Why Antidepressant Protracted Withdrawal Is Not Recognized by Psychiatrists | Adele Framer Interview

[@nicolelambic]

Re: labeling. It may be that the AD-injured communities have to band together like the benzo community did and start reporting their injuries to the FDA reporting program (or other, depending on your location). Start a campaign and get it done!

[@pjjmsn]

I was a therapist in a clinic in the late 90's and early 2000's. We had 5 therapists and 2 part time psychiatrists. Quite frequently we had more drug reps in the waiting room than clients. And they would stand out because they were quite attractive physically in comparison to the average client.

[@michelekisly2535]

I know, and the MDs were tickled to meet with them

[@stevekaylor5606]

Their Mental Health Industry - pharmaceutical co-franchise is the business model at hand - not guiding people to develop a cathexis, which is mental health!

[@MM-qp4pd]

With their free gifts

[@claireh.7605]

When did a drug rep salesperson without credentials become a trusted scholarly source for updating our providers on latest meds?

[@aliciam6725]

Had a nasty reaction to largactil years ago. My psyche said no anti-psychotic should ever pass my lips again. Fast forward years later, two new psyches. I’d stopped sleeping so they said to take Olanzapine. I told them my largactil story. They said they “weren’t convinced” and insisted. I was so desperate and exhausted, I took it. Was immediately restless and rang them next morning. They told me to double the dose. I listened and worsened. So they switched me to Latuda and had an akathisia crisis and went to ED. They injected me with benzatropine and it stopped. But it keeps coming back. Why did I listen to these doctors when I KNEW it could end badly? They said not akathisia, but agitated depression and kept offering up more psyche meds. I walked.

[@janedoe6704]

You listened because you are supposed to be able to trust them. That trust was betrayed and its their fault not yours. Im so glad you walked. Hope it gets better.

[@sharonbice7490]

They trying to kill us! 😢

[@ClaudiaStocker-c7j]

Me too😢 I have Akathisie😢

[@butchdavis2062]

​@ClaudiaStocker-c7j I'm so sorry my friend, how are you treating your symptoms? Are you on ssri?

[@cradlecap123]

I was watching a documentary regarding the Joker/Cinema shooter a while back. The psychiatrist was asked if the antidepressant had anything to do with his state of mind. He said 'no' as he wasn't on the drug at the time. The shooter had ceased taking the AD a month before abruptly from a high dose when the incident happened. I was shocked any sort of withdrawal or problem was not even mentioned.

[@stevekaylor5606]

"Psych drugs cause mass shootings!" - Allen Francis, 2012

[@sandywhat2429]

I was in excruciating withdrawal for 5 years from parnate. Muscle wasting, rapid aging, pain, crying, literal hell. Nobody knew how to help. I thought that was bad, until I started to wean off 40 years of Benzos. Hell hath no fury.... I was praying to die.

[@yes55504]

It ain't that bad lol

[@dianemorrell9638]

​@@yes55504 count yer blessings......

[@mcb00]

I'm so sorry. Do you know others who have experienced withdrawal from MAOIs?

[@mcb00]

​@@yes55504 for you? For some of us it's years of torture.

[@yes55504]

I'm kidding guys, I lost everything to these drugs. I also at the tail end attempted to un alive myself because it was so bad. Now I'm seriously disabled. Vengeance is mine says the Lord, He will repay. Hope those bastards burn in hell, because they know what these drugs do. A note: I never had SI before in my life before these prescriptions

[@zak-a-roo264]

YES, YES ,YES!! What she said about a "bad trip" , THAT is what happened to me in my first days/ week of Citalopram. Truly the most deluded ,terrifying ,near psychedelic full body experience I've ever had. In emotional handcuffs after that, for 3 yrs , afraid to get off a med that just made me angrier every day. 9 months off it and feeling WAY better.

[@andywilson5677]

I think one of the reasons why psychiatry is resistant to the idea of minimising harm is because they are completely ignorant of the harm they are causing. They have no empirical means to differentiate between drug harm and psychiatric diagnoses. Whenever they see a patient harmed by a drug, they just think it's a relapse or some new condition. They never stop to think that the drugs could have caused it. That idea doesn't even enter their minds. To make matters worse, psychiatric patients have some of the greatest stigma against them. They are viewed as unreliable witnesses to their own experiences. Everything they say is treated with hyper-scepticism. If the patient is lucky enough to have figured out that the drug caused the harm, then it's likely that doctors will just think they are wrongly attributing symptoms of their mental illness to the drug. Then, when doctors go to sources that they have been taught to trust (medical journals, guidelines, etc.) all they see is that withdrawal is mild and the drugs are very safe and effective. It's very unlikely that a doctor will start to question everything they have been taught and all the authorities that they trust and believe a "mentally ill" patient instead. I think the only thing we can do is keep campaigning and spreading awareness together. It's much harder to ignore a large group of patients and doctors who are all saying the same thing. The fact that we still don't have good prevalence studies for SSRI protracted withdrawal or PSSD tells you just how much work there is to be done.

