Interview with Dr. David Healy: The risks of antidepressants

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[@TheMelissaWasHere]

As someone with severe OCD that has taken more than 10 antidepressants, I can say that "treatment" made my life worse. It wasn't worth it all and I think it made my OCD worse. I wish I had been given informed consent. I'm so glad to be off.

[@georgios4891]

This is the exact case for me as well. OCD (really severe) has flared up and I got pssd after escitalopram withdrawal.

[@TheMelissaWasHere]

@@georgios4891 I think I my PSSD started while on one of the drugs and has never resolved. I'm not sure which one caused the problem. Sertraline was my first, escitalopram was my worst.

[@claireh.7605]

@@georgios4891Lexapro sent me for a weird ride as well on it and especially off it

[@Justlikemagic96]

Same

[@defaultbrownie]

Same. 15 antidepressants here.

[@defaultbrownie]

Took 15 different psychiatric meds. Over 7 years. Never experieced genital numbness once, but neither did i get the benefit. Only ended up with small fibre nerve problems. Tinnitus. And absolutely destroyed short term memory. And overall feeling depleted of hope.

[@harryphil8479]

The problem I (and many others) have with the name 'PSSD' is that it ignores the non-sexual symptoms of the syndrome, such as anhedonia, emotional blunting and cognitive impairment, all of which can be as debilitating as the sexual symptoms and sometimes moreso. In addition, the focus on the sexual symptoms is stigmatising and prevents people from speaking up about the harms they've received as a result of taking SSRIs as prescribed. A better term would be 'Post Antidepressant Syndrome' (or similar).

[@janie30]

Post SSRI Syndrome already mentioned in literature. It is a more correct name (although not only SSRI cause this as we know well..)

[@item6931]

@@janie30 >It is a more correct name (although not only SSRI cause this as we know well..) Correct. Mine was caused by venlafaxine (Effexor).

[@ashuvijay7031]

What are the actual symptoms of pssd. ? I m getting mentally and visually arousal Excitement Erection orgasm pleasure in alone by doning masturbation watching porn but not with girls on touching their body. ! I don't have Emotional blunting anhedonia ! Is it really pssd. ?

[@sonur5080]

I disagree. Mental fog, cognitive impairment will be blamed on the depression itself and not the drugs. But if suddenly if someone gets ED after SSRIs then its a more clear link. And telling ppl they might get sexual dysfunction after SSRI is a better way to persuade them to try more natural methods first

[@bryngilwern5766]

David Healy seems to be one of the few people in this field who perceives the issue of PSSD.

[@ashuvijay7031]

What are the actual symptoms of pssd. ? I m getting mentally and visually arousal Excitement Erection orgasm pleasure in alone by doning masturbation watching porn but not with girls on touching their body. ! I don't have Emotional blunting anhedonia ! Is it really pssd. ? I took Escitalopram 10 mg and clonazepam 0.5 mg 1.5 year ago for 3 months and after stopping the medication I felt this symptom !

[@barbaratankersley7117]

I was on Effexor more than 20 years i was never told about any side effects or how hard to come off of It's hell to try to come off of I whis i would have never took the drug I don't really know what all the damages it has done to me Never did the doctor ever tell about this drug never even ask how are you doing on this drug It's a money making business Thank you for sharing

[@georgiabessie]

Me too Barbara, over 20 years on Effexor. Off now for 6 months and not looking back.

[@marguerilla]

@@georgiabessiehow did you manage?! i switched to other snri but really would like to be rid of all this drug class..

[@georgiabessie]

@@marguerilla Hi! I weaned off slowly over 15 months. I had to count the beads, weaning by 10-5 mg a month as tolerated. I was ready to be reacquainted with myself again. I’ll never take another psychiatric medication.

[@marianneellman1139]

Sounds like my experience...the medical field and drug companies have a lot to answer for...so many lives ruined!!!!

