A Psychiatrist Explores the Terrible Side Effects of Antidepressants - Stuart Shipko, M.D.

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Study finds 88% of SSRI users experience sexual dysfunction: www.medscape.c...
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Examples of SSRIs (a common type of antidepressant) include: sertraline (Zoloft), fluoxetine (Prozac, Sarafem), citalopram (Celexa), escitalopram (Lexapro), paroxetine (Paxil, Pexeva, Brisdelle), and fluvoxamine (Luvox).
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[@anandjai92]

I’m never taking this stuff. My doc convinced me I’m depressed and put me on fluoxetine/Prozac. After 6 days , I started having suicidal thoughts and ideations. I am still in absolute shock that I even considered taking my life. I immediately stopped taking it! Hope it gets out of my system soon. It felt like my brain was being controlled by a remote control from hell.

[@yehmen29]

Same story. The doctor's take when informed was that this meant he needed to increase the dosage, and that if the suicidal thoughts persisted, he could have me committed 'for my safety'. I ran away. I really struggled with the withdrawal symptoms, as I didn't taper, I stopped cold turkey. I had been a victim of child sexual abuse from the time I was a toddler until my 20s, I wonder whether taking that drug, if only for a short time, contributed to me being frigid (as in, no vasodilatation down there - the equivalent of not having an erection for a man). I had also put on a lot of weight and was craving sugar, I would have ended up obese and with type 2 diabetes.

[@PiusOsas-qe6tz]

How do you feel now, Anandjai

[@Tom-pn5sk]

Finally someone speaking the truth

[@starali4580]

Yes I stopped talking mirtazaben 3.75mg about 9 weeks ago I still have few withdrawals symptoms not easy at all

[@IMissMrKitty]

@@en-gineer9386 Does it ever go away? I'm on antidepressants and I have the same problem.

[@clausmehl8731]

@@en-gineer9386 the same especially emotional numbness which no AD makes better

[@clausmehl8731]

@@IMissMrKitty how long so you suffer? Is there hops?

[@IMissMrKitty]

@@clausmehl8731 I've been on antidepressants for about 9 years and have had the sexual dysfunction the entire time. I'm just now tapering off, and I think it'll take a few years or more to fix it. I'm hopeful it will resolve on its own since I eat extremely healthy.

[@absolince]

Now that patients are speaking out in a public forum where everyone can see Not just the gaslighting office by yourself sitting next to a "professional ' I have been gaslit for decades. Like so many others. Shame on this who forced all those meds and ignored the withdrawal complaints and made their patients feel crazy.

[@SovereignOne]

Asentra (Zoloft) made me into a zombie. No energy, didn't care about anything, no libido whatsoever, didn't care if I was alive or dead. I'd rather be severly depressed than zombified.

[@jcbanbury]

Did you stop???

[@SovereignOne]

@@jcbanbury Yes.

[@paulo_m6344]

The same thing is happening to me, Ihave been taking them for a week ....did you stop them ?

[@SovereignOne]

@@paulo_m6344 Affirmative.

[@danyonpitt4647]

@@SovereignOne did you look into wellbutrin? Have you improved at all?

[@estelled389]

My God the withdrawals are heinous. God have mercy

[@dawncawthra3519]

:( That's so very sad. I'm so sorry to all of you.

[@LyndenAdaire-fi1yk]

So very grateful, at 74 years of age, to see aand hear experienced elders speak of these issues. My mother died 49 years in a "care and guidance" ward after complaining that the pills "were ruining her body". The attendant's reply, your body is already ruined." She had suffered 'treatment' off and on for many years, a result of trauma and black mold toxins.

[@patriciavelazquez9727]

I been reading all the comments about depression and anxiety. My husband was on mostly all of them (meds)for more than 20 years . We went through a lot. Now he is on Paxil. And he decided to leave our marriage because he wasn’t happy. Obviously this medication is so powerful that’s it looks for me that the feelings are numb. There’s no soul connection whatsoever.. I really respect all of you . But I also know that nothing for God is impossible. All my Blessings to all of you !! and let’s keep fighting for our love ones

[@CosmicCanvas666]

I wish there was a god but there isnt

[@joser83111]

Patricia Velazquez We need more people like you who understands mental illness and fights for love ones. I know it must be tough for you as well. Be strong, try doing things he enjoyed before or even new things, anything that can help lift his mood, company is always better than isolation. And also, try to take time for yourself or talk to someone you trust, so you dont get overwhelmed. God bless and best of health to you both.

[@clausmehl8731]

@@CosmicCanvas666 think the same

[@SthealthRaider]

fluoxetine made me so numb that if a dead body would be infront of me i would step over it and not give a single fuck, that is really sick, the emotions and empathy and the connection with mind body and soul are completely gone with those chemical pills

[@brazencrab3715]

Yes these medication make you feel more restless or most tiems feels energy less and sad.

[@tonedawg1983]

I was on Prozac for around 4 weeks back in 2009, I got heightened anxiety, more panic attacks, was unable to sleep, had no appetite and was unable to eat. I also became agoraphobic. I was unable to function and didn't go to work or school. It was a miserable drug to take. The whole time, my doctor was telling me I had to wait 2 weeks for it to kick in. It literally made me feel like I was slowly dying.

[@ismaelguzman8693]

I experience that it's like a horrible feeling

[@stuarttacey]

I had exactly the same experience as you. Antidepressants are horrible drugs. Terrible side effects and no real evidence they are even effective! Depression is bad but i felt even worse with all 5 antidepressants i've tried.

[@tonedawg1983]

@@stuarttacey yep I also tried Paxil, first day I took I started throwing up all my food and couldn’t eat.

[@camillac.s.279]

@Colton R hey !! I read your comment !!! Please have patience . I know all the body can re-generate himself . Take good food , normal jobs , not plan a career for start , choose good friends and a bit of exercise . Take time . Take seven more years but please fight 🙏🏻

[@simplydepressed]

im going through it right now starting my second week on cipralex never felt worse .. i feel restless when awake i could sleep all day i have to force myself to eat my hands are shaky i feel fear on random ocassions.. my doctor said those are just side effects and it's too soon to tell if this option of medicine is right for me.

[@itsgoodtobeclean]

In 1995 I was coming off a serious crack cocaine and alcohol abuse problem. I went to an outpatient substance abuse who had an in-house psychiatrist. I was prescribed paxil and buspar because I was told I had a Brain chemical imbalance. After taking the medication as prescribed for 2 weeks I remember not caring what other people thought of me or my behavior I basically lost my empathy for others. I stopped taking these medications cold turkey nine months later and I was so depressed I could not get out of bed for 3 weeks. Finally the depression started to lift and I was able to carry on with my life. From the very beginning of my clean and sober life I have attended 12-step on the regular and remain very involved in those programs. Thank you God and my friends in the 12-step meetings - I've been drug and alcohol-free since December 1st 1995.

[@hamhi98]

Love yourself and keep pushing forward

[@DebbieBigelow-i7d]

Thank God you quit paxil it's puked up from hell. W/drawals are almost unbearable.

