#108 Why Antidepressants and Ozempic Don’t Fix the Real Problem with Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring
From Never Diet Again with Max Lowery by Max Lowery
May 4, 2026 · 43 min
About this episode
In this episode, psychiatrist Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring discusses the limitations of antidepressants and weight loss injections in addressing the root causes of mental health issues.
What if the thing you’re using to feel better is actually keeping you stuck? In this episode, I’m joined by psychiatrist Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring, who has worked inside Big Pharma and the FDA, and what he shares will seriously challenge the way you think about antidepressants, anxiety, GLP-1 weight loss injections, emotional eating, and mental health. We talk about why so many people are being given drugs to numb symptoms without ever addressing the root cause, why food can become a form of se...
People in this episode
Host: Max Lowery
Guest: Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring
Topics covered
- antidepressants
- mental health
- emotional eating
- GLP-1 weight loss injections
- root cause
- anxiety
Keywords
- antidepressants
- Ozempic
- mental health
- emