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  • Millions of Americans have taken antidepressants for many years. What happens when it’s time to stop?
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  • @kellymcgee9352
    @kellymcgee9352 4 года назад +254

    People are having their rights taken away and are being forced to take mind altering drugs against their will. It’s a violation of our basic human rights

    • @gabrielsmessage114
      @gabrielsmessage114 4 года назад +19

      @Amber Walters nope, incredible amounts of people are getting shafted by the legal system and the psychiatric system in the modern day, by the excessive marketing of big pharmaceutical company tactics of inventing an injectable anti-psychotic, and now there are entire communities chalk full of these blooming number of unconsenting adults who are forced, against their will, to take drugs that aren't even proven to improve lives over the -long- term as opposed to the same day listed effects of the drugs such as in the DSM V

    • @panholo7897
      @panholo7897 3 года назад +7

      @Amber Walters They can court order it

    • @hol-upLIL-bit
      @hol-upLIL-bit 3 года назад +2

      conspiracy theorist... part of the problem.

    • @budda777pl
      @budda777pl 3 года назад +28

      The problen is that people don't understand, that a young, sometimes not adult person, that has a psyche destroyed by her family system, that is dependent on them and doesn't know what's happening to him/her is being put in a psychiatric hospital, as maybe an alternative to being homeless or being put in jail, is de facto being forces to take those medications. And throught the rest of her life nobody helps her to find a way to heal and nobody helps to reduce those drugs, but encourages her to take them or even sonehow forces to.

    • @the_red_wolf8244
      @the_red_wolf8244 3 года назад +12

      @@hol-upLIL-bit do some research and youll see the truth about antipsychotics

  • @jessicamerced9116
    @jessicamerced9116 2 года назад +107

    I've been taking Seroquel 150mg-250mg (increased gradually over the years) for 4 years. The last couple of weeks my heart has been literally freaking out at night. I absolutely have to taper. It has helped immensely over the years but I feel my mind and body no longer need it. I started with 250mg to 200mg, no withdrawal symptoms. Now I'm on 100mg and notice severe insomnia. I'm admittedly nervous about more side effects. I'm staying in prayer. LORD JESUS, HELP all of us through this time 🙏
    Hello everyone, this comment was made 3 weeks ago! I successfully tapered off by April 28th. I noticed that my insomnia only lasted a day or two so I continued to taper every 3-4 days and noticed no other withdrawal symptoms! I feel better and my heart is always beating peacefully. I stayed in prayer and Jesus walked me through it 🙌

    • @ninsiimabridget4059
      @ninsiimabridget4059 2 года назад +3

      You have done well

    • @cindywright14
      @cindywright14 Год назад +3

      How are you feeling today? My husband is 7 weeks off this poison Seroquel he was on 500mg for 22 months he started having seizures at the beginning of the year so in March we started weaning him and he took his last medication July 24. Sadly seven weeks off he has depression I think he’s hearing voices so I think he is having withdraw psychosis possibly. Omg this is stressful. By the way he was put on this poison because of severe alcohol withdrawal.Never before in his life he ever experienced anything like what he went through after he quit drinking alcohol

    • @jordanplathstone7373
      @jordanplathstone7373 Год назад +5

      @@cindywright14 Yes Seroquil has ruined my liffe, my son thinks i'm a loser and I can't get a grip socially, it's like i've been in a coma for 12 years

    • @jordanplathstone7373
      @jordanplathstone7373 Год назад +1

      I got on it when my wife wouldn't quit cheating on me and i couldn't handle it

    • @cindywright14
      @cindywright14 Год назад +2

      @@jordanplathstone7373 you will get through this so DONT give up. Take it slow wean slow and NO Caffeine especially when you get off it can make you manic. My husband takes TONS of vitamins B Vitamins are good. Praying for you.

  • @ernestoortega4469
    @ernestoortega4469 3 года назад +101

    My wife has been in and out of the mental hospital 5 times in the past year and a half... We made the decision to stop the psych meds and I took her to a hormone specialist and boom what do you know hormones.... She's back to her normal self after 3 months with no psych meds and hormone therapy...

    • @JohnSmith-ys4nl
      @JohnSmith-ys4nl 3 года назад +11

      The psychiatrist should have checked her hormone levels. This is common protocol.

    • @MrAvaraa
      @MrAvaraa 2 года назад +3

      Psych medics, doesn't erase root problems. They usually worsen the situation, create even more imbalance in the brain, and make a loop by doing that.

    • @beataannanowak659
      @beataannanowak659 2 года назад

      Is OBGYN qualified to check your hormone levels? Can you write more about it please?

    • @jeanpaultongeren125
      @jeanpaultongeren125 2 года назад +7

      @@MrAvaraa Can anti psychotics make psychosis appear I mean does it actually increase it

    • @MrAvaraa
      @MrAvaraa 2 года назад

      You should taper of them, how long have you been with the med?