[@elizabethabbott2982]

You have my full sympathy; I have been a witness to the ordeals of two pals. When we see how moods are affected by such a simple thing as sugar, it should be no surprise that these powerful meds have side effects. I agree that the docs should warn people in advance of the side effects and how addictive they are. It is unfair that a patient trustingly takes these meds and then run into awful trouble and no help to get well again. I hope you may find any remedies that may be helpful. I have personally wondered if a G.P. (a family doctor) or a licensed naturopath might have some suggestions. By now I would imagine they have some clients who are trying to de-tox and any relief or remedy would be so welcome. As one doc told me The Body Wants to Heal Itself... so what is the best way in which we can help our bodies to do this.

[@marianneellman1139]

NO ONE EVER TOLD ME THE RISKS OF THESE MEDICATIONS!!!!! IT HAS COST ME SO MUCH OF MY LIFE...😢

[@elizabethabbott2982]

Exactly. It is urgent that there are warning labels and docs warn clients what can happen. My veteran pal was on a lot of meds and had trouble; he saw my own doctor who was shocked that he was on a Benzodiazepine; highly disapproved of it. My pal the vet finally got off it but not without a lot of trouble.

[@millymiu]

In 2017 I had panick attacks and anxiety after years of stress. Psychiatrist saif it was some PTSD form and gave me Zoloft. Within a few hours after I took the first pill I felt a completely different person. I couldn't experience some emotions anymore, my genitals were anesthetized, no orgasm and zero libido. I couldn't have any type of chills from music, sounds, or touch. Everyone said it was normal, to keep taking it that it would pass and gave me double the dose. For all the year I took it even if my genitals returned a bit sensitive, and I can have weak orgasms even if mechanical, not really because I feel the need of it, all the other symptoms persisted. I also experienced a lot of other side effects like constant brain zaps, spasms in my legs, even during night and a lot of other minor things, I felt like I was sleepy all the day and my head was always confused. Even if life was a pain on zoloft I managed to change my life, changed job, fixing everything I thought caused my "depression". After months on zoloft, the brain zaps were less, I felt slightly better, but physical symptoms were always there. Anhedonia was there. And my brain didn't work very well. So I decided to stop and even slowly tapering off, all my symptoms got worse and worse. I managed to go out of Zoloft anyway. So I took it for only 1 year. For my brain to start to think clearly again it took 2 years out of it. But my libido never came back and I'm completely asexual now. Completely anhedonic. I was an artist and my creativity is dead from that first pill. I can't imagining scenes correctly. I don't feel sensations in my body and it's like my skin is less sensible than before. I worked on myself a lot hoping it was a consequence of the stress, and relax would fix it, even if I knew it was all due to Zoloft, at that time there were no informations about Pssd, so I thought I was alone in this. Finally in 2021, when I started to search again about the side effects of SSRI because it was absurd that even not having depression my symptoms were still there, I discovered what Pssd was and that I'm probably one of those permanent cases. Yes, of course knowing this things make it harder to stay relaxed and positive, but you learn how to manage it because you can't accept to develop depression again. It's important to stay strong. So, at the end, 6 years passed and to live like this sucks, and you feel betrayed, gaslighted by doctors, and even when they believe you they don't know how to help. Psychologists are even more puzzled as they try to find traumas in your past that are not there to explain why you're like this. Everything is pointless and basically the only way to keep living is accepting you're a different person. You need to accept your life as it is. And to not be a constant weight on your family whining all the time, you start faking emotions and libido to look more human and don't hurt your family. This is really sad. Basically also therapy seems made to make you appear functional and okay even if you're not. So that you don't look like a problem anymore. Well, I'm pretty good to do it and manage my life, don't need a psychologist for it, but this is wrong and these companies are ruining a lot of lives. The majority of people with Pssd are not able to manage this type of life and this condition can destroy their relationships and families. It's even worse for men. They can't really fake intimacy with their partners. But the worst is anhedonia. Not being able to being excited for anything, never desiring anything, not being able to experience pleasurable sensations make you basically like a good robot. But, This year, after six years of nothing I experienced my first window after using for 15 days some normal probiotics (lactobacillus rhamnosus). It was crazy. For 30 days I felt some libido again, some good emotions again, but most of all sensations in my body. I forgot how it felt to feel like a human, it was mind-blowing and it happened in a very short time. Then I had stopped to take it for 5 days and I was back to my baseline, most of all after having some gastrointestinal problems. I took them again, and they still do something like improving my mood but they don't give me the strong effects I experienced before anymore. But this made me think more about the gut theory. So I'm investigating about it. But we really need a serious research. They can't keep giving these medicines to everyone without even warning about the side effects like they were candies. It's like a Russian roulette every time. The fun thing is that most of us were not even depressed before, and in a blink you become a zombie. Then they say you are just depressed. Of course, how can you not be depressed if they gave you something that ruined your major functions and no one knows how to help you, nor care about it in the majority of the cases? absurd. I'm not even mad to the doctor who gave it to me. It was clear that these informations are not shared with most of the doctors, they never heard about it. And I'm sure that a lot of people who experience it don't even report it most of the time. And I'm in that group too. I reported it to him only during 2022. Doctors need to be more aware of this chance and need to ask more questions to their patients about these symptoms and do more follow up. Because maybe if I changed medications before or stopped it before, maybe I would be okay... Who knows... It's frustrating to know that my chances to heal are near to zero.

[@AnaLuizaHella]

You're not alone. You're not alone.

[@enlameramata]

If you feel alone, just know I experience and have everything you just mentioned, we will find a fucking cure for this shit

[@heinz-georgschneider3567]

Thanks for sharing your experiences. You are really not alone...

[@SuperReznative]

Sort of ,bin ,there done that a couple decades ago..and got off them,for over 10 years , Much of those bad affects have recovered , except for the people's attitudes and the (psychological abuse), divorce courts, loss of custody to children I loved and cared for dearly.but now as adults don't have been talk to me. creating PTSD , know Jesus,and ask to help your healing .

[@steph7960]

​@@SuperReznativeI'm so sorry what you ve gone through. As someone who has been on most antidepressants for last 25 years I'm starting to see links in the times I was put on meds, changes in my behaviour and life. Its incredibly harrowing to have such a realisation. Praying we find some kind of positive solution to all this misery. Sending best wishes friend.

[@chronicallywhatever]

Thanks for getting Dr. Healy on, Josef. I am a severe PSSD patient and Healy's achievement in publishing the diagnostic criteria, alongside raising public and professional awareness of the devastation post-drug syndromes can cause, has meant so much to myself and many others. Thanks for all you do!!

[@taperclinic]

Thanks for the support!

[@jaredreagan7896]

Please help us dig further into pssd and emotional blunting. What can we do with the body and gut? What about complete loss of creativity and strategic thinking? What have we done to ourselves?😢

[@frebrd78]

Chemical lobotomy

[@ashuvijay7031]

What are the actual symptoms of pssd. ? I m getting mentally and visually arousal Excitement Erection orgasm pleasure in alone by doning masturbation watching porn but not with girls on touching their body. ! I don't have Emotional blunting anhedonia ! Is it really pssd. ? I took Escitalopram 10 mg and clonazepam 0.5 mg 1.5 year ago for 3 months and after stopping the medication I felt this symptom !

[@marianneellman1139]

I hear you loud and clear 😢😢😢

[@elizabethabbott2982]

You make a really really good point. What are the effects in our culture; I guess our enemies would like to see us as a bunch of zombies.

[@user-wd5qw2sr4d]

Fantastic interview! I used to be an RN and wrapped up my career as a medical case manager with a major insurance company. I also have several family members who have taken anti depressants for years and have multiple health problems. Opens up much opportunity for thought.

[@annberlin5811]

People try to push too much each day and dont stand up for themselves from bullies. Once i ripped a new one on the bullies in my life my mood got a lot better and they leave me alone.

