Keep up the good work Douglas! You are more informative then any doctor ive talked to! I guess the best people to help others are the ones that have b3en there and came out the other side!
@@DouglasBloch I tried to reach out to you on email. I’m going through this now, I discontinued use because I got this Off of just 3 doses. Do you think that it will subside, it’s been 8days. How long did it take you to recover? Mine is more internal
WOW, EXACTLY WHAT I WENT THROUGH !!!!!!!!!!!!! HELL PURE HELL !!!!!!!!!! I was so suicidal !!! My Doctor wouldn't listen to me ( He said it was my anxiety ). I am doing better now, different Doctor, different meds, lower doses, lots of Praying . All who suffer with mental illness are in my Prayers always !!!
Clark Monroe Productions I agree with you. I feel they (psychiatrists) are useless for me. That’s all they know- here, take these meds, if they don’t work it’s your own fault, sorry for ya. Maybe they help some folks but I think those meds are just crap (sorry).
When my mom got on anti- depressants she became volatile, paranoid, argumentative, and delusional. She lost her marriage and basically every friend she ever had. I’m not sure what to do. She’s been on them for over 20 years. They are and continue to ruin her life.
@@DouglasBloch I did this with my ex-dr. he didn't care. He was getting his kick back from big pharma so whats not to like. It ruined my 30 year marriage, my ex is totally restless. If we could sue these drs it would help.
My mother was on antidepressants my entire life. She was started on opiates 20 years before I was born, when she was 14 (for nephretic colics) then she graduated on to barbiturates, then added benzos, then tricyclic antidepressants, then laxatives. When I was growing up, she didn't spend more than 1 hour without taking pills. She ate almost nothing but yoghurts, cakes (soft ones as she'd lost most of her teeth. She did have bridges and crowns but they didn't work as well as real teeth) and sugar. She was taking several dozens pills a day and we went to the GP (for her repeat prescription) at least once a week, sometimes twice (if she'd run out of drugs before the week was up). It was Hell, and because I was birthed by her, I never knew anything else. I felt like the odd one out growing up because I didn't take any drugs. I also had to 'care' for her, and to try and feed myself (a bit difficult when there's no food in the kitchen cupboards) and wash my clothes in the sink. I have gone no contact with her over 20 years ago, but if shes't still alive, I bet she's still on those drugs, which will make it 70 years of taking pills.
In 2012, the Niagara Falls Reporter published - "Mass shooters are often on antidepressants, yet this is rarely covered in the media!" They then listed a good number of these shootings. @@DouglasBloch
Prestiq is a pure b*** severe anxiety and tremors and nervousness coming off was worse she didn't even wean me after 3 months of taking it then through a bottle of latuda then Abilify at me not going to take either one
This happened to me in the 90's. I told them I was feeling aggravated and still depressed. They then told me I was bipolar. When I finally stopped using all the drugs I told them I felt better. They told me it was because I was bipolar! Never looked back. My life got so much better after I changed the things that depressed me and moved on with my life.
The absence of a pill didn't make you ill, so it's naïve to imagine one could make you well. Your life changed. You made you well. There's' a quotation that goes something like: "It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a sick society."
These drugs are poison and are only for truly mentally disturbed people. They throw them a round like candy. Also depression isn’t a lack of serotonin. These doctors have no idea what the hell they're doing. I’ve lost all trust in the psychology field.
@@ECP90 they are beneficial to people who need them.bettrr than suicide and it's not necessarily people who are mentaly disturbed as you put it but people who have been through tough times in their life and suffer from anxiety and depression from it.
@@cesarcahuis7445 It started with Paxil. I was really happy at first then things changed within 6 months. I felt like I had to get out of my own skin. Then they told me my reaction was because I was bipolar. So they gave me lithium. I told them I still wanted to die every day. Then they put me on Depakote. I couldn't get out of bed. I was weak and sluggish I gained weight. It made me hate myself more. Then they put me on another medication and another. I even said, "What if nothing works for me because I don't have a chemical imbalance?" They told me I thought that because I was bipolar... I don't remember most of those meds because everything was very hazy. And now its been about 20 years since I went through that hell.
I get suicidal thoughts but i am afraid of death. I hate the world but i love myself. Hence, i'll live. Stay strong, people. And douglas, you're doing an amazing job!
i;m afraid of death also scares me, i'm 69 and depressed i'm not taking meds, i'm going the natural way with strict vegan diet, exercise ect it been 2 months and i doesn't seem to be working i'm considering taking meds!
@@healthyone100 hi I think about death a lot too. I like remind myself that before I was born, I was not scared. You can't be scared if your not alive. Everyone that was born, is alive, and will be born are all in it together (good or bad people).
Just took a antidepressant, my doctor prescribed me. I’ve never felt so crazy in my life again. I’ve been up all night and, can’t stop shaking. I will never take one again.
Me. Too mirtazapine and hell came. On earth now they say is agitated depression and maybe bipolar and I was only depressed not agitated when asked them for. Help Dr breggin too is telling this when antidepressants will throw u Into a manic state u will be diagnosed as bipolar so more meds to add Acatisia made lots of victim is 10 months I can't sleep relax or do. Nothing just pacing around in agony is awful i wish I could die i can't bear it anymore
@@andygugu5595 don't take it anymore... It has a long half time so expect 2-3 days before you settle down. I haven't had luck with any prescriptions except buspirone. You can combine buspirone with melatonin if sleep is an issue
I almost died of serotonine toxicity syndrome. Can’t even begin to describe what I was feeling. My liver can’t handle SSRI’s so after a few days I begin to overdose.
I feel for you. I too am not able to handle SSRIs nor SNRIs. I most recently developed interstitial cystitis due to Trintellix and Effexor. It’s completely neurological and I get to “wait it out”. I felt like I was dying and it felt like a month long anxiety attack.
Wow! That is so helpful. I'm sure that's what I experienced with anti depressants years ago. An inescapable internal agitation. This is a perfect description of what I was struggling with - far worse than any other symptoms. Thank you Douglas.
I stopped antidepressants after feeling akathisia and pain in one of the sholders.Also,not being able to reach orgasm was killing me. It's hard to stop thinking about the problems that we have no cure for,just try to not think too much for the future and apreciate the small everyday things.I know how hard it could be.I left all my hobbies.I am able to overthink badly every experience and to see only the bad things around.People like me just don't have to think that much,even better not to think at all for some time.Nothing is perfect.Enjoy the small things and every little step forward.
Yes, enjoy the small things. And the small respites from the depression. When you’re occupied, you don’t have as much time to ruminate and to focus on the negative.
I really liked that joke at the beginning. Cancer cells host here, was told that I had 18 months max left to live when dx, have nearly completed 10 years... and am regularly accused of 'faking' cancer, because I do not look sick (and I have a low BMI).
Thanks to God that I discovered this channel. I went to see a doctor today because of my anxiety and depression that have lasted for years. She recommended antidepressants of course, but I wanted to do some research first. I suffer from self-harm and suicidal thoughts daily. I strongly believe that I would be at higher suicide risk if I started taking this medicine. Thank you. Maybe I can still try to recover in a natural way. I have hope and I won't give up.
At the end of the video I said that to limit the side effects, you could start off with a slow dose. So I would not discount antidepressants altogether. You should talk to your doctor about the risks and the benefits. Do you know what your diagnosis is?
@@DouglasBloch Not yet.. the doctor was ready to give me medicine over summer even though there would be absolutely no one to supervise me. It's a terrifying thought. I don't even have a therapist yet. I have to wait until August so I can start talking to a professional. Maybe I will wait a couple of months and see if my mood changes naturally with healthy life changes. My sleeping schedule and diet are bad at the moment and it makes me feel worse. I also need more exercise. I see antidepressants as a last option, if nothing else helps. Thank you for your reply!
I tapered down my Venlafaxine to the minimal dose, then threw them in the bin, together with my minimal dose Amytryptaline, blood pressure and statin tablets. I've stopped binge eating, lost 22 pounds and am way more active and feeling happier again. I cannot stress the word FEELING, enough. One more depressive episode would have finished me, and it very nearly did this time, which is why I took such drastic action. Yes, sometimes I may not like what I feel, as the 'old' me starts to return, but I must acknowledge that this fight will be on for the rest of my life, and I am going to do things my way from here on in. Many thanks for all of your videos Douglas, and be well. Kind regards.
You're welcome. I'm glad you made it through that episode. Keep up the self-care. If you provide your email address I will send you A diagram was 45 self-care activities to improve your mood
Thank you for your response Douglas. It was my GP and also Psychiatrist who messed me up. In fact psych wanted me to stop lexapro and remeron abruptly and start zoloft but by then I was so ill after following her advice and my gps that I refused any more ‘advice’. Psych said it was my illness and refused to accept it was wd and akathisia. My gp is now on side and accepts I have akathisia and wd. I have CFS and can’t do exercise. I can barely walk. I won’t take an antipsychotic. But thank you. If I hold on these drugs I hope things will calm down. I only ever suffered from depression is response to events and anxiety the same. These drugs have given me worse problems and would like to get off eventually and go natural. I’m glad you think things will calm down. I worry most about the damage these drugs are doing and in particular the benzo. I’m scared of terrible wds.
Tell me again what you are taking now. Acupuncture is a holistic, non-medication healing technique that has helped me and many others. You might want to try it. In the meantime, here is a video called "You Are More Resilient Than You Think." ruclips.net/video/MpPCuHvUR7Q/видео.html
Same happened with me also and all my friends left me, i took an antipsychotic and my life changed i got tremors, speech problems.btw can we be friends
I suffered a state very much like "akathisia" in the periods before taking medication. I just could not sit or stand still. Even in my bedroom I have walk, to move. I've taken mefication and I am doing it now in ai very low dosis. I really hope never again feeling that akathisia.
I tried Prozac first and it made me laugh uncontrollably sometimes....which then turned into panic attacks the longer a took it. Paxil made my anxiety worse... Celexa did nothing for me, same with luvox. Wellbutron made me cry and made me very depressed. Doctor I was seeing tried to convince me that I was bipolar because I wasn't responding to these drugs. Also commented saying " thanks for trying these drugs out for me " So then was put on depekote and lamictal which made things worse, even after I kept telling him I wasn't bipolar. Even got to try an anti psycotic seraquel, which was awesome if you wanted to sleep all day. I went through living hell for 4 years!!! I then I realized I felt better when I didn't take anything, maybe the occasional ativan. Finally got to see a psychiatrist who said that I'm nowhere near to bipolar, just had some bad anxiety with mild depression. My advice is to find a doctor you like and trust and always get a second opinion. Sometimes these doctors give you more anxiety!!!
The doctor is out to prescribe as much as possible, if he could convince you that your bipolar his first course of action would’ve been to put you on 4 new meds
It’s much more profitable to give you medicine that barely works cause you will keep coming back but if he makes you better he gets a insurance payday once instead of constantly for years
Prozac ain’t shit…excuse my French but it had me crying and laughing at the same time…it makes me so lazy I hate it…I’m honestly only taking it so I wouldn’t have brain zaps
@@DouglasBloch i need some advice help. i may have akathisia. i was on 225 mg of effexor which i was thinking was making me lightheaded, twitchy, shortness of breath, very bad anxiety. these symptoms always come on after eating certain foods, especially junk foods, beer and fastfood. i recently went off effexor trying to see if it was causing these HORRIBLE symptoms for a year and half now. and now its my 3rd day of excitolapram which im hoping takes away these symptoms. what does this sound like to you? blood work says im fine its frusterating!
