I wouldnt say cannabis is a simple way to reduce stress . Its pretty well known now that the THC level in the cannibis smoked nowdays is 50% stronger than in the 60's-70's and can actually cause schizophrenia to develop.....paranoia, fear, delusions and disorganization of thoughts.
One good doctor. He must be built like an Olympian, because he is definitely swimming against the current. Save as many as you can, Doc. God Bless . Take care
LOOK UP "WHISTLEBLOWER." DR.JOSEF IS A WHISTLEBLOWER. THANK GOD THESE PEOPLE ARE FINALLY BEING EXPOSED FOR THE DESTROYERS THAT THEY ARE. MANY, MANY PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD BECAUSE OF THEM. TRUTH!!!!!!
I was under the care of Josef’s wife, Marissa, who is also a psychiatrist who practices in the same area as Josef. If not for her intervention, I don’t know if I’d still be around. I personally cannot endorse the Witt -Doerring team more highly. We need more MDs like them!!! A truly awesome pair!
My life was DESTROYED by them. Neurotoxicity. Tolerance-withdrawal vicious circuit. Akathisia-suicidiality. Social stigma. Life gone, finished, anihilated.
Hi nehopsa, you must have sufferd a lot. I so hope life is better now. Please remember that every day is a new day and has new opportunities. I hope you can find a love for live again.
It is disappointing to see "capitalism" brought into this subject by highly educated people, as if socialism or communism bring easier lives for people, with less anxiety or suffering which is exactly the opposite of truth. Perhaps you could just admit that life is hard, period. That life in the US is better than many places in the world, but also suffering is relative. If you dont know worse suffering, your suffering is bad none the less. That we have to pick up oir cross and carry it, regardless. And it seems to me that the wisdom I have aquired is that when you surmount one problem, others arrive. This isnt a curse, or something to be fixed, but natural development. You figure out a problem, then move on to be able to see and then address, master other problems. Problems change as you age, move through phases of life, and you gather more wisdom ABOUT life, humans, relationships and derive value from sharing it and helping others cope with their own problems, flourish themselves. But laying any of it at the feet of capitalism is ridiculous.
Dr. Josef is so brave and compassionate. I am working with him now. He is amazing. His level of patience and care is astounding. I have a brain injury so I am not able to be as articulate as I wish but I cannot recommend him enough. He is doing groundbreaking work. Because of him people are going to come around and see the atrocities being committed and hopefully more people can be saved or not have to go through this nightmare at all.
Dr Josef saved my life. I had a feeling these meds I was on were doing more damage than good. I've never felt better. I'm more stable and focused now than ever before. He's the best. ❤
You guys pointed out exactly what I've been trying to tell people for a while - it's not (only) the adverse effect that should worry us, but the effects in themselves.
As Dr. Josef said, and Nick highlighted: many of the adverse effects *are* the main effects. I would even say that there are no 'side effects' of these drugs. There are only effects. Joanna Moncrieff has said it well. To paraphrase her, this is what an ethical psychiatrist should tell their patients: these drugs do not target diseases, they simply alter your consciousness in certain ways. If all the effects, taken together, are worth it to you right now, try taking the drug for a while. If the balance shifts, we can reconsider. But this is no cure for your mental suffering.
Ha,safe and effective for 3 months! I was left on them indefinitely by my GP. Came off after 5 years of my own volition and failed. Took me over 31 years and years of failed tapers and hell to get off. I can safely say these drugs have ruined my life after losing my job,years of lost wages and can't work because I'm still in protracted withdrawal. I'm the result of what leaving people on these drugs long term looks like. Misery and pain. The drug lobotomy and chemical castration. They should all be in jail for medical negligence.
MILLIONS OF LIVES AND FUTURES AND DREAMS DESTROYED.FOR OVER 60 YEARS. That is TRUE FOR MOST, IF NOT ALL. IN MY CASE, THE AMOUNT TOTALS EASILY IN EXCESS OF $200,000 OVER MANY, MANY YEARS. AND, IT WAS NO FAULT OF MY OWN WHATSOEVER.