[@DiogoSantos-ix5sl]

Thank you so much for all the very valuable information. I’ve been to hell and back and want to say, thank you.

[@nicolelambic]

Yay! Love that you have David on!

[@shelleymitchell8834]

Abilify was a disaster for me caused neurological issues thank God I got off it and will never take it Again

[@marianneellman1139]

You are the one that got away😢

[@carpediemcotidiem]

00:05 Dr. David Healy's view on psychiatric medications, specifically antidepressants. 02:29 The troublesome side effects of antidepressants 07:11 Antidepressants can have both positive and negative effects. 09:18 Antidepressants can have negative effects on individuals, such as emotional numbing or paradoxical reactions. 13:48 The risks of antidepressants include potential long-lasting withdrawal effects and lack of awareness among doctors. 16:04 Antidepressant withdrawal can have devastating neurological effects, including pain and severe anxiety. 20:04 Antidepressants are not targeting a specific abnormality of serotonin deficit in depressed patients. 22:00 Antidepressants like SSRIs are more dangerous than alcohol and nicotine. 25:51 The pharmaceutical industry has made billions of dollars on antidepressants without knowing the right pill for each person. 27:50 Antidepressants may not always be necessary for certain conditions 31:33 Being on antidepressants can dampen your emotions and make you less bothered about things. 33:23 Misinterpretation of antidepressant withdrawal symptoms as illness 37:34 Antidepressants and other drugs can have serious side effects 39:40 Doctors often prescribe a combination of antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and antipsychotics without considering potential side effects 43:43 The use of antidepressants can lead to adverse effects and worsened symptoms. 45:41 Dr. David Healy's experience with treating post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD) 49:49 There is currently no known treatment for the risks of antidepressants. 51:35 Non-SSRI antidepressants can also cause sexual problems, but it is not ordinarily PSSD. 55:42 The industry is ignoring the problems faced by patients on old antidepressants and is focusing on new drugs. 57:44 Antidepressant and antipsychotic withdrawal can be more serious problems than opioid withdrawal. 1:01:35 No mainstream recognition of the neurological devastation caused by antidepressant withdrawal. 1:03:40 The healthcare system is focused on managing many problems in a short time, leading to over-reliance on medications. 1:07:35 risk.org is a helpful resource for finding information about drugs. Crafted by Merlin AI.

[@MonSamDan]

Very informative and eye-opening conversation. Thank you!

[@Redjamm90]

Thank you guys for making these videos amd creating awareness

[@LeticiaRodriguezPerez]

Thanks for your channel and for putting some sense to all the madness that unfortunately some of us have to go through. It will be really interesting if you can make a video about why a lot of us are extremely sensitive to meds, supplements during withdrawal and if that it is something that improves later on as we heal. Again, thanks a lot for your channel and spot on interviews.

[@MrJkenner]

God bless you guys for your interest in this issue.

[@SuperCody888]

Thank you,.

[@taperclinic]

You are welcome!

[@arvid7872]

Great stuff!

[@taperclinic]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@rosieaustin9911]

Thank u for making videos!!!!

[@rafaelboss_3.14]

I really appreciate the example given at 37:00 to 39:00.

[@annakasicka4320]

Good video☝️

[@taperclinic]

Thanks

[@mariekejansen7658]

Great video , Do No Harm was there oath . 🙏 why do dokters not aware of the dangers psych . drugs ??

[@user-vm2oc1ud6w]

They know everything, they just don't warn, that's how the damn drug companies teach them.

[@Lemoncare]

It’s called capitalism. No heart.

[@elizabethabbott2982]

This is the million dollar question. Are they asleep or what? I was so p.o.d at the risky meds my pal was on that I went to the pharmacist and asked him are they trying to kill him or are they just stupid? And he replied I know Madame but I cannot tell the doctors what to do.... Actually I think the pharmacists should have more say as they really understand the meds better than anyone; how different combinations will be and so on. I want that the pharmacists have the last word as it is seems that not all of the doctors understand just how risky some meds can be. Once he went into ultra rapid cycling bipolarity = mood swings down to every five minutes; completely out of his control. That was because his doc prescribed Cipralex and Cymbalta together despite warnings from the pharmaceutical companies not to do this.

