstem resulting in permanent disability including balance problems, subtle visual disorders, and other symptoms that may later mimic or be mistaken for some forms of traumatic brain injury (TBI).'   http://www.lariaminfo.org/pdfs/whitepaper2012.pdf


 'How could the Canadian Military and government not know that this was a potential side effect? I know that a class action lawsuit in Canada is almost impossible, but what about suing your employer?"



"When I took it in 2003 and immediately became hyper-sexual. Come to think of it, I also started compulsively blogging."http://roto0.blogspot.ca/2013/01/we-decided-to-get-some-pictures-done.html

"It's actually surprisingly difficult to separate the long term effects of Mefloquine from the psychological effects of PTSD in veterans returning from Afghanistan."

"I wrote this right after I started taking Mefloquine. You know our CO was in a full blown PTSD spin out at the same time...'


'So we all snapped to our lizard training... You know taking mefloquine feels just like having Malaria...'

'I wonder...'

 'Because in Somolia they were on 10 times the dose we were...'

'I was on 'Doxy in Cambodia. My first Mefloquine was right when I started blogging... We snapped..All the RSMs went nuts. We went to Astan and played with our poo. And I documented it..."

"And then there's this:'


'The drug is structurally related to a number of similar compounds called quinolines first synthesized in the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s in collaboration with military researchers. Since discovery these compounds have been linked to a rare neurotoxicity syndrome and in susceptible individuals are known to induce symptoms of severe anxiety, psychosis, memory loss, dissociation and personality change that may mimic some features of PTSD. The underlying cause is a limbic encephalopathy that is dose-dependent and idiosyncratic and which, in its most severe form, may feature the impulsivity observed in PCP or ketamine toxicity. In the presence of such encephalopathy, the drug may also cause microscopic damage to the brainstem resulting in permanent disability including balance problems, subtle visual disorders, and other symptoms that may later mimic or be mistaken for some forms of traumatic brain injury (TBI)."  http://www.lariaminfo.org/pdfs/whitepaper2012.pdf

"That means Mefloquine most likely induces PTSD at least temporarily. It is a lizard booster. But my lizard is super smart. But, I also don't really sleep. I don't really dream. And I as an experiment listened to hundreds of non fiction audiobooks in my sleep. and While awake. I was a total addict. :)"


"So I have ROE literally beaten into me. And I can read other peoples lizards... So I don't buy bullshit."


 "I would suggest that you have found some ways to heal yourself psychically so that you can heal yourself physically on a cellular neuroatomic level."


"Cool. I am an evil robot with near perfect ROE and autistic top down strategic thought.'


'Does this mean I can start getting paid by someone and stop being like, you know, at the end of the earth sending back field reports from the only place on the planet that has its shit together?'

"I don't know. I do know that you and the rest of the boys in green who were given Mefloquine have a SERIOUS bone to pick with the Canadian government. Which claims we don't owe you anything on a social contract basis."

"Like, I have very carefully made it easy to shape my world. You are welcome. I would like to come out of the cold now. I think its time."


"Have you seen this article?"  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-remington-nevin/mefloquine-the-militarys-_b_3989034.html

" The nation can't afford it [to remunerate the veterans who were given Mefloquine for the damages done to them by it]. And you are all getting it too. PTSD is just the awakening. The bible is all metaphor. The meaning behind it is that we choose our own path. But that path is going to have to involve us getting proactive.

"The nation can however afford to follow the model set forth by the government of Utah to end homelessness."


"And I am sorry, but I have solved the universe in 11 dimensions and find the senior scientist at the Origins project a child, and there are strong indications that I am like what was once referred to as possession. And my life is very very very very odd.'

'Like, I just got a post action report from a friend in Africa who just lost his whole vehicle crew."

"We can also afford to find space and time to employ people who sacrificed their blood, limbs, and sanity on behalf of our oil investors so that microbusiness models and entrepreneurship are utilized and those who can work are put to work building Earthships according the Venus Project Model and Project Eden."


" I did that. Fantino changed the program and I lost everything. I still support him though. It was a stupid program'

'Now I have nothing. But I have learned so much from having nothing that, well, this can't last long."

