I’ve been on Amitriptyline and Quetiapine for insomnia for 15 years. I was prescribed by a nurse-practitioner psychologist after going through divorce, fears of layoff and the 2008 Great Recession. My couldn’t sleep and the SSRIs helped me. Now that I am retired life is much calmer and I don’t have the pressures of work and finances. I’ve tried a couple times to wean myself off the anti depressants and am now completely off but still having trouble getting to sleep for weeks so I turned to CBD/THC/CBN gummies at night as it is legal where I live. These can also be habit forming so I have to take a break on these soon. The first time I took a gummy I was very relaxed but still very wide awake. On the second or third night of the gummies I was able to feel seriously drowsy and sleep within 70 minutes. This may help others. I’ll let you know how I progress. Good luck everyone ❤

Addicted to xanax . The withdrawal feels Like pure hell . I m so scared . Im ruined for my life ?

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15 years of 20 mg Paroxetine tapered over 2 months… felt ok then a month later all hell broke loose. Burning skin, manic thoughts, most definitely becuse my brain wasn’t able to make enough serotonin. went back on to 10 mg, will go so much slower this time.

You didn’t mention nightmares on Prozac

I’m having Paxil withdrawals and I’m asking my doctor to put me on Celexa because this is too much. I’ve never felt this way in my life. Luckily tomorrow I can pick up my Ambien.

Why beat around the bush..... Big pharma drives the machine from them to the public. If they are not truthful with the effects of many of the drugs that are so easily obtained, their will be no solution to hidden and misimformation from big pharma. All they are concerned about is the bottom line. Until their is transparancy their will never be an end of these acts of deceptions. Their is too much money and corruption in BIG PHARMA.... That is the huge problem in this subject...

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Does everyone get these serious withdrawal symptoms or is it a certain percentage only?

Dr. Peter Breggin, 'Your Drug May Be Your Problem'.

Who tf takes antidepressants for 15 yrs

Hi, is it safe to stop taking zoloft (25 mg) completely without any tapering after taking it for only 7 days? Thanks

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So what do you do for patients who are severely mentally ill and need medications ?

I tried going off 200mg/day Sertraline twice so far. First time, cold turkey. 3 months later, had to go back on meds, was extremely depressed and had dark thoughts. Second time, tapered off about 10% per month for about a year. Also, mixed in microdosing. About 3 months after being off Sertraline again, started getting extremely emotional, crying every day. Then, the panic attacks started, never had that before in my life. They became more frequent. Made a mistake and did a macro dose with an underground person. The experience was indescribable, but afterwards, started having 24 hour panic attacks with almost no sleep for 3 weeks. Was close to ending up in the emergency room, was losing touch with reality. Started Sertraline and Wellbutrin again, gradually felt better and better. Stopped all meds again a few weeks later, in hopes of trying out MDMA or Ketamine therapy. I was told I wasn’t a good candidate for either 😢. Now, back on meds again.

Welp, capitalism has poisoned the water, the air, the food, the people. Makes me sick. And it’s all a vision of one greedy, heartless culture.

thanks for this video ,its given me a wee bit of hope that the problems with these pills are being recognised by someone Thank you Dr H

I am 18 months into trying to taper off 15mg of amitrptiline initially I dropped way too fast and had what looked like manic episodes but were just withdrawal. I'm now tapering way more slowly.. like 0.2-0.5ml per month which I can tolerate. The headaches and insomnia are unbearable. Highly recommend out the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines book - best money I've ever spent. Every doctor should have a copy. Thanks for this interview it is nice to felt "seen" by a doctor for a change.

I find it, startling that you never looked that information up yourself

CLONAZEPAM is good for panic attacks. 1 mg afternoon after a meal. If you can not sleep, 2 mg of CLONAZEPAM will help.

This is not advice meds have changed my life, he was on 5 meds at once and wonders why he had issues

Went turkey last 2 weeks and the withdrawal symptoms started to hit me yestetdav,it’s so tough.Getting brain zaps,brain fog,migraine,panic attacks,insomnia,nausea,nightmares.It’s so crazy.Gonna push through it regardless.If I knew it’s this bad if rather not took SSRI in the first place

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I came off after 12 years! I just stopped them because I knew they where doing nothing you need to think positive I’m 6 months off your brain will heal just give it time but think positive! It’s you in control!!

Thank you for putting this online for those of us who could not make it live

I'm just asking for advice please. I have been off of Paroxetine 60mg for 9 months now I took them for three years. I did a silly taper from 60mg to 0 in about one month, much too quick. I'm going through Protracted Withdrawal and it's a nightmare, I'm waking up very early with anxiety and hot flushes. My question is, if you was in my position, would you reinstate and do a more slower taper or would you just battle on and deal with the withdrawal symptoms daily. I have no idea when this Hell is going to end though. If anybody has been in this situation, can you please advise how things went for you. Thanks.

Excellent informative video! Super necessary! ❤ ET! Thank you! Good luck everybody you are not alone!

I'm dying every day. I was on many drugs for my OCD and then they misdiagnosed me with bipolar put me on many other drugs my life is over. It's been six months. I am off my meds, but it's like nightmare😢 Akhatisia,anhedonia, cognitive impairment, insomnia, DPDR, racing thoughts, and severe mood swings،Hyper sensitive nervous system. Hyper salivation,horrofic nightmare. I'm getting worse every day. I can't take it anymore 😢😢 I really want to live, but I can't take it anymore. I am so close to suside everyday.