I’m on day 8 of Zoloft and it’s no walk in the park. I’m at 25mg which is low but feel bad. It’s only day 8 so I’ll keep going until week 3 and see if anything changes. I’m praying every day for healing,wisdom and courage as I go through this trial. Nothing is out of Gods control. 🙏
My girlfriend checked herself into a mental health facility without saying a word to me. After two months of not knowing anything. I decided to walk away from her for my own sanity. She has incredible side affects from these meds. Im not a expert in any way. But my observation of her, i see clearly she is simply existing. Not living. Im thinking taking a bucket full of meds for the rest of ones life, most likely isnt a healthy option.
I was 10000 times worse taking an antidepressants. Was agitated. I was felt like I was in psychosis and I was shaking. Vomiting and stomach issues and a twitching eye . I could not sleep for two weeks I was on and I felt SO much worse after taking it. Even a few days after I didn’t feel right. Now I take Sam-E and I feel great. Some stomach issues but mood is so good even after only a week. No terrible side effects. Thought I was the only one who felt this on antidepressants. I agree with it working with some people. It saved my fathers life from depression. Didn’t work for me. My doctor also started me off at 50 mg. I think that’s too high too! Douglas your channel is amazing. So helpful to me and I’m sure to others. You are a godsend. God bless you
@@leodiscorpion3350 I thought it was me at first!! My brother was going to take me to the hospital. Was scared I was losing my mind I was up all night. Was talking jibberish and was saying some crazy stuff. I didn’t think for a second it was the antidepressants making that bad. I stopped them immediately bc I wasn’t on them too long and it went away. It was so scary!
Thank you for this information. I can’t believe I get more information from you than from my own Dr. Every time I walk out of my Drs appointments I feel like I have so many questions but I don’t really know what those questions are. I think it’s their responsibility to explain to you about what they are giving to take. I hope I made sense.
Great video Douglas. This is exactly what happened to me when I was prescribed zoloft! The akathisia is legit. It makes you unbelievably agitated! Worst time of my life! No one seemed to believe what I was going through. Doctors couldn't explain it/don't get it. I got 3 different opinions and offered different medications. Now nearly 3 years after that time I still feel like it effects me 🙃
A doctor give a patient 6 months to live . Patient couldn’t paid his bill , so . The doctor give him 6 more months to live to pay his bill . That’s funny !
I feel like that without my medication...I have tried to get off my meds several times...I become socially awkward and cannot manage daily tasks...I wish I never started taking them...but now I feel like I have a hard time socializing in life without them
Sometimes the benefits of a medication are worthwhile, even with the downside. Perhaps you can learn new social skills now, so that if you do go off the medication you will have something to fall back on.
I went off antidepressants and the side effects are killing me. I am getting nausea, stomach aches, shaking and being really tired. It's been like a week or so. Does anyone know when the side effects wear off? I can't bare this any longer.
How did you go off the antidepressants? The best way is to slowly taper. You should talk to your doctor about the side effects. Drinks lots of fluids. Acupuncture also helps a great deal if you can find someone in your area. Eventually the side effects to go away.
Hi Doug! Amazing video! When I was 18 in 1990, they gave me something that made me drool black liquid and faint while I was in group therapy. It's scary taking meds even nowadays cuz I don't want to end up with uncontrollable anxiety. I want to get better. I want to know when I'm happy and other emotions. Brilliant work Doug!
exactly!! You cannot go from 0 to 50mg or 100mg over night, you have to go very very slowly and build up the dosage. When you first start taking any SSRI, what happens is the sudden flood of seratonin into the brain motivates you to actually do things in your life, to take action. But because it takes time for the levels to even out, you are still having depressive thoughts while having a surge of energy. so look what can happen! Someone can start taking an SSRI and then do something like actually end their life. You must be under supervision and go slowly. Like anything in life. Someone who has a very bad depression and starts taking 50mg - 100mg of SSRI is like getting into a Porsche and not being able to drive.
Just understand that tardive akathisia is common after years of cumulative use. Tardive akathisia happens after you come off and it erupts. You might be lucky and just get withdrawal akathisia that eventually fades, but withdrawal akathisia can also turn chronic. Find Dr. Stuart Shipko’s writings for Mad In American and hear about his work tapering injured patients and his work documenting the risks of antidepressants like tardive akathisia.
I just had some anxiety ,and others things,plus tobacco ,alcohol related mood disorders,I was on almost everytime of psychiatry med for 8 years .after that I slowly left the meds and within month i recovered significantly, now o am going without meds ,I just avoid tobacco and alcohol .
I suffered from akathisia two months ago. I was so sick and could not sit still. I lashed out at my son and thought I was losing my mind. I began to believe that suicide was my only option, absolutely the most frightening thing I have ever experienced. I was moving from Paxil to Prozac.
Has anyone here started struggling with an overactive bladder as a result of taking anti-depressants? I took sertraline for two months each in 2020 and 2021. If I can remember correctly my urinary frequency increased. In February 2022, I took Tretol (another brand for sertraline) for only two days and it wreaked havoc on my body. I didn't get an overactive bladder immediately but I got other side effects like clenched jaws, drowsiness, weird stool issues etc. I stopped taking the medicine immediatelty but about 10 days later I had my first urinary urgency which led to leaking myself. I've suffered with a relatively overactive bladder and latchkey (bathroom door) incontinence since then and I'm struggling to find a cause other than the antidepressant. But I've been told that two days is too small a time to cause such a massive change.
I got this off my first dose of sertraline(zoloft) and I only had taken a quarter of a 50mg tablet. I literally could not sit still and was constantly pacing around house on edge. I called the doctor as I was concerned and he said well I only gave you a low dose, however you may get some side effects when you first start them. Funny though as he said a low dose , although hadn't realised I only only t Had taken a quarter of that. That was enough for me. I also personally feel that people who gave used them, even in the past all seem different and emotionally distant. Almost evil. Not intentionally but just kind of programmed
I THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY!!!! antidepressants made me feel worse. I self harmed, yelled at people, felt like I had no control, and I felt my depression was inside a Iocked chest in my brain. I knew the pain was there but I could never get it out or show the pain. I felt CRAZY! As soon as I pulled myself out of self harm I started going off the meds cold turkey and about a month later in January 2020 I started to feel better. Now in the end of July I feel much better I still have moderate depression but NO WHERE NEAR what I had on the pills. I’m doing a lot better but my mother is forcing me to get back on the meds and she doesn’t believe me when I tell her it made me feel worse since she has a great experience and we’re on the same medication. I can’t wait till I talk to my doctor and can finally be gone of those meds FOR GOOD!😁
This may have a double lesson for you "Imgoing back to 505". We love our moms even when they push all our buttons, create drama, are jealous, or whatever. No one ever talks about the mom's negative influence over the grown kid. But speaking as a person of more than a few years, it's a great experience to own your own life and kindly and thoughtfully say NO TO MOM. One does not need to bully or be bullied by our family members. If you decide you wish to never go back, tell your Mom that you want to try to live your life without dependencies on drugs or anything. God being the loving and kind, and truly wonderful Parent is the only exception..You can tell her you need her love and support for your decision. A good selling point for you to tell her is that when you are with her, you will have better times off drugs. You've taken the first courageous steps.... I will pray for you to go forward creating your own life and being your own wonderful and unique self. God will surely help you in all of this. IF you belong to a Church that insists you are born with a sin nature... pull out Genesis Chapter ONe and find out the amazingly good and wonderful "image and likeness" you are with "Dominion" over the problems of this material world. We are all powerful spiritual beings with the power to heal as Jesus did.... "these things and greater will my followers do!" Much love from Texas
I have this and I've been off meds for a year & it's still so horrific. It's making me so suicidal & I feel like it's not going to go away. I've had it while on meds but didn't know it & I kept telling my Dr something was really wrong & he just kept changing, increasing doses adding more meds. He never titrated or anything and then I did not know anything about it. I can't describe the misery I've been in for so many years. Help.
@@DouglasBloch this is in combination with PTSD. After 6 years of all this. I don't think there is hope. Nothing has been shown to reverse changes in the ptsd brain. Nothing.
You do get a bit dazed from the medication, and it can seem like your brain/memory get numbed. But it is really the depression itself which leads to almost amnesia.
I was on antidepressants from age 8 to 21 and also took antipsychotics from age 16 to 21. I'm pretty certain they dud effect my memory, especially once the psych meds were mixed in too. My mom has been on antidepressants for more than a decade. She recently stopped. Her memory has been more clear and she's seemed more sane, reasonable, and alert.
I’ve been on antidepressants my entire adult life (22 years). I want off of them. I am agitated and more depressed than ever. More suicidal. Feel like I’m going crazy. I tell my doctors about my agitation but nothing gets changed. Just get worse. I just want to give up.
I was Rx ambien i was desperate for sleep so took it Well 2 months latter i was gettibg severe pain at arround 1 pm and as each hour passed it got worst and worst I went to 3 doctors all said it was just anxirty Well went to a 4th doc who in 10 sec said i was withdrawing. From the ambien each day !!! I went through hell due to 3 docs having no idea
The doctor prescribed me high dosage 100mg of antideprissants that gave me serious sleep apnea, vomiting, high blood pressure. I technically felt like I would go crazy with all the anexity.
I read some interesting studies about SSRIs. The dosage is highly dependent on your enzyme activity in the liver. There are different types of metabolizers: those whose bodies can break down the active substance super quickly, those with average enzyme activity and those whose liver just very slowly breaks down the active substance. For the latter it means that they get overdosed by the standard dosages. The so called "poor-metabolizers" were excluded from the clinical studies. So the substance cumulates in their bodies, cause their liver can´t break it down quickly enough which leads to overdose and intolerable side effects - could this be on of the causes why some people develop akathisia? So the thing is, that those poor metabolizers have to be underdosed! I am one of them and I´m perfectly fine with maximum 10 mg of paroxetine. I probably would have been fine with 5-10 mg fluoxetine too but the doctor didn´t believe me and prescribed me 20 mg which was way too much!! I developed akathisia! Some people are just fine with low dosages.
Interesting that you mention that I was born with Gilbert's syndrome which is a liver condition I have one cup of coffee be it feels like I have had 10. Same with medications, etc.
I had Akasthesia in response to an atypical antipsychotic and it was the worst thing I ever felt. I was basically curled up in agony and I didn't sleep until I stopped the medication. Definitely not talked about enough when mentioning side effects.
a cop came to our office after a mass shooting in san diego. talking about mass shooting but she left 1 thing out. all of them were on prozac. those a ssri or something like that. later
It would be extremely important if doctors told their patients to come immediately when they experience extreme restlessness and agitation. Some patients who know about akathisia even volontarily go to the hospital when they start taking an antidepressant and to the whole titration there.
Awesome! Don´t know if there is a similar organization in Europe? Anyway, when I started Paxil, I immediately asked the doctor for Ativan and always had the Ativan ready with me. Never went out without it and always kept it on my desk, just right next to me.
The sad thing about this is today all they have to do is a simple blood test. I went through what you did but was strong enough to go back to my Dr and just looked at him and said I have no idea what is wrong with me but I just want to die. I was then sent to a mental hospital for an evaluation where they did the blood work and told me I have a chemical imbalance and would never be able to take anything with a black box warning. The dr's had me flagged in the pharmacys. I went to my childrens pediatrics and had both of them tested to see if they was like me and my son is and my daughter is not. So many people have lost their lives I feel like because of SSRI's and all a Dr had to do before putting them on it was a simple blood test. This subject hurts me so bad.