  • @Pazaluz
    @Pazaluz Год назад +33

    There's an article in the Belgian newspaper right now that says 1 in 3 elderly people in retirement homes are prescribed anti-psychotics *off-label* . You know, to calm them down or for sleeping problems. Absolutely disgusting.

    • @annam3662
      @annam3662 Год назад +2

      Yes , I've even seen a video on RUclips where a nurse claims haloperidol shots are helping them to "pass easier"

    • @arianamooon
      @arianamooon Год назад

      Off-label?

    • @kotenoklelu3471
      @kotenoklelu3471 8 месяцев назад +1

      They can lead to sudden death in elderly. It's in the papers with medication.

  • @johnkosterimages
    @johnkosterimages 5 лет назад +147

    It's a really well written, well-researched article on this phenomena. All too prevalent in this society, the idea that pills can fix all that ails us psycho-emotionally is a dead end street for many people.

    • @goertzpsychiatry9340
      @goertzpsychiatry9340 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/cEfilXV_BxQ/видео.html

    • @jl1695
      @jl1695 2 года назад

      But they help this article is dumb

    • @Minerva578
      @Minerva578 2 года назад +3

      @Guy Whose opinions will offend you Yeah you can say that, i'm damaged by just taking 4 weeks of antipsychotics.
      These drugs are the final bastion for someone who's potentially become a psychopath in future, not for bipolar nor even depressed person, on the other hand schizophrenic might be the perfect candidates, but they should've given them the risks and benefits information before taking the meds.

    • @billybandyk0720
      @billybandyk0720 Год назад

      @@jl1695 How do psych meds help?

    • @jl1695
      @jl1695 Год назад

      @@billybandyk0720 also its not like a covid vaccine that took under a year, these psych meds took 20 years at least to get fda approved and studied by doctors scientists and chemist.

  • @JohnRambo1947-July-6th
    @JohnRambo1947-July-6th 4 года назад +106

    Better to never get on them!!!

  • @aronjohnson2553
    @aronjohnson2553 Год назад +61

    Doctors who prescribe these drugs should be in prison.

    • @capresti3537
      @capresti3537 Год назад +2

      They really should. They are criminals who torture and kill people with these drugs for money.

    • @kolarz2128
      @kolarz2128 6 месяцев назад +5

      Yes and no. If it's given to people forcefully then yes. If it's done by their will, why? They dont know any better. We cant be lazy on our minds these days. We have to check informations given to us. We're not longer children to listen to others without being responsible for who are we listening to

    • @aronjohnson2553
      @aronjohnson2553 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@kolarz2128 so I'm supposed to trust the internet over my doctor of 25 years?

    • @Michaelathomas2000
      @Michaelathomas2000 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yessss so true. I have the awful experience 😢😢

    • @capresti3537
      @capresti3537 4 месяца назад

      @@kolarz2128 Most people are mislead and tricked into taking them by their doctors. Doctors are responsible for telling them of the risks and pseudoscience behind these drugs not the patients.

  • @ce311
    @ce311 5 лет назад +85

    Getting off Paxil almost killed me. That drug and Effexor drop out of your system SO FAST that withdrawal symptoms can be brutal. (Prozac stays around long enough not to do this) PLEASE, if you want to quit psych drugs, learn about how to taper off safely! A great article BTW.

    • @debbietaylor20
      @debbietaylor20 3 года назад +6

      And Zoloft ! I'm tapering now it's brutal . I never had this on Prozac .

    • @adams546
      @adams546 3 года назад +4

      @@debbietaylor20 how are you now? I still have these symptoms after a year. I only took Zoloft for only 3 month (+1 months tapering off).

    • @scotscub76
      @scotscub76 2 года назад +5

      I was withdrawn quickly after 11 years on it. I still live with the symptoms 13 years later!

    • @adriangraham1868
      @adriangraham1868 2 года назад

      How do you feel now that you are off medication?

    • @adriangraham1868
      @adriangraham1868 2 года назад

      @@adams546 how do you feel now that you are off medication?

  • @Jsmlk
    @Jsmlk 5 лет назад +49

    I got off of antidepressants, and now am having some issues dealing with it, physical, a year later. So the suggestion is, to try another drug...I'm really hesitant about that

  • @TheDesperado557
    @TheDesperado557 3 года назад +40

    I’m planning on going off my psych meds soon 16 years is too long

  • @mimineko1019
    @mimineko1019 2 года назад +13

    I just stopped taking my meds and all my symptoms went away tonight so here’s hoping

  • @Michaelathomas2000
    @Michaelathomas2000 5 месяцев назад +5

    I hate antidepressants so much omg my life got worse. I wish I never took them

  • @cuekinaja
    @cuekinaja 2 года назад +10

    I live in Indonesia. One day I wrote a comment on Medicating Normal's RUclips channel or was it Mad In America?, asking how to quit Depakote and Risperidone, not expecting anything just because I was desperate, but the admins replied with the link to Laura Delano's website for tapering psychiatric meds "The Withdrawal Project". Tremendously helpful. Life saving.