[@alyssacarrell7272]

Every time I would say the antidepressants weren't working they'd just increase the dosage or add another med, and by the end I was chronically suicidal and gained a lot of weight till I was medically obese

[@usa2342]

Want to come off antidepressants? Look for health retreat or rehab center. You can do it! Blessings and healing to you!

[@usa2342]

@@prk30 unfortunately that’s how it works for many disorders. I was surprised that kids are on antidepressants! Most people are lazy in changing lifestyles and that’s what they want a magic pill from doctor. One lady was very disappointed with a nutritionist, because nutritionist advised a diet and lifestyle change instead of magic pills and prepackaged meals.

[@CovertCrow]

I was just prescribed lexapro and had probably the most scary experience of my life. About 1 hour after taking my first dose, was alone at home and thought I was going to die, my heart began racing, I began having the shits, my vision went blurry and I nearly fainted. It was the first time I called the ambulance. Then when the emts came I explained the situation and they asked me if I was anxious, and basically insinuated that I was just having a panic attack. Well yeah, if my hearts beating out of my chest and my vision is going blurry, im gonna be a little anxious. Never again.

[@ianpearson8976]

Unfortunate but what dose did you start on.

[@desertflower0136]

I was on my medication and on the second week I was recommended to up the dose another pill. After that week I had two seizures in one day. No previous history of seizures and no family history of seizures. My doctors said “well it can’t be the Prozac. No one really has bad reactions, let me check the side affect” and listed seizures as one of them and instantly told me yes. Stop taking them immediately

[@ianpearson8976]

@@desertflower0136 but what dose? Bearing in mind I take 1.25mg a day and even this has an effect what dose did the doctor start you on. Should be the minimum tablet size which is 5mg then you can break it into a half or a quarter. Starting on 20mg or more then the side effects could be severe for some people.for others they could be none.

[@lightbeingpontifex]

This happened to me on viagra but I just waited out the panic attack,,,

[@desertflower0136]

@@ianpearson8976 I was on a dose of 10 mg.

[@mihaicraciun8678]

Ssris for ocd gave me derealization and I couldn't feel emotions any more, as well as "less severe" side effects like nausea and vomiting. I couldn't even feel sadness that I couldn't feel emotions, my only emotion was the need to vomit. Probably the scariest moment of my life, bordering the limits of my humanity. What's a human without their emotions and without their sense of self?

[@crazyassboybum]

So what do you take now? Or do u just not take anything I’m on Effexor witch is a SNRI instead of a SSRI and I think I’m having the same problems as you :/

[@mihaicraciun8678]

@@crazyassboybum I'm now taking Sertraline and it's working fine

[@Tempo50]

I know!! When I went on Prozac my good friend was telling me how concerned she was about her brother and that he was suicidal. I felt nothing. I had to really focus to not change the topic as I was 🥱 😮

[@TheFire-fq8fx]

The doctor speaks truth. One of the withdrawal symptoms of antidepressants is suicidal ideation which can cause death.

[@stevekaylor5606]

According to Allen Francis - "Psych drugs cause mass shootings!"

[@absolince]

"Withdrawal suicide" I have felt this so many times. This cycle kept me sick. 8 ECT treatments multiple hospitilzations scores of medications.....etc. so sorry for all. Thank you!!!! For these truthful videos. I'm so mad

[@sandywhat2429]

Bless this guy.

[@Brian6587]

I’ve been on SSRI’s for 20 years since I was 14. I was on Paxil for 19 years and was originally put on it because of OCD. I also have Autism Spectrum (Asperger’s). For a period of time Paxil seemed to help. I was more social, my OCD symptoms approved and had less anxiety. Three years ago I had my first issue with suicidal ideations and panic attacks and everything changed. My medication up to that point seemed like it was less and less effective. My psychiatrist increased the dosage and put me on a extended release where I was only taking instant release before. While increasing the dosage helped it made me an emotional “husk”. I eventually stopped Paxil by using Prozac as a bridge. I then switched to Lexapro which helped wonderfully with anxiety but not my OCD. Recently I switched to Prozac and have had lots of issues with feeling numb, memory issues. I feel like at this point I am so finished with medication. I’ve ridden that train for 20 years and it’s time to come off. I’ve tried to come off Lexapro a couple of times and had severe withdrawal. I don’t have hardly any support from my psychiatrist. I am in the process of finding a new one. I am at the point where I am very tempted to stop cold turkey and whatever happens happens. I am tired of feeling nothing. I am scared that I might have permanent brain damage from the years I’ve been on antidepressants. I honestly can’t see how I don’t. Nothing though I can do about that but move forward. There needs to be some serious reform in the field. The only thing that gives me hope is my faith in God. If it weren’t for that I wouldn’t be here more than likely. To all those who are looking to quit, don’t give up. Keep fighting. Keep trying and keep praying. God bless you all!

[@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780]

My darling Brian same at 23 in New York city a bad doctor gave me Haldol without the corrector I had as a result facial diskinesia I started yelling I had to go back to my country Paris where I was hospitalized for a year and on Prozac they also did électrochocs to me there then for the last thirty years I was on and off Paxil Prozac zoloft and last year risperidone to treat hair pulling I listened to my body I was putting weight on risperidone too and I stopped all these shit I am now taking xanas for my anxiety my panic attacks diminished because I stopped weed weed triggers panic attacks and it can get very scary so I stopped this 35 year old addiction iam proud of that I also go to relax for a while on KZbin this woman. Has helped me and thousands she is a certified hypnotist so she with her soft kind gentle reassuring voice helps me to reduce my fear my panic I also go to meditation videos on KZbin again use a Bob baker I changed my diet I eat fresh fruits salmon blue fish sardines for my omega and I do my l'or ing walk some yoga postures I strongly believe that we can heal with love the power of love and god when we are alone we have god he will always be there so trust your body get off slowly from ssri they don't treat loneliness or the basic common causes of depression avoid toxic people places or things you can do it honey trust your gut trust your body take Control of your brain nourish it with brocoli omegas fiber water and god and avoid narcissists often we are here become we suffered from narcissistic abuse cut contact with such people don't be afraid to be alone in fact alone you will become a warrior step by step you will rejuvenate your cells you are not alone honey all my prayers for you you can do it for you you deserve it

[@faithhopelove7777777]

Thank you for sharing the truth! God bless!!! I've lost 10 people to these deadly drugs. My brother is still alive but he's not there anymore. Lawyers don't care they won't do anything. That's the hardest part. My brother lost his wife for the same reason. I was a guinea pig a few times. I ask questions so lets say Doctors don't like me. I don't trust Doctors anymore, never really did because they don't listen to symptoms they just hand you deadly drugs, no monitoring or checking up on you. That's like giving a child a loaded gun. It's pure evil!

[@crazycat1345]

I agree, do not trust doctors. Anything they say take it as an option and do your own research.