@@rajvo7406 I took so many of them over years, and some caused sexual dysfunction and others didn't. I'm so messed up in protracted withdrawal I don't even think about sex. I haven't got PSSD though.
I have been misdiagnosed, held against my will, tortured, taken to the supreme court by mental health and forced to take antipsychotics for almost seven years by Mental Health in Queensland Australia. If you complain about the hardcore side effects, they double your dose. They have done this to cover up a 10 hour torture that left me close to death in 2017. Unfortunately our drs in Australia are programmed to push those antipsychotics. I lost my parents during that time, was cut out of the will and disowned by family. I read in a psychology book that there is 27 dimensions and its better to drug us than allow us any insight. My life (i have schizophrenia, no issues, am a happy person, can elucidate states) certainly has scarred me a little, body, brain and soul. The Ministers office said the Australian Mental Health Act does not recognise the hippocratic oath - DO NO HARM. Does no one in corporate led government ever have to take any responsibilty for their actions. I asked the Dr Sin if he believed in God when he doubled my dribble drug dose. He scoffed NO in derision. Oops wrong answer NPC Sim. Looking forward to seeing the wall of lies crumble like castles made of sand... We all know that the whole industry is a farce. Cheers Dr Josef.
Wonderful conversation. Thank you both for your courageous work. My daughter was on an SSRI for eight years and the nurse practitioner told me we could taper off in a month. They don’t know what they’re doing.
Tapering isn’t necessary for everyone though. There will be withdrawal symptoms only if you believe there will. It truly is a “mind over matter” situation.
@@katieandnick4113 that really sounds like nonsense what you‘re saying. You reckon people get withdrawal from opiates too only because they believe in it?
Dr. Josef is so kind and thoughtful, just like Nick. You two are modeling how to challenge the psychiatric orthodoxy from a spirit not of blame and bitterness, but one of humanity and compassion. Really enjoyed this conversation! I hope he comes back for Round 2 some day.
I worked in Hospital Security. Was directed to hold patients down while clinical staff injected meda into people who didn't want them. I feel much h shame looking back. Wish I never did this. Peace
@@sharynmainin a psych hospital, some patients who refuse meds are a DANGER TO SELVES OR OTHERS and without enforced meds would continue to be a DTO or DTS. That is why the courts sent them there for treatment.
Nice to hear the shout-out to Robert Whitaker, author of the very important book "Anatomy of an Epidemic" and founder of the excellent website Mad in America.
This is a caring and kind hearted man. He’s also very courageous to be telling the truth about this. It’s not easy to work in this field as a person of excellent character. He’s a gem. A Godsend. Thank you for giving him a platform to speak. People really need to hear this.
Please if you can address the issue with psychiatric drugs effect on the gut microbiome and it's implications. There is enough literature already. Thank you very much for the work you are doing
It is not that they can not see or discern some things with their training. It is that that can not understand people's need, nor their souls, nor their emotions which they think are fears and reactions. What' your purpose is, is to heal, to help with stability in a person. What do you have to heal with? A pill or 10 pills?
the problem we have here in Australia we have a mental health system forcing patients to take there medication so doctors here like Dr Josef are few and far between. To add to our problem we have alot of misinformation in our media here who think people who dont take there medication are a danger to other people in there communities which in my opinion is often untrue and really makes all us people who want to come off these drugs feel totally alone and not worth helping this needs to change.
That's America too. All a "friend" has to do to get me locked up is call the police and tell them I have a history of mental illness and im off my meds and dangerous to others or myself. Legally these are magical words that has ensured I have less rights and less worth than someone who has no history of mental illness.
I do wish that more people could receive the wisdoms and insights from you both. This is such an important conversation. As a counsellor, I witness the direct side effects all the time. Thank you for doing what you do.
