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8 years of suffering. Permanenty disabled with neuropathy in my legs. I cannot live like that knowing everyday doctors don't take responsibility and live a full life. Will wait one more year and then probably kill myself.

Ive taken venlafaxine xr for 7 years and the doctor asked if I feel 'normal'. I realized I dont even know what 'normal' is for me. So I went from 225mg and have stopped. I feel horrible! Knowing it has been two years for you and you're still experiencing this saddens me for both you and myself. It scares the hell of me. But I so badly wish to know my 'normal'.

Hi Cole. Merry Christmas and thanks for the update. I notice some positive changes from previous videos. You sound better. Your voice has more range. Also, you are showing optimism about the future, and sleeping better is a good sign! Keep it up. See you in 6 months bud. I look forward to the good news. Kevin

Sounds like PSSD, which I am sure you have heard of. You believe this goes away with time?

I’m with you brother I always wonder and think about you and with all my heart I know you will heal . GOD bless you always .

Hey Cole, just started to take liquid venlafaxine. I am down to 3.25 mg . Just read the package leaflet for liquid venlafaxine and read it only lasts a month after you open it,I've got 150m!

Thank you for your videos you have incredible strength to get through this and I wish you continued progress in your recovery....I am 10 years on Benzos and starting tapering now but already going through horrible symptoms, I dont really enjoy things anymore, I am mainly hanging on for my family and like you i can see how long the road ahead is going to be.

❤💚❤💚❤I am 15 months off total of 30 years of Benzos & antidepressants. I cold turkeyed and it was hell for about 8 months. was hospitalized 2 more times a psyche ward and then a dementia hospital...BUT GOD!!! I stayed off and after 8 months of HELL.scared of everything and could hardly function, only lay on my bed with my racing anxiety, could not watch online Church as it scared me, could not talk to my own kids on the phone...pure HELL....but EVERYONE heals....I started "Seeing the Light" you would say at about 11 months off!!! I am praying for you. I have been thinking about you for a few days and I found you. I know what you are going thru. I am 65yrs young. Took Strong Psyche DRUGS from 16-21 (in and out of hospitals for 5 yrs) raised 4 BEAUTIFUL kids with NO drugs and at age 40 went to the walk in for PMS and walla .....dumb dumb decision..got on antidepressants and then benzos....so 25 years more of this NONSENSE!!! finally GOD helped me quit. Had 1 ECT, 2 TMS rounds......lots of different drugs. 7 hospitals in 2017 trying to get off the stuff......but my time came and I got AWESOME PRAYERS at Church International, Warrior AL. and am FREE FREE 15mo. still have DP/DR, and so on.....but my FAITH is where it needs to be. Getting better EVERYDAY!! could not even get the mail at first, you know. I still don't drive, but one day!!! Before I quit, I was driving 1.5hrs to Church International...go figure, DUMB devil.!!! HAPPY TO BE ALIVE!!! I will keep you in my prayers, Cole!~ What helps me the most is my DAILY 2.5 mile walks down the hilly road to 2 areas of cows and a pond at the end. I PRAY to GOD and wave to the cars and slowly meet some neighbors. Hang in there and Try and get to where GOD is your SOURCE for EVERYTHING!!!!! He will NEVER let you down. I PROMISE!!!❤💚❤💚❤The BESTEST part is I am FREE FREE FREE from Pharmacy and Shrinks!!! The Lovely Grind with Michael Priebe helped me the most. I watched him on RUclipss EVERYnight for encouragement. JESUS LOVES YOU AND SO DO I Brother!!!🙂😁🙂JESUS IS THE WAY! I believe you know this. JESUS will meet all your needs. GOD is the GREAT Physician too!!! PEACE bro. LOVE. JOY to you for Christmas. I pray that God blesses you Mightily this Christmas. In JESUS name. I believe he will. Love me <*><~~~

Just gonna leave this here. Some of the best, most comprehensive stuff I've found over the years relating to my exact issues, mental health or otherwise. All still on RUclips, last I checked. If I was gonna do any treatment at all, it should've been avoiding vegetable oil. Video here: <The $100 Billion Dollar Ingredient making your Food Toxic.> Wish I had this video when getting off of Seroquel: <Dr. Mark Horowitz: Antidepressant withdrawal effects and how to safely stop them> For anyone having doubts about quitting or staying off: <Prof Peter Gøtzsche: Why Few Patients Benefit and Many are Harmed>

Do you feel the years you spent on the anti depressants did the damage or withdrawing from them?