  • @elle3821
    @elle3821 5 лет назад +94

    Why isn't there an interview with her? When I was watching this video the vibe I got was that she took her own life. Just found this format odd....

    • @oldfan1963
      @oldfan1963 5 лет назад +10

      Yes, I expected it to end with an announcement of the woman's suicide. Maybe some deep googling is in order.

    • @gimmemoremusic
      @gimmemoremusic 5 лет назад +8

      Read the article if you have the time, it's totally worth it and you get to read a lot of her inner thoughts throughout the years and up to present day.

    • @smb08j
      @smb08j 5 лет назад +7

      yeah i thought the same thing-- she kept being referred to in past tense exclusively

    • @Lanja1991
      @Lanja1991 5 лет назад

      Yes i think she ended her life

    • @damnmuggle
      @damnmuggle 4 года назад +14

      @@Lanja1991 no she didn't

  • @BL-sd2qw
    @BL-sd2qw 6 месяцев назад +4

    My healthy, mind and life are ruined because of these drugs 😭
    I have literal cortico-subcortical atrophy that doctors refuse to treat because they are backing each other up

  • @advin_
    @advin_ 2 года назад +16

    I want to get off meds and do psychedelic therapy

  • @johnwadsworth7086
    @johnwadsworth7086 2 года назад +16

    I'm coming off of 30 years of psych meds very slowly

  • @oldfan1963
    @oldfan1963 5 лет назад +21

    1:50 - (Allen Francis) The reporter doesn't mention that the DSM-4, 5, whatever has BigPharma execs on its editorial board. It might have been outside the scope of her report.

    • @gimmemoremusic
      @gimmemoremusic 5 лет назад +3

      She does talk about it in the article.

  • @KiraContriteSpirit
    @KiraContriteSpirit Год назад +16

    Laura is awesome. I've been using The Withdrawal Project for about a year. My son is on olanzapine & he needs to come off

    • @oghoghookundaye1493
      @oghoghookundaye1493 Год назад +3

      I was on olanzapine for four years and sometimes I think of how different life would be without it. It’s a difficult drug.
      I went off of it cold turkey and it’s very challenging.

    • @kotenoklelu3471
      @kotenoklelu3471 8 месяцев назад

      Olanzapine should be taken only if you have schizophrenia. It can cause diabetes, high cholesterol and weight gain

  • @bethshields198
    @bethshields198 3 года назад +68

    I’ve been off my meds for a couple of months and had zero withdrawal issues or problems. I’m bipolar but honestly have been better both physically and mentally without them. I know this won’t be true for everyone but we need to seriously consider medication as a secondary option.

    • @radhul463
      @radhul463 2 года назад +3

      You are a blessed one,God is in you

    • @bethshields198
      @bethshields198 2 года назад +3

      @@radhul463 no he is not. Because there is no god.

    • @FoxinTaiwan
      @FoxinTaiwan 2 года назад +1

      Don't label yourself as something.

    • @bethshields198
      @bethshields198 2 года назад +5

      @@FoxinTaiwan I can label myself how ever I want. I might suggest not telling other what to do.

    • @baicamarian
      @baicamarian 2 года назад

      How did you do it , because i am taking risperdal for 4 years , and i have tried to stop taking the drug i get always horrible witdrawal symptoms and the worst one is that i cannot sleep

  • @dv_vid
    @dv_vid Год назад +11

    Going on Zoloft changed the course of my life -- for the worse. I let my psychologist pressure me into it.

    • @capresti3537
      @capresti3537 Год назад +2

      Dont trust these people, they destroy lives. They're criminals who want to turn normal people into patients for profits. Psychiatry is not science.

    • @lucakat9262
      @lucakat9262 8 месяцев назад +2

      I know the feeling and, yes, antidepressants and antipsychotics ruined my life.🥺

    • @jasonbourne6482
      @jasonbourne6482 4 месяца назад +1

      Me too

  • @AmeliaPond1994
    @AmeliaPond1994 5 лет назад +63

    I am on two anti psychotics which I need for my bipolar disorder but I do feel like our modern society is over medicated. This was very interesting.

    • @urbansetter1
      @urbansetter1 4 года назад +15

      Bipolar is trauma.

    • @Mark-bw1wx
      @Mark-bw1wx 3 года назад

      You don’t need to be on antipsychotics for bipolar disorder and maybe you’re not even bipolar. People get misdiagnosed by psychiatrists all the time. They have to put something down on your insurance billing form to get paid. A diagnostic code. They really don’t care care what they put down on there as long as they get paid. And then they’ll give you a drug to go along with the diagnosis just to make it all look legit and to make more money by getting you to come back regularly for prescription refills. And by the way, it’s already been medically documented that if you take antidepressants that can easily make you hypomanic which is exactly what happened to me and it happens to many other people. And after that happens they put you on the really heavy duty drugs like lithium carbonate for example which is a drug that destroyed my entire life. So even if you were bipolar it might have been caused by the other drugs they gave you in the past. Just for your information. I’ve done a lot of research on all this

    • @waynegrow
      @waynegrow 2 года назад +9

      I agree. The people I know who are type 1or 2 or whatever nonsense they want to call it have been through traumatized childhoods. Environmental issues need to be treated in a way without inducing chemicals into the human brain and altering the structure we've been blessed with.

