A Deadly Side Effect of Antidepressants 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Lol

Goodfellas

Yes it really was! 😂😂😂❤❤

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

Thanks. Hold onto that hope

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!

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

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." ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MpPCuHvUR7Q.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

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.

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.

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. ❤❤❤👍👍👍

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!

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!!!!

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.

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.

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

Perhaps you could send her positive thoughts from a distance

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...

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.

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

How are you doing know

How are you doing now?

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.

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.

The doctor looks in confusion as I tell him these side effects, then he States he never heard of that side effect.

Well said. and it takes more than a 5 min consultation at $500/hour (because that's what your doctor charges the insurance)

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

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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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??

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.

What's MCS??

phubblewubb phubblewubb ihave hadrestless legs nearly all my life.On meds and off them,no difference.

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.

I totally agree.

I’m glad I was able to be helpful

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

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.

my brother been on Cymbalta for 17 years and is doing good he tried to get off once but the withdrawal was to much so he got back on!

I like your plan. I'm believe that your symptoms will diminish. They eventually did so for me.

Glad you are holding your own.

how are you feeling now?

Hope you work out the side effects.

I’m glad the video has been helpful

I'm glad the video was helpful

No problem!

Keep trying different coping stategies. If you provide your email address, I will send you a self-care activities to improve your mood chart.

@@DouglasBloch yes sir , I need help 🥀

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!

Not necessarily. So start every SSRI at a low dose, as I demonstrate in the video.

Hopefully you can work with your doctor to decrease the agitation

@@DouglasBloch hi I am on sertaline 50 mg , but I didn’t get you ,how we can recover without medicine ( pls reply 🙏🙏)

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.

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!

You are welcome

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.

No ssris are not bad

Why?

did wellbutrin raise your anxiety at first?

Have you tried exercise, especially getting your heart rate up so that you sweat

Lower the dose, from experience. 🇦🇺

Thank you. I’m glad the videos are helpful

Talk with your prescriber about this

be careful. my father was prescribed Paroxetine & he ended up taking his own life

@@johnnyb33good21 correlation does not equal causation. But I'm sorry to hear that. I ended up not taking anymore of it.

Hopefully, the agitation will decrease over time.

Can you explain?

I am sorry that you are struggling. There are medications that you can talk with your doctor about that can help with anxiety for the short term. In the meanwhile since you mentioned prayer, I recommend that you call a really good prayer ministry call Silent Unity. You can call in 24 hours a day. If you are in the United States the toll-free number is 800-669-7729. If you're living outside the US you can call them at 1-816-969-2000. Tell them what you are going through and they will give you a prayer treatment and hold you in the light in the prayer chapel for 30 days.

Thank you I will call them. God Bless you.

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.

@@kub_us 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.

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.

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.

Keep advocating for yourself. Perhaps you can talk to a different prescriber

Matured cannabis is better than seroxat.

meow meow Do you have any idea how powerful placebos are ?

Your trauma probably triggered the fight or flight response in your nervous system, which is why you are in a continual state of arousal. Find a psychiatrist or therapist in your area who treats extreme anxiety, and they can help you to feel better.

@@DouglasBloch Thank you for replying. I feel there's so much to share about my experience. There's simply no better way to do that than with a person who has been through the same thing. I was hoping you did online consultation sessions. However, your website explicitly states that you are not a counselor. Still, I could absolutely benefit from your input on the matter. I stumbled upon your patreon, and I am seriously considering the video chat option. It'll also allow me to offer support, which is a good thing since there are a lot of other people in a similar situation that could benefit from the help you provide.

@Mo Tarek Have u gotten any better yet?

@@bethanyblakecaiden yes. But any degree of it is still hell.

@@kreep182 I had it once in awhile, but never knew what it was. I just started taking antidepressants about 2 weeks ago and have had it pretty much all day, every day since. Idk now if I should quit the antidepressants. I also used to get leaden paralysis too. Have u ever experienced that? Just curious since u said u experienced the other thing without even taking an antidepressant so I wanted to see if we had similar symptoms.