I didn't ask at that time I wasn't even in a place of mind to ask. I was taking Elavil and Cymbomta. Not sure if either is spelled correctly. I'm a genially hyper out going person but I had been through the loss of a child and they said I was in depression and anxiety but thought Fibromialgia was the main source of my problem pain. So first I was put on Elavil when I went back I told my Dr something wasn't right I hurt all over and was tense then I he added symbolta within two weeks all I could think about was different ways to kill myself and make it look like an accident. Until I walked his my Drs office and past signing it and went straight to him and told him how I felt. From there after I said it out loud I started crying and everything was a blur. But the first thing they did when I went for an evaluation was blood work. My children pediatrics knew what I want when I said they did blood work on me and I have a chemical imbalance to any medications with a black box warning. I want blood work done on both my kids. He just said OK we can do that. So these Dr are educated they know it can be done. My kids pediatric has been in the field for over 35 yrs.
Mine was the CRP. Because My personality was normally hyper, friendly and a happy person and within two weeks I went to a person I didn't know. But I did have a strong will and knew the thoughts I was having was wrong. Only then was I test and I came back with a chemical imbalance that I can not take any type of medicine with a black box warning. So I had my children tested my son is exactly like me and my daughter is OK. I has been nice to know with my children because Dr's are extremely bad to just hand out medicine and not bother to do this blood work and it could save many lives. I think it should be a requirement. But I had a very bad experience with it.
@@aimlessintopeka they DNA typed me and both of my children. I carry a DNA called HLA b27 and I have Ankylosing Spondylitis. My son also carries that DNA gene but my daughter does not. Believe me I have been tested very thoroughly. They can very easy test people to see how they will react to these drugs.
I've been on SSRIs and Amitriptyline for 20 years. I'm 70 yrs old and am enjoying my Retirement with my 2 Dogs !!! I never have Suicidal thoughts and I want to live as long as I can !!! If I don't take Anti Depressants I get stabbing pains all over and that was why I was put on them in the first place. I am happy to take them for the rest of my life !!! I know a couple of people who have restless leg syndrome but I've never had anything like it !
Lexapro is a good antidepressant which is helped many people. I was just saying that you should start very slowly. If you can find a prescriber I'm sure you can work out a plan with them. I would definitely encourage you to continue to explore the antidepressant
@@DouglasBloch Hi Douglas......my anxiety is sky-high and I can't sleep so have been put on 1mg. of klonopin for nighttime but my dumb doctor has me taking Benadryl and on alternate nights visteral for when I wake up in the middle of the night because the .05 klonopin has worn off......I am also dealing with my 99 yr. old mother and I think my anxiety is coming from the fact that when she dies I will be all alone in t.he house......will Lexapro help with anxiety casused by being afraid of living alone......visteral is awful too.....made me more anxious....is it not better to take the REAL Lexapro rather than the generic.....??/
I’m not an expert on these medications, but I do know the cognitive behavioral therapy can help with anxiety and then we can help you deal with the anxious thoughts in your mind. So you should reach out to some therapist or counselor who works with CBT. In addition I suggest you watch my video called “how to rewire your anxious brain.” It will give you some good tips
@@DouglasBloch But how will it help me to sleep and eat and get rid of the anxiety from the terrible grief I am feeling......the pain is so deep since my mother died and I have no other family....
I have been taking lexapro for about 2 months and it’s been great. Except the past week I feel super anxious, agitated, and suicidal. Idk what was going on with me.
My doctor prescribed Prozac 10mg for me 5 days ago. I was taking it first thing in the morning with some breakfast. I have to say after day 4 I had to stop taking it all together. Day 1 wasn’t to bad, i had tremors and confusion/ trouble concentrating and dizziness as well as stomach issues and headaches. Day 2 was a bit worse but from everything I’ve heard and what my PCP told me that feeling worse was normal. Day 3 was better than day 2 but still the same symptoms with diarrhea onset. Day 4 was what made my mind up; day 4 was horrible! I was completely off the rails, anxiety, confusion, concentration were crazy bad! I was pacing and thought that I was going crazy! I stopped by my parents house and my mom wanted to take me to the ER. She said I looked extremely agitated and sweaty. I called my doctor to ask what I should do, he said that I should push through but I can’t imagine going through that again for another day. I have decided to stop taking Prozac and now I’m scared to try any other medication.
@@DouglasBloch , thanks for the input. I have and he wants me to try another medication. I have yet to decide if I want to go down that road. With the last one I couldn’t perform my job at all. If my customers would have seen me like that they would have thought I was on heavy drugs.
Great video! For anyone who is very sensitive to antidepressants but wants to try again, this is great information as a lot of psychiatrists won't do this.
This happened to me for two years. The entire time they kept switching my meds and shocking my brain in ECT therapy. I lost all my memories and any time I take the wrong medicine I start feeling this horrible pulling feeling. The feeling makes you feel like you need to kill your self
Thank you very much for your video. I have been taking 100mg Zoloft per day for approximately 12 years. It has helped me to feel more positive and to go to work daily. However when I tried to get off it by winging off I felt very sick like I had the flu. The only reason why I was trying to get off of Zoloft is because I don't like taking pills especially for several years. Would anyone please (if they know factual info) why it is so difficult to get off of antidepressants even when you try and wing off of them? Thank you in advance.
i've been off 100 mg Zoloft for 3months after being on for 1 year, i went cold turkey bad idea i'm now on just maybe 15 mg just to help me feel a little better i only take it when i feel i really need it, i have a strict vegan diet with exercise, fresh air to clean and purify my blood that goes to my brain!
There are ppl claiming that these drugs caused them to kill someone. The courts say that's impossible. How is it impossible when these drug raise the risk of suicide?
Hi Doug I've been suffering from depression and I've been taking antidepressants for the past few months trintellix about 5 to 10 mg I don't know if it's working but I've been feeling what you described a bit of agitation pacing back and forth I suffer from a lot of negative thoughts and I just want some help I know antidepressants aren't an easy fix drug but I just want something that will help me
I’m afraid to start my Lexapro 5mg I have anxiety my whole life (not a problem for me) but recently developed panic disorder and depression for over a month now (huge problem for me) can some one help with advice I’m so scared?
My dad hasn't slept for like a month. I argued with the doctor about his medication. he is having that akithesia for sure! he is pacing around and twitching like crazy. It looks like he is possessed. I think pharmaceuticals are dangerous and evil. They do NOT help. ever.
You're right. They don't cure anything, they just make you sick in a different way than you were before, i.e. they don't work - only supress! B-complex and chelated magnesium will help his nervous system/sleep. There are adaptogens like rhodiola and that might help too, but you have to be careful they won't interact with the drugs. No point in asking doctors, as they have so little knowledge about nutrition that they wouldn't be able to tell you what goes and won't go with what. I say make sure he's not deficient in any minerals or vits as a starting point. Docs can test for all that. We need all 90 vits and minerals to stay well. It's not complicated. Drugs cause complications. Dr. Peter Glidden knows his stuff, and there's loads of his vids on here.
Sounds avful! But they can help, or be catastrophical. Im on 5mg escitalopram and it help. However recommended dose is 10-20mg... so Im on the half of the lowest recommended dose. 10mg did not work for me... They can help but they are no fantastis happy pills. Use with caution.
I had a reaction to prozac (6 low dose tablets) and had the most extreme almost psychotic agitation I can imagine. still suffering from on and off fluctuating symptoms , (though less extreme)
I got off of my 100mg a day Zoloft over 4 weeks ago. I am still feeling very high agitation!!! Everything makes me mad. EVERYTHING. I’m taking it out on loved ones and I cannot help it... I feel like I’m going to feel this way forever
It will eventually wear off. Try intense exercise to calm the nervous system. If that doesn't work, ask your psychiatrist for a low dose of Klonopin or Ativan, which will give you temporary relief. It helped me during my episode of akathisia.
Douglas Bloch thank you for the reply. I am still on my dose of 1 mg klonopin 3 Times daily and I have built up such a tolerance that I can’t feel it... they also still have me on 600mg trileptal, I did not tell my doctor I was going off of the Zoloft because I was afraid he would take me off of my klonopin which without it, my ocd and anxiety is so bad that I can’t leave the house!!! I can’t stop cleaning now that I’m off the Zoloft my ocd is at an all time high and I feel very very angry.
Rennae Elizabeth try Emotional healing to heal from depression and anxiety ... depression it is about stucked emotions in us..they have to be released.. take care
Perhaps the Zoloft was helping. Luvox is a very good antidepressant for OCD, and it has helped many of my clients. Talk to your prescriber about Luvox.
Douglas Bloch thank you for your reply. I wanted to give you an update, I told him that I got off of the Zoloft. I told him how I was feeling, he kept me on the klonopin and trileptal and added Wellbutrin and abilify..: he told me that combo should not make me angry or cause weight gain.
1 Akathisia is an extremely important issue probably the most important thing that every patient, their family and friends should be Educated about 2 Drug Withdrawal is also an extremely important issue Patients, their Friends and Family should be Educated about Oppositional Tolerance and Withdrawal Symptoms 3 People on multiple Drugs very rarely do well in the long-term 4 Keeping People on Psychiatric Drugs for Years is Very rarely the BEST treatment for them 5 Alternatives to Drugs, The Recovery rates for Severe Depression before we had Antidepressants were higher then than the recovery rates are today
"5" is based on a different understanding of "a full recovery". Today, recovery means being free of all symptoms, and being the same person as before treatment started. Pre-antidepressants, clinical depression was treated with ECT and/or lobotomy. Yes, all patients were cured for their depression. But at a horrendous price, they lost their persona, their identity. Around 1960 Tricyclic antidepressants became available. Roughly same side effects as SSRI, and only slightly less effective. But....Tricyclics often turned patients manic, which could have disastrous consequences. Another example of the cure being worse than the illness. Today, with SSRI, the government target for full recovery is 50%, based on the modern definition of recovery. And in reality, we are looking at a full recovery rate of 75%>
I took Prozac low dose for 2 days then quit right away,and the withdrawals where horrific and I developed tinnitus in my left ear do you think it’ll ever fade away I’ve had it for 5 months but it has decreased a lot since then,Do you think it’ll truly ever fade away.
You might want to read about Neoplasticity in the brain. This means that the brain is capable of healing itself over the long run. So yes, I think you can get better. I've had akathisia twice and although it took time I experienced the symptoms going away.
Dear Douglas, I took prozac for 1.5 years without any problems. My depression was also completely gone. I was reducing my dose from 60mg to 0mg. When I reached zero, I was without depression. In that time I had appointment with doctor. I was very joyful that time and went to doctor to thank him. But, he said me my depression can come back again. It hitted me in my mind. After some days of that appointment I was feeling some sadness and started increse my dose. That made me total restless. I am suffering from this for 4 months now. I am loosing hope. Now doctor said I developed anxiety. I never had anxiety. Even with my depression I was working everything normally. Now prozac just made my life completely hell. I am hopeless. I dont feel comfort in my body. Life just seems unbearable to me. I made my mistake to go to doctor for depression. I was managing my depression very well. I miss those days badly even though with my depression. Now I am taking buspirone 10mg 3 times a day with a benzo. Is it possible to heal and remove my anxiety?