[@Nathanchris286]

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[@Tempo50]

Doctors are paid to keep patients on antidepressants.

[@TheDavveponken]

What boggles me is that they "listen" to the patients experience in order to set a diagnosis to begin with (although they like to twist your words and listen selectively, which is also a problem) yet afterwards they suddenly stop listening. It's a dishonest profession at its core. From my experience the professionals are more likely more mentally ill than the patients (and as much has been discovered in questionnaires showing doctors in psychiatry are overrepresented in mental illness). It wouldn't surprise me if most of them had a personality disorder (I know this since I have one myself, although not according to them, but at least I'm aware of it). Bla bla bla. I'm so mad I keep rambling.

[@tubester4567]

I think they do know, but they pretend its not the drug. If the Psychiatric community acknowledged this, it could threaten the whole industry and open them up for legal action. Same with the big pharma companies. These doctors are smart theres no way they dont know. There is a precedence in the past when barbituates were taken off the market. Then they said the new drugs (benzos) dont have these problems. To be fair im sure doctors know plenty of people who take these drugs and stop without any problems, I have also personally seen doctors perform miracles on a schitzophrenic family member, When people are really sick and psychotic, psyche drugs can bring people back to a normal life. I've seen it. Without the drugs this person would need to stay in a psyche hospital. So I really think they know a % of patients will have a bad outcome but still worthwhile for many people but they dont want to admit it because it could threaten their industry and open them up to many lawsuits.

[@kellymichelley]

On point, and well-worded! 👍

[@Snowflake1374]

6 months off zoloft, 17 year rapid taper. Severe scary WD. Cant sleep. Electrical chemical head cognitive smash, no emotions. Hell.

[@beannamated]

I have degenerative brain damage that docs believe started in the mid 1990s when I was given Zoloft for mild fatigue. No depression or anxiety. In 2010-11, I found labwork done in 1995 by 2 different docs. One showed CPK at 3x the high reference range. The other showed very elevated FANA in the pattern of lupus, which is a known adverse reaction to SSRIs. (DILE = Drug induced lupus erythematosis?) My endocrinologist saw the labwork and sent me for an MRI for cerebritis/vasculitis and it came back showing that it could be that. More recent MRIs show it is progressing, ie. A dementing process, atrophy in the Frontotemporal area.

[@Nathanchris286]

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[@TheDavveponken]

Please could you tell me more about this. I think I have cerebral vasculitis as well. Did you have sensations of it? I can feel and sometimes break through the blockage in my brain. I hear a crackling sound and and experience a release and more cognitive function and emotions whenever I manage (I usually end up sobbing, if I'm lucky, it's a nice break from being numb). Is there a treatment for it?

[@michelekisly2535]

Me as well It's very obvious to me I'm declining fast...aging, shrinking, damaged brain. CNS a mess...insomnia seems permanent

[@TheDavveponken]

@@michelekisly2535 Would you care to describe your CNS symptoms? Mine is still messed up after taking Ritalin. Did you get it diagnosed? I just had an mri but it didn't show much to explain my symptoms - only a centimeter in diameter swelling in left upper sinus and overall swelling of the sinuses.

[@Scorcher-ii1ty]

Zoloft for fatigue??? That’s funny. Ever hear of Dexidrine. Even Amantadine is a better choice.

[@emmaj.4838]

Completely agree that many many people would still opt to take the meds even if adverse effects were more known. Obviously not as many, but both my sister and best friend were aware of my experience with withdrawal and I had extensive conversations with both of them about it and they both still opted to start them. That’s their decision and that’s alright, but it’s also impossible to know how actually horrific it is, description doesn’t do it justice, you can’t fathom the pain of messed up chemistry without living it-especially since I’ve remained somewhat functional so I think people often think “it can’t be that bad”. However I think coming from doctors it would have wayyy more of an impact.