I’ve been on psychotropic medication for 30 years and have been told that if I try to get off of them I will end up back in the psychiatric ward. I take Abilify and Depakote. I wish I could go off of the medication and they have undoubtedly damaged my health and metabolism. But it’s always been comply, comply, comply with the medication. That’s how I was told to be.
One thing I believe often is overlooked is how lack of nutrients (vitamins, minerals etc) or imbalances (hormones etc) could highly contribute to psych problems. I had insomnia isues for years. At 15-16 years old I went to my doctor with the issue. He put me on the strongest sleep medicine straight away.. (which looking back were insane?!) Imovane. Later on I started taking a multivitamin also containing minerals etc, and.. Guess what?.. my insomnia went away🤔 my question is WHY does doctors prescribe possible lifechanging 'medicine' instead of checking for imbalances and their levels of important vitamins etc... If the body is not functioning properly, ofc symptoms (often mental!) will appear. And these symptoms would in many cases clear up, or create a better capacity to improve when being dealy with... It seems like these things are almost forbidden for doctors to check into. They only focus on medicine..
Also I had extreme anxiety some years later. Without talking to a psychologist, I was prescribed an ssri (cipralex). I totally changed personality, and looking back I believe I were MANIC. this lead to me putting myself in lifetreathening situations several times...
I wish there was more interviews on addiction treatment centers and what they are doing to addicts regarding benzos and other areas. I was at Gateway and they were ripping people off of medication.
This is the second time I hear him speak and Im in awe. He speaks as if hes very experienced, and i wishi knew aboout him sooner. Ive been on a.d. for more than ⁸ yrs. And been wondering why my lack of motivation, of emotions, my social distancing and becoming a lone female wolf. And after listening to another one of his videos about why is not a good idea to use psiquiatric meds long term, got me thinking. God is using you Dr Joseph. Thank you Profesor for this interview. God bless you also for your work. using psyquiatric drugs
After 12 years i came off,i knew i was dying hallucinating .The worse year of my life coming off them.I feel heartbroken drs did this to me,i trusted them,now i will never open up'to pyhc drs again.still traumatized by them
@@anabanana7902 hyperbolic tapering. very slowly. very gradually. Some people start with a 10% reduction for e.g. 4 weeks, monitor effects, and then if manageable, drop again from there another 10% of the current dose. As these reductions often need to involve pill chopping or weighing etc, can you speak to a pharmacist as some are able to do this for you or convert tablets to liquid form to make it more manageable. This is not medical advise. this is just what i have gleaned from lay persons forums.
Our belief in authority is a major human flaw. I've learned a lot on the topic from Larkin Rose on RU-vid. We have to evolve out of these old mindsets as a species. On the other hand, we should all get ahold of a white coat and put up some framed diploma's behind us and start making video's about the harm of psych drugs. After all, we, the harmed, are the authorities on neurological injury.
@jannietime1 ❤ 100% agree with you. Josef Witt-Doerring is somebody who is clearly aware of the arrogant ignorance of his own profession and the harm it does. I wonder why he cloaks himself (white coat) and frames himself (diplomas) in the paraphenalia asociated with stereotypical medical authority and expertise. For those of us who have come to know the true ignorance and harmful arrogance of this paradigm, those trappings of 'credibility' speak of something entirely other.
Dr. Josef, You KNOW why this has been going on for so long! It's the MONEY. Follow the MONEY! You are a Hero, Dr. Josef, But you already know that. You have Courage and Integrity, which the rest of them lack. THEY ARE COWARDS, WHO ARE AFRAID OF LOSING THEIR INCOME. IT IS VERY SIMPLE.
I am 54 and post menopausal now for 2 years. I would be curious to know how many people on these drugs are in their 40’s or during reproductive change in their lives. In our culture we collectively know about puberty and collectively know nothing about the ending of our reproductive years. I wonder how many of these groups of people are diagnosed with an disorder and kept on these meds because of losing reproductive hormones that not only changes our bodies but our minds as well. Just like the process of puberty …reverse puberty..as I call it…is a process and can be a long one. It is just a shame that we are such a sexualized and youth oriented people. We do no one justice.