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

Funny is it, if you realize psychiatrists and doctors are seeing all kind of emotions, moods, genetic characteristics having as person, as 'disorders'. Funny how they also not realize, life on earth is very blunt, hard, traumatic, stressful, chronically making you FEELING emotions and having all kind of reactions to all kind of triggers. Is it not funny, that this all is seen as something to medicate? Is it not funny, that vitamin/mineral/protein and so on deficiencies cause a lot of the same symptoms too? Is it not funny, that many crap foods cause the same of similar symptoms, where people feel crap, behave erratic, with anxiety, depression and so on and also causing all kind of physical symptoms, diseases, immuno deficiencies...and so on an on... Is it not funny, this so called 'experts' in hospitals, lunatic asylums and so on are not even aware about what chemicals we use everyday, eat every day, drink every day, sleep in every day, inhale every day causing so much damage? Is it not funny, that no psychiatrist asks you, in what environment you live, house, work, what you eat every day and in what you use to cook it and so on. If there is mold in the house, to make a chemical assement in a biolab to see what mold it is and also test your tapwater or wellwater? Is it not funny, the government allowes to use, spray all kind of chemicals ( toxic ) in your food, water supply, in dentistry, hospitals, farm land, factories and so on? Government allows to sell in shops alcohol, cigarettes and 1000 of products, which make you ill, damages your brain/health with of course erratic symptoms, feelings. Nobody cares really about your real life and nobody cares to help to reduce your problems. I mean... How the hell a psychiatrist wants you to take meds, puts you in an asylum and does not want to cure you by, for example all this above, who cause your 'symptoms'. Why do they not help you, if in your home you get abused by your husband, a stalker, lost your dog? Why they do not want to know, what 's in your tapwater, wellwater, mold in your house? I mean...i feel and know by now, you are on your own. You can not even talk to them, have normal conversations, crying on their sholder, letting your deep rooted thoughts and emotions and how we feel ( connected to all your experiences in life! ). Ruining peoples lives, being dumb, ignorant, treating you like a 'patient' a 'number', not 'hearing you' interpreting everything in a wrong way even. Blaming your emotions/feelings allways by saying you have a disorder, personality disorder, genetic disease and so on. Sometimes i think, more often than not, we are all humans, living on a hell of a planet, with maybe a little good days, good times, trying to survive. We are predators, human animal predators among other animals. We all suffer tremendously by only existing on this planet, trying to survive. Allways keep in mind. Being in bad company is also hell on earth. There are things who make you feel miserable and things where you cope with life better. Note what's making you feel bad and good, without hurting others. Examine how you live, drink, eat, what toxins are you in in your home, work... Examine with which people you hang out, speak, work with, live with. What brings you to feel suicidal, depressed, sick mentally/physical? I get suicidal, chronic depressed, instable, easy burned out, easy anxiety from many things and so on. Respect and accept yourself. Think how you can get toxic things out of your life. Think how you change your life, maybe leaving a person, house, city, environment, work, neighbourhood. So many things destroys an animal. So many things lift animals up. Psychiatrists, doctors where of no help all this years. Only 3 times they did something on. The rest wronged me horribly in ways, by neglect, nastyness, withholding information, ridicule me, hiding behind their desinterrest, giving me dangerous pills, not informing me from the dangers, not informing me about anything, leaving me decades in the guess, labeling me with misdiagnoses, not diagnosing me, testing me. I also feel doctors are just defending eachother and you as person are not worth the trouble, especially because mostly you are not very, very rich. Basically, they do not care about you and only about themselves. Even

[@bonnitabee903]

Well said I agree with every woord !!! Docters and pharma only interested in money - only ! Nothing else

[@suckermofo1]

Great job mate getting one of the grandmasters to interview. Your mention of those in wd losing weight and being less able to eat, or unable. I haven't heard many professionals speak of this and it's really something to hear someone speak of it. I suffered from that in Effexor withdrawal/pws, thank you for highlighting it.