Some of the anti depressants can worsen certain symptoms. I only lasted 3 months on effexor because of agitation, palpitations and panic attacks. I didn't have panic attacks before. Just a general anxiety. My issue was low mood. The doctor was wrong to say the depression would come back. Put fear in your mind. I find when on medication I don't feel in control. It's hard to describe. I was on cymbalta for 6 years...I hope your doing well.
Effexor saved my life...I am now on it for over 10 years..... wished I took it sooner... I feel "normal" without that 24/7 DREAD I used to have before. I could not leave my room... now I enjoy life and go about my business.
I started Zoloft 6 days for panic and anxiety I’m hating it!! Been feeling constant anxious,jumpy,scared restless like I drank 3 pots of coffee and my pupils are dilated 😫
Hey! I'm also taking antidepressant medicine for two months and I am felling constantly headache, confusion, memory loss slurred speech also my pupils are dilated so I'm asking you now I'm stopped taking antidepressant so now my side effects which was given by antidepressant medicine will go away or not?
Oh Douglas, thank goodness, at last somebody who understands how it feels to have 'restless legs' in every fibre and internal organ, even my blood feels fizzy. Many doctors have told me I'm imagining this, it's only recently that I found a link between MCS and most prescription drugs.
I take 5mg of Aripiprizole, 50mg of Clomipramine and 60mg of Propranolol daily, but I still struggle with bouts of depression and restlessness. I didn't struggle with any of this before being put on medication.
Thanks Doug. I was so nervous about starting Paxil but my doctor said, take the 20 mg. i cut one in half, ....then within a day I committed to the full 20 (Im at thirty now). It seems however that putting 4 days of ultra small doses should be standard practice. Plus: if you've had no akathesia with Paxil, does that prove that no other ssri will trigger that horrific anxiety?
Hi Doug, THANKS for this video. Last year I had akathisia. I had for almost a year. It was a nightmare.Now Im medication free and dealing with very high level of anxiety because of the horrible experience. I had symptons like fatigue, fear, sadness. I m not working and going out always with somebody. I feel that it is getting better. The doctor told me to start a new ssrri but im so afraid I have an adverse reaction again. Sometimes I feel that my nervous system is still getting back to balance because the akathisia went away only four months ago. What would you recommend?
Sorry for the late reply. Your comment was held for review. You could try another SSRI, but start with a tiny dose. Maybe 1/2 of the lowest dose that one can take. Then stay on it for awhile before you make any increase. Of course, you should work out the details with your psychiatrist and not do it on your own.
Douglas Bloch Thanks for your reply and your recommendation. The doctor decided not to prescripe a ssri for now. He put me on 1 mg of klonopin for couple of months he said. Im feeling much better and calmer these days. Thank you again for warning and let the people know about these terrible side effect called Akathisia.
I can‘t believe that some doctors in the US might put patients on a high dose from the beginning on. In my country it‘s the gold standard to start with the lowest possible dose and increase that dose very slowly after at least 7-10 days. I can‘t recommend that method enough.
Thank you for explaining the benefits of tritation. Five days of Lexapro resulted in two years of living hell for me. Any one who as experienced akathesia knows the experience is as bad as it can get.
I had a panic attack the first time I took sertraline. My doctor blamed caffeine even though I was doing my usual routine and hadn’t had a panic attack in years
I was on Lexapro for only a month and a half and I asked my psychiatrist that I want to stop it because it keeps attacking me with side effects and I started having eye soreness too. then my psychiatrist told me to reduce it to 5 mg ( I was on 10mg ) for 4 days then stop it...I have been going through so many withdrawal side effects almost will be for 4 weeks and a bout a bit over 2weeks ago massive stomach bloating and constipation started and still now on. I can't fit my pants,not even wan t to eat because of the pain in my stomach and constipation every single day... I am scared but I do not want to talk to my primary because he either would tell me to go back on it or another meds to prescribe for sure..enough of being screwd over by meds ...
I was prescribed 300mg of wellbutrin to quit smoking. I quite because I felt Iike I was on something and I drive 18 wheelers. I take 150mg and now I don't feel like I'm coming down from extacy or lsd.
I stopped my Zoloft 100mg in a rapid taper after being on it for three years. Now a month later I have waves of inner tension and suicidal anxiety. It’s excruciating at times, there are moments where it subsides but it quickly returns. I hope it goes away, after much reading and researching I come across the words “may be permanent” and I loose all hope. All I ever wanted was to feel better. Not this……. this is torture.
It probably would've been better to do a slow taper. If your symptoms keep up, please reach out to a mental health professional who works with medications--such as a psychiatrist or a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.
i'm also coming off zoloft 100mg and zyprexa the last 3 months cold turkey after 1 year, i should have tapered , i pray night and day for God to help me
I took amitriptilyne for less than a week for pain mainly but also depression. I found out another medicine I was taking had a major interactions with amitr. I had 10mg. and cut it in half because the first time taking it I just couldn't get out of bed. Even on the 5 mg. dose I was getting chills and heaviness in my chest. The neurologist was a nice man but just threw out these anti depressants like try this, then try this. I have always had a lot of side effects from medicine and this has really scared me. I just will not take anti depressants because I have had so many side effects and end up feeling worse. Some people can tolerate these, I am just one person who can't. Thank you for the video.
Everyone who had a bad experience: its not one try and if it doesnt work then all antidepressants are bad. It takes trial and error to get the help you need. So I could see how trying one would leave a bad taste, but here is my experience. I've had severe depression for over 10 years. The first antidepressant wasn't helpful and had opposite effects. The next antidepressant I took was wellburton. I feel like a human being again. Its the first time I felt happy in years and haven't felt like cutting anymore. Antidepressants have side effects so do natural herbs. I think I'd take the side effects of being happy and enjoying life instead of hoping to die, cutting myself, and wonder through life feeling no purpose. I don't think their is a magic cure for depression, I think right now treating the symptoms is as good as it can get. Like we would all like a cure for a million things, but their isn't a cure. Naturally there is a way to manage symptoms, but not cure it. Its better than nothing.
My doctor prescribe me the medication 3mg olonzapin And 20 mg fluoxetine for three months Its got complete emotional blunting after taking fluoxetine and olonzapin . I left it since 3 months but still don't work
Do yourself a favor and learn to live without a medicine that literally does nothing but placebo effects cause you want a pill but the doc doesn’t want to put you on Xanax, do some research anti depressants actually showed zero efficacy over placebo
And my anti-depressant drugs, which I have been taking for years, have given me my life back and without any side effects. Just thought you might like to know that. 37 mg. of venlafaxine daily is what I take.
Still watching your vids. Thanks again for helping me this spring/summer. Effexor screwed me up and made me soooo anxious and depressed. Paradoxical effect my doc called it. I guess we’re the unlucky ones. :(
After taking an overdose of Sertraline/Zoloft some years ago and suffering a huge seizure (first one i ever had) in the hospital while undergoing treatment, and have suffered many more seizures lasting from seconds to 10+ minutes and many other problems with motor skills since. After brain scans i was labelled epileptic but the neurologist admitted he wasn't sure exactly what the anomaly in my brain was.
Keep up the good work Douglas! You are more informative then any doctor ive talked to! I guess the best people to help others are the ones that have b3en there and came out the other side!
Thanks.
@@DouglasBloch hi how are you is there more than 1 type of anti depressints
I agree with you here Tom!! 👍👍👍👍👍😁😁😁
@@DouglasBloch can antidepressants cause serotonin syndrome
@@DouglasBloch I tried to reach out to you on email. I’m going through this now, I discontinued use because I got this Off of just 3 doses. Do you think that it will subside, it’s been 8days. How long did it take you to recover? Mine is more internal
WOW, EXACTLY WHAT I WENT THROUGH !!!!!!!!!!!!! HELL PURE HELL !!!!!!!!!! I was so suicidal !!! My Doctor wouldn't listen to me ( He said it was my anxiety ). I am doing better now, different Doctor, different meds, lower doses, lots of Praying . All who suffer with mental illness are in my Prayers always !!!
Pray does help a lot....
Sunshine Girl im tired so tired of shaking on my anti depressants i dont wanna see a psychiatrist ever again I AM TIRED 😓
Clark Monroe Productions I agree with you. I feel they (psychiatrists) are useless for me. That’s all they know- here, take these meds, if they don’t work it’s your own fault, sorry for ya. Maybe they help some folks but I think those meds are just crap (sorry).
Anybody get visual effects?
Sunshine girl
Are u saying a stronger dose is dangerous
I went through this with many antidepressants. Thoughts and prayers for all those suffering from any mental health issue.
Are you off now?
@@jcbanbury nobody ever gets off them. That’s why big pharma loves giving them out left right and centre.
What mg of thoughts and prayers were you on? Religion is worthless
When my mom got on anti- depressants she became volatile, paranoid, argumentative, and delusional. She lost her marriage and basically every friend she ever had. I’m not sure what to do. She’s been on them for over 20 years. They are and continue to ruin her life.
Perhaps you can talk to the person who prescribed him and let him or her know what’s going on
@@DouglasBloch I did this with my ex-dr. he didn't care. He was getting his kick back from big pharma so whats not to like. It ruined my 30 year marriage, my ex is totally restless. If we could sue these drs it would help.
My mother was on antidepressants my entire life. She was started on opiates 20 years before I was born, when she was 14 (for nephretic colics) then she graduated on to barbiturates, then added benzos, then tricyclic antidepressants, then laxatives. When I was growing up, she didn't spend more than 1 hour without taking pills. She ate almost nothing but yoghurts, cakes (soft ones as she'd lost most of her teeth. She did have bridges and crowns but they didn't work as well as real teeth) and sugar. She was taking several dozens pills a day and we went to the GP (for her repeat prescription) at least once a week, sometimes twice (if she'd run out of drugs before the week was up). It was Hell, and because I was birthed by her, I never knew anything else. I felt like the odd one out growing up because I didn't take any drugs. I also had to 'care' for her, and to try and feed myself (a bit difficult when there's no food in the kitchen cupboards) and wash my clothes in the sink. I have gone no contact with her over 20 years ago, but if shes't still alive, I bet she's still on those drugs, which will make it 70 years of taking pills.
In 2012, the Niagara Falls Reporter published - "Mass shooters are often on antidepressants, yet this is rarely covered in the media!" They then listed a good number of these shootings. @@DouglasBloch
Disease-like labeling is the 1st step to financialization. Then neurotoxic drugs...@@charmee4045
Thank you for this. I had this response to every SSRI I tried. It was just horrific. Great service you have done here.
Yes, he helps!! 👍👍👍👍💜💜💜
Prestiq is a pure b*** severe anxiety and tremors and nervousness coming off was worse she didn't even wean me after 3 months of taking it then through a bottle of latuda then Abilify at me not going to take either one
This happened to me in the 90's. I told them I was feeling aggravated and still depressed. They then told me I was bipolar. When I finally stopped using all the drugs I told them I felt better. They told me it was because I was bipolar! Never looked back. My life got so much better after I changed the things that depressed me and moved on with my life.
The absence of a pill didn't make you ill, so it's naïve to imagine one could make you well. Your life changed. You made you well.
There's' a quotation that goes something like: "It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a sick society."
These drugs are poison and are only for truly mentally disturbed people. They throw them a round like candy. Also depression isn’t a lack of serotonin. These doctors have no idea what the hell they're doing. I’ve lost all trust in the psychology field.
@@ECP90 they are beneficial to people who need them.bettrr than suicide and it's not necessarily people who are mentaly disturbed as you put it but people who have been through tough times in their life and suffer from anxiety and depression from it.