[@ImperfectlyPerfect33]

I have been on both Zoloft and Effexor (not at the same time) for 20 years and every time I try to stop taking it I get what I can only describe as brain zaps. They are horrible and I now realize if I do try once again to stop taking Effexor (what I’m currently on) it will take a very long time in order to avoid the brain zaps. Has anyone had this experience?

[@dianemorrell9638]

​@@ImperfectlyPerfect33 effexor tapering 4 years still counting beads. Brain zaps lasted for two years but am stable now. I could only tolerate 1 or 2 bead reduction per month. Very slow tapers are the most successful.

[@micah68twcigi]

Thank you sir for your honesty You are a pioneer, a hero, and an answer to prayer

[@WindWipper]

WHATEVER YOU DO, DO *NOT* GO OFF THEM SUDDENLY. iT HAS TO BE EXTREMELY GRADUAL.

[@mariaolsrud7346]

Yes, thats true bothe for sertralin and zyprexa.

[@jcbanbury]

What If I just took 2 doses? Am I safe to stop now?

[@WindWipper]

@@jcbanbury With only 2 so far i'd think you'd be alright stopping but try not to do any driving for a couple days. Again, i can't say for certain; i'm only speculating. If you were on them for a week straight it would already be dangerous to stop suddenly.

[@meliyuniarti2078]

I'm on the meds almost a month, didn't give me positive effects but the negative ones. So I stopped taking, it has been only one day, no side effect whatsoever. Am I gonna be okay?

[@WindWipper]

@@meliyuniarti2078 Dangerous! You should discontinue them only GRADUALLY. I know someone who was on them about the same amount of time and went off, was fine for about a week then one morning woke up, was talking on the phone, and suddenly BAM! Hit by a seizure. The only warning sign had been a severe pressure in the head at often times. The resulting fall from the seizure caused damage which destroyed the person's life. The one blessing was they weren't driving a car at the time. So if you've been taking daily, maybe try every other day or cut the dose but do NOT go off cold turkey. Hope that helps. Stay safe.

[@Native722]

These drugs are freaking nasty and now I have permanent brain damage. I had on psychiatrist who had a huge ego, just because he worked 10-15 years for his stupid degree.

[@anandjai92]

How long did you take them for?

[@Native722]

@@anandjai92 About 5 years, not proud of it, and I didn't take all of it either.

[@Itismehh]

@@Native722 update me pls.are you better

[@Native722]

@@Itismehh I feel a lot better today thanks to time and vitamins like fish oil, magnesium, b complex, etc. just trying to get my life back in order.

[@Itismehh]

@@Native722 thank you jesus. gives me hope

[@fernandetogher1333]

I forgot walking is also very important, it gets your blood circulating which means it feeds all your organs and also bring oxygen. After walking you usually feel relaxed , the natural way.

[@ryanhikes14ers]

Totally! I live in Colorado, and I do a lot of hiking. I always feel less anxious after a hike.

[@Mabel20369]

True!

[@Woodcity79]

When I started taking Prozac. My Anxiety got worse in the beginning. When they up my dose to 40mg my junk wasn't working top notch. That's what really made me stop them. When you stop be careful you will feel different and brain Zapps feel weird like a shock in the brain. I stopped cold turkey once was bad. 2nd time I winged my self off on my own and it went smoothly. I think I know better then my doctor. I know how my body feels. Just thank God I'm off now.

[@greenbluegrass]

A relative of mine in her early teens became promiscuous while taking Prozac. It was totally out of character for her and ended when she (very gradually) stopped the medicine. She has taken a different SSRI which didn't have this side effect.

[@animalrights3000]

Prozac has been the filthiest nastiest panic attack inducing ssri iv ever taken and iv taken them all, I went grey with anxiety attacks, trying to come off it now, it's too vigorous like speed, the worst they could prescribe for anxiety, so much anger

[@yehmen29]

I've seen that in other people. It also makes some of them go on shopping spree, or even gamble. They just adopt a happy go lucky, nothing can go wrong attitude. I often joke that if traders and bankers and BTL landlords hadn't been taken antidepressants and anxiolytics, not just cocaine, the 2008 crash wouldn't have happened. Some people were really completely cut off from reality.

[@trinityanderson4490]

oh my god i thought i was going insane. i have really bad anxiety where i twitch, get dizzy, and have very very minor panic attacks, but because of my anxiety mainly being social i was scared to go out to work, school, anything with people. i got prescribed zoloft to help. the first week i thought i was insane because for the life of me i could not cry, and felt emotionless. after that, i only had to deal with worse anxiety. after the first month though, things started to get a little better (i had thought) with my anxiety. but then i had started having the absolute worse panic attacks of my life. i wouldn’t be able to breathe for a half hour at least, and had some that lasted two hours. i thought i was going insane because one minute i would be numb and the next i feel every little emotion i had come up and i would freak out. i would have manic episodes of being euphoric then suddenly being suisidal. the zoloft has calmed my nerves down, but it has made my mental health so so so much worse. currently i’m still on it, but i’m slowly getting off of it. i never realized until now, but zoloft made everything in my life worse. i had lost someone i cared for so much because i was so emotional and angry on zoloft. i would say and do things and be numb to how other people felt. i think zoloft made me in some way manic, or triggered bipolar or something, but whatever it is i’m never ever taking percriptions again for this. also, the way big pharma made it THIS easy to be able to produce a drug that can change you is insane. i had asked my freind today what has changed in me and she said she’s not sure but i’m just not the same happy for lucky person anymore. i much rather deal with anxiety and learn natural ways to cope than feel like i’m insane. biggest advice ever, DONT TAKE BRAIN DRUGS.

[@pl2604]

I took Lexapro for several months but sometimes skipped or halved doses due to my natural adhd type disorganization.. My life almost completely fell apart in the following six months after starting Lexapro. My autism became worse, I became like manic, started giving off bad energy to people, became more rude, and started having more obsessions and rage attacks. Ended up making myself fired out of frustration, fighting with my boss, ended up getting everyone at my job fired by reporting them, losing my job, getting evicted, having to move an hour away from work and family. Now my safety net is almost gone and I hate my life as compared as to what it was before. It permanently reduced my sexual drive too.

[@mishycrawford]

Been on 40mg of Prozac for little over a year , I’ve just become very incredibly emotionally numb , I can’t cry I barely laugh , I barely feel anything anymore ...

[@mishycrawford]

No Bullshit here u sir are a genius

[@AmitSingh-no5gw]

Stop them immediately Those pill pushing bastards want you to remain on them for life .

[@sharonheskey1418]

Search "PSSD" on Google! I stopped meds 3 years ago but my sexuality and my emotions never returned! I have PSSD. Permanent damage!

[@lightbeingpontifex]

That's the best way to protect from aliens since they eat emotional energy,,,

[@commonercoffeeaddict]

@@mishycrawford have you stopped? Did you get back to normal?

[@mj24672]

I was on Effexor at a bad time in my life. Pretty much saved me. When I finally weaned off them, I had them compounded at the pharmacy and dropped them 10 mg every 6 weeks. It took me a year to get off them but didn’t suffer the major side effects of those that come off them quickly.