[@wallybingbang4350]

Prozac made me suicidal. Psychiatry caused more harm than good. I will never see a psychiatrist again. They are obsessed with antidepressants. They are not good for severe anxiety (GAD).

[@izabelawlodarczyk7048]

Dear Wally, I did not even need it, to start with! I would have been dead by now, fortunately I am not, but unfortunately antidepressants ruined my health, I developed terrible head and eyes pain, who knows if not blindness!😢😢😢 We should talk about it openly, this is awfully inhumane. I will never ever trust any GP or psychiatrist. I am impressed with Dr Healy. ❤

[@wallybingbang4350]

@@izabelawlodarczyk7048 GPs and psychiatrists are pharmacy whores. Drug dealers for the evil pharmaceutical companies that make billions keeping the population on dangerous chemicals for decades. That is why we have no new antibiotics. Drug companies don’t make enough money from drugs that are prescribed for 7 days. They want us on them for life and they don’t care how they affect us. A GP is no longer a doctor. Medical interventions are carried out by the practice nurse, physiotherapist, phlebotomist and hospitals. The doctors prescribe drugs.

[@MK-ih6wp]

@@wallybingbang4350so true. Have you looked into the vaccine science. A great starting book is “Turtles All The Way Down.” I will never trust the white coats ever again. We’ve all been misled, since the day our parents were born.

[@GoldChampion23]

I have severe GAD SAD depression and agoraphobia and lexapro helped me. What do you do for your GAD if you don’t use ssri’s?

[@butterfly7860]

Brilliant

[@marianneellman1139]

NEVER EVER DID I THINK THAT I COULD NOT JUST WEAN OF MY MEDS!!!

[@truth-hurts3089]

I was put on fluoxetine (prozac) under crisis team. I've been on setreline and duloxetine with zero effect. ...then tried metazepine -nightmare, sweaty, angry, nightmares. resting PR went from 67 up to 88. GP shrugged shoulders and said ah well as long as its under 100!!! WTF???. Awful. . .then 40mg of fluoxetine and I was a walking zombie. No joy or any emotion whatsoever within the space of a week. I don't want to feel suicidal but also don't want to feel like a zombie either. I can now completely understand why people who get put on these drugs cannot get out of bed. I had no motivation whatsoever ever. Zero sex drive. Nothing. Now trying brintellix. Fingers crossed.

[@laurensiantaylor8926]

Are you familiar with the PSSD Network?

[@ashuvijay7031]

What are the actual symptoms of pssd. ? I m getting mentally and visually arousal Excitement Erection orgasm pleasure in alone by doning masturbation watching porn but not with girls on touching their body. ! I don't have Emotional blunting anhedonia ! Is it really pssd. ? I took Escitalopram 10 mg and clonazepam 0.5 mg 1.5 year ago for 3 months and after stopping the medication I felt this symptom !

[@ashuvijay7031]

​@@laurensiantaylor8926What are the actual symptoms of pssd. ? I m getting mentally and visually arousal Excitement Erection orgasm pleasure in alone by doning masturbation watching porn but not with girls on touching their body. ! I don't have Emotional blunting anhedonia ! Is it really pssd. ? I took Escitalopram 10 mg and clonazepam 0.5 mg 1.5 year ago for 3 months and after stopping the medication I felt this symptom !

[@marianneellman1139]

So very sorry you are enduring this😢

[@dazome]

Very interesting

[@suckermofo1]

I wonder if you might be the Aussie in the u.s who's helping or has helped a friend of mine with benzo wd?