    • @jl1695
      @jl1695 2 года назад

      Medications save lives wat u talking about

    • @remotefaith
      @remotefaith 2 года назад +1

      @@urbansetter1 …and?

  • @boink8653
    @boink8653 5 лет назад +13

    I read the article yesterday, I wish it was published last year, when I was trying to taper off.

    • @clausmehl8731
      @clausmehl8731 3 года назад +8

      Avoid psychiatrists and the so called mental care systeme. Its evil medicine

    • @sofiaburke199715
      @sofiaburke199715 3 года назад +6

      @@clausmehl8731 omg yes, they are literally just experimenting on people. I’m reading this book called Mad in America by Robert Whitaker and it’s talking about the history of what they do to people with mental illness in America. Medications are not natural and there should be a focus on more natural ways to treat mental illness.

  • @flowerchild4086
    @flowerchild4086 2 года назад +6

    God bless u Laura and her friend advocating for her and love for thy self ty ps I have anxiety n everyone always tells me I won't live a good life unless I'm on anxiety meds. But why so I can b tired ?

  • @cuekinaja
    @cuekinaja 11 месяцев назад +7

    I feel like Laura Delano's story is happening to my daughter. I tried to warn her but she trusts the psychiatrist more.

    • @LucielStarz123
      @LucielStarz123 5 месяцев назад +1

      That’s a shame. I hope she’ll see the light soon. To her, mom “doesn’t know anything”, I used to be like that, then I grew the heck up.
      My only comment is that sometimes you got to let your kid go and suffer through their metamorphosis into an adult, just be patient and they’ll come back like the prodigal son. Wishing you the best

  • @omaradrianleist-zuniga8751
    @omaradrianleist-zuniga8751 2 года назад +22

    I decided to quit cold turkey. Seroquil, trazadone, veneflaxine, bupropion. I can’t eat, if I drink anything other than water, I throw up. But I know this will pass.

    • @baicamarian
      @baicamarian 2 года назад +1

      I have tried many times to get off risperidal i failed because i cannot sleep , i have been taking them for 4 years , my doc gave me valium and risperdal i stopped taking valium 5 months ago and i succeded it was very hard though , but i am stil on riperidone 2 mg in the morning and 2 in evening , i really dont know how to stop taking them

    • @omaradrianleist-zuniga8751
      @omaradrianleist-zuniga8751 2 года назад +11

      @@baicamarian I don’t know about you, but I’m more upset that I wasn’t told about how bad getting off my meds was going to be. It’s worse than drug withdrawals! It sounded all fancy, take these pills and live a normal life… but to me, it was way worse. Always sedated, not being able to process emotions like sadness or grief or joy. Just a monotone life…

    • @basedcat2349
      @basedcat2349 2 года назад +10

      It’ll be worth it. You’re better off without the poison.

    • @Minerva578
      @Minerva578 2 года назад +2

      Been there done that, now i have problem with my bowel movement and mild akathisia

    • @codypomeroy9040
      @codypomeroy9040 Год назад +4

      I quit taking aripiprazole after I feel suicidal and spend money on Xbox One Series X. I fought my feelings and didn't go to the hospital.

  • @ramirdj6767
    @ramirdj6767 5 лет назад +5

    well after taking effectin i started to have spasms, or tremors and i have it all the time, (althought i dont use it for nearly 5years) when i think or see something bad. You fix something, you broke something.

  • @cuekinaja
    @cuekinaja 2 года назад +1

    Thank you, Laura Delano.

  • @danceswithdirt7197
    @danceswithdirt7197 5 лет назад +13

    Too real.

  • @johnwadsworth7086
    @johnwadsworth7086 2 года назад +7

    It's a prison like decades of solitary

  • @puramuk
    @puramuk Год назад +12

    11years off, still not myself, I wish i never took them

    • @capresti3537
      @capresti3537 Год назад +3

      what symptoms remain?

    • @puramuk
      @puramuk Год назад +2

      @@capresti3537 alot I name a few now. burning pain,tense, numb in the middle brain somewhere. memory imparied, emotional numb somedays, somedays upspeeded like adhd, down and up depression caused of numbness. anger easy, cognitiv reduced, brain fog. somedays difficult to communicate lost social life cause of that. pssd, tiredness but better now doe. all the negativ thougts and emotions attacks.

    • @capresti3537
      @capresti3537 Год назад +3

      @@puramuk I am 10 years off, my head squeezes like a vice like grip and i got weakness all over, vision problems and more. These so called doctors ruin a lot of lives with their pseudoscience. They should be in jail.

    • @puramuk
      @puramuk Год назад +2

      @@capresti3537 yea my head too, always burning,tense, then numb

    • @capresti3537
      @capresti3537 Год назад

      @@puramuk Have you tried anything that helps?.

  • @LSPalm
    @LSPalm 2 года назад +3

    I am weaning off Buspar, started it in February life sucks more n more

    • @nadi1010
      @nadi1010 2 года назад

      I got off of buspirone and am now doing yoga, deep breathing and taking homeopathic supplements like ignata amara and gelsemium to manage my anxiety.

  • @dayoff5337
    @dayoff5337 3 года назад +4

    7:00 a self fulfilling prophecy for sure. 100% agree

  • @moshtabakavian7914
    @moshtabakavian7914 2 года назад +3

    I started taking off risperidone 4 mg for a week. I'm still on flupentixol once every two weeks. I try to update this comment every month and share my experiences on withrawal. I'm diagnozed with bipolar type 1 disorder!

    • @moshtabakavian7914
      @moshtabakavian7914 2 года назад +2

      10 days. So far so good. feel more happy and socialize better than before. more sensetive. less restless. Also taking anti-appetite stimulant pills. No problem.

    • @moshtabakavian7914
      @moshtabakavian7914 2 года назад +1

      No major problem. taking only valproate sodium 500 and lithium 300. تا حالا که مشکل خاصی وجود نداشت.

    • @moshtabakavian7914
      @moshtabakavian7914 2 года назад +1

      Lesson 1. Never Fight with any creature. درس اول: هرگز وارد نبرد نشوید

    • @moshtabakavian7914
      @moshtabakavian7914 2 года назад +1

      Lesson 2. Act normal

    • @moshtabakavian7914
      @moshtabakavian7914 2 года назад +1

      Lesson 3. Don't overload your mind with feedbacks

  • @lucianogoyenechea8704
    @lucianogoyenechea8704 6 месяцев назад +3

    spanish talking countrys dont talk about this... is too dificult to taper here in Argentina... doctors dont have a clue

  • @bobmontogrammy6894
    @bobmontogrammy6894 4 года назад +23

    I’m bipolar : Been on meds for 25 years and I’ve attempted to live off them as well. I find it better on medication.

    • @goertzpsychiatry9340
      @goertzpsychiatry9340 3 года назад

      Bob Montogrammy ruclips.net/video/55NpfNzdwMY/видео.html

    • @joeking433
      @joeking433 2 месяца назад

      Which meds? I'm thinking maybe it's better to be on Seroquel than off.

  • @dreamznaspiratons7064
    @dreamznaspiratons7064 4 года назад +10

    its often cptsd

  • @safaasgari3115
    @safaasgari3115 7 дней назад

    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.

  • @Shekina-0
    @Shekina-0 2 года назад

    Im on Abilify Maintena injection of 40 milligram. How long until my side effects go away? (Akathisia)

  • @danielsteel5251
    @danielsteel5251 5 лет назад +44

    The scientologists' pharma-phobia is not nearly as irrational as it first seems.
    (This is not an endorsement of scientologists or their views.)

    • @cuekinaja
      @cuekinaja 2 года назад +2

      Yes, that Tom Cruise interview about Brooke Shields.

  • @hobocode
    @hobocode 3 года назад +1

    This is my story exactly.

  • @ronaki26
    @ronaki26 Год назад

    Thanks for sharing....so is Laura completely off meds now? I've tried and managed a year but then ended up crashing again so I'm really curious to know. I'd like to not be fixed on meds like i've been but I'd like to know how to stay in check and maybe reach out for meds 'intermittently' as I might need them. I don't feel like it has to be an all or nothing situation...hmm

    • @arianamooon
      @arianamooon Год назад +3

      Yoga, meditation, journaling, becoming aware of how the people around you treat you that might not be good… just become aware… of everything that affects you. Pay attention. How to bring yourself peace, calm. Walking. Self expression- write, sing, art

  • @mikeodee1164
    @mikeodee1164 Год назад +2

    what bs i have schizophreniia depression adn anxiety disorder i never took psych meds untill the age of 37 i was going to be homeless in order to get housing i had to go to the state psych hosptial and was forced to take psych meds against my will my father was also schizophrenic he never took psych meds he worked all his life painting housess my sister has mentall illness she is 54 she never took psych meds she works as a word processor my mom had mentall illness she also never took psych meds she was on ssi adn lived with my dad they did not get government housing at the age of 37 i called section 8 i tried not to go to the state psych hospital but section 8 told me there was a 4 years waiting list

  • @orionvant
    @orionvant 2 года назад +6

    I've the half of my life anti psychotics and the last psychiatrist told me that politics isn't ready for me without meds. All I had was an American dream / psychosis / ego in the Netherlands.