[@MedicatingNormal]

Unfortunately, there are people who taper very slowly who still suffer badly as well.

[@ImperfectlyPerfect33]

@@MedicatingNormal I am one of those people 😞

[@Tempo50]

Really? How slow and what are your symptoms?

[@Tempo50]

@@MedicatingNormaldo you have a video about that?

[@vTerrax_]

Can I ask you how are you going are you still coping being off Effexor I taper once over a year then hit peri menopause and thought I needed them again I wish I had just trained my brain to be happy i have just tapered again I’m telling myself I’m happy and don’t need a tablet to make me happy

[@lucidity7983]

Makes me wonder if anti depressants aren’t part of some covert eugenics project. Now we know more about the nature of the types who own big pharma & thus dictate the curriculum at med schools.

[@koalafromtomorrow5656]

A police officer told me ciggaetirwe were basically soicse envimimcal exprimt

[@annemurphy9339]

@@koalafromtomorrow5656 I’m interested in your comment if you could re-post without the typos? Thanks!

[@koalafromtomorrow5656]

Sure I brought Up to a police officer that cigarette used to be marketed it as good i wonder if the same thing was happening with psych meds and she refred to the cigarette thing as a soical economical exprmient sorry about typo KZbin were let me edit my comments

[@petermaclauren2788]

It's more likely that this is just a bunch of greedy Big Pharma execs trying to get people addicted to pills so they can make $

[@bryonycoates3]

Yup I've been thinking the same. Theyve been pushing depressed young people over the edge with these pills. The Rockefellers who have deeply influenced medicine were known eugenicists

[@ganyu9799]

i told my doctor i had hypersomnia from zoloft. she told me its impossible. how could she be so sure, while hypersomnia is listed as a COMMON side effect in zoloft’s package insert?

[@stevekaylor5606]

In 2012, an article in the Niagara Falls Reporter was titled: "Mass shooters are often on antidepressants, yet this is rarely covered in the media!" They then listed many examples. Also in 2012, Psychiatrist Allen Francis stated on T.V.: "Psych drugs cause mass shootings!" {Frances was the main player for DSM-4, but has since become more comprehensive.}

[@Mattme83]

SSRIs absolutely ruin lives. Psychiatry is a profit based business that takes advantage of who they deem “mentally ill”, nothing more, nothing less.

[@Itismehh]

so sad. please help i feel like i’m dying

[@Mattme83]

@@Itismehh what’s your symptoms

[@Itismehh]

@@Mattme83 my heads on fire the er did not help and my whole body is numb i can’t even think anymore i took a 1500mg dose

[@Mattme83]

@@Itismehh yup had the same thing upon crashing. Anhedonia?

[@Power_Verse_]

Finally! The gas lighting and sweeping under the rug makes me distrust meds and therapist /doctors even more. Like just acknowledge these issues aren't worth it sometimes. I sure forgot i was depressed and anxious because i was managing all the horrible side effects...nvm again. I'll think about therapy but like nothing actually happens.

[@thepresentmoment369]

I have been taking effexor for roughly 15-17 years now. I've got down to really low doses like 18mg for a week or two but major depression starts. It's not a natural depression but a chemical induced withdrawal depression. It's already been proven that serotonin is not the cause of depression and its alot more complex than that. It's environmental. It's the way you view the world. Depression is also a natural part of life. So is anxiety. Therapy should always be the first line of defense to help people. Not drugs that get you dependant on them for life. I don't know if I'll ever get off this drug. While I'm on it only 37.5 mgs my emotions are still numbed. Can't cry or laugh like normal people. It's no way to live life thats for sure. Then I read online that some people like to be numb. I think they are missing out on what it's like to be a human being. And I wish I could be a normal human being someday. I'm really hopeful for the future though because of the advancements with entheogen therapy. Those will have the greatest improvement out of any other drug since they grow new neurons which is essential for getting someone out of their neurosis. Coupled with therapy of course. So I'm hopeful for the future. I just pray that someday I'll be able to get help weaning off this horrible drug the right way. Most doctors say to come off to quickly and have no clue of the horrible side effects when coming off. There is hope in that department as well though and I'll tell everyone here. It's called Outro. Look it up. It's a team of doctors that will be opening an online clinic in the US to help people get off their meds very slowly. I'm super excited about it. But I know that it will be a really long road unless I get some other type of pharmacological help to help wean off this drug effexor. I'm hoping to someday do the entheogen route once I'm totally off the effexor. Or maybe I won't. I may be just fine and not have to take anything. But I've read that microdosing is really the way to go if a person is going to utilize that kind of medicine. Anyways peace and blessings to the world and I hope everyone that is suffering will find the peace within themselves and the God light will shine on them and illuminate their Souls.

[@Sum-zb7yu]

One hour after taking my first Zoloft 50mg 6 days ago I’ve been constantly anxious,jumpy,scared I feel like I’m on speed not to mention my pupils are dilated horrible 😫I was given Zoloft for anxiety and panic and now I feel I’m on the verge of a panic attack constant.

[@MedicatingNormal]

You might be experiencing an adverse reaction. Have you read the FDA pamphlet in full? It can be found here: www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2016/019839S74S86S87_20990S35S44S45lbl.pdf

[@jochy67]

Weird that they put you on such a high dose in the beginning. I started with 12.5mg lol

[@timblock3483]

Amazing man telling the truth. So rare.

[@sethjoseph8152]

Yes it’s very rare! I wish some of them were more open.

[@marry1321]

Im 23, and the psychiatrist gave me free sample of escitolapram to see how I'd react, I was taking half escitolapram for 4 days and it made me very suicidal - I had very convicent thoughts of I wanted to die, like I really needed to die! I never had this type of thought while being sober! So I guessed it was because of this medication and then I stopped it. The doctor told me about the side effects, but never mentioned about suicidal thoughts... I wonder what could have happened if I wouldn't have stopped it. I'm going to see him next Monday and tell him about what happened.

[@yogafitnesswithvbw187]

My doctor prothiaden 25 described for a week can I take? can I withdrawal

[@acehood9953]

@@yogafitnesswithvbw187 You won't be able to handle withdrawal. Do not take these pills.

[@suzychocolate7]

The weird thing about escitolapram is that they come in two doses (the cipralex brand) and when I was on 5-10 mg from the box with the yellow strip(10mg), I didn't feel as crappy as I did when I took the same dose from the box with the red strip(20mg). The latter made my life a living hell and that what made me stop taking them which led to severe withdrawal symptoms.

[@pl2604]

I made a huge mistake taking SSRI Lexapro. I kept forgetting doses like take it in the morning one day and evening another and skip some days.. the forgot to get a refill and slipped several days.. did this for several months.. sex drive permanently changed, sexual energy and thought permanently decreased, and worst thing is it made my autism worse and gave me rage attacks that got me fired from jobs and burn bridges with family. Two years later after stopping it, I still easily get rage attacks. I work night shifts too and drink coffee so it all adds up, but the SSRI was a big factor.