[@elizabethabbott2982]

Two very athletic friends both had horrendous reactions to their anti depressants. They did not know each other but both of them in 2010 at different dates, ran round crazily after taking the same anti depressant. Both were so ashamed they wanted to leave town after. I emailed an American doctor and asked him if the fact they were so extremely athletic; one an Olympic level runner and one a very fit veteran who would walk and jog twenty km a day had an influence on how they processed the A-D. The doctor said yes and he would bring it up at a meeting. Their doctors said call if there is a problem; but in their manic states they did not know they had a problem. It was bystanders and friends who knew something was wrong. In my case my calls to my veteran friends social worker and doctor were not returned. Finally in both cases the police picked them up. It was a bit hard on the police to try and catch up with them. The police were good with them; wrapped them up in a blanket. But they were embarrassed and many people blamed them. I wish I could have done more for them; I was able to tell the vet that what happened was not his fault. He asked if I thought others felt the same way and I assured him that all his friends did. With the girl athlete she was sitting in a local cafe crying quietly in a corner; I went to her table and asked if I could help and she told me what had happened. The guest suggests their sadness and depression might be cleared up without resorting to meds by speaking with a doctor or other professionals, there are empathic ministers and priests who would be trustworthy; discrete. The meds are useful but they must have better safeguards.

[@Jannietime1]

Dr. Josef, if you knew the torment and torture of w/d, you would never put anyone on a med for more than a very short time to get them over the hump. Period.

[@matthewrobinson2242]

I was taken off a benzo cold turkey and put on and taken off a few ssris and snris all at the same time. It has been 19 months and I’m in hell. How don’t know if I’m just in severe benzo injury/withdrawal or if I have PSSD now or some horrendous combination of both? I believe I have both and I’m terrified and don’t know what to do

[@jc2333]

Does Lexapro help with insomnia, depression, anxiety?

[@ruthie2222]

You haven’t put the links in the description 😢

[@juliantorelli4540]

Dr. Josef, I was on antidepressants for 2 years which caused me to cycle into what my doctor calls mixed states. When I got off the antidepressants, it shot me up into a hypomanic episodes. But I am afraid with mood stabilizers, or any drugs.

[@blakejohnson8639]

Zoloft and Xanax ruined my life. Never take these poisons. Ever.

[@marianneellman1139]

Me too😢

[@Orli_Be]

Are you all tried to detox with simple protocols as Zelenko protocol (500 quercetin, zinc 25 Vit D3 5000 Vit C 1000 and change nutritition, for example try the Keto diet? Many "mental problems" are as a result of the body developing hypersensitive to electromagnetic fields in the enviorment.. The quantity of electrosmog surrounding the body may provoke any illness.. Is important at least to reduce electrosmog around you by turning off wifi from router, connect smart with a cable to the router, do not use Bluetooth, wireless, no led lights change it for incandescent bulbs.. Is important to ground barefoot often... If you discover your problem is hypersensitive to electromagnetic fields you may need to find a way to solve this, some people had to move outside cities and far from anthenas and electricity poles

[@rrreeaz7722]

Why nobody mentioned that this might be the return of the depression? especially that most people who had been on antidepressants long term went through lot of changes in their lives while on meds and most of them had some mental issues which is the reason they were put on meds . So once they are off meds after many years of use, they wake up as someone else with totally different age , life circumstances... which causes them another depression

[@Kalley_Kavia]

Big Pharma shill?

[@faitht3643]

Because many were put on an SSRI for another condition, not depression. And if they were given an SSRI for depression, they did not report any sexual dysfunction prior to going on the SSRI. Sexual dysfunction is a listed side effect on the SSRI labels.

[@louierose5739]

Because the symptoms people experience ‘depressed’ before taking antidepressants aren’t the same as the symptoms people get after taking them

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

Exactly.

[@MsSilver41]

And this has happened to people who have only been on anti depressants a few months , symptoms worse than before they started

[@janetcasserley866]

I'm fine straightening the shoes.