  • @sweetpea3795
    @sweetpea3795 Месяц назад

    I absolutely agree with you 👍

  • @mihaitilting7081
    @mihaitilting7081 Год назад +1

    Hei!, I try to get off risperidone too😅Im taking 0.5mlg morning 0.5 mlg at nigh but when im on just 0.5 at night ,I cant sleep,i have insomnia ,so im currios ,i need to stay up all nigh for some days a d then it will bee ok ?

    • @cuekinaja
      @cuekinaja 11 месяцев назад

      My daughter took 2mg Risperidone for a year then tapered off for a month and she felt bad even months after that. Maybe the tapering was too fast for her, I don't know. But it's different for every "body".

  • @leepstemoop4588
    @leepstemoop4588 Год назад +2

    invega has ruined my life. im now infertile and emotionless. ive been off for 3 years now. will try and make it to 5 years before taking my life, but i am not hopeful

    • @Blackmoonsoulx
      @Blackmoonsoulx Год назад

      I'm so sorry!!! :'(
      How long were you using that?

    • @kerriesmith7903
      @kerriesmith7903 Год назад +3

      Jesus will heal you, ill pray for you. I am coming off latuda atm and it aint good, might have to switch back to aripirazole for a bit but hoping to taper off too. I know God will heal my though, im sure of it. Hang in there lovely!!!

    • @DovahQueen1994
      @DovahQueen1994 7 месяцев назад

      Try cbd

    • @rocketmantheone
      @rocketmantheone 7 месяцев назад

      I pray you get better ❤️

  • @BulletLauren
    @BulletLauren 2 года назад +7

    Currently coming off quetiapine i want my raw self back

    • @nerdy2239
      @nerdy2239 2 года назад +3

      update pls

    • @fburt100
      @fburt100 Год назад +1

      How did it go, Lauren?

    • @BulletLauren
      @BulletLauren Год назад +3

      @@fburt100 really well actually! No anger or anything like that! Lost weight however, struggling with the blues! How are you?

    • @ericdraven155
      @ericdraven155 Год назад

      @@BulletLauren how are you getting on now if you don't mind me asking ? Currently in the process of reducing my quetiapine also 🙏

  • @mikeodee1164
    @mikeodee1164 Год назад +3

    some people have schizophrenia much worse then others with schizophrenia some have bipolar disorder much worse then others with bipolar disorder etc etc

    • @capresti3537
      @capresti3537 4 месяца назад +1

      There is no such thing as "schizophrenia" or "bipolar".

  • @tcmomcoffey4028
    @tcmomcoffey4028 Год назад +1

    I have been on zoloft 200mg since 1993 for panic attacks ptsd n ocd etc now its removed not able to get it as of today ??????????????DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW SAFELY GET OFF THIS N BE OK I HAVE WENT OFF NOT BY CHOICE N HAD MORE PROBLEMS THEN WHEN I STARTED

    • @capresti3537
      @capresti3537 Год назад +3

      Getting off it after long term use can be extremely difficult. Has to be done very slow, can take years to get off it.

    • @ajax700
      @ajax700 Год назад +1

      tcmomcoffey
      Ask for help in the surviving antidepressants org forums.
      A good strategy will probably be to taper very slow the drug.
      Best wishes.

  • @jariellla
    @jariellla 2 года назад +5

    I’ve been on psych meds since I was 12 and I still take them and when I’ve forgotten my withdrawals made me want to die.

    • @justinebourke9449
      @justinebourke9449 Год назад +3

      How are you now, I hope you get off these or have gotten off by slow tapering

  • @anabella6769
    @anabella6769 Год назад +2

    How are drugs supposed to help with these mental disorders

  • @astraldrifter
    @astraldrifter 3 года назад

    where can i find that website?

  • @Grammar_Nazi666
    @Grammar_Nazi666 6 месяцев назад +1

    Forced treatment must be abolished

  • @samching5435
    @samching5435 Год назад

    I have a similar story

  • @lynlyncc
    @lynlyncc 3 года назад +2

    My husband became worse after his shrink reduced his dosage.

    • @cuekinaja
      @cuekinaja 2 года назад +8

      There will be withdrawal symptoms if you taper off the drugs too fast.

    • @justinebourke9449
      @justinebourke9449 Год назад

      I think they design them that way to keep people hooked. Evil.

  • @debbietaylor20
    @debbietaylor20 3 года назад +7

    I can't believe the way you advertise these drugs in the USA like their candy although in the UK they prescribe then like candy , I'm Tapering off of zoloft now oy six months on it three months trying to come off it took it for panic attacks and Anxiety.

    • @Shayne_T
      @Shayne_T 3 года назад +1

      They need to test your thyroid (full panel), look for autoimmune disease, etc. Changing one's diet helps, too. it's sad that so many people, like you, trust the person prescribing the medication.

    • @JohnSmith-ys4nl
      @JohnSmith-ys4nl 3 года назад

      It used to be illegal to advertise prescription meds here in the USA. The laws changed in the late 80's or early 90's if I recall correctly.

