The Antipsychotic Side Effect No Ones Talking About

[@Dji2stellar-C]

An 11 year old kid being put on heavy meds like that is criminal

[@toefoneman]

Happened to me too at 9. Ruined my life. But I luckily didn't get diabetes but gained way too much, it was hard to think and get around

[@mike971000]

Happens to almost everyone now in "western" countries especially USA. They lucky if it's only one drug they force you to take

[@DailyCzak123]

@@toefoneman Did your metabolism eventually returne to normal ? As in right now, do you "feel" that your metabolism have been permanently alter in a way that is harder for you to lose weight and easier to gain weight ? Is your glucose in the normal range, prediabetes or diabetic range ? Metabolism structure in general, anything abnormal ?

[@ingridlockey6379]

Russ is a fantastic communicator, a compete natural.

[@Blu6556]

“…Trouble managing the unmanageable…” That sums up my whole entire life.

[@CNiswatching]

Thrilled to see these two link up for such a helpful interview. Thank you Russ and Dr. JWD. This interview resonates so much.

[@lisaatp]

I’m a peds NP who frequently treats kids for encoresis… those are lengthy visits… my heart breaks for your 11 year old self that no one specifically addressed this for you 😢

[@paige8991]

What a champion! He's been through a pain few people can understand and came out swinging. It gives me hope and shows what can be done if you fight for it.

[@naomimara3340]

Thank you Russel. THANK YOU.

[@Protracted-Withdrawal]

You are my hereo Russell. I would also gladly share my story on Josef's channel.

[@MaikenJakobsen-b8e]

Thank you 🙏 "you are inthere somewhere". "That brings others into your life". I needed to hear that. Thank you ❤️. The lonelyness and trauma in this is unbearable. Thank you both of you.

[@mr.giggles4995]

I gained about 70 lbs in 70 days while on doxepin and bupropion, and maybe another one, it's hard to remember, all the meds have damaged my memory.

[@user-wb2yv7ll9d]

Russell is an impressive guy, his progress is extraordinary. I'de be curious to know if he is doing talk therapy and if he gets good sleep. What a great guy. ❤

[@russellbyt]

Thanks for your really kind, supportive words! To answer that sleep question: At this point, whether or not I get good sleep often comes down to stress levels and lifestyle choices. It’s hard to get good sleep if I’m super stressed, or if I have too much caffeine or were to eat a sugared-up piece of cake or something right before bed (which I don’t normally do, Lol). But that's kinda normal, right? I’m not in the situation I used to be where I needed Seroquel and/or Ambien and (insert pharmaceutical here) to help me fall asleep and stay asleep each night. I only needed all that because that’s what my body was used to. As for talk therapy: I’m not currently doing it. Might do some in the future. Just need to have a good reason for it. Really want it to be my choice as an adult after having been in therapy for so long when I was young, and couldn’t _truly_ make up my own mind about going. By the time I could make up my own mind and really understood what it meant to be a participant in therapy, it was more a habit than a conscious choice. And I was just there anyway to help me deal with all the problems others were causing me and didn’t yet have a good idea of what my own issues were, if that makes sense. -Russell B

[@user-wb2yv7ll9d]

@@russellbyt Thanks Russell, it makes sense. ❤

[@kathryn7739]

Gosh, doing this to an 11 year old? I always wondered why a doctor would let a patient add on weight until 400lbs…were they observing him frequently? Was the psychiatrist noting his labs for metabolic issues? He had concerns and voiced them, but the psychiatrist response was inappropriate. It’s hard hearing all this malpractice.

[@maxaffe3195]

they dont care at all. just prescribe and do nothing else. they are supposed to monitor side effects and do something about it but they dont

[@stevekaylor5606]

@@maxaffe3195 Don't doctors receive money for each prescription they write? This would play into their hubris!

[@diliasantos2330]

Thank you so much for this

[@shahnazali4000]

Congrats... finally , interesting topic on antipsychotics. Thank you. Russel B' s trauma is similar to my sons, perhaps accentuated with him speaking to court welfare officers from the age of 2 years upto 14. He was forcibly taken for weekends, long weekend stays and half holidays from 2 years onwards against his will.