[@kristgo2001]

I am one of the unlucky ones. I am currently micro tapering after a failed 8month taper that resulted in PAWS with akathisia. Unfortunately, this happened way back in 2005 as well but I believed my Dr who told me it was a return of my original symptoms. 15 more yrs on the meds have made stopping that much harder.

[@Nathanchris286]

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[@nettewilson5926]

I am with you. I have been unable to taper off completely, which is frustrating. Depressing. I got to a lower dose but can’t seem to go any lower.

[@brendansmyth5053]

4.9 years PAWS from 30mg drop of Cymbalta thank to my GP🇦🇺I’m currently in a small “wave” and it sux. I continue to improve every year though.

[@AlbaLynxQueen]

Are you off Cymbalta or are you still taking it?

[@brendansmyth5053]

@@AlbaLynxQueen I’ve been off it since my GP dropped my 30mgs and made me sick on the 23rd of July 2018. I did mention to him shouldn’t I taper slower than 30mgs? He said “no worries mate you’ll be fine” . Then he didn’t believe me when I came in sick with withdrawals. And none of the other 14 GPs’ I investigated over 3 months after believed me either.

[@AlbaLynxQueen]

@@brendansmyth5053 You didn't try to reinstate? I am so sorry you're going through this. I have Long covid. I was prescribed Paxil for nausea and anxiety. Tapered two weeks after 5 months on the drugs. 3-4 months after this "taper" I crashed and became bedridden with a cascade of new symptoms. Doctors say that Paxil has nothing to do with it...

[@brendansmyth5053]

@@AlbaLynxQueen by then 3 months had past and from what I read it may have been too late to reinstate. Looking back now I should have reinstated and tapered. I didn’t think it was going to last this long so I thought I would heal within 3 to 6 months. After the first year past I knew it was serious. I was told back then by many that my illness can last from 18 months to 5 years. Every every year my health gets better which is great. It sucks i still have on and off symptoms that are improving. I had a huge list of problems for the first two years and there after that list got smaller. I’m sorry to hear of your suffering too poor thing 🙏🏻 keep going and you’ll get better soon. Be good to yourself. good luck to you 🙏🏻🇦🇺

[@AlbaLynxQueen]

@@brendansmyth5053 You too. I hope we will heal soon

[@Beck-rv7xr]

Wow, I didn’t know about the studies using people’s withdrawal symptoms as justification for “maintenance therapy…” it’s maddening. Explains perfectly how and why I’ve been encouraged to “maintain” on SSRIs for almost 28 years.😳

[@teresacarter5267]

I am with you Beck. I have taken paxil for 36 yrs. and I am trying to self-wean. Our Rx companies are wicked and deceitful.

[@Q1776Q]

Thank you doctor for you outstanding work....and getting THE TRUTH out there.

[@joannek7447]

Just want you to know this channel is a life saver!!!

[@haileysmom2358]

I’ve been tapering for 1.5 years & reduced Pristiq from 100mg to 20mg. Been stuck at 20mg for 4 months. My doctor thinks I’m being ridiculous in wanting to taper slowly & had to seek out another doctor to help. My doctor is either ignorant of withdrawal or sold his soul to big Pharma. I think it’s the latter. It’s been a long, difficult journey

[@dianemorrell9638]

Yes exactly! I'm still on effexor 20 mg down from 150 mg 3 years ago. So good that you share this! Ty

[@manne6382]

@@dianemorrell9638 and @haileysmom2358, are you using supplements or anything else to aid with your taper? I first got off Effexor around 2018 with help from a compounding pharmacist, doing a very slow wean of 2+ years and using 5-HTP. I was feeling great at the end and until about 6 weeks after ceasing completely and then I suddenly was miserable. Spent the next 1.5 years trying everything I could think of to avoid going back on med - hypnotherapy, neurofeedback, more 5-HTP, magnesium, etc. With no success, I went on Pristiq. A few months later, my BP was very high. Psychiatrist switched me to sertraline 50 mg, but BP stayed high. In late Feb '23, I started niacin and ramped up to 1000 mg three times daily, then started weaning sertraline further. I added some other supplements including B complex, vitamin C, omega 3, and mucuna extract, which I feel helped a lot. The last day I had any sertraline (one drop liquid) was Aug 21 and am feeling cautiously optimistic that this time I've succeeded.