    • @yesvember11
      @yesvember11 Год назад

      Some people like myself do really need them and at the same time I agree with this. I’m not against psychiatric medications, but I am against how Big Pharma operates in the US and they shouldn’t be able to air their cheesy commercials on tv to the general population who is uneducated about these meds. They should be decided on equally and carefully with a patient and their doctor, and there shouldn’t be an incentive to “push” any specific med.

  • @markalexander3659
    @markalexander3659 2 года назад +9

    You don't always HAVE to come off. I've been on Sertraline (Zoloft) for 13 years and I never ever plan to come off. It's changed my life.

    • @Bobe_Kyrant.42
      @Bobe_Kyrant.42 Год назад

      Did it give you erectile dysfunction?

    • @cuekinaja
      @cuekinaja 11 месяцев назад +2

      We all think like you until something happened to our health and then we don't.

  • @montesa9136
    @montesa9136 3 года назад +15

    There is a LOT of talk about coming off medication, but there is NOTHING said about how people handle their underlying condition once they are off their meds.
    Or how they are doing 10 years down the road?
    Why is this?

    • @JohnSmith-ys4nl
      @JohnSmith-ys4nl 3 года назад +3

      Because it's all nonsense that's why. People don't like to admit they have a mental illness, so they pretend it's all some conspiracy between psychiatry and the drug companies.

    • @montesa9136
      @montesa9136 3 года назад

      @@JohnSmith-ys4nl I believe a lot of that is true!

    • @JohnSmith-ys4nl
      @JohnSmith-ys4nl 3 года назад +1

      @@montesa9136 Yep. I have bipolar type 1 myself so I am not coming as some neutral observer. I know what it's like and I know it's dangerous for 99% of people to be off meds. If they don't commit suicide, then their lives are going to be a wreck.

    • @montesa9136
      @montesa9136 3 года назад +2

      @@JohnSmith-ys4nl My life was a wreck on the meds also. I developed dozens of serious medical illnesses while on the meds. I'm now just looking forward to physician assisted suicide .....

    • @cowboyjohnsontown
      @cowboyjohnsontown 3 года назад

      Check out, "Your Drug May Be Your Problem." It's a great read that may answer your question.

  • @nizamuddina
    @nizamuddina Год назад

    whats the link for the withdrawal website?

    • @cuekinaja
      @cuekinaja 11 месяцев назад

      The Withdrawal Project - Inner Compass Initiative

  • @frankkahler1431
    @frankkahler1431 Год назад +9

    Folks I have two adult children with mental challenges, one being coupled with ALS2 (Stephen Hawking) My son is rapid fluctuating bipolar disorder. My daughter with the dual challenges I believe has Schizophrenia. Based on her thought patterns! I have treated? them both with CBD oil and the results have been MIRACULOUS!!!! I first gave my daughter CBD and an hour later she wrote me this message, "Daddy my muscles feel very calm and at last MY RACING THOUGHTS HAVE CEASED"!!!!!!! My son's response after 30 minutes, "Dad Ive waited most of my adult life to feel this well in my mind"!!! Powerfull testimony!!!!

  • @AbianahAlmeida
    @AbianahAlmeida 2 года назад +4

    I’m getting off them idc.

  • @konona8982
    @konona8982 3 года назад +1

    Actually these can kill a full grown dementor (colorised, pun intended)

  • @Ladygaga4047
    @Ladygaga4047 3 года назад

    Beautiful looking girl x

  • @certopacket1312
    @certopacket1312 4 года назад +23

    Thank god medical weed exists

    • @certopacket1312
      @certopacket1312 2 года назад +1

      @Togal rip to.you but I'm different

    • @robertmccall4028
      @robertmccall4028 2 года назад +2

      Yea weed eventually caused my anxiety and panic. I smoked it for years but it finally did me wrong. 🤷

  • @lauradevlin1637
    @lauradevlin1637 3 года назад +10

    Why the creepy overtones?

    • @peepgal
      @peepgal Год назад

      Do not play music in the background.

  • @eustab.anas-mann9510
    @eustab.anas-mann9510 Год назад

    Rachel Aviv oyyyyy

  • @geologistseanjulander7895
    @geologistseanjulander7895 2 года назад +1

    don't freak out. you are a good person, i agree w/ that FULLY. i also have good faith intent. but can this title change? your title does not even stay within the lines of the definition/s of Psychiatry - AND there is not 1 drug called a "Psychiatric drug",/yet ALL DRUGS AFFECT ANY PERSONS PSYCHY, thus the title/name "drugs" Water/Sugar/Table Salt/ Red Bull are all psychiatric drugs, including any atoms of matter whatsoever, that will/does change the physiology of any human (&/or animal/plant /or Fungi). so i am not sure what the title means "The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs". im not even going ( into/ nor against/ nor in favor) of the intended points, in this video, i'm sure your intent/s are the same as mine or yours or OUR/s, cool, i agree with those things. Take this as a HELP to Better me/us/or your, and no you are not bad, you are good. i agree w/ that too. although... take some sugar with this, cuz its... but its all ok & good.