I think the SSRI inventors said “Symptoms show up AFTER three months, so let’s stop studying right there and also let just not develop an instrument to collect data on withdrawal symptoms and just label all of that returning original depression.”
My friend's husband has Parkinson's disease and he was given medication that made him suicidal. Now he is not on it any more, but they put him on Zoloft.
As a therapist alot of clients on alot of psychological meds and acknowledge they smoke alot of Marijuana. The psychiatrist still prescribed several psychiatric medications. People continue to have Anxiety, depression, and ptsd symptoms.
Schizophrenic symptoms improve when you remove gluten & processed sugar from your diet. And 3 rounds of DBT also helped me. They don't want you to figure out how to manage your symptoms cuz there's no money in food being our medicine.
I respectfully wouldn't say the drugs are "safe and effective for three months and then not safe and effective after that period". I would say that for many people, these drugs are not safe and effective from the get-go - from first dose - and sometimes very dramatically so.
"There's hardly any empahsis on side effects in Psychiatry" not only is this the case across the board, but there are some psychiatrists who are genuinely taught that there are "no side effects" to these drugs. Period. Cannot even tell you the number of psychiatrists and nurse that have insisted to me, INSISTED, that there is "no such thing" as "side effects". Noth people I've encounters in the MH system and talked to outside of it. There are no standards of scientific proof or education in the MH field. None.
I was poisoned by pharmaceutical psychiatry for decades. Now i developed multiple chemical sensitivities and food intolerance. Life sucks and no one cares or can help. 😢 They ruined my life
Test subjects. One must consider either people are extremely stupid or they’re malevolent. Examining world affairs indicates small number of people in power who are inherently evil. If greed and power are not your drug of choice, there’s no way for you to understand that statement.
I wonder how often what's reported as feeling suicidal is due to akathisia. Several anti-psych meds I've been put on gave me akathisia with the very first dose.
@nosmartyr it is truly abhorent that this phenomenon goes so under-reported and not addressed. It is no secret or suprise that people who didn't succeed in killing themselves prior to taking psychotropics, suddeny go all the way within a short time frame of starting, stopping or changing meds. I call it prescripticide. NOt suicide.
This talk has really blown me away. I want to thank you both so much. For your honesty and integrity which I believed that psychiatry etc was built on. I now will look at this subject much differently. It’s a shame but it’s better to know this real information than continue with the same blind faith I had before. I truly value your courage and honesty, thank you for your sharing of your experience in this field!
I told myself I'll listen to this, keeping my mouth shut/stay out of the comments...I can't, though. Through middle school and high school, I saw a couple of psychologists. The first was an older man; the second was a woman, who I allowed to pry me open a bit more than I had the male psychologist. It wasn't my favorite thing in the world. I didn't despise it, either, though. She helped both me and my dad, too. She did some mediating. And we needed it, too. The reason I felt so compelled to comment is the psychologist appointments were for an hour and a half, every Thursday. E v e r y Thursday. This wasn't a Medi-Cal situation. It was paid for, out of my dad's pocket. Truthfully, I was likely on an insurance policy, somehow. But either way, we drove over an hour, 1 way, for every one of these appointments. And I'm quite aware that Psychologists aren't prescription writing medical professionals. But I wanted to tell my experience to you because of the time that was put in. *It was not enough.* We still have a long, long laundry list of issues to this very day. I've talked to my dad maybe 7 times in the last 32 years. I'm no cake walk. All I can say is he can be a potent, toxic, narcissistic human being. Not always. But for context, my visits to my psychologist appointments were from 1985 to 1989, possibly the early part of '90, which was when I turned 18. And I was outta there, while I was still 17. But in the early part of that year, I saw my doctor. Those appointments were very long-they always went over the hour mark. And it still fell short. It helped. The only medicating going on during that time was the self-medicating I did, on my own time. Just because the alcohol is expensive doesn't make it less harmful. And there were other things. It wasn't easy. I think back on it, voluntarily. I finally stopped getting the involuntary & sudden flashbacks from that part of my past. Or maybe it's just that something that happened since completely over shadowed that so powerfully, those memories were finally drown out. Either way, I never had a prescription, other than birth control pills. I had no choice in having the prescription. I didn't even take those! I had no need to. My first child was born when I was 23 years old. Over sharing. Thanks for this upload. New Sub.