What medications were you on??
@@cesarcahuis7445 It started with Paxil. I was really happy at first then things changed within 6 months. I felt like I had to get out of my own skin. Then they told me my reaction was because I was bipolar. So they gave me lithium. I told them I still wanted to die every day. Then they put me on Depakote. I couldn't get out of bed. I was weak and sluggish I gained weight. It made me hate myself more. Then they put me on another medication and another. I even said, "What if nothing works for me because I don't have a chemical imbalance?" They told me I thought that because I was bipolar... I don't remember most of those meds because everything was very hazy. And now its been about 20 years since I went through that hell.
I get suicidal thoughts but i am afraid of death.
I hate the world but i love myself.
Hence, i'll live. Stay strong, people. And douglas, you're doing an amazing job!
Thank you. It’s good that you love yourself. You deserve to have a good life.
i;m afraid of death also scares me, i'm 69 and depressed i'm not taking meds, i'm going the natural way with strict vegan diet, exercise ect it been 2 months and i doesn't seem to be working i'm considering taking meds!
@@healthyone100 hi I think about death a lot too. I like remind myself that before I was born, I was not scared. You can't be scared if your not alive. Everyone that was born, is alive, and will be born are all in it together (good or bad people).
dominick virgilio if u need meds then take them .. there is no shame
You sound like me
Just took a antidepressant, my doctor prescribed me. I’ve never felt so crazy in my life again. I’ve been up all night and, can’t stop shaking. I will never take one again.
Tell your doctor what’s going on
@@DouglasBloch doc, l took one mirtazapine and had this. Is it seratonin syndrome?
Me. Too mirtazapine and hell came. On earth now they say is agitated depression and maybe bipolar and I was only depressed not agitated when asked them for. Help Dr breggin too is telling this when antidepressants will throw u Into a manic state u will be diagnosed as bipolar so more meds to add Acatisia made lots of victim is 10 months I can't sleep relax or do. Nothing just pacing around in agony is awful i wish I could die i can't bear it anymore
@@andygugu5595 don't take it anymore... It has a long half time so expect 2-3 days before you settle down. I haven't had luck with any prescriptions except buspirone. You can combine buspirone with melatonin if sleep is an issue
I heard some people find st johns wort a great natural depressant without the addictive and nasty side effects
I almost died of serotonine toxicity syndrome. Can’t even begin to describe what I was feeling. My liver can’t handle SSRI’s so after a few days I begin to overdose.
I feel for you. I too am not able to handle SSRIs nor SNRIs. I most recently developed interstitial cystitis due to Trintellix and Effexor. It’s completely neurological and I get to “wait it out”. I felt like I was dying and it felt like a month long anxiety attack.
@@jenniferroe3453 wow omg I’m so sorry you went through that.
Wow! That is so helpful. I'm sure that's what I experienced with anti depressants years ago. An inescapable internal agitation. This is a perfect description of what I was struggling with - far worse than any other symptoms. Thank you Douglas.
You are welcome. As I said in the video, to minimize the side effects start with very low doses. Talk with your doctor about this
I stopped antidepressants after feeling akathisia and pain in one of the sholders.Also,not being able to reach orgasm was killing me.
It's hard to stop thinking about the problems that we have no cure for,just try to not think too much for the future and apreciate the small everyday things.I know how hard it could be.I left all my hobbies.I am able to overthink badly every experience and to see only the bad things around.People like me just don't have to think that much,even better not to think at all for some time.Nothing is perfect.Enjoy the small things and every little step forward.
Yes, enjoy the small things. And the small respites from the depression. When you’re occupied, you don’t have as much time to ruminate and to focus on the negative.
I really liked that joke at the beginning. Cancer cells host here, was told that I had 18 months max left to live when dx, have nearly completed 10 years... and am regularly accused of 'faking' cancer, because I do not look sick (and I have a low BMI).
Thanks to God that I discovered this channel. I went to see a doctor today because of my anxiety and depression that have lasted for years. She recommended antidepressants of course, but I wanted to do some research first. I suffer from self-harm and suicidal thoughts daily. I strongly believe that I would be at higher suicide risk if I started taking this medicine. Thank you. Maybe I can still try to recover in a natural way. I have hope and I won't give up.
At the end of the video I said that to limit the side effects, you could start off with a slow dose. So I would not discount antidepressants altogether. You should talk to your doctor about the risks and the benefits. Do you know what your diagnosis is?
@@DouglasBloch Not yet.. the doctor was ready to give me medicine over summer even though there would be absolutely no one to supervise me. It's a terrifying thought. I don't even have a therapist yet. I have to wait until August so I can start talking to a professional.
Maybe I will wait a couple of months and see if my mood changes naturally with healthy life changes. My sleeping schedule and diet are bad at the moment and it makes me feel worse. I also need more exercise. I see antidepressants as a last option, if nothing else helps. Thank you for your reply!
I tapered down my Venlafaxine to the minimal dose, then threw them in the bin, together with my minimal dose Amytryptaline, blood pressure and statin tablets. I've stopped binge eating, lost 22 pounds and am way more active and feeling happier again. I cannot stress the word FEELING, enough. One more depressive episode would have finished me, and it very nearly did this time, which is why I took such drastic action. Yes, sometimes I may not like what I feel, as the 'old' me starts to return, but I must acknowledge that this fight will be on for the rest of my life, and I am going to do things my way from here on in. Many thanks for all of your videos Douglas, and be well. Kind regards.
You're welcome. I'm glad you made it through that episode. Keep up the self-care. If you provide your email address I will send you A diagram was 45 self-care activities to improve your mood
Thank you for your response Douglas. It was my GP and also Psychiatrist who messed me up. In fact psych wanted me to stop lexapro and remeron abruptly and start zoloft but by then I was so ill after following her advice and my gps that I refused any more ‘advice’. Psych said it was my illness and refused to accept it was wd and akathisia. My gp is now on side and accepts I have akathisia and wd. I have CFS and can’t do exercise. I can barely walk. I won’t take an antipsychotic. But thank you. If I hold on these drugs I hope things will calm down. I only ever suffered from depression is response to events and anxiety the same. These drugs have given me worse problems and would like to get off eventually and go natural. I’m glad you think things will calm down. I worry most about the damage these drugs are doing and in particular the benzo. I’m scared of terrible wds.
Tell me again what you are taking now. Acupuncture is a holistic, non-medication healing technique that has helped me and many others. You might want to try it. In the meantime, here is a video called "You Are More Resilient Than You Think." ruclips.net/video/MpPCuHvUR7Q/видео.html
Same happened with me also and all my friends left me, i took an antipsychotic and my life changed i got tremors, speech problems.btw can we be friends
I suffered a state very much like "akathisia" in the periods before taking medication. I just could not sit or stand still. Even in my bedroom I have walk, to move. I've taken mefication and I am doing it now in ai very low dosis. I really hope never again feeling that akathisia.
My doctor prescribed lexapro,,,one pill and I was out of my mind for 3 hours, eyes twitching side to side,,,,never again
You are not alone. There are people that reacts very badly to most AD meds. I"ve got psychosis each time i tried to take AD. Even from single pill.
please help me how did you withdraw
He should have given you a benzo to start the med with
Maryland Guy0326 yeah great idea .. give him a benzo ... are you serious
First ad that made me suicidal. My mom has been taking it for 30 years, it saved her life...such a crapshoot...
Thank you so much for your words! I having been on hard time about anxiety, listening to you bring hope. God bless you!
Thanks. Hold onto that hope
I tried Prozac first and it made me laugh uncontrollably sometimes....which then turned into panic attacks the longer a took it. Paxil made my anxiety worse... Celexa did nothing for me, same with luvox. Wellbutron made me cry and made me very depressed. Doctor I was seeing tried to convince me that I was bipolar because I wasn't responding to these drugs. Also commented saying " thanks for trying these drugs out for me " So then was put on depekote and lamictal which made things worse, even after I kept telling him I wasn't bipolar. Even got to try an anti psycotic seraquel, which was awesome if you wanted to sleep all day. I went through living hell for 4 years!!! I then I realized I felt better when I didn't take anything, maybe the occasional ativan. Finally got to see a psychiatrist who said that I'm nowhere near to bipolar, just had some bad anxiety with mild depression. My advice is to find a doctor you like and trust and always get a second opinion. Sometimes these doctors give you more anxiety!!!
Do you take anything now?
The doctor is out to prescribe as much as possible, if he could convince you that your bipolar his first course of action would’ve been to put you on 4 new meds
It’s much more profitable to give you medicine that barely works cause you will keep coming back but if he makes you better he gets a insurance payday once instead of constantly for years
Prozac ain’t shit…excuse my French but it had me crying and laughing at the same time…it makes me so lazy I hate it…I’m honestly only taking it so I wouldn’t have brain zaps
@@jusme9400 i had to get off it. Was way to stimulating for me. Id rather go back to zoloft or 5htp.
one of my FAVOURITE youtube channels. this channel has a charm to it
Thanks. What is charming about it
@@DouglasBloch the jokes and sense of humour
@@DouglasBloch i need some advice help. i may have akathisia. i was on 225 mg of effexor which i was thinking was making me lightheaded, twitchy, shortness of breath, very bad anxiety. these symptoms always come on after eating certain foods, especially junk foods, beer and fastfood. i recently went off effexor trying to see if it was causing these HORRIBLE symptoms for a year and half now. and now its my 3rd day of excitolapram which im hoping takes away these symptoms. what does this sound like to you? blood work says im fine its frusterating!
I’m on day 8 of Zoloft and it’s no walk in the park. I’m at 25mg which is low but feel bad. It’s only day 8 so I’ll keep going until week 3 and see if anything changes. I’m praying every day for healing,wisdom and courage as I go through this trial. Nothing is out of Gods control. 🙏
Good luck in your recovery.
How are you feeling now?
@@joshuahatfield2392 much better! It’s just a rough 2 weeks
@@infinitegaming1015 how u feeling now?
@@infinitegaming1015 is it any good, I'm afraid to try it I've never seen anyone speaking positively about it
Prozac just ruined my 20 year marriage. How is that stuff even legal to take
My girlfriend checked herself into a mental health facility without saying a word to me. After two months of not knowing anything. I decided to walk away from her for my own sanity. She has incredible side affects from these meds. Im not a expert in any way. But my observation of her, i see clearly she is simply existing. Not living. Im thinking taking a bucket full of meds for the rest of ones life, most likely isnt a healthy option.
Perhaps you could send her positive thoughts from a distance
I was 10000 times worse taking an antidepressants. Was agitated. I was felt like I was in psychosis and I was shaking. Vomiting and stomach issues and a twitching eye . I could not sleep for two weeks I was on and I felt SO much worse after taking it. Even a few days after I didn’t feel right. Now I take Sam-E and I feel great. Some stomach issues but mood is so good even after only a week. No terrible side effects. Thought I was the only one who felt this on antidepressants. I agree with it working with some people. It saved my fathers life from depression. Didn’t work for me. My doctor also started me off at 50 mg. I think that’s too high too! Douglas your channel is amazing. So helpful to me and I’m sure to others. You are a godsend. God bless you
You're very welcome. I'm glad you have found something that works for you
WE HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE on antidepressant THATS SO CRAZYYY and here i thought i was crazyy
@@leodiscorpion3350 I thought it was me at first!! My brother was going to take me to the hospital. Was scared I was losing my mind I was up all night. Was talking jibberish and was saying some crazy stuff. I didn’t think for a second it was the antidepressants making that bad. I stopped them immediately bc I wasn’t on them too long and it went away. It was so scary!