  • @faaazzz
    @faaazzz 3 года назад +12

    These meds can actually save lives, the thing is, you are not talking about the side effects these meds can cause. As a person who takes them I feel what you have described in the video to be true. But if it was not for the meds I would not have survived.

    • @JohnSmith-ys4nl
      @JohnSmith-ys4nl 3 года назад +2

      @Targetta You're ignorant. The suicide rate with some mental disorders is extremely high.

    • @Mark-bw1wx
      @Mark-bw1wx 3 года назад +1

      You’ve been brainwashed Mohd. By the psychiatrists who are brainwashing you to make money off of you. You would have survived. In fact your chances of surviving are much greater if you’ve never taken a psychiatric drug in your entire life. Suicidal ideation and suicidal attempts are well-known side effects of many of the psychiatric drugs. But the psychiatrists will never admit that it was the drug that caused you to want to kill yourself. They will just try to make you think that that was something you would have wanted to do anyway. The only times in my life I was suicidal were the times I was on psychiatric drugs. When I wasn’t on any of these drugs I was never suicidal. Do some research. These people are lying to you. They are lying to all of us. They’re criminals. And killers.

    • @christianv7177
      @christianv7177 2 года назад +7

      The problem 2 things:
      -The complete lack of informed consent in psychiatry.
      -The routine drugging of people without their consent on psychiatry.
      Your personal good experience does solve either of those problems.

    • @Imsobendy
      @Imsobendy Год назад +7

      Good for you they almost killed me.

    • @alpage9306
      @alpage9306 Год назад

      It's like saying food is bad for you because the side effects lead to obesity
      And obesity leads to death.

  • @geologistseanjulander7895
    @geologistseanjulander7895 2 года назад

    The Challenge of Going Off?? dont look at.. concentrate on the words, Possible Challenge/s of Tappering w/ the intent of quiting, to quiting, drug/s that are some-times prescribed by psychietrists.. and then edit the sentence down to , so you don't have to "GO OFF" on my water "abuse", what i call me drinking water, BUT NOT TOO MUCH ALL "AT ONCE" OR AT THE SAME TIME.

  • @madelynhernandez7453
    @madelynhernandez7453 9 месяцев назад

    So what happened to her, did she recover off meds?

    • @nargiza181
      @nargiza181 25 дней назад

      Yes, she did, she has a baby

  • @3ativity428
    @3ativity428 2 года назад

    Please add Greek to subs. Thanks

  • @SterianAlinaNicoleta
    @SterianAlinaNicoleta 2 года назад

    = Healings 2022=
    = Me & My biologic=

  • @TheAjmos
    @TheAjmos Год назад

    why dose it make it seem like she died. is she I mean I don't even know lol

  • @mathiasdahmen2550
    @mathiasdahmen2550 Год назад

    Medication ambulance hospital firbrigade police food drinks

  • @MonacoBlast66
    @MonacoBlast66 3 года назад +1

    10 years is nothing

  • @vita_min
    @vita_min 7 месяцев назад +1

    Это конечно круто отказаться от всех лекарств и забыть о побочках. Но что делать психбольным которых родственники уговаривают буквально пить лекарства. И они в какое то время наконец то начинают лечиться? в моей стране нет ни аддерала ни других психостимуляторов. бензодиазепины получить очень сложно. Многие лекарства просто запрещены законом.

  • @mathiasdahmen2550
    @mathiasdahmen2550 Год назад

    2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

  • @mikeodee1164
    @mikeodee1164 Год назад

    when u stop a dangerous uneccesary psych meds u have to gradually lower the dose ever week its very safe to come off psych meds

    • @capresti3537
      @capresti3537 Год назад +1

      Its not safe at all to come off psych meds, its is extremely dangerous. You dont know what you're talking about and speak complete nonsense.

  • @RBLudwick
    @RBLudwick 2 года назад +1

    I can tell you have no idea what your talking about.

    • @capresti3537
      @capresti3537 Год назад +1

      Its is you who has no idea what your talking about.

  • @goodnightmyprince2716
    @goodnightmyprince2716 4 года назад +2

    Take your meds Lauren.

    • @goertzpsychiatry9340
      @goertzpsychiatry9340 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/cEfilXV_BxQ/видео.html

    • @rubberepileptic9833
      @rubberepileptic9833 3 года назад +4

      wtf

    • @TyroneBiggums789
      @TyroneBiggums789 3 года назад +4

      Wtf?

    • @christianv7177
      @christianv7177 2 года назад +7

      You should take some "meds" instead. Enough to make you a vegetable 🥦🥬🫑

    • @EM-wo6wf
      @EM-wo6wf 2 года назад +4

      She doesn’t need “meds” and she never did. What’s wrong with you?

  • @Roy-G-Biv
    @Roy-G-Biv 5 лет назад +10

    Rachel has too much vocal fry...….can't focus...can't listen...I think I need meds.