[@archetaro]

I honestly believe most Drs are just totally naive, antidepressants are/were marketed as safe and are still very new in terms of medical history (i.e. around 30 years since Prozac took off). That still doesn’t make it ok, of course. And the culture of big pharma and psychiatry insisting on polypharmacy and increasing dosages, largely dismissing patient feedback without reporting their experiences, etc. is toxic and dangerous, and likely does more damage to the public’s trust in the efficacy of these medications. Especially as very few people are presented with ADs as a short-term treatment, it really does feel like any success with an AD gets you marked as a patient who needs to be on them forever. (And if you disagree, then you’re mentally ill and not being compliant! 😔)

[@kathya1956]

It’s an exponential taper. Please go 10%

[@Vancouver_1986]

They, too, think I've been ridiculous for talking about extremely slow tapers. Nope. I'm not even remotely ridiculous. Most likely, they've never experienced what all of us have.

[@MariannaChowanec]

You look great.. Ive been iff 4 years was blessed with only sleep deprivation for a few months.. went cold turkey off of Xanax due to being stuck in Tennessee during covid, my son had horrible withdrawals..I truly believe he is finally healing 4 years later..what we both went through stuck on a mountain in Tennessee was probably what u describe as Hell.. we both r lucky to be alive.. don’t recommend cold Turkey.. I feel very Blessed to be alive, and it seriously is a journey no one can ever understand unless they went through it!! Your doing amazing!!!❤

[@safaasgari3115]

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

[@butchdavis2062]

My friend I'm so sorry to know this is the case, have you found relief? Are you getting treatment?

[@safaasgari3115]

@butchdavis2062 Yes, I am dying. Heaven Iam coming to you

[@tg4796]

It's Tracey - emailed you. The reaction from the psychs with the intimidation of harmed patients - mimincs the abuse patterns in dysfunctional families. Scapegoating. Lives in the drama triangle and they then have the narc dynamic of golden child children - who the drugs work for and the persecution and projections onto blaming the harmed patients. The disgusting thing about this is lots who were harmed by meds went for help FOR this vulnerabliity - me included.

[@janedoe6704]

Yes the system is definintely abusive and follows abuse patterns. Power control gaslighting etc.

[@TheDavveponken]

I've realised the very mechanism I was seeking treatment for is the one that landed me with a damaged cns from the ritalin they brainwashed me into taking. It was very subtle, almost like inception.

[@tg4796]

relate@@TheDavveponken

[@avalonmist254]

Tramadol is also filled with SSRI/Norepinephrine Inhibitors too and is promoted as a Opioid Pain reliever...the Withdrawal has totally been hell after 10 months...never ever helped with pain...Talk about just say No!!!

[@teresacarter5267]

I would love some advice on weaning off my Paxil that I have been taking for 36 years. I am on 20 mg. and what I have been doing for a year is, I take 20 mg. on odd days and cut it in half and take 10 mg. on even days. I have done well on this for one year, however, I have no idea what my next step should be. I am doing this without a doctor's aid, because, since Covid and the botched "vaccines" and guidelines, I have no faith in the "medical field".

[@type-c7396]

Grazie ADELE per tutto quello che fai mi hai salvato la vita 💐❤

[@stormchaser419]

The words "discontinuation syndrome" is truly just a euphemism for withdrawal. They don't like it because the word withdrawal is associated with being addicted to something.

[@stevekaylor5606]

Psychiatrists should Discontinue their rationales - and just encourage people to have single minded dedication {mental health}!

[@Vancouver_1986]

Precisely. Our physiologies are addicted/developed a physical dependency.

[@beannamated]

Great work, Adele. Barbara BT

[@billybandyk0720]

RE: the title of this feature; the answer's quite clear. It's bc the pharmaceutical companies blatantly withheld info RE: adverse effects from psych meds. As a result; mental health personnel can only relay info that's been supplied 2 them. Nvrthlss; it's also incumbent upon the prescribing Drs 2 demand that info 2 maintain integrity as it pertains 2 informed consent.

[@Vancouver_1986]

Highlighting the term "informed consent". This is what it ALL boils down to. None of us gave it to begin with. I can assure you if I fully knew about these Pharmaceuticals, I would most definitely NOT give informed consent. It's unethical and quite frankly a liability. These Iatrogenic Injuries are quite literally medical malpractice, yet none of us can sue.

[@billybandyk0720]

@@Vancouver_1986 EXACTLY!!!!! Exactly my fuckin' point

[@stevekaylor5606]

Mental health is the development of a mental + emotional dedication - a cathexis!

[@terriabbett7914]

What you both describe at the end happened to me with Ativan and also with Ability.