@@leodiscorpion3350 at times I was like hearing and thinking I was seeing stuff or weird stuff was going on when it wasn’t. It was horrible!!!!
Thank you for this information. I can’t believe I get more information from you than from my own Dr. Every time I walk out of my Drs appointments I feel like I have so many questions but I don’t really know what those questions are. I think it’s their responsibility to explain to you about what they are giving to take. I hope I made sense.
Thanks. Well, I guess I should know a little, as I have been working on my depression for fifty-one years.
I've felt that way too!! I understand! Hard 2 find any good help I guess. Thanks for sharing. ❤❤❤👍👍👍
Great video Douglas. This is exactly what happened to me when I was prescribed zoloft! The akathisia is legit. It makes you unbelievably agitated! Worst time of my life! No one seemed to believe what I was going through. Doctors couldn't explain it/don't get it. I got 3 different opinions and offered different medications. Now nearly 3 years after that time I still feel like it effects me 🙃
Sorry you’re still feeling the effects of it. Mine eventually wore off. Hopefully the same will occur with you.
I must stop to much side effects from AD. Dangerous
A doctor give a patient 6 months to live . Patient couldn’t paid his bill , so . The doctor give him 6 more months to live to pay his bill . That’s funny !
Lol
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Yes it really was! 😂😂😂❤❤
I feel like that without my medication...I have tried to get off my meds several times...I become socially awkward and cannot manage daily tasks...I wish I never started taking them...but now I feel like I have a hard time socializing in life without them
Sometimes the benefits of a medication are worthwhile, even with the downside. Perhaps you can learn new social skills now, so that if you do go off the medication you will have something to fall back on.
I went off antidepressants and the side effects are killing me. I am getting nausea, stomach aches, shaking and being really tired. It's been like a week or so. Does anyone know when the side effects wear off? I can't bare this any longer.
How did you go off the antidepressants? The best way is to slowly taper. You should talk to your doctor about the side effects. Drinks lots of fluids. Acupuncture also helps a great deal if you can find someone in your area. Eventually the side effects to go away.
Im still dealing with those symptoms 8 months now.
Brenda Child oh that sucks, hope you get better soon
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x y r i e l l a are you completely off them??
Hi Doug! Amazing video! When I was 18 in 1990, they gave me something that made me drool black liquid and faint while I was in group therapy. It's scary taking meds even nowadays cuz I don't want to end up with uncontrollable anxiety. I want to get better. I want to know when I'm happy and other emotions. Brilliant work Doug!
It's soooo important to take the process with these meds slow and being careful to be slow with increasing and decreasing dosages.
Yes! 👍👍👍👍👍💜💜
exactly!! You cannot go from 0 to 50mg or 100mg over night, you have to go very very slowly and build up the dosage. When you first start taking any SSRI, what happens is the sudden flood of seratonin into the brain motivates you to actually do things in your life, to take action. But because it takes time for the levels to even out, you are still having depressive thoughts while having a surge of energy. so look what can happen! Someone can start taking an SSRI and then do something like actually end their life. You must be under supervision and go slowly. Like anything in life. Someone who has a very bad depression and starts taking 50mg - 100mg of SSRI is like getting into a Porsche and not being able to drive.
Antidepressants have helped me, and yes, I titrate the dose according to my mood.
Just understand that tardive akathisia is common after years of cumulative use. Tardive akathisia happens after you come off and it erupts. You might be lucky and just get withdrawal akathisia that eventually fades, but withdrawal akathisia can also turn chronic. Find Dr. Stuart Shipko’s writings for Mad In American and hear about his work tapering injured patients and his work documenting the risks of antidepressants like tardive akathisia.
I went off a med and went into mania, left my spouse of 28 years and tried suicide 2xs. It's aweful.
I hope you are stabilizing now.
Repent in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and saviour, if you need help don’t hesitate to get on your knees and have a prayer to ask God to help you
@@simon4082
Repent of what Glotay?
@agoodheart No such thing. Fairytale nonsense.
@@simon4082 God is not real
I just had some anxiety ,and others things,plus tobacco ,alcohol related mood disorders,I was on almost everytime of psychiatry med for 8 years .after that I slowly left the meds and within month i recovered significantly, now o am going without meds ,I just avoid tobacco and alcohol .
I suffered from akathisia two months ago. I was so sick and could not sit still. I lashed out at my son and thought I was losing my mind. I began to believe that suicide was my only option, absolutely the most frightening thing I have ever experienced. I was moving from Paxil to Prozac.
How are you doing now?
Has anyone here started struggling with an overactive bladder as a result of taking anti-depressants?
I took sertraline for two months each in 2020 and 2021. If I can remember correctly my urinary frequency increased.
In February 2022, I took Tretol (another brand for sertraline) for only two days and it wreaked havoc on my body. I didn't get an overactive bladder immediately but I got other side effects like clenched jaws, drowsiness, weird stool issues etc.
I stopped taking the medicine immediatelty but about 10 days later I had my first urinary urgency which led to leaking myself. I've suffered with a relatively overactive bladder and latchkey (bathroom door) incontinence since then and I'm struggling to find a cause other than the antidepressant. But I've been told that two days is too small a time to cause such a massive change.
I got this off my first dose of sertraline(zoloft) and I only had taken a quarter of a 50mg tablet. I literally could not sit still and was constantly pacing around house on edge. I called the doctor as I was concerned and he said well I only gave you a low dose, however you may get some side effects when you first start them. Funny though as he said a low dose
, although hadn't realised I only only t
Had taken a quarter of that. That was enough for me. I also personally feel that people who gave used them, even in the past all seem different and emotionally distant. Almost evil. Not intentionally but just kind of programmed
I THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY!!!! antidepressants made me feel worse. I self harmed, yelled at people, felt like I had no control, and I felt my depression was inside a Iocked chest in my brain. I knew the pain was there but I could never get it out or show the pain. I felt CRAZY! As soon as I pulled myself out of self harm I started going off the meds cold turkey and about a month later in January 2020 I started to feel better. Now in the end of July I feel much better I still have moderate depression but NO WHERE NEAR what I had on the pills. I’m doing a lot better but my mother is forcing me to get back on the meds and she doesn’t believe me when I tell her it made me feel worse since she has a great experience and we’re on the same medication. I can’t wait till I talk to my doctor and can finally be gone of those meds FOR GOOD!😁
This may have a double lesson for you "Imgoing back to 505". We love our moms even when they push all our buttons, create drama, are jealous, or whatever. No one ever talks about the mom's negative influence over the grown kid. But speaking as a person of more than a few years, it's a great experience to own your own life and kindly and thoughtfully say NO TO MOM. One does not need to bully or be bullied by our family members. If you decide you wish to never go back, tell your Mom that you want to try to live your life without dependencies on drugs or anything. God being the loving and kind, and truly wonderful Parent is the only exception..You can tell her you need her love and support for your decision. A good selling point for you to tell her is that when you are with her, you will have better times off drugs. You've taken the first courageous steps.... I will pray for you to go forward creating your own life and being your own wonderful and unique self. God will surely help you in all of this. IF you belong to a Church that insists you are born with a sin nature... pull out Genesis Chapter ONe and find out the amazingly good and wonderful "image and likeness" you are with "Dominion" over the problems of this material world. We are all powerful spiritual beings with the power to heal as Jesus did.... "these things and greater will my followers do!" Much love from Texas
Are you ok now I have same problem. For how long you don’t take medication
I have this and I've been off meds for a year & it's still so horrific. It's making me so suicidal & I feel like it's not going to go away. I've had it while on meds but didn't know it & I kept telling my Dr something was really wrong & he just kept changing, increasing doses adding more meds. He never titrated or anything and then I did not know anything about it. I can't describe the misery I've been in for so many years. Help.
Maybe you should get a second opinion
@@DouglasBloch this is in combination with PTSD. After 6 years of all this. I don't think there is hope. Nothing has been shown to reverse changes in the ptsd brain. Nothing.
They still deny that a single dose can cause prolonged (chronic) akathisia
Can antidepressants harm memory?, I feel that my memories are becoming less sharp
Usually depression affects memory negatively. But I suppose a drug could also. You should talk about this with your prescriber
You do get a bit dazed from the medication, and it can seem like your brain/memory get numbed.
But it is really the depression itself which leads to almost amnesia.
No it just slows down your brain a little so we dont go into overdrive notice you'll be much detail oriented while on medication
I was on antidepressants from age 8 to 21 and also took antipsychotics from age 16 to 21. I'm pretty certain they dud effect my memory, especially once the psych meds were mixed in too.
My mom has been on antidepressants for more than a decade. She recently stopped. Her memory has been more clear and she's seemed more sane, reasonable, and alert.
I’ve been on antidepressants my entire adult life (22 years). I want off of them. I am agitated and more depressed than ever. More suicidal. Feel like I’m going crazy. I tell my doctors about my agitation but nothing gets changed. Just get worse. I just want to give up.
Keep advocating for yourself. Perhaps you can talk to a different prescriber
I was Rx ambien i was desperate for sleep so took it Well 2 months latter i was gettibg severe pain at arround 1 pm and as each hour passed it got worst and worst I went to 3 doctors all said it was just anxirty Well went to a 4th doc who in 10 sec said i was withdrawing. From the ambien each day !!! I went through hell due to 3 docs having no idea
The doctor prescribed me high dosage 100mg of antideprissants that gave me serious sleep apnea, vomiting, high blood pressure. I technically felt like I would go crazy with all the anexity.
I read some interesting studies about SSRIs. The dosage is highly dependent on your enzyme activity in the liver. There are different types of metabolizers: those whose bodies can break down the active substance super quickly, those with average enzyme activity and those whose liver just very slowly breaks down the active substance. For the latter it means that they get overdosed by the standard dosages. The so called "poor-metabolizers" were excluded from the clinical studies. So the substance cumulates in their bodies, cause their liver can´t break it down quickly enough which leads to overdose and intolerable side effects - could this be on of the causes why some people develop akathisia? So the thing is, that those poor metabolizers have to be underdosed! I am one of them and I´m perfectly fine with maximum 10 mg of paroxetine. I probably would have been fine with 5-10 mg fluoxetine too but the doctor didn´t believe me and prescribed me 20 mg which was way too much!! I developed akathisia! Some people are just fine with low dosages.
Done! :)
Interesting that you mention that I was born with Gilbert's syndrome which is a liver condition I have one cup of coffee be it feels like I have had 10. Same with medications, etc.
I started to take them before three days ..my head is aching like hell ..feeling naseous ..things have gotten worse ..should i stop takin the pills
I had Akasthesia in response to an atypical antipsychotic and it was the worst thing I ever felt. I was basically curled up in agony and I didn't sleep until I stopped the medication. Definitely not talked about enough when mentioning side effects.
I totally agree.
a cop came to our office after a mass shooting in san diego. talking about mass shooting but she left 1 thing out. all of them were on prozac. those a ssri or something like that. later
It would be extremely important if doctors told their patients to come immediately when they experience extreme restlessness and agitation. Some patients who know about akathisia even volontarily go to the hospital when they start taking an antidepressant and to the whole titration there.
There is an organization in Chicago that is trying to get the word out about Akathisia. It is:
missd.co
Awesome! Don´t know if there is a similar organization in Europe? Anyway, when I started Paxil, I immediately asked the doctor for Ativan and always had the Ativan ready with me. Never went out without it and always kept it on my desk, just right next to me.