[@mayarmshmsha957]

Ooooof that's a big one !!!! I knew prozac was causing panic attacks but I was still trying to be persistent with it !!!

[@starcityrc3298]

I took a Remeron dose for sleep after the doctor did everything to push it on me. I woke up the next day with extreme agitation like I could snap on a moments notice. NEVER AGAIN. I am a war Veteran who has seen combat so the propensity to violence is still engrained in me. My friend who is also a Combat Vet with a great life. Wife and Children, everything a Man truly strives for. Started taking Antidepressants and within a week he held a gun to his wife's head. She slapped it away and he shot her in the hand. He killed himself after a 9 hour standoff with the SWAT. Every single time I go into the VA they try and push it on me.

[@happysloth3208]

The VA tried prescribing my dad antipsychotic meds and 2 SSRIs and told him to quit his job. My dad has PTSD, depression and ADHD and he works in law enforcement. He has insurance from his job and only got 1 med that helps with ADHD and depression. The VA sucks.

[@robertivers4200]

Similar to what they did over COVID vaccines

[@THX-ov8rv]

These are DIRECT EFFECTS.

[@franhart7414]

On Prozac I had a nightmare experience..my left side of my lower body went so numb I was dragging my leg and couldn't control ..went numb and scared the hell out of me. I also got a horrific headache w my vision being extremely affected negatively. Scared me 🥺 I quit ☹️ it. I thought I was having a stroke !!! My n.practitioner has No Clue !!! Didn't seem to believe that my experience was related, but I Know it was. I'd had it before when taking this awful drug.

[@Misfit-from-Zanti]

Paxil gave me mild hallucinations. Only took it for 4 days. Never took any thing after that. That's when mental health took steps to get rid of me.

[@turntechunderground3144]

I took Prozac for a while when I was 12, and I became really physically dependent on it It caused extremely severe mood swings/mania (I still have manic episodes from this), they were so bad that my doctor didn't feel safe weaning me off of it for as long as you're supposed to because of some of the things I was saying during my episodes The withdrawal was unbearable, especially as a kid, and I must have been in the prodrome or something because it triggered my first psychotic episode- I am on antipsychotic meds today and I need them to function because, y'know I'm psychotic now... Prozac absolutely destroyed me and having something like that mess me up so bad at such a young age has forced me to have to figure out an entirely different path for my future... it's extremely validating to hear that SSRI victims are an actual thing that that I'm not alone in what I went through

[@teehee6556]

Its so fucked up that literal children ages 6 to 12 are being prescribed these drugs with little to no knowledge of the actual effects of the drug itself it honestly needs to stop, just because a child has anxiety problems or adhd problems does not mean the only solution is to medicate them, there are so many other solutions when it comes to these things

[@turntechunderground3144]

@@teehee6556 I think medication can absolutely help in a lot of cases, but I don't think meds that are this strong should be the first line of defense y'know I am still medicated for mental health, just not with antidepressants, and my medicines help me wonderfully- I believe it was the idea that an SSRI would just magically fix everything that caused me to be given it and fucked up even more; they do work for some people but it shouldn't be the first thing tried

[@teehee6556]

@@turntechunderground3144 I started on anxiety pills at 12 it did little to help me it did quite the opposite effect and i didnt have much of a saying in taking my anxiety pills because i was just a kid and according to my parents i was “worse off without them” but i feel like if i had just been given a chance to let my childhood anxieties of monsters in the closet and boogiee man go away with age i wouldve been better off then today

[@turntechunderground3144]

@@teehee6556 That's your experience, and I'm sorry you had to deal with that. I genuinely cannot function without my medications, my mental health symptoms are too disabling. My point was that some people, even some children, do genuinely need anxiety meds and antidepressants, I just believe that it shouldn't be the first line of defense and its potential for harm should be taken seriously.

[@murraybalkwell9579]

The question is is where you worse or better off before you started taking any medications, vs if you were to stop taking medication now.

[@fernandetogher1333]

And not having the kind of life that you really want, can also cause you too be depressed.

[@BluBlu111]

Agree

[@billsimms2511]

Yes and let’s be honest- how many of us are truly able to live the life that we truly want?

[@Jana82]

Paxil saved my life. I went from being unable to leave one room of my house to flying on airplanes and actually living my life. My panic disorder went away and I felt “normal”. I had to stop because I gained 50 lbs. Now, I’m lying here with a racing heart and can’t get out of bed. I’m terrified of everything and my hypochondria is through the roof.

[@ChristinaChrisR]

I’m so sorry. Anxiety can be so truly, TRULY horrendous and debilitating. Did you taper the SSRI’s? If so, for how long?

[@capresti3537]

Sure it did. That's just your illusion. Paxil DESTROYS lives.

[@avavavaa]

@@capresti3537 it CAN destroy a lot of peoples lives that don’t need the medication but all medications help at least some people

[@capresti3537]

@@avavavaa It helps nobody. It damages the brain and nervous system damping feeling and awareness giving the illusion its helping.

[@DebbieBigelow-i7d]

It can absolutely destroy your life trying to taper off it. Pure hell

[@Gracefulby_design]

I went to my doctor for pms..he gave me zoloft, for 10 yrs I tried to get off them,.I never needed them, they made me feel.as if I was losing my mind, I was an emotional wreck ...suicidal...then one day I threw them in the trash and it felt like it took me a yr for my body and mind to ajust...I no longer feel of those things! Im not crazy I like I started to believe while on those pills, Im happy and finally feel peace. I feel the drug companies and doctors took advantage for one brief moment in time that cause me hell for the folllwing 10 after....I now wonder how many people have commited suicide on those pills or actually physically harmed others . Those pills alter peoples brains chemically and alot times.1000 times.worse.😊

[@alaskahelo]

My wife was put on a SSRI. She's never been the same since. I've heard similar from other men about their own wives.

[@MedicatingNormal]

I'm so sorry! We invite you to watch our film - where this clip came from. www.medicatingnormal.com

[@Haileyrodriguez288]

In a good way or bad ?

[@alaskahelo]

Overall, bad. She seems to, annually, go nuts for a a month or 4. Curled up on the floor bawling kind of nuts. Unable to initiate the simplest of tasks (like opening a box) kind of nuts. For the rest of the year, obsessive behavior aimed at whatever she's doing, mainly work but one year it was the gym. And there's the preoccupation with her meds, and no wonder there. This year, anti-schizophrenia meds were added temporarily and I tell you, the list of possible side effects is nightmarish. That's not hyperbole, the possible side effects are a horror show in real life. So, yeah, love and loyalty keep me trying to get her through all this but there does not seem to be any end. Local pharmacist, in a moment of truthfulness, said about SSRI's that they are way overprescribed and the best thing about them is you can't O.D. on them. (Wife tried that once, I can vouch that it's true. She ate 90 pills of lexapro). He also said that to get off of SSRI's you have to want to get off them and the idea to get off them has to be yours... and SSRI's make you not want to get off them. Sigh. I apologize for the venting.