I hear you. The schools push for the kids to be sent to psych Dr's, and non stop on going therapies. I also went through this as a child. After awhile of dealing with this with my child, and seeing how much more damage the schools and the therapies were causing. I pulled him, and homeschool him. The whole system we live in is criminal these days. We definitely need Jesus❤ it's such evil coming from the tip top. And we're the guinea pigs in all of it
It's pathetic how neglected and under prescribed the prisoners are in this country! So many addicts have horror stories about opiate detoxing in jail, so no wonder they're more apt to buy drugs on the inside, which keeps the dealers in big business!😮
Doctors aren't nutritionists / chefs / motivational coaches. They can only practice in the clinical setting, there's so much overlap in disciplines that it takes to maintain a functioning human being beyond an appointment. Do we see the bigger issue here
PS Funny the admittance of Power of a labcoat and diplomas. One suggestion for those interested in going into psychiatry: Intern at a psychiatric ward as a Patient. That’s the True Philosophical, Spiritual, Mental Tutorial you need to endure and deserve the title of Doctor: First, do no harm
MILLIONS OF LIVES DESTROYED OVER THE PAST 65-70 YEARS. NEVER, EVER GO TO A PSYCHIATRIST.I, AMONG MULTITUDES, AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. FACT. MANY ARE DEAD NOW BY THEIR OWN HAND. FACT!!!!!!!
Thank you for all the information. My gut feeling as a mother is telling me the meds my daughter is taking are not helping her and only creating damage in her brain. This confirms my suspicion and going to see what alternatives she has. Unfortunately she's a young adult that listens to everyone else except for the true people who have her best interest at heart.
Oh yeah the narrative is meds correct your brain and are good and you need them. The damage is minimised as “side effects” and you are told to ignore it. Then you are supposed to trust your doctors authority when they usually ignore risks vs benefits and just push meds ignoring the damage from them.
.... There cant be any more severe side effects of any of it, then having it lapse for a few days due to waiting for money to come in. Not even the worst heroine withdrawl could even compare.. Sadly, Ive seen both a few times, although never experianced either firsthand. It really made me wonder if it could ever be worth any benefits at all, no matter how much better it temporarily made things seem?
This is the issue. Life is full of depressing events & experiences. People are abusive. The system itself does not support families, but tears them apart. Is it any wonder we are all struggling or miserable? God bless all who suffer. We need a miracle.
This is so confusing. So you’re saying you went from incompetent doctors to more competent doctors. You went from committing malpractice on a daily basis to less offensive options now. Is this correct? None of these revelations (regarding psychiatric medication) are new. We have known all of this for quite some time.
At 15yo, I was put on citalopram for panic attacks. I suddenly noticed sexual problems like having difficulty with orgasm, as well as being in the mood. Once I stopped at 17, my period was absent for over 3 months. I had to go to the ER when it came back because I was bleeding heavily, couldn't get out of bed, and it lasted almost a month long. 14 years later, I still struggle with irregular, heavy, and extremely painful periods.
I am a pysch nurse and can see both sides but this shows only one side. There are many people who function great on meds and in fact believe those meds have saved their lives. You can’t put everyone on one basket plus depending on diagnosis some people have a better quality of life with their med. I do feel in general practice these meds are given very fast and easy but if your going to make and argument you really need to show both sides to maintain any type of integrity in your field. Also those working in healthcare know that big pharmaceutical companies are benefiting from many specialities not just psychiatry. Healthcare in general has become more corrupt but it’s all around the world not just here. Also you know a lot has to do with money, it’s easier to give a patient a pill then paying for therapy and lifestyle and diet because then that affects other things other than pysch but now foods. It never ends, it’s all about money, be your own advocate and look at what helps you.