I hugely benefited.. and now I’m stopping it..

I took lexapro for 11 months. My taper was over a 2 month period. Then symptoms returned a year later. Then tried Effexor for two months the and weaned off for two weeks. Still experiencing anxiety and mild depression. Am I in withdrawal?

Well meaning GPs handing these terrible medications like sweeties. Its a disgrace, abhorrent especially with history repeating itself after the benzos. I went on them for mild depression 17 years ago. I have just tapered off over 12 months, and am 6 months clean. Still struggling with moid swings, irritability, stress, anxiety and because of all that the depression has returned. Ill never trust a gp again and i always refuse when they try and peddle me something which they will do, without fail for every single ailment going. What's worrying is that I seem to be more informed than they are.

I refuse antidepressants for exactly this reason I prefer pain over the effects of antidepressants

Just don't take anti depression pills they don't work its a chemical cosh

Dr. Mark actually understands stimulants more than most other doctors. Withdrawal symptoms from stimulants can last for months or years. The anhedonia, lethargy, etc. This guy is essential to medicine. A true doctor.

What is classed as a long time on antidepressants please? I am 11 months in to 100mg of Sertraline and now looking to taper off.

I’m doing a slow taper of Lexapro. When I say slow, I’m talking 4 years. My GP tells me I can safely taper over 6 weeks. He’s out of his mind. I’ve already done a 1.5 year taper off a low dose of Xanax. And let me tell you, it was still a bitch. I have no more withdrawal symptoms from the Xanax taper. I expect to eventually do the same with the Lexapro. Or so I hope.

Vigorous daily cardiovascular exercise, ELIMINATE all processed foods and carbs (minimal carbs), take 5-HTP (after you’re off ssri). This helped me not only with withdrawal but recovery thereafter and with my chronic pain which is from some auto immune thing that no one understands but is probably caused by some foods and my neurotic disposition.

I'm currently trying to taper off Prosac after many many years. Is Prosac easier??

I ve been on various antidepressants for over 30 years. I said F. I. went cold turkey 4 months ago. I believe I'm free. I ve noticed more clarity in my thinking. Still get some depression, but I Ve learned to manage it. Took D.B.T., C.B.T. and W.R.A.P. in the past 7 years. I believe it helped me. All the best to those struggling to get off Anti Depressants

Doctors keep over medicating patients for absolutely no reason, doctors in the ER overprescribe lasiks without even knowing why they are prescribing it. Not every patient admitted needs lasiks

Serotonin is made in the gut. SSRI’s hijack that system. I no longer tolerate processed foods during my extended taper. Huge food sensitivities now. Mentally I’m fine unless I eat the wrong thing. Then I get nauseous and incredibly anxious.

I want to thanks her without sci hub i cant finish my bachelor

Really....thanking him for being an expert !!!

guys Epstein is gone - that's why theirs all this mess in the scientist community

I would like to know Mark Horowitz's thoughts on the 2023 paper of David Erritzoe et al. "Brain Serotonin Release Is Reduced in Patients With Depression: A [11C]Cimbi-36 Positron Emission Tomography Study With a d-Amphetamine Challenge". In the study they compare a group of 17 antidepressant-free patients with (Major Depression Disorder) to a healthy control group. My question would be if the patient group is medication-naive, because if not, that could be impacting the results, and then the conclusions would be questionable. The paper itself says that "The serotonin hypothesis of depression proposes that diminished serotonergic (5-HT) neurotransmission is causal in the pathophysiology of the disorder. Although the hypothesis is over 50 years old, there is no firm in vivo evidence for diminished 5-HT neurotransmission". Erritzoe say that he considers the etiology of depression more complex that just low serotonin, and also that "the data is there to support that (antidepressants) it does have efficacy beyond placebo, for some". Erritzoe also comments inthe same interview (kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKi6Y2ukp5qkfMUfeature=shared) that the meta analysis conducted by Joanna Moncrieff and Mark Horowitz, "The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence" published in 2022, is not complete and has weaknesses.

3 and a half years after a crash taper (with GP advice) and an extremely ill advised partial reinstatement, it's still a total nightmare. I might never be free, but at least this issue is coming to light now

I love how you talk Mark. Im so sad that I got caught up with my psychiatrists who treated me solo he discouraged me and told me I didn't need a psychologist. Why dont drs get paid by patients wellness. Like in ancient china. Why have I paid to be experimented on. I have had 35yrs + of my life taken away. Why did I pay for that.

I went from 100mg, down to 50 then stopped. 6 months now; I am still majorly depressed but decided the antis were not helping.

How do you taper from an extended release medication like Effexor XR

I was on antidepressants for 10 years. I decided to go cold turkey one day when I refused to go and buy another script. On day three I was in a state of terror, waking at night in a sweat, nightmares and cramping. It was terrible. I spoke to a lady at the chemist who was also a naturopath and she handed me a bottle and said take three a day of these. The next day I woke up and ALL the symptoms were gone. I felt absolutely normal. I continues on these tablets for 2 months then decided to stop them to see what would happen. Nothing! No symptoms and no more tablets. The tablets were called Kalva Calm. They calm the nervous system while the body gets rid of the drug in your system.