[@MedicatingNormal]

@@alaskahelo I'm so sorry. Please check out our website for tons of reading about tapering off psychiatric drugs. It's not something to be taken lightly. Our doctors are not educated on it so we have to take control of our tapers by ourselves for the most part and use the education to inform our doctors and hope they support us. www.medicatingnormal.com

[@batfleckforever3594]

@@Haileyrodriguez288 With my wife it's bad. She's currently on a severe manic high. She was extremely depressed for months so her doctor put her on Zoloft. She has been a nightmare these last few weeks.

[@britishmushroom]

Currently taking prozac again after 5 years of being off of it and am having panic attacks and my stomach hurts a lot. Keeps me up at night more then my GERD, told my doctor and he told me it doesn't make sense that if it fights against panic attacks then why am I having them? So he put me back on them again, still sick with side effects. Antidepressants always do this to me just makes my anxiety go up its not my fault.

[@tatie7604]

Doctors don't LISTEN to patients. They listen to pharmaceutical salesmen and printouts. This is horrific. Increasing doses of a med that CAUSES panic attacks and anxiety, irritability, emotional numbness, poor judgement and mania and suidicidal ideation is beyond unacceptable. Then, if a person tries to go off of them-- the same things occur. What could be worse? Oh, yeah-- these meds do cause GERD, muscle rigidity and pain, heart problems, interact with other common over the counter meds and even certain antibiotics. This can be deadly.

[@BluBlu111]

I'm stopping my 20 mg dosage after 6 weeks because I see no change in my behavior or thought patterns...I just need a life!!!👍... update...still on paxil. Gave it More Time!!. Working out I'm okay with life.

[@fernandetogher1333]

Your liver is your most important organ. If it doesn't work right, then it affects other organs. Proper sleep is also important for a healthy Body and Brain. We no longer live in a world that is natural.

[@starcityrc3298]

Exercise, plenty of sun, proper diet should be the first go to for any Depression disorder.

[@AliveForMusic]

Before ever taking antidepressants I was better, but I had no clue I was better. They fucked me big time, huge time, and the doctors have no clue what's going on with me, they just look at me like I am crazy and prescribe other anti anxiety medications.

[@Itismehh]

at least we have god.

[@AliveForMusic]

@@Itismehh my faith is there as well

[@fernandetogher1333]

Depression can be caused by a lack of water. Too many stimulant creates an imbalance in your system so when you become deficient in vitamin and minerals,especially your diet, you get sick,brain includes . But i will stress that real food his one of the most important thing . When you walk in into a grocery store it's mostly all junk.

[@mandapanda8000]

Thought I was crazy. I have have had these same effects when I have run out plenty of times in the last 20 years I have been on it. I have been ok meh? I have gained 100 pounds in 20 years. If something is gonna act that way on me for being off of it just a little bit then I don't need it.

[@electricyouare2222]

For all who suffered from this.. Nothing changed gor me untill I accidentally ran into. Holotropic breathwork. After.. Everything changed. Its unreal. Oxygen fills body with voltage ⚡ emotions are electric. Again.. Unreal.

[@禎子サドラ]

I love this guy

[@joannsheehan254]

In nursing school when we studied pharmacology we had to know the effects, and the adverse effects of medications,

[@andrewcross8244]

Hey! A Dr with some sense! It’s a miracle

[@tomjerry5916]

SSRI coused sever sexual side effect after stopping it and never recovered with Trt little nothing like before I went in it

[@en-gineer9386]

PSSD

[@ChristinaChrisR]

What a great dr - thank you!

[@annas8535]

PROFOUND WITHDRAWAL. But some would say he's not a real doctor because it's not withdrawal it's "discontinuation syndrome." Messed me up so bad, and that's after I asked to go off, went another year, and then tapered agains medical advise. I am not clinically depressed but still have disturbed energy and sleep eighteen plus months out.

[@alexandramoyer8785]

Idk if I’m just crazy or not after I started taking antidepressants like Zoloft seroquel or trileptal (sorrry not good speller) I seem to find myself having worse suicidal thoughts or negative thoughts such as cutting or cheating or other stuff like that. Could antidepressants actually worsen these thoughts or just cause them ? I feel like I’ve gone crazy or something

[@johnlee6254]

I took for 3 days and they where the worst 3 days of my life it made all the thoughts I was having / still am 40 times worse I feel like it's still in my system I've got constant dark thoughts now god I wish I could just go back a month in time I feel like I'm not gonna win this battle

[@lissam2529]

Those are absolutely known side-effects of these drugs that doctors don’t understand or they cover up. Sertraline (Zoloft) made me manic, which I’d never truly experienced. It scared me so bad I went on Seroquel blindly just to sleep. Seroquel turned me into something else, a different mind. I felt aggressive and started cutting myself - in my mid-thirties - something I’d never done before. These toxic drugs can destroy you and your life completely. YOU ARE NOT CRAZY to experience these effects! Please take care, don’t let anyone tell you it’s not the drugs. It is.

[@alexandramoyer8785]

Lissa M so I’m not crazy?

[@keschmesch]

Maybe you have ocd?

[@Maranatha7557]

Actually, I think you could be right. They do alter brain chemistry after all.

[@Gleegs]

Been on paxil for a year. I no longer feel intense sadness, I feel nothing intensely anymore. I don't feel like a zombie, but I feel dull. I'm more of an angry person now than anything. My friends won't talk to me and my family hates the new person I've become.

[@MedicatingNormal]

Do you think it could be the Paxil? What were you like before the Paxil?

[@Gleegs]

@@MedicatingNormal Depressed

[@hannahalnutt8783]

I also developed abnormal anger issues on Effexor, I was so hard to be around but I couldn’t seem to control my temper

[@Itismehh]

@@Gleegs update me pls

[@Nathon-xl3mf]

true i had the WORST panic attack after i took zoloft it felt like i was haveing a heart attack

[@akarshrastogi3682]

How many days after having taken Zoloft?

[@Nathon-xl3mf]

It was like a week after and sorry just now replied i just learned how to check comments

[@irenegea7644]

My boss maintenance of antidepressants drugs for 18 years still continually.. she getting crazy than before. Her behavioral changes from bad to worse when the days go by. So terrible

[@rovertv7902]

I took zoloft a total of 3 days (25mg) and I never slept again! On good night's I get one hour broken sleep, prior to zoloft I slept like a log! It's been 3 years now, still no sleep even though the last pill was 3 years ago. It's ruined my life, my brain feels like it's sitting in battery acid from sleep deprivation. I'm shocked this happened, never saw it coming. I wish I would've researched more before my Doctor groomed me into this ridiculous medication.

[@roxay_rich22]

5 to 60 mg within 6 months… the anxiety kept mounting so did the mg… I wean myself off thank goodness!

[@MattyKCuming]

Pretty negligent to give someone Paxil samples knowing they couldn’t afford to keep taking the drug once they had to pay. Ever since they were introduced the prescribing advice always said don’t discontinue abruptly

[@Robinkumar-sx9zb]

I am thankful to SSRI... I suffered serious Depression, anxiety, Bipolar disorder... I was not living my life... I was always worried... SSRI saved my life...