I was on Effexor for 18 years. Tapered in 3 months and jumped off at 37.5. I’m 22 months off and have improved too but have a ways to go.

Can you pm me?

I am making slow progress getting off of lamictal and seroquel. Getting off this stuff is no joke. I don't think they every really did help.

Hey, i found one think in the recovery process very helpful would i like to share. Pain processing therapy. Those techniques help to calm your nervous system and will help to recover. Constant messages of safety. Look after Dan Buglio. I am from Germany and those techniques helped me finally. After 15 years of psy drugs, bad withdrawals over 5 years i am maybe 90 Percent okay. Give it a try. You're will be okay! Wish you and all the people out there all the best. You will recover.

You need to calm your nervous system.. the antidepressants has sent your nervous system through the roof..

Glad you continue to heal. Much love brother....

Your videos are like looking into a mirror for me. Thank you for making them. Continued healing to all of us.

Absolute monumental moment Cole. I’m just watching all your videos in succession. Thank you so much for making them and sharing your journey off with us during the most vulnerable time you’re likely to ever experience. I’m currently at 5.74mg and in my 7th year tapering after almost 3 decades on an ad of some sort (Efexor xr since 2006). Your video diary is excellent. No fluff, just real. ♥️

It's interesting yet horrifying how Accutane, Psychiatric drugs (SSRI's & SNRI's) and Finasteride all cause very very similar, if not identical series of symptoms, thus called a Post Drug Syndrome. A bit over 3 years ago, I was put on Finasteride, which I was on quite a short period of time and on a relatively low dose. The drug completely destroyed my health and I still have all the symptoms 3+ years later. Hot/cold flashes throughout the day, inability to get positive emotions from things that I used to love, such as music, playing guitar, playing videogames, eating good food etc. Severe sexual dysfunction. Insomnia. My skin aged in just a few months after the drug and now shows wrinkles and is a lot looser than before. Cognitive functions went down and I'm not as quick witted anymore. I forget names and things often, even what I did at work the previous day. I could go on and on. Before taking this drug, I was healthy, completely normal guy with absolutely NONE of the issues I just listed. All of these symptoms appeared within the first month, while on the drug and only got worse, after I quite the drug. I was completely devastated, as I got diagnosed with Post Finasteride Syndrome, by an experienced doctor, who told me that he started seeing the horrifying effects of this drug, all the way back in the 90's, when it was brought to the market. The worst part is, that while there have been studies around this subject and more are currently ongoing, there is still no cure for this, or Post SSRI Syndrome.

I was on citalopram for ~years for anxiety. They worked for most of that, but eventually they stopped working and my doctor had me taper onto sertraline. I don’t know what happened, but ever since that taper, which I now know was rushed - my brain has never been the same. I was hit with a cacophony of symptoms that I never experienced before that taper. I have constant, strange headaches, and it’s like I have a never ending flu. It has completely sucked all the joy out of life. When I asked my doctor if she thinks I could have sustained an injury from the drugs, she basically told me that isn’t possible and that it doesn’t happen. It’s been a year now, and for everything that seems to have gotten better, two things get worse. I think my anhedonia has lessened somewhat, but it’s still very much there. Things like anxiety have gotten much worse.

Thank you Cole. Your awareness videos are so important. They also give me hope.

Good clip bro, you'll be giving inspiration to many to hang in there. I wonder where you live? Will ask you elsewhere. Oh man, that burning brain and sensitivity to stimulus. I'm nearly 7 years off now and you're right, it takes a real long time but we do improve. Each year you make is a testament to your will to hold on, keep holding on.