[@jenniferbryn]

The reason the side effects of withdrawals are not presenting as graded [whether you come off of one dosage or another that seems considerably lower) is that withdrawals are awful and disabling regardless of the dosage. I've been guinea pigged through so many meds. All this information is unsettlingly clear...the drugs aren't safe. I realize now how medically tortured I've been through the years. All these black label meds...I've been swapped in and out of for my entire life. I've listened to so many of these podcasts lately. They can put you on a medication for 5/6 Mos, then take you off overnight, no taper. Then on to the next. Who knows which med I'm withdrawing from.... or maybe it's just a side effect. I didn't realize Dr. Josef's podcast was a Shakespearen comedy series 😅😢😂😮.

[@sharonbice7490]

Any drug that alters your brain is not good. I FOUND OUT TO LATE. 😢

[@ErikFindling]

I got an extreme adverse reaction from Lexapro overnight after taking it for two years back in June of 2023. Still dealing with chronic fatigue, nausea, tremor, body aches and numb genitals. These drugs are awful

[@nils1471]

I don't think Dr's learn anything about this, from what I know is that in their long study the time spend on medication is only a small fraction of it. What they learn is basic stuff like which medicine can be prescribed for which condition and maybe some well know side effects. They just learn the information given by pharmaceutical industry which you can find yourself and that's it.

[@ruthxie2464]

How do the doctors know? Only the patients know from their experience of taking the drug for years.

[@Snowflake1374]

Exactly.

[@rosieaustin9911]

Awesome!! Thanks for video.

[@TheDavveponken]

Are psychiatrists just trained monkeys? Anything outside their training completely befuddles them. How can you be so arrogant to think you have ALL the answers to the human psychology/brain. It's so unscientific, science should be open to change and new knowledge, not scold other experience and belittle them into not being real.

[@dianemorrell9638]

Until it happens to you, these are outside anyone's normal experience or reference point. Truly indescribable. I bet even Noam Chomsky, linguist, would have the words to describe.

[@TheDavveponken]

@@dianemorrell9638 My recent experience tells me this is not just an attitude amongst psychiatrist but the doctoral profession overall unfortunately. It used to be so much better just ten years ago. I don't know if it's a new generation of narcissists that's taken over? Most doctors below the age of 50 are unbearable.

[@seansailor7149]

Seems in line to me. They don't understand anything about people either

[@cindyjo9093]

I was prescribed Prozac by my OB/GYN for menopause. I stayed on it a few years. I tapered myself. I'm not sure if I had any effects from it. I'd have to ask my husband! I think I was comfortable? I was prescribed it again recently by my primary care physician because Im not sleeping well, and I filled the prescription. I took one pill and quit. Then he prescribed trasadone, same thing. Then Welbutrin. I haven't picked it up yet. I don't think I will. Trying melatonin gummies. Is that a good choice?

[@nettewilson5926]

Yeah don’t do the SSRIs

[@cindyjo9093]

@nettewilson5926 ..update...Melatonin gives me nightmares. CBD gives me nightmares and headache. MAYBE ILL TRY A TODDY AT BEDTIME. My mother used to.

[@Haliotro]

The problem is that there is no objective data to support the notion of prolonged withdrawal. PET, fMRI, other human studies, and animal studies show there is normalization of brain metabolism, serotonin transporter density, etc about 2 weeks following SSRI cessation.

[@Filthycoffin]

Would a person be able to sue a doctor if that doctor looked them in the eyes and told them they would never have quality of life again and I am not prescribing you any more benzos? I took her as manual 2021. I tried to get her to tape it and she refused and pushed the manual away. I was never abusing. I was having introduce withdrawals from Ativan. I was just trying to get off of the crap and wanted help from someone that would be there for me.

[@claireh.7605]

My nutrition professor helped with a drug study for a weight loss drug and she said participants figured out who was on placebo and who wasn’t because they talked to each other in the lobby and one drug gave people diarrhea and the placebo didn’t

[@Nakanam1]

What I don't understand is why my psychiatrist has never met anyone like me. I need to taper slowly and even this way I have withdrawal symptoms. Do they meet such people but dismiss them that this is their original problem? Because what I felt after CTing escitalopram was nothing like normal anxiety symptoms. I don't believe this can anyone without any outside intervention even feel. So how can they dismiss it?

[@Snowflake1374]

Same experience.

[@Snowflake1374]

Has anyone healed from long term use SSRI fast taper (Cold turkey) and severe WD?

