Reacting to Famous Zoloft Commercial (MAJOR Misinformation)

[@celestepiccolo6586]

“Non habit forming” terrible lie in that commercial.

[@mamabeartrue420]

I wasn't suicidal until I started taking antidepressants and haven't been since I quit them 2 years ago.

[@pavlovahelviticus]

I was put on Zoloft while extremely depressed in my first year of college and within a week it made me start feeling actively suicidal. I was so angry when I realized that was a possibility, I was already so fragile. What a difference it would have been to have been told that strength and healing were within my capacity instead of internalizing the narrative that I had a lifelong medical condition because I had a hard time adjusting to adulthood at 19

[@MOAB-UT]

How are you now? Did you ever finish college- career, friends, married? Just curious.

[@waitwhat564]

It did exactly the same thing to me and more. So glad your ok.

[@pavlovahelviticus]

@@MOAB-UT I'm doing great now, I'm totally unmedicated, have a full time job, a college degree, longterm plans, and a stable relationship. I feel very lucky to have pulled myself out of it. It took rejecting the medical model of mental illness to find the resilience to keep moving forward and check back in to the world around me.

[@MOAB-UT]

@@pavlovahelviticus That is awesome. Good for you. Def. dig on a book called Mind Magic- Doty. You can thank me later. It will take you to the next level. I prefer the Audible version. You will learn how you were living in a sympathetic state- high stress- Fight, Flight or Freeze. In that state the adrenals release chemicals that make you not happy- like Cortisol. You cannot think straight. The other side is Parasympathetic, more relaxed state- hormones release are oxytocin, serotonin, etc. So it was never your fault. Dude is a neurosurgeon- he knows the science. He teaches how to manifest and leverage these states to your advantage. Amazing read. Avoid high Oxalate foods like almonds, soy, rhubarb, potatoes, spinach, chocolate. It's in a book I am reading- Toxic Superfoods- Norton. Every little bit helps.

[@NorthernWoman4587]

I wish the lies would stop!!!! 😪

[@MOAB-UT]

They will if you stop listening. Look- the world is full of bad things. You can dwell on them or smile and walk on by. Your move. You are not a victim.

[@JakeHambyZ80]

The irony is that ADHD is a lot more like the scenario described in the ad, but we never see TV ads for Ritalin or Wellbutrin for inattentiveness because the patents have expired.

[@JakeHambyZ80]

I had to refill both of those meds and for the Ritalin it took multiple trips to the pharmacy, two calls to the doctor's office, and another to the pharmacy, with the extra phone calls because my new job has a new insurance plan and they made me get a "prior auth" from the doc's office before they'd approve the coverage (generic 10mg Ritalin 2x daily). My understanding is that because it isn't "officially" FDA approved for adult ADHD, the insurance companies make the patient and the doctor jump through a hoop for no reason. I'm curious why pharma decided to go all-in on depression/anxiety and SSRI meds with these ads during the same time period when they could just as easily, or in parallel, have been pushing extended-release Wellbutrin and extended-release stimulants for adult ADHD with the same "ask your doctor", while those formulations were still patented. Same economic motivation, but only a small % of the population has adult ADHD, while just about everyone can be depressed or anxious, oh, I've answered my own question.

[@user-jv9cr9jn1t]

Just two weeks of Zoloft and I stopped…

[@TheDavveponken]

How are you feeling now?

[@waitwhat564]

One week for me. It was horrible

[@combos7]

Do you think there will ever be a president that comes out and try’s to put a stop to over prescribing and coercion?

[@kassi4837]

#Dr.Josef for president! 😂 🇺🇸

[@breemarierooney3011]

Dear God, I ask you to bless everyone who has been injured and affected by these lies. Please Jesus, help our medical industry to see that they have been duped as well and are doing satans bidding!! Help them to turn around as Dr Josef has. I ask this in Jesus name. Amen

[@DildoBorchiato22c]

Doesn't exist

[@icfda]

What does not exist ​@@DildoBorchiato22c? The earth shattering nightmares these drugs produce which can end the lives of patients? Try telling comedian Phil Hartman's family that or Anna Nicole Smith's young daughter after they had to grow up without their parents because they died on these deadly drugs!