Good thinking.
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The sad thing about this is today all they have to do is a simple blood test. I went through what you did but was strong enough to go back to my Dr and just looked at him and said I have no idea what is wrong with me but I just want to die. I was then sent to a mental hospital for an evaluation where they did the blood work and told me I have a chemical imbalance and would never be able to take anything with a black box warning. The dr's had me flagged in the pharmacys. I went to my childrens pediatrics and had both of them tested to see if they was like me and my son is and my daughter is not. So many people have lost their lives I feel like because of SSRI's and all a Dr had to do before putting them on it was a simple blood test. This subject hurts me so bad.
Do you know what type a blood test it was that determined whether you’re allergic to SSRIs?
I didn't ask at that time I wasn't even in a place of mind to ask. I was taking Elavil and Cymbomta. Not sure if either is spelled correctly. I'm a genially hyper out going person but I had been through the loss of a child and they said I was in depression and anxiety but thought Fibromialgia was the main source of my problem pain. So first I was put on Elavil when I went back I told my Dr something wasn't right I hurt all over and was tense then I he added symbolta within two weeks all I could think about was different ways to kill myself and make it look like an accident. Until I walked his my Drs office and past signing it and went straight to him and told him how I felt. From there after I said it out loud I started crying and everything was a blur. But the first thing they did when I went for an evaluation was blood work. My children pediatrics knew what I want when I said they did blood work on me and I have a chemical imbalance to any medications with a black box warning. I want blood work done on both my kids. He just said OK we can do that. So these Dr are educated they know it can be done. My kids pediatric has been in the field for over 35 yrs.
Is it possible to check with the doctor what the blood test was??
Mine was the CRP. Because My personality was normally hyper, friendly and a happy person and within two weeks I went to a person I didn't know. But I did have a strong will and knew the thoughts I was having was wrong. Only then was I test and I came back with a chemical imbalance that I can not take any type of medicine with a black box warning. So I had my children tested my son is exactly like me and my daughter is OK. I has been nice to know with my children because Dr's are extremely bad to just hand out medicine and not bother to do this blood work and it could save many lives. I think it should be a requirement. But I had a very bad experience with it.
@@aimlessintopeka they DNA typed me and both of my children. I carry a DNA called HLA b27 and I have Ankylosing Spondylitis. My son also carries that DNA gene but my daughter does not. Believe me I have been tested very thoroughly. They can very easy test people to see how they will react to these drugs.
I've been on SSRIs and Amitriptyline for 20 years. I'm 70 yrs old and am enjoying my Retirement with my 2 Dogs !!! I never have Suicidal thoughts and I want to live as long as I can !!! If I don't take Anti Depressants I get stabbing pains all over and that was why I was put on them in the first place. I am happy to take them for the rest of my life !!! I know a couple of people who have restless leg syndrome but I've never had anything like it !
Tysm for warning us.. I'm going to tell friends. Peace and love to you.
Thanks for revealing exactly what happened with me from these meds.
The doctor looks in confusion as I tell him these side effects, then he States he never heard of that side effect.
Wow.....I was just about to try Lexapro but now I am scared......I have anxiety about losing my Mom and don't want to live alone....
Lexapro is a good antidepressant which is helped many people. I was just saying that you should start very slowly. If you can find a prescriber I'm sure you can work out a plan with them. I would definitely encourage you to continue to explore the antidepressant
@@DouglasBloch Hi Douglas......my anxiety is sky-high and I can't sleep so have been put on 1mg. of klonopin for nighttime but my dumb doctor has me taking Benadryl and on alternate nights visteral for when I wake up in the middle of the night because the .05 klonopin has worn off......I am also dealing with my 99 yr. old mother and I think my anxiety is coming from the fact that when she dies I will be all alone in t.he house......will Lexapro help with anxiety casused by being afraid of living alone......visteral is awful too.....made me more anxious....is it not better to take the REAL Lexapro rather than the generic.....??/
I’m not an expert on these medications, but I do know the cognitive behavioral therapy can help with anxiety and then we can help you deal with the anxious thoughts in your mind. So you should reach out to some therapist or counselor who works with CBT. In addition I suggest you watch my video called “how to rewire your anxious brain.” It will give you some good tips
@@DouglasBloch I have agoraphobia also.....but you didn't answer my question as to which is better the generic or the real brand Lexapro......
@@DouglasBloch But how will it help me to sleep and eat and get rid of the anxiety from the terrible grief I am feeling......the pain is so deep since my mother died and I have no other family....
I have been taking lexapro for about 2 months and it’s been great. Except the past week I feel super anxious, agitated, and suicidal. Idk what was going on with me.
You should talk with your prescriber about this.
How are you now what did you do to resolve?
weight gain due to ssri has devastated my life. could you address it
I gained 10 kg in 2 years of escitalopram..
Good luck pal
i went on a 51 day water fast to lose 50 lbs its the only thing that worked!
My doctor prescribed Prozac 10mg for me 5 days ago. I was taking it first thing in the morning with some breakfast. I have to say after day 4 I had to stop taking it all together. Day 1 wasn’t to bad, i had tremors and confusion/ trouble concentrating and dizziness as well as stomach issues and headaches. Day 2 was a bit worse but from everything I’ve heard and what my PCP told me that feeling worse was normal. Day 3 was better than day 2 but still the same symptoms with diarrhea onset. Day 4 was what made my mind up; day 4 was horrible! I was completely off the rails, anxiety, confusion, concentration were crazy bad! I was pacing and thought that I was going crazy! I stopped by my parents house and my mom wanted to take me to the ER. She said I looked extremely agitated and sweaty. I called my doctor to ask what I should do, he said that I should push through but I can’t imagine going through that again for another day. I have decided to stop taking Prozac and now I’m scared to try any other medication.
Definitely talk to your doctor about this
@@DouglasBloch , thanks for the input. I have and he wants me to try another medication. I have yet to decide if I want to go down that road. With the last one I couldn’t perform my job at all. If my customers would have seen me like that they would have thought I was on heavy drugs.
Great video! For anyone who is very sensitive to antidepressants but wants to try again, this is great information as a lot of psychiatrists won't do this.
This happened to me for two years. The entire time they kept switching my meds and shocking my brain in ECT therapy. I lost all my memories and any time I take the wrong medicine I start feeling this horrible pulling feeling. The feeling makes you feel like you need to kill your self
Medication is NEVER WORTH it. Eat right and exercise there’s nothing wrong with us it’s our world
Thank you very much for your video. I have been taking 100mg Zoloft per day for approximately 12 years. It has helped me to feel more positive and to go to work daily. However when I tried to get off it by winging off I felt very sick like I had the flu. The only reason why I was trying to get off of Zoloft is because I don't like taking pills especially for several years. Would anyone please (if they know factual info) why it is so difficult to get off of antidepressants even when you try and wing off of them? Thank you in advance.
i've been off 100 mg Zoloft for 3months after being on for 1 year, i went cold turkey bad idea i'm now on just maybe 15 mg just to help me feel a little better i only take it when i feel i really need it, i have a strict vegan diet with exercise, fresh air to clean and purify my blood that goes to my brain!
There are ppl claiming that these drugs caused them to kill someone. The courts say that's impossible. How is it impossible when these drug raise the risk of suicide?
Hi Doug I've been suffering from depression and I've been taking antidepressants for the past few months trintellix about 5 to 10 mg I don't know if it's working but I've been feeling what you described a bit of agitation pacing back and forth I suffer from a lot of negative thoughts and I just want some help I know antidepressants aren't an easy fix drug but I just want something that will help me
Have you tried exercise, especially getting your heart rate up so that you sweat
Lower the dose, from experience. 🇦🇺
I’m afraid to start my Lexapro 5mg I have anxiety my whole life (not a problem for me) but recently developed panic disorder and depression for over a month now (huge problem for me) can some one help with advice I’m so scared?
My dad hasn't slept for like a month. I argued with the doctor about his medication. he is having that akithesia for sure! he is pacing around and twitching like crazy. It looks like he is possessed. I think pharmaceuticals are dangerous and evil. They do NOT help. ever.
Have you gone back to the doctor to get some medication that might help your dad relax.
Dose is too high, most likely. 🙄🇦🇺
You're right. They don't cure anything, they just make you sick in a different way than you were before, i.e. they don't work - only supress!
B-complex and chelated magnesium will help his nervous system/sleep. There are adaptogens like rhodiola and that might help too, but you have to be careful they won't interact with the drugs. No point in asking doctors, as they have so little knowledge about nutrition that they wouldn't be able to tell you what goes and won't go with what. I say make sure he's not deficient in any minerals or vits as a starting point. Docs can test for all that.
We need all 90 vits and minerals to stay well. It's not complicated. Drugs cause complications. Dr. Peter Glidden knows his stuff, and there's loads of his vids on here.
@@jennytaylor3324 people would rather be alive taking meds not dead instead.
Sounds avful! But they can help, or be catastrophical. Im on 5mg escitalopram and it help. However recommended dose is 10-20mg... so Im on the half of the lowest recommended dose. 10mg did not work for me... They can help but they are no fantastis happy pills. Use with caution.
This happened to me before I started and kept going after taking..It's like the faster thoughts run more I pace
I had a reaction to prozac (6 low dose tablets) and had the most extreme almost psychotic agitation I can imagine. still suffering from on and off fluctuating symptoms , (though less extreme)
Hopefully, the agitation will decrease over time.
Can you explain?
I was prescribed Lexapro for pppd and anxiety. Will do the titration slowly but still worried about the sexual side effects.
You might want to talk to your Prescriber about this
I got off of my 100mg a day Zoloft over 4 weeks ago. I am still feeling very high agitation!!! Everything makes me mad. EVERYTHING. I’m taking it out on loved ones and I cannot help it... I feel like I’m going to feel this way forever
It will eventually wear off. Try intense exercise to calm the nervous system. If that doesn't work, ask your psychiatrist for a low dose of Klonopin or Ativan, which will give you temporary relief. It helped me during my episode of akathisia.
Douglas Bloch thank you for the reply. I am still on my dose of 1 mg klonopin 3 Times daily and I have built up such a tolerance that I can’t feel it... they also still have me on 600mg trileptal, I did not tell my doctor I was going off of the Zoloft because I was afraid he would take me off of my klonopin which without it, my ocd and anxiety is so bad that I can’t leave the house!!! I can’t stop cleaning now that I’m off the Zoloft my ocd is at an all time high and I feel very very angry.
Rennae Elizabeth try Emotional healing to heal from depression and anxiety ... depression it is about stucked emotions in us..they have to be released.. take care
Perhaps the Zoloft was helping. Luvox is a very good antidepressant for OCD, and it has helped many of my clients. Talk to your prescriber about Luvox.
Douglas Bloch thank you for your reply. I wanted to give you an update, I told him that I got off of the Zoloft. I told him how I was feeling, he kept me on the klonopin and trileptal and added Wellbutrin and abilify..: he told me that combo should not make me angry or cause weight gain.
I now have autoimmune problems low iron from coming off Avanza why don't drs tell us this problems
1 Akathisia is an extremely important issue
probably the most important thing that every patient, their family and friends should be Educated about
2 Drug Withdrawal is also an extremely important issue
Patients, their Friends and Family should be Educated about
Oppositional Tolerance and Withdrawal Symptoms
3 People on multiple Drugs very rarely do well in the long-term
4 Keeping People on Psychiatric Drugs for Years is Very rarely the BEST treatment for them
5 Alternatives to Drugs,
The Recovery rates for Severe Depression before we had Antidepressants were higher then
than the recovery rates are today
What sort of treatment you suggest Robert
Thanks for this list!!!! Informative!! 👍👍👍👍👍
Exactly what i noticed.