Thank you for the update and for continuing the awareness of the hell many of us are enduring 😢 I am 2YEARS off in 2 weeks (after 20 + years) It has been hellish! Anhedonia is still very prevalent among many other symptoms. The 'Brain burn' you describe is REAL! Slight improvement from this time last year but tbh I've made such an big effort to facilitate my progress in the past 6 months, I have been disappointed that it is still so slow 🐌 It's not quite over for us but hopefully the worst of it is Cole 🤞👍 Take care ❣️

Congrats on 2 years mate, I’m 25 months off myself now and still have hundreds of symptoms including all the ones you listed in this video. There has been some improvements but sometimes I don’t see them when I’m in a really bad flare.

I hope you are well and happy. ✌️❤️🤗

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Love your videos and they are very helpful! I find you very attractive as well. Wish I could meet you.

I'm 55 years old I've been taking Venlafaxine for 25 years, it's a long time to be on this drug, I've changed several things in the last two years, I've completely cut out carbs and sugar, which has lifted the brain fog and panic attacks almost completely, now I'm at 4 months of reducing Venlafaxine, I started at 225 mg, currently I'm at 37.5 mg, thank god the withdrawal effects are bearable but the fact remains that I have some of them like dizziness, strange dreams, little anxiety but it doesn't last long, so far it's bearable but that might change when I stop them completely, I hope not.

Right, the public very Misinformed about theese injuries. Im damaged by 18 years Sertraline, later on adverse reaction and almost Cold turked. Tried to reinstate after 3 months, didnt work, got worse. Still bad/severe 14 months off. Neurological and iatrogenic injury. Affected everything in my life. Cant work.

You're looking good cole and sounding great ! It will just keep getting better for you! What a achievement 2 years off. And l second that "those lowife scum bags! I've suffered in isolation for years trying to get off these drugs with no help or support. Lost jobs and opportunities. They have no idea what these drugs do. Its truly evil.

Cheers to 2 years, good on you. I’m at 1 year off. Things have improved, but still struggling with brain burning, neck/back pain and anhedonia. I’ll be doing a 40 day waterfast in February, I’ll let you know how it goes

Been following you for a while because I had similar injury. God knows your perseverance. Congrats bro on a serious accomplishment. Side recommendation: Naturalpathic doctors are very well equipped in treating brain health/recovery (I was astonished to see how much more they knew about medical science than medical doctors). I believe that many of these psychiatric injuries come from a range of genetic variations that influence metabolism.

Thx bro.

I'm very glad to hear about the improvements😊 Please keep us updated. It matters. You know how much.

Glad to hear ur feeling better! U will fully heal it just takes time

I'll be hitting my 2 years at the end of this month. 22 years on SSRIs. I'm better than I was a year ago but not by much. Appreciate you and your videos brother.

Are you having racing intrusive thoughts? Hypersensitivity to every thoughts and stress?

God bless you. Thank you for updating and spreading awareness of this poison 🙏❤️.

Have you tried amino acids?

Yeah, it’s crazy that psychiatric drugs can be some of the harshest drugs there are, and yet they are considered medeicines and safe. This shit will get exposed for the suffering they can cause. Love you so much; praying for everyone ❤

Ur a strong man, mate

Thank you for your video and congrats to 2 years off! Do you have or had PSSD?

I'm at .95 klonopin right now, slowly climbing down the mountain on a micro taper with neurological damage. It's scary man, everyday I wake up I just pray and hope for the best with symptoms. Thanks for the inspiration

Hey mate, excuse my ignorance, but are you in NZ? Feeling a bit silly right now as i always thought you were based in AU like myself. Best of luck in your healing journey ❤️

Thanks for the update 2 years off video. Glad to know that you are improving, this is so much hopeful for us who are in the same journey. I am now 15 months off xanax, feeling some relief recently after a long horrible dark period. I can see some light, so please hang on, keep going, it will slowly but surely get better 🙏

The strength you have is unbelievable. I’ll follow your journey till full recovery💪