I would love to hear Dr. Witt-Doerring’s opinion on patients using ALCOHOL as a “legal substitute” for the entire class of drugs classed as benzodiazepines. A UK physician (indeed TWO) suggests that ALCOHOL is a good substitute for benzos in a system (in UK, both “private” and “public” -NHS doctors & hospitals) where each doctor agrees tapering and NOT abrupt cessation should take place (to avoid seizures, number one, quite apart from other problems). I have been astonished, thoigh I was told this respectfully with an “argument” that ALCOHOL ACTS ON “GABA” receptors. Yes, it does. However there is only anecdotal agreement (if any) on which benzos can be “substituted” for one another. (Typically of course ppl on short acting benzos are moved if at all to diazepam, one of the most long-acting and widely available, then tapered off that. Dr Josef Witt-Doerring has argued that it may be better to taper from whatever particular drug a patient is already on, rather than switching within a drug “class” and then tapering.
10:40 "help people who were ADDICTED to these drugs". People aren't 'addicted' to these drugs, and to describe it this way is to fail to understand the pharmokinetics at play. Psychotropic drugs disrupt (with a sledgehammer for a nail effect) normal homeostatic neurology and chemistry. The body 'adapts' to the insult of these incoming chemical floods by shutting down receptors etc to try and mitigate the imbalances they cause. Eventually these adaptations become neural damage. When people seek to cease these medications, that damage is unmasked. And to make it even worse, because they are often misled by the prescribers sometimes it is the act of withdrawal itself that causes damage - beccause it is too sudden and rapid. This phenomenon should not be described as 'addiction'. Because that is false description of what occurs here. And under such misleading descriptions, are covered the true crimes of the psychiatry/psychology paradigms, which gets away with blaming the victim ('Addict') for what it has done to them.
The strongest Psychiatric drugs with the most serious side effects can and often are given to people involuntarily. Drug companies make the money whether the patient agrees or not and whether the patient feels any benefit or not.
Dr. Glasser was a psychiatrist who did not prescribe drugs. Spoiler alert. He successfully rehabilitated veterans who were given up on and drugged into a perpetual catatonic state. He closed the wing of the hospital that housed them. The vets lived independently in their own apartment!!!!!!!!!!!
I was diagnosed with major depression six yrars ago. I was put on a ssri saw a phyc fir two hours. He changed me to a ssni a straight swap. Its nearly killed me. Ive aged twenty years. I can not even showrr myself keep my home clean. Even do a shopping list. I don't know where this will end. Im sixty three years old and im just waiting to die now. I hate all of them they have destroyed my life. Im broken and alone.
GET OFF THEIR PILLS. DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO. TELL EVERYONE YOU WANT TO STOP THOSE PILLS. THEN YOU WILL EVENTUALLY GET BETTER. IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME, PROBABLY.
I always found psychiatry baffling, people actually believe they understand an individual's human brain/mind. We know next to nothing about brains really. But you know everything don't you
Why they go straight to anxiety/depression for women without even considering adhd and that the meds for this are quicker to get off and quicker to see results. Many women and men on such roller coaster when adhd type issues should have at least been ruled out first. Untreated adhd can very often cause secondary depression and anxiety.
How Im the world as a single 65 yr old mom whom.my 41 yr old daughter w schizophrenia. How pleeease do I help her on this ... I used to be on other types drugs and got myself off them.all.after yrs of being Elvis presley I been free of them all.oer 15 yrs. I really need some help w my daughter ...where im.in central ks
It is seen here in Switzerland that we just don't know medication interactions up from 3 different meds intake...Without doing any tests before serologically or by DNA all med-intake is questionable...🤑🤑🤑😣