[@no_prisoners6474]

Same here. Its better to live longer and deal with side effects than die immediately from suicide.

[@Robinkumar-sx9zb]

Exactly, what's the point of living in stress, worry, panick attack and then die from suicide... It's better to live with side effects than living in anxiety...

[@cy5282]

@@no_prisoners6474 exactly. they think these are those get well forever drugs

[@lissam2529]

@@no_prisoners6474 Suicide is also a side-effect of psychiatric drugs. We don't know how many people have died by suicide because of these pills bc they aren't here to speak for themselves. You think prescribers or big pharma are going to report those real numbers anyway? Doctors' mistakes are buried, please remember that.

[@prettywoman2085]

SSRI's caused me permanent sexual dysfunction. I have PSSD My life Is ruined

[@independentmind85]

This is so true from my experience it's almost funny to listen to.

[@juancortes85340]

Only thing I’m scared about taking sertraline is the emotional blunting :

[@Tempo50]

3:15 😳 when I was taken off Effexor cold turkey I obsessively watched KZbin videos on assisted suicide.

[@stacybynum3389]

I watched Medicating Normal.. Showing are available now. What is even more sad than the damage psych drugs do to patients, is the damage they can cause fetuses. Since they affect a mother's serotonin, they also affects babies brains. Some children are born with birth defects. Some end up having lifelong depression. The movie doesn't address this. I did my own research.

[@jcbanbury]

I take it you dont take anything anymore??

[@stacybynum3389]

@@jcbanbury Correct. Now I take vitamins, probiotics (gut health affects brain health), magnesium, thiamin, B12, Vit D, fish oil caps

[@mattysquizzato7094]

I am so happy I didn't take Paxil the two times I was prescribed it.

[@elrober707]

With prozac I had panic attacks anxiety memory problems foggy mind excessive bruising off balance and serotonin syndrome.

[@animalrights3000]

Yes same it is filthy.

[@Jakeryanshow]

I’m on sertraline rn and it’s making me feel like that scene from click where Adam Sandler is in auto pilot mode… Tom cruise was right, anti depressants are useless and exercise is the key.

[@demonprincess2045]

Who else ready to end it all tonight!

[@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286]

paxil caused me so much trouble. I got tons of samples after talking with a psychiatrist for 30 mins. then i started taking it from a office i was cleaning... they had samples galore in the 2000s..... then before i know it I was speeding at 100mph at 3am on the freeway with a blood alcohol of .07% so (legal) but I was 20... so I got a reckless driving. the cops asked me if i was on METH. I'd never done meth. but my pupils were dimes. Also, my dog died and I didn't cry till 9 months later after i stopped the paxil then I cried non-stop for 3 months and didn't know why. horrible and addictive. now that i've tried stimulants like adderall, they are much more effective for irritability type depression and still let you cry. I've stopped adderall cold turkey and felt GREAT when it was time and the stimulant didn't work anymore.

[@usa2342]

Cold Turkey on antidepressants can do only few people! Most people become extremely suicidal when they do cold turkey!

[@DebbieBigelow-i7d]

Ct is extremely dangerous. Lucky you could stop poison paxil w/out horrible w/drawals

[@hgbugalou]

I am desperately depentant on paxil. I have been on it for almost a decade now for social anxiety and I tried to quit 4 times. 2 of the times I did it with my doctors help trying different SSRIs and none of them stopped the withdrawals I got from stoping paxil. Just about every doctor I have talked to doesn't believe me or believes me but thinks I am exaggerating the problems. When I stop taking them I start getting the brain zaps that everyone describes, they are annoying but I can function. Then come the manic depressive mood swings which I have never had in my entire life. Again though, it sucks but I can fight through it. Then after about 3 days the severe nausea and chills/heat flashes start. At this point I am crippled because the nausea is unrelenting. I can vomit and vomit and feel zero relief to the point I am dry heaving and my diaphragm is so sore I am in tears from the pain and I get headaches from all the pressure on my head from heaving. I can't sleep it off with the assistance of a sleep inducing antiemetic like promethazine either because of the hot and cold flashes that keep me awake pulling and throwing the cover off of me. Its scary to me how much like opiate withdrawal it is. The only thing missing is the joint pains. I have made it up to 5 days but had to throw in the towell on the 6th day and refill my paxil script. Worst part is the paxil doesn't help my social anxiety anymore. To be fair it worked great for the first few years but I guess my body got use to it. There is no way I am upping my dose either.

[@kristymarie6065]

How are you doing now

[@iqrafarooq854]

I believe you. I was on paxil throughout the duration of my med school. I tried to quit during my intern year. God I don't know what was that the mood swings, you are talking about. They are the worst. Either it was relentlessly crying or Just feeling like I couldn't breathe. Or the panic attacks, where I felt like I am on the edge of ocean. Someone is playing either I will pass out. Or I want to pass out to end the agony but it keeps on going, I said to my doctor I don't want to do this. He shifted me to Flouxetine. I remember a week I had back to back anxiety attacks where I would wake up from sleep. In sleep. It used happen. Then I was put on Flouxetine, and Syrup I tappered it off over a period of 5 months. Reducing .5ml every month and That was better.

[@hgbugalou]

@@kristymarie6065 Still on paxil. I cannot take a month off work which is what would be needed to get through all the withdrawals. I am really not sure how to move forward with quitting.

[@hgbugalou]

@@iqrafarooq854 I really wish I could get paxil syrup I could tapper off of. That would be a great solution but they stopped making it in the US and you can't get it anywhere.

[@VocalVocaloid]

You can do it. I believe in you

[@jazcor]

What effect does taking SSRIs have on unborn babies if the pregnant mother is taking these drugs? Could this be the reason there is a huge rise in autism and other developmental disorders?

[@MedicatingNormal]

We have some research about pregnancy and SSRI's listed on our website here: medicatingnormal.com/pregnancy-risks/

[@stevenlupanko2983]

It could be or it could be pesticides on food it could be things in cleaning product it could be pollution from cars it could be that science has progressed and they can diagnose issues that were not diagnosed before. My nephew autistic diagnosed at 18 but it took me 30 years to get diagnosed for anxiety disorder even though It's well documented in my doctors notes my diagnosis says panic attacks and GAD since the age of 18. Only in 2018 they started diagnosis mental health disorders with some professionalism before if you could lift a box above your head nothing was wrong with you. The real truth was that approx 1in 20 people had either GAD OR SAD OR OCD OR PTSD OR AUTISM It's probably always been that way but a light was never shone on the problem. Not writing off the potential for the question your asking but the forementioned is probably part of the reason for more people having autism than they use to.

[@jazcor]

@@stevenlupanko2983 Thank you Steven. I very appreciate your commentary and feedback. There are so many things to consider and research. Have a great day 😊.

[@thomasrehder3422]

Im dieing from benzodiazepines

[@Maranatha7557]

Get help. There are ways to safely withdraw.