[@marianneellman1139]

At least this harm is being talked about.😢😢😢

[@ruthie2222]

I never hear about the withdrawal from Tramadol. Tramadol acts like an antidepressant as far as I know and I have experienced awful withdrawals 😢

[@heinz-georgschneider3567]

Tramadol is like Effexor (Venlafaxine)

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

Treat yourself with good healthy food. Stop crap food. Clean water. Change your gut health. Get fresh air everyday and walk. Walk in nature. Do garden work. Help people who need help and do it by free will, not expecting nothing in return. Be kind. Keep yourself safe. Ban people who are not having your best interrests in mind and are not really good people. Say no to something and do not let yourself run over.

[@ruthie2222]

@@heide-raquelfuss5580 great advice! Thank you 🙏

[@scarred10]

​@@heinz-georgschneider3567it's more often used as painkiller with sedative effects t.

[@cindlou7335]

Oh no. How much do you have to be taking each day to have the withdrawals? My doctor never said a peep.

[@letslearnphysicstogether3555]

then what do you suggest for the disorder..?????

[@mr.giggles4995]

What "disorder" are you referring to? Grief? Trauma? Loneliness? Financial insecurity?... these docs pathologize the human experience.

[@letslearnphysicstogether3555]

@@mr.giggles4995 different kind of phobia... For instance social anxiety.. Where sometimes it becomes impossible to continue in workplace.... Then medicines are the only solution left... Then what to do.. Start antidepressants of not

[@veganaise2383]

You "resensitise" by detoxing the poisonous chemicals and giving the body the right fuel to rebuild the damaged cells and areas. This takes time and dedication and avoiding DRUGS. Fasting and refuelling with nature's raw plant power is the way home...

[@marianneellman1139]

AS far as finding someone that knows how to get patients off these posions.... ASK JORDAN PETERSON... He got treatment that worked ,but it was in Russia...

[@davedavina5862]

As soon as I went up to 112.5ml of venlafaxine that's when the sexual problems really started

[@marianneellman1139]

I have to wonder how many psychiatrist s take the meds they prescribe????😢

[@MK-ih6wp]

Million dollar question. I even my doctor once, he had never taken any of the meds I was on, he couldn’t relate to the side effects.. He didn’t even know what I meant by “brain zaps”.

[@avalonmist254]

Pure Poison...put the Pain Medication Tramadol on this list...a very poor Opioid analgesic with 2 different antidepressants involved...

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

Have you a link or experience with Tramadol damage, other experiences, information? Sorry you have had this experiences.😢

[@mr.giggles4995]

Double trouble.

[@marianneellman1139]

VERY HEAVY DUTY DRUGS....YOU HEARD... I would love to know the true number of people that have long term use of these heavy duty drugs LONG TERM....!!!!

[@deborahbutynski]

What's going to happen to all of us?

[@MK-ih6wp]

You ever see the movie Wall-E?

[@MK-ih6wp]

That was a joke, btw. I don’t think we will turn into the overweight, pathetic humans in Wall-E… but that’s what pharma envisions for us. I will never trust the industry ever again. Even though I believe most doctors & nurses are well-intentioned, they are operating in a broken pharma-profit system.

[@marianneellman1139]

You have about ten minutes with the doctor...you trust him and go with it...never realising you will have a much bigger in the long term 😢

[@user-3282]

Yes, often people go to the Dr to find relief from deep personal problems or life environment situations. We want to believe they can help.

[@letslearnphysicstogether3555]

therapy does 10 percent ...just...not worthy at all

[@seamusconlan9673]

Whatever happens regarding anti depressant drugs patients are always the losers. All brain altering medications have the potential to do great harm causing life long negative consequences to those taking these drugs.

[@MK-ih6wp]

Meanwhile, pHarma always wins.

[@rickp.6251]

Yea😂😂🎉 don't have to deal with that sexual desire crap anymore. FREEDOM 💃💃💃💃💃💃💃 Good Riddance!

[@Scorcher-ii1ty]

Hi Dr Healy!! Great to see you.