A Functional Medicine Model for Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome

[@amygentry4351]

I'm so glad I found this channel. Boy have I got a story for anyone who wants to listen. It's quite devastating but necessary to be heard

[@Gaba.Groove]

I wanna hear it! ❤

[@andreazara4467]

Me too

[@Aseeyah-vt9kl]

You’re not alone

[@ingano5174]

Tell us

[@ljsc1265]

Bead counting isn't humorous to those of us doing it because we can't get help from mainstream medicine. Most functional medicine doctors will not be covered by medical insurance. Who are you laughing at exactly? The current medical model, including psychiatry, has failed people like me. That sir is no laughing matter.😢

[@jeanf8998]

It’s so hard. I hope you can find help. See Dr Josef Witt on KZbin.

[@annaharvey8739]

I've been on Citalopram for 21 years. I have tried reducing but never been successful. GP's are lacking knowledge to support people with any level of decrease so we are stuck on the medication, supposedly for life?! Will return to this again. Thank you for the insights and information.

[@BongBlasta]

what dose?

[@annaharvey8739]

@@BongBlasta 30mg

[@ll6658]

@@annaharvey8739 reduce by 10 percent every 2 -4 weeks until you get down to 5 mg and then take liquid and reduce by 0.5 mg every 2-4 weeks\

[@AhappypersonwithGod]

Don’t give up! I am off 2 weeks now. It has totally sucked, but it is getting better!!! If I knew it would be this awful I would have done it a totally different way.

[@knowledgeos]

reality of psychiatry... very good information

[@hypocriticalpacifist]

I take all these supplements and started a very slow taper and still had withdrawal symptoms. If serotonin receptors have been pruned due to having an excess of serotonin in the synapse from extended ssri use supplements will not cause them to immediately regrow.

[@coldshot5555]

How convenient for BIG PHARMA...

[@claireh.7605]

Their med caused brain damage when you stop which ramps up your symptoms and creates new ones you didn’t have before, which makes you go back on more meds. Conveniently they don’t bother studying what happens after you stop them and if your brain gets damaged when you do. It’s just a phenomenon in the dark and a hidden hand that creates more demand for their meds.

[@ginakendrick2581]

Do you have online help

[@CoastConrad]

What stops the vertigo/floaty feeling/loss of balance? I take in Thorne B Complex, fish oil, mag, D, probiotic, diet, sauna, run, weights, sleep you name it

[@Aseeyah-vt9kl]

Time…

[@nitroelectric5170]

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[@zezezep]

The vertigo !!!

[@FolaRemi62]

You just answered a question that I have been desperately searching forward. Thank you @FolaRemi62

[@FolaRemi62]

@@zezezep I KNOW! Thank for letting me know I do not have a brain disorder

[@zanzah_]

Thank you for this information. I just did my week of hell going cold turkey off opioids. The effexor 150mg is my next challenge. This info is super helpful. Im convinced 20 years on this medication was the reason for multiple bone surgeries failing to heal over the past few years ie inflammatory markers.

[@cheylou1]

Cold turkey off of which opioid? How redoing today?

[@patriciatimson1730]

Coming off Effexor has to be slow! Take a couple of grains a week, can take up to six months or more.

[@patriciatimson1730]

Sorry take out 2 grains at a time.

[@zezezep]

I think in years, not months, for tapering off, after more than 20 years on

[@Snowflake1374]

IMPORTANT info. It is INDIVIDUAL. No one understood my brutal WD, tapered off zoloft too fast by Dr. Life destroyed. 10 months off and can't work. Hardly walk.

[@lucianogoyenechea8704]

how on earth all this information is no common knownledge... idk if i could finally leave desvenlafaxine after 18 yrs... in Argentina none doctor know this

[@zezezep]

Venlafaxine 18+ years

[@coachjpaulus]

Great video doc!! want to add some input re: BH2 & BH4. QDPR genes. Essential to test patient for BH2 recycling capacity as well... 5-MTHFR snps play a big role in BH2 to BH4 recycling. Low BH4 will massively disrupt amino acid conversion to dopamine, serration, Nitric Oxide production as well as l-Phenylalanine buildup and elevated PEA levels. This being the reason to use 5-HTP vs L-Tryptophan

[@haramsabandoz1847]

So it's better to take 5-htp than l -tryptophan, right?

[@sierra8330]

How can I use this to get my 12 yr old who’s been on Zoloft (which helped soo much initially) but I think it’s time to reduce because it’s giving him side effects effecting his appetite, he has tics and he’s a aloof and indifferent and has low energy. He also has adhd.

[@Snowflake1374]

Very good information. True. Misinformed for 15 years on SSRI.

[@mariarooney6262]

Fantastic. Thank you so much

[@geoffsansom]

Great info , thank you !

[@michellewilson1221]

What is a good serum vit D level? My recent one was 44, considered in lab range.

[@JackieDuncan-o7k]

Can’t get a copy of Medicine for Withdrawal. I am in UK and only sample available in Kindle

[@brendansmyth5053]

Misdiagnosed and overprescribed….It’s a perfect business model for big business 🙄 Most patients find it to hard to get off so they stay on them for life. $$$$

[@perhagman6112]

Intressant.

[@ClareBoyd-f8c]

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