"My thinking exactly. One more day of having nothing won't make any difference right?   Screw top down answers. We need grassroots movements and community involvement, not national."

"If my head is going to be spitting out save the world nickles, we need to be putting it to use. So, tell someone.'

'You need to come both sides towards the middle.   What do you think I do all day. I write to two audiences. You guys. And the top down.  You both say the same thing.'

'It is the fucking robots in the machine who are just clinging on. And that is what people do.'

'So we need to point the machine at something else.'

'And this is already known. And we are being shaped.'



"We approach local businesses and corporations. Shadow employment so we can learn. Investing in programs like EmployAbilities in more and more communities in Canada. Get the word out about Mefloquine though. Like, seriously. My doctors don't even bother with consulting a medical book when I see them because I teach them."


"So, there is my answer. They are waiting for me to tell you idiots. The top knows.'

'So will people start sharing and stop hoarding and harvesting my stuff please?  I know have the readers are making money on what I am saying.'

'Like, fuck. I think with what I do, I should be able to earn a living."

"I concur exactly,'

'Did the vets know they were essentially used as lab rats for a pharmaceutical company?"


Yes, we did. We all knew. It was still the right thing to do to take the pill.  Soldiers are not Heroes, Rene. We are criminals in a free range prison system."

"I knew that long before I jumped in front of you and profiled you. I'm not exactly a saint myself; I just am very careful with how I use my skills."

"We exchange our dignity and our bodies for a chance to live without rules. And in the end. You all lied to us. We don't mind being crazy. We know how to be crazy. It is you idiots that do not know how to be crazy. And we are trying to teach you before you get us all killed.'

'And we had far more rules that any civi. And we all fucking live up to them. To the death. Our own. Because I will not raise a hand against any of you except in self defense. That is the ROE. My situation is the product of people not following the ROE, not the product of me not following it. You just lie about being lizards. All of you. But my lizard has seen so many people in the same circumstances, that I know roughly what code people will follow. And I make adjustments in their head with verbal and non verbal cues.

'Did you know that in Canada typically someone crosses into the ROE zone, once an hour. In a week, I will typically have 3 -5 people do something near me that actually would legally allow me to permanently disable them, by actual letter of the law ROE. And about 3, it would be legal to kill this guy right now, events a month. On average. People have no fucking idea what they are doing these days. It is unbelievable.'


'I am specifically trained to view a lethal force event from the Inquiry backwards. I view the world backwards. It took years of training to do that. And people are just too lazy to see how it works.'


'A UN Sniper in the 90s pulls the trigger, then you hand in your gun, and your trail starts. That is the shot I am trained to take. There was one OP back in the day, where it came down to that. And the PM said no. And so we found another way. I know where the line is. Dad told me.'


'I am going to go for a smoke. I let DND know I was going to speak in generalites on this topic. But I am a zero kill sniper, only because the PM spent several million dollars to let one man live. And I don't drop rounds on troops without clearance like that asshole who blew up Stan crew. I get clearance. Because I work for the Queen. And not my ego. Those are the rules if you want to be one of her war dogs. And I follow Mum's rules.'


'That includes taking Mefloquine so that we know what it does, in case the population ever needs it. We offer our lives for our country. There is more than one way to do that. Some fast. Some slow. Your welcome."


"Human lab rats generally receive compensation."

"And if my formula is correct. Then Mefloquine better become a seriously controlled substance. It is the dyslexic dog drug. If you know what I mean."

"From my perspective.... it is the modern day Thalidomide."

"From my perspective. I am likely gauging at my rate of deterioration. Have 5 - 7 tops. Before I request to be euthanized. So lets run with this.'

'I am drifting into madness. I am just sending back regular reports.'



Personal note:  When Jamie refers to himself as a "lizard", he is actually referring to the part of the human brain most frequently known as the reptilian brain - what is left when all higher emotional thought and conscious thinking has been stripped away.  Carl Jung coined the term the "id" to refer to this part of the human psychology.  


That includes taking Mefloquine so that we know what it does, in case the population ever needs it. We offer our lives for our country. There is more than one way to do that. Some fast. Some slow. Your welcome.




1 comment:

  1. It is rather odd reading this. I look differently externally than I do internally. Interesting.

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