[@thomasrehder3422]

@@Maranatha7557 thats a funny remark i have followed every dr advise all failed

[@Maranatha7557]

@@thomasrehder3422 I’m sorry you are having difficulty. Praying you will get better.

[@usa2342]

Don’t die. Sign up to rehab center asap!

[@Itismehh]

@@thomasrehder3422 hi please update me

[@uli9233]

I was put on sertraline and it turned me psychotic and aggressive I attacked people and saw things that weren’t there and snuck out and drank every night , got hit by cars, ended up in random ppls houses on drugs - all this impulsive dangerous shit I got in so much shit and almost died multiple times I would b dead by now if I hadn’t begged to come off it

[@navjot4086604]

First diagnose people with made up diagnosis like anxiety and depression. Then give them medicines that dont work in many cases. Then make them go through withdrawal symptoms by getting them off medicines.and then finally tell them that everything that is happening is because they are taking stress.

[@thedarktruthcometolight404]

Anxiety is made up? Please explain

[@paramjeetkaur6591]

@@thedarktruthcometolight404 these disorders are a part of normal emotions of people. They are not medical problems as such .

[@yolandalee399]

Prozac almost took my child's life away i do not recommend this medicine !

[@AUSTIN-ss2zd]

Dang how? Did the doctor explain it can be lethal if combined with dxm cough syrup

[@Haileyrodriguez288]

@@AUSTIN-ss2zd that’s her business

[@AUSTIN-ss2zd]

@@Haileyrodriguez288 yeah people in America primarily women aren’t good at making medical descisions

[@thomasn3882]

Paxil stopped my urination dead in it's tracks within hours of the very first dose that I ever took. I could only get out a few drops of urine at a time. If it had lasted any longer, I would have had to go to the ER.

[@DebbieBigelow-i7d]

That's great but try to taper off of it & let us know how that goes! Ha wicked w/drawals.

[@stevenlupanko2983]

You will always get people with different opinions we all disagree with one another most the time. No doubt these can cause suicide but no doubt they save a lot of people that were suicidal daily for many many years. Worked for me when I was 18 yes I had some suicidal thoughts when I came off them, there is usually a reason for this firstly not tapering off properly and secondly drinking alcohol at any time when on them especially if your a regular drinker you might feel high as a kite of both but your seriously damaging the balance your trying to repair I am 45 now and on lexapro I don't fear coming off of them because I simply won't. Basically if you have anxiety and depression get off your ass and go to the gym but if your suicidal daily and have nothing to lose then take antidepressants. Get a diagnosis that is the only way you will know if you have a disorder then you can weigh up the right options for you. I can see why this guy posted this but he forgets to mention the lives that are saved. Example- if someone gets run down on a road they blame the driver first not the person crossing then suddenly there is a hoo-ha that the road is evil even though millions have safely navigated that road. People remember the deaths and misery they don't notice the norm. So if you seem and are back to normal on pills that won't be noticed like deaths but that hapiness that the pills have given was the difference between life and death for many people on these pills.

[@themanisright12345]

Keep shoving poison down your throat. Can’t wait till something bad happens to you because of the drugs. Oh wait, you’ll still believe it’s your “mental illness”.

[@martinak1723]

Obviously it works for some people

[@daniellemroz8548]

Thank you

[@JOHNN01.82]

My doctor never listens i told him they don't work antidepressant do nothing for me . But all he says is sorry thats all i can prescribe 10 years later my mental health is worse and stopped seeing my doctor because he didn't care and didn't help .dont know what to do

[@balaramarjya3057]

Well explain,thanks doctor❤🙏

[@rahulalakkadan1412]

The suicide tendency is very much concerned..... Many doctors disagree with that.... But the risk is heavy becoz.... Its not just suicidal thoughts.... Its ideation... You will get in a trap like.... How to die fastly than how to overcome this tendency.....

[@georgeduncan8946]

Exactly1💥💥💥😲😲😲 a few people Told me they feel like doin nothing....not caring

[@jsavannah123]

Capitalism would make anyone depressed

[@arunprasath7890]

I’m having hallucinations like hearing ambulance sound all time I stopped drug instantly after two days of course Will it goes away after the medicine exits my systems or it will retain ? Someone please help

[@MedicatingNormal]

If people come off too quickly, experts typically recommend reinstating right away in order to stabilize and do a proper slow taper off-especially if there are distressing symptoms like you describe.

[@animalrights3000]

Prozac made me grey with anxiety attacks horrific it is the worst, can't even get off this 1

[@miguelrivera7294]

Paxil helped me become normal again because panic attacks really were out of control, and I wasn't able to function. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get off them and my doctor just says I have to use it forever. I tried to lower the dosage, but I get too anxious so I have had the same dosage for 13 years. I have no problem using it as I actually do feel fine. However, my concern is if the medicine has long term effects to my health that I do not know of.

[@no_prisoners6474]

Miguel Rivera you were not able to function and now you are. Why not just stay on them ? Your brain wasn’t functioning and now it is

[@belove9]

My doctor told me that my diagnosis of lymphocytic colitis was caused by antidepressants. I also suffer from brain damage because of my long term use of psych pills. What you are experiencing is a chemical lobodomy.

[@bluesky7768]

@@belove9 any proof of your claims dumbass?

[@alien-hs1zn]

Your going to hit a tolerance point and those withdrawals are going to be bitch I hope all the life skills you learned through out the years can help you through it make sure you do a slow taper and you should be alright your doctor most likely is going to say the drugs aren’t the issues but they are

[@naegleriafowleri2230]

Of course they have long term effects

[@alinalemanska2029]

I took Zoloft then prednisone for short time when I was about 20 years old. Did not need them. Gave me really bad panic attacks and heart palpitation's that has continued all my life. Gained 70 lb in matter of few months, without having any weight issues before. I think these drugs create a lot of damage. All I needed was faith in God, some friends and make my life straight as I created a mess. Putting chemicals in my body just created big problems for me. It's 33 years later and I still suffer the side effects. I refuse to take any drugs.

[@stevekaylor5606]

If someone is demoralized - don't allow a psychiatrist to give him a disease-like Freudian label, then neurotoxic drugs. Instead, have him sign up for happy clapping + stomping classes {PBS T.V., 2006}, where people are laughing! After many classes, along with singing in a Glee Club - he will develop a mental & emotional cathexis, which is what Mental Health is! (This Talent Training is like Laughter Yoga!)

[@MFK1967]

They made me fatigued for 20 years

[@Itismehh]

update? are you bettet

[@Itismehh]

better

[@dienosorpo]

My mom is going crazy, she takes SSRI and other drugs, but her mental health is seriousley deteriorating, idk if the SSRI have anything to do, im fucking tired. She is also making my life miserable, and idk what to feel, sad? Angry? Depresses?

[@yogafitnesswithvbw187]

My doctor prothiaden 25 described for a week can I take? can I withdrawal

[@akeelajamot6710]

Did u take prothiaden?? Would u plz tell what were the sideaffects?? Dr prescribed m for backpain