[@icfda]

Congratulations Dr. Josef! I believe you are quickly taking my place as #1 on Pfizer's "Shit List". But you are so nice about it, unlike me. So they may not even send their lead attorney after you like they did me when I gave Dateline the science on the Zoloft-induced REM Sleep Disorder that Phil Hartman's wife suffered to cause her to act out the nightmare she had about a screen play she was writing where a woman shoots her husband in a sleepwalk state. Research now shows 86% of patients suffering that fatal side effect were given antidepressants. So when a patient asks me in a media interview what they should do in an up coming appointment with a doc suggesting they take an antidepressant. I just tell them to have their doctor try it first, preferably as a suppository & let them know how they do! 😮😂

[@MOAB-UT]

LOL- what if they are Satan? What you are suggesting will never happen. They make far too much money.

[@waitwhat564]

Amen !!!

[@peaceful_flow639]

Sertraline gave me visual hallucinations at just 25 mg. It did help my anxiety for a time but I don't think that's because it is fixing a biochemical imbalance. Fortunately I stopped early.

[@pcorp09]

How long did you take it? Did you have withdrawal symptoms?

[@peaceful_flow639]

@@pcorp09 Took it for 2 months, the hallucinations started at the first dose and lasted until the day I stopped. No withdrawals, but it may have been difficult if I took it for longer.

[@kilon0vember]

Zoloft helped me discover that i’m bipolar. How? It just threw me in the horrible manic episode with delusions and hallucinations

[@ruanstrydom7533]

Thanks for the brilliant info.I've been diagnosed as schizoaffective with major depression and have been on numerous meds.Some have caused a lot of side effects unfortunately.My question is whether their exist substitute supplements , that I can take in the place of anti depressants and anti psychotic meds?I want to slowly taper off the meds.I've read that omega 3 can be helpful and I've used it together with my meds but couldnt say that it made a difference.I really want to follow the homeopathic route.Any advice would be appreciated.

[@waitwhat564]

I’m sorry for what your going through. I hope you get some answers here.

[@SK-cp8zs]

Super low dose of Zoloft 12.5mg a day works for me. Have you heard of low doses working and is it safer long term than the therapeutic doses?

[@TheDavveponken]

No psych drugs are safe, HOW they "work" is the problem with them - they are neurotoxic and associated with developing cardiovascular disease and alzheimers. They impair the brain. You anxiety/depression is actually a healthy warning of being in a circumstance that isn't good for you. Listen to your body, it works. Don't try to impair it. Taper slowly though to not cause further imbalance. I took ritalin and it ruined my life from a week of taking it. It's almost been two years now and I probably will never get my old self back.

[@louisecalogero6796]

Zoloft saved me

[@ConnieWilliams-he9jy]

I know that this is not related to this particular issue….however I need to talk to someone to help me taper to a lower dose of hydrocodone….. I’m an elderly lady and need help….

[@mamabeartrue420]

Praying for you 🙏

[@abdullahyousaf3987]

You believe dr.josef that SSRIs work by numbing affect?

[@gemini-vibes6118]

Some people experience emotional blunting on ssris, some don't. I've been on many and never experienced any blunting on them. But coming off my last one, celexa, completely eradicated all my emotions and gave me severe cognitive impairment and sexual dysfunction.

[@abdullahyousaf3987]

​@@gemini-vibes6118 you're right I was on Lexapro for 4 months but no emotional blunting no anhedonia and sexual dysfunction occur but Only genital sensation is reduced so I stop it. but good thing is i take 4 seeds(watermelon, pumpkin, cucumber,rockmelon) with raw(unboiled) milk. My genital sensations and pleasure return to normel but these gives me throat swelling so I also stop it.

[@MOAB-UT]

@@gemini-vibes6118 Even as a woman? So you just don't have attraction to men anymore? I hope things go back to normal for you. Does not sound like much fun.