[@user-wb2yv7ll9d]

Dr Josef: "Risperidal" is misspelled in the thumbnail, just FYI. Thanks for all the work you do. ❤

[@blaa1]

If the saying "they treat you how they feel about you" is true, then after the first dose of risperdal i have no doubt how they feel about me 🤐 It was literally hell on this med.

[@stevekaylor5606]

'Psychiatry is sincerity, fraud, force and financialization!' - Thomas Szasz

[@thewhiterabbituk]

i think this drug was for me the epitome of punishment in a pill.

[@stevekaylor5606]

@@thewhiterabbituk It was a good procedure - for credentialed doctors. You were their cash cow !

[@caliborn6884]

It’s just so obvious that you have this child, who has parents at war, would have physical symptoms. It also makes common sense that this child would also develop OCD as a desperate attempt at controlling something, anything, in his chaotic environment.

[@maxaffe3195]

these drugs kill the metabolism. and i need to take stuff like this soon because i am on the verge of schizophrenia. its so cruel. everything gets taken away from me

[@davidsprouse151]

I was on thiothixene for years and didn't gain weight. Just avoid the "medication cascade"

[@dlp157-vw2lv]

Me too. I have bipolar disorder. 😢 I wish things were easier for all of us.

[@teresitavanderploeg2471]

❤ Thank you ❤

[@seanthompson224]

Russel is such an inspiration! His journey is very similar to my own (currently deprescribing from a massive psychiatric drug cocktail). Most of my life was sidelined from childhood into my late 20s thanks to these drugs. I still have a ways to go, but I see the light at the end of the tunnel regardless of the struggle

[@BOCHOMO]

I just got diagnosed tipe 2 diabetes after taking Xanax for 19 years. It's so sad 😢....gain 50 pounds

[@messpilo]

I discontinued this drug once I recognised the negative symptoms....

[@Mohammadmarketer]

youtube recommend me your video and i am so thankful really great stuff man btw I was wandering do you needed video editor for your videos man?

[@PriscilaJaegerL94]

I won 30 kg and a trauma on resperidal

[@blairpowell4839]

I got type 2 diabetes from mirtazapine, while diet played a role in that mirtazapine made me crave junk food and alcohol

[@johnwolf1475]

zyprexa`` and all the other psych candy put 200lbs of blubber on me. drs said i was of of b.s. yet i was on a 2500 calorie diet while in teh hospital...

[@stevekaylor5606]

Mental Health operatives are lockstep ideological - and are too hubristic to consider what they are effectively doing to people!

[@paige8991]

I went from 120 to 140 in a month on SSRIs. Doctor said it was because I was getting older as a woman and that happens. I was 24 😂 and I just took her word for it. Ended up getting to 270lbs. But hey I've been off for 3 years, and now I'm 190-197lba depending on the week.

[@stevekaylor5606]

@@paige8991 Within Mental Health there is no accountability - therefore, new rationales can be played !

[@AussieGal501]

It is such a bad drug in Sooooo many ways

[@DailyCzak123]

The question is: Will your biological mechanism in the cellular level return to normal after quitting antipsychotics? Clearly the energy expenditure has changed and losing weight is difficult. Even if it is successful, it is independent to glucose structure. Such horrific drug with severe horrible side effects can be publish into the society / system and not banned. No wonder people lose trust in the medical system.

[@sharpiegirl599]

Lithium & Paxil will cause massive weight gain too

[@kiwitraveller6451]

I have a question why do people still on the drugs seem to be getting worse over time over years?

[@SydneyDiva]

Has anyone tried chelation to help with tapering?

[@kiwitraveller6451]

Not just youth that put on weight because of the drugs...all adults...

[@Ayesha______]

I’m on Risperidone for self harm urges and suicidal thoughts and I weigh 222 pounds. I wanna get on Olanzapine but my parents don’t want me to because of the side effects including suicidal thoughts. I don’t know what to do. I’m 17.

[@diliasantos2330]

❤

[@jrman413]

Help me

[@blaa1]

I did experience rapid weight gain and got to prediabetes so far. 17 pounds in a week! The pounds just piled on! But this med has so much more detrimental effects to ofer. parkinson like symptoms, tardive dyskenisia, no positive feelings life energy draining all this and more I experienced with these meds. inhumane experience it was for me! I hated every second being on these meds. The wisdom behind it, it was never about being well.

[@blaa1]

It's like being bitten by a toxic snake (metaphorically) paralyzing