"5" is based on a different understanding of "a full recovery".
Today, recovery means being free of all symptoms, and being the same person as before treatment started.
Pre-antidepressants, clinical depression was treated with ECT and/or lobotomy. Yes, all patients were cured for their depression. But at a horrendous price, they lost their persona, their identity.
Around 1960 Tricyclic antidepressants became available.
Roughly same side effects as SSRI, and only slightly less effective.
But....Tricyclics often turned patients manic, which could have disastrous consequences. Another example of the cure being worse than the illness.
Today, with SSRI, the government target for full recovery is 50%, based on the modern definition of recovery. And in reality, we are looking at a full recovery rate of 75%>
I’m basically pretty much cured when I take an ssri. Well not completely but I’m about 90% better which is a huge plus
I’ve titrated without knowing what it is. Thank you for this. @Douglas Bloch
Jordan Peterson had that situation with him I listen to a daughter talked about it today
I took Prozac low dose for 2 days then quit right away,and the withdrawals where horrific and I developed tinnitus in my left ear do you think it’ll ever fade away I’ve had it for 5 months but it has decreased a lot since then,Do you think it’ll truly ever fade away.
You might want to read about Neoplasticity in the brain. This means that the brain is capable of healing itself over the long run. So yes, I think you can get better. I've had akathisia twice and although it took time I experienced the symptoms going away.
Dear Douglas, I took prozac for 1.5 years without any problems. My depression was also completely gone. I was reducing my dose from 60mg to 0mg. When I reached zero, I was without depression. In that time I had appointment with doctor. I was very joyful that time and went to doctor to thank him. But, he said me my depression can come back again. It hitted me in my mind. After some days of that appointment I was feeling some sadness and started increse my dose. That made me total restless. I am suffering from this for 4 months now. I am loosing hope. Now doctor said I developed anxiety. I never had anxiety. Even with my depression I was working everything normally. Now prozac just made my life completely hell. I am hopeless. I dont feel comfort in my body. Life just seems unbearable to me. I made my mistake to go to doctor for depression. I was managing my depression very well. I miss those days badly even though with my depression. Now I am taking buspirone 10mg 3 times a day with a benzo. Is it possible to heal and remove my anxiety?
The book "The Mood Cure" by Julia Ross is very good. Its on Amazon
Some of the anti depressants can worsen certain symptoms. I only lasted 3 months on effexor because of agitation, palpitations and panic attacks. I didn't have panic attacks before. Just a general anxiety. My issue was low mood. The doctor was wrong to say the depression would come back. Put fear in your mind. I find when on medication I don't feel in control. It's hard to describe. I was on cymbalta for 6 years...I hope your doing well.
Effexor saved my life...I am now on it for over 10 years..... wished I took it sooner... I feel "normal" without that 24/7 DREAD I used to have before. I could not leave my room... now I enjoy life and go about my business.
@@rosesoftime5153 you won't be able to get off that poison.
@@kubi-2b Yes I can get off it easily but within 2 weeks, I get so depressed I think ONLY of suicide 24/7. It saved my life and I live normally on it.
I started Zoloft 6 days for panic and anxiety I’m hating it!! Been feeling constant anxious,jumpy,scared restless like I drank 3 pots of coffee and my pupils are dilated 😫
Definitely talk to your prescriber
How do you feel now?
Hey! I'm also taking antidepressant medicine for two months and I am felling constantly headache, confusion, memory loss slurred speech also my pupils are dilated so I'm asking you now I'm stopped taking antidepressant so now my side effects which was given by antidepressant medicine will go away or not?
Oh Douglas, thank goodness, at last somebody who understands how it feels to have 'restless legs' in every fibre and internal organ, even my blood feels fizzy. Many doctors have told me I'm imagining this, it's only recently that I found a link between MCS and most prescription drugs.
What's MCS??
phubblewubb phubblewubb ihave hadrestless legs nearly all my life.On meds and off them,no difference.
I take 5mg of Aripiprizole, 50mg of Clomipramine and 60mg of Propranolol daily, but I still struggle with bouts of depression and restlessness. I didn't struggle with any of this before being put on medication.
Have you told your Prescriber about this?
Thanks Doug. I was so nervous about starting Paxil but my doctor said, take the 20 mg. i cut one in half, ....then within a day I committed to the full 20 (Im at thirty now). It seems however that putting 4 days of ultra small doses should be standard practice. Plus: if you've had no akathesia with Paxil, does that prove that no other ssri will trigger that horrific anxiety?
Not necessarily. So start every SSRI at a low dose, as I demonstrate in the video.
I.had a problem with seritelein. And seriquel., caused phycycos the seritelein fucked me up ,
I hope you’ve recovered by now
Hi Doug, THANKS for this video. Last year I had akathisia. I had for almost a year. It was a nightmare.Now Im medication free and dealing with very high level of anxiety because of the horrible experience. I had symptons like fatigue, fear, sadness. I m not working and going out always with somebody. I feel that it is getting better. The doctor told me to start a new ssrri but im so afraid I have an adverse reaction again. Sometimes I feel that my nervous system is still getting back to balance because the akathisia went away only four months ago. What would you recommend?
Sorry for the late reply. Your comment was held for review. You could try another SSRI, but start with a tiny dose. Maybe 1/2 of the lowest dose that one can take. Then stay on it for awhile before you make any increase. Of course, you should work out the details with your psychiatrist and not do it on your own.
Douglas Bloch Thanks for your reply and your recommendation. The doctor decided not to prescripe a ssri for now. He put me on 1 mg of klonopin for couple of months he said. Im feeling much better and calmer these days. Thank you again for warning and let the people know about these terrible side effect called Akathisia.
@@FM-st5hc never take a psych drug again.
I can‘t believe that some doctors in the US might put patients on a high dose from the beginning on. In my country it‘s the gold standard to start with the lowest possible dose and increase that dose very slowly after at least 7-10 days. I can‘t recommend that method enough.
Thank you for explaining the benefits of tritation. Five days of Lexapro resulted in two years of living hell for me. Any one who as experienced akathesia knows the experience is as bad as it can get.
I'm glad the video was helpful
I had a panic attack the first time I took sertraline. My doctor blamed caffeine even though I was doing my usual routine and hadn’t had a panic attack in years
I'm sure that happens
Do not take them at all. placebo has been shown to work better in many cases.
Matured cannabis is better than seroxat.
meow meow Do you have any idea how powerful placebos are ?
Anti deprissants made me have sleep apnea, Puke like crazy, high blood pressure, Insane headache. These things are deadly.
Finding the right help is harder than finding anti depressant medicine 😢
Well said. and it takes more than a 5 min consultation at $500/hour (because that's what your doctor charges the insurance)
I was on Lexapro for only a month and a half and I asked my psychiatrist that I want to stop it because it keeps attacking me with side effects and I started having eye soreness too. then my psychiatrist told me to reduce it to 5 mg ( I was on 10mg ) for 4 days then stop it...I have been going through so many withdrawal side effects almost will be for 4 weeks and a bout a bit over 2weeks ago massive stomach bloating and constipation started and still now on. I can't fit my pants,not even wan t to eat because of the pain in my stomach and constipation every single day... I am scared but I do not want to talk to my primary because he either would tell me to go back on it or another meds to prescribe for sure..enough of being screwd over by meds ...
That joke fro the beginning was from the film ‘Goodfellas’
I was prescribed 300mg of wellbutrin to quit smoking. I quite because I felt Iike I was on something and I drive 18 wheelers. I take 150mg and now I don't feel like I'm coming down from extacy or lsd.
I just get even more depressed, when I think about depression...
I stopped my Zoloft 100mg in a rapid taper after being on it for three years. Now a month later I have waves of inner tension and suicidal anxiety. It’s excruciating at times, there are moments where it subsides but it quickly returns. I hope it goes away, after much reading and researching I come across the words “may be permanent” and I loose all hope. All I ever wanted was to feel better. Not this……. this is torture.
It probably would've been better to do a slow taper. If your symptoms keep up, please reach out to a mental health professional who works with medications--such as a psychiatrist or a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.
i'm also coming off zoloft 100mg and zyprexa the last 3 months cold turkey after 1 year, i should have tapered , i pray night and day for God to help me
please respond to my coment thank you!
Psychiatrists are crazier then there patients
I took amitriptilyne for less than a week for pain mainly but also depression. I found out another medicine I was taking had a major interactions with amitr. I had 10mg. and cut it in half because the first time taking it I just couldn't get out of bed. Even on the 5 mg. dose I was getting chills and heaviness in my chest. The neurologist was a nice man but just threw out these anti depressants like try this, then try this. I have always had a lot of side effects from medicine and this has really scared me. I just will not take anti depressants because I have had so many side effects and end up feeling worse. Some people can tolerate these, I am just one person who can't. Thank you for the video.
I’m glad the video has been helpful
Everyone who had a bad experience: its not one try and if it doesnt work then all antidepressants are bad. It takes trial and error to get the help you need. So I could see how trying one would leave a bad taste, but here is my experience. I've had severe depression for over 10 years. The first antidepressant wasn't helpful and had opposite effects. The next antidepressant I took was wellburton. I feel like a human being again. Its the first time I felt happy in years and haven't felt like cutting anymore. Antidepressants have side effects so do natural herbs. I think I'd take the side effects of being happy and enjoying life instead of hoping to die, cutting myself, and wonder through life feeling no purpose. I don't think their is a magic cure for depression, I think right now treating the symptoms is as good as it can get. Like we would all like a cure for a million things, but their isn't a cure. Naturally there is a way to manage symptoms, but not cure it. Its better than nothing.
did wellbutrin raise your anxiety at first?
My doctor prescribe me the medication 3mg olonzapin And 20 mg fluoxetine for three months
Its got complete emotional blunting after taking fluoxetine and olonzapin
. I left it since 3 months but still don't work
Definitely talk with your doctor
Olanzapine did that to my son
It’s sad when some people with depression can’t even rely on
SSRIs.
Do yourself a favor and learn to live without a medicine that literally does nothing but placebo effects cause you want a pill but the doc doesn’t want to put you on Xanax, do some research anti depressants actually showed zero efficacy over placebo
@@jordanwiser9011 thanks. My doctor has been encouraging me to go back on medication for my anxiety.
And my anti-depressant drugs, which I have been taking for years, have given me my life back and without any side effects. Just thought you might like to know that. 37 mg. of venlafaxine daily is what I take.
Still watching your vids. Thanks again for helping me this spring/summer. Effexor screwed me up and made me soooo anxious and depressed. Paradoxical effect my doc called it. I guess we’re the unlucky ones. :(
Glad you are holding your own.
how are you feeling now?
Hope you work out the side effects.
I,ve been taking 37.5 of Effexor for 7days, could I stop cold turkey ?
tTalk to your doc tor
After taking an overdose of Sertraline/Zoloft some years ago and suffering a huge seizure (first one i ever had) in the hospital while undergoing treatment, and have suffered many more seizures lasting from seconds to 10+ minutes and many other problems with motor skills since. After brain scans i was labelled epileptic but the neurologist admitted he wasn't sure exactly what the anomaly in my brain was.
Well, I hope you get it treated