Soviet Style Torture

I read somewhere some years ago that the Soviets used to torture political prisoners by shooting them up with antipsychotics.

I thought, Big deal, I take those drugs.

But I realize now that the torture was in forced detox off these drugs, whose action on the brain and body is not yet understood.

The Soviets would shoot up their prisoners with these drugs for a week or two or three, then stop with the injections. The forced detox makes you feel like every cell in your body is dying. When you have the flu, you can feel your body fighting back via a fever and vomiting. But antipsychotics? It feels like a three day death, at least for me. There is no fight.

Soviet style torture.