[@capresti3537]

No one. Permanent brain damage. Neurotoxicity.

[@TheDavveponken]

Would you look into pssd from stimulants such as Ritalin? I've seen it claimed elsewhere that they are more like ssris rather than stimulants in reality.

[@JakeHambyZ80]

Ritalin is a dopamine and norepinephrine inhibitor so there's some overlap with SNRIs, but not SSRIs. I haven't heard of withdrawal causing anything like PSSD, but anything's possible since we know so little.

[@TheDavveponken]

​@mbyZ I know that's what I thought. But then I went looking for answers and found my symptoms to be much like serotonin syndrome. And I also found a study on rats seeing increased serotonin from Ritalin (methylphenidate) long after stopping a short, although more intense, treatment (elevated serotonin for at least 3 months). Which is roughly how long I had acute symptoms of serotonin syndrome (about 5 months). I had increasing genital numbing and erectile dysfunction, jumpiness and overall excited nervous system, zombie like personality, suicidal and homicidal ideation, while on it and in the months after - I didn't recognize myself at all. It happened fairly quickly as well (a few days, stopped on day 8), but have left me damaged for 20 months now: I think my reaction was furthered by an over the counter acid reflux medicine, omeprazole (which I found at least for ssris can double concentration due to it also being a monamineinhibitor (causing serotonin to linger). I also found two prior reported incidents of erectile dysfunction with the drug combo in my country, Sweden. But on that note, the listed side effects are much the same as those for ssri's. I also read a psychologist saying stimulants are more like ssri's than what is lead on. They (ritalin at least) both limit affect. Also if you look at how methylphenidate acts upon the brain it actively suppresses affect related areas of the brain and lowers cerebral blood flow by up to 30% - a scary thought to say the least. God I wish I had done my research, but it's hard. I did some research beforehand of course, but almost everywhere it is said to be safe and effective. It's only when you dig deeper, when you know what you are looking for in terms of side effects that you are able to piece it together somewhat. In the end, a serious psychiatrist will tell you that they don't know exactly how it works, and that would've warranted me to just leave the office. I'm looking to sue or press charges for gross negligence but it seems near impossible without the medical staff knowing about these drugs (they merely think you are crazy to begin with after having had contact with a psychiatrist) and interest in psych drug related injuries seem very limited, and actively avoided even. Oh well, here I go again with a longwinded reply. Thank you for taking the time to reply to me. All the best, hoping this message finds you well and isn't removed by youtube. Edit: Hey I just realized an snri also has serotonergic effects, hence the name.

[@michelekisly2535]

PAWS with AKA...sounds about right

[@kathya1956]

Do we know what kind of patient will go through protracted withdrawal?

[@wandarask8444]

Psychiatrists, are people who never passed exams to medical school. They need to write scripts so they go as be a income .

[@ElizabethAmbiong]

lexapro ruined my brain

[@allencollins6031]

Terrifying.

[@DIAMONDGIRL57]

Currently, I am suffering from withdrawal symptoms. The withdrawal symptoms are brutal!

[@Snowflake1374]

Same.

[@sharonbice7490]

Yes they are. 😢

[@yootoob1001001]

There's one common reason they don't regardless of whatever else: $$$$. That is all.

[@Tempo50]

You MUST get the meds compounded.

[@joniatoms9798]

Neither is withdrawing and trying to get off pain meds by a pain management provider 😢

[@waynelotz462]

Probably don’t wanna be sued…denial a great thing for intelligent people in a court of law

[@mncat7034]

Adele, please stop giggling while discussing human suffering. It is inappropriate.

[@craftygirl17]

I agree with Adele there isn’t low enough doses to taper, I’m stuck on Effexor xr because of this, I was on Pristq It made me so groggie I was taking 50mg. Then put on Effexor xr last seven years. And want off. It’s affecting my sleep. And terrible constipation. And I take clonazapam.25 mg at night, for the last almost 11 years, I’m scared to come off because of the withdrawals. I tried once my psychiatrist told me to cut it in half, I did and the next day my legs felt so weak. I new it was withdrawl, I went back to .25 mg, I just don’t know what to do.

[@glorianouel9791]

Great interview! I have been part of Surviving AD since 2016. I webt into wd afte4 a durgery. Didn't figure it out for a while until I fiund the. Cut down slpwly for 4 and half years. Off for two years. Still having symptoms such as gut sleep neuroemotions. We need effe tice advocacy by patients and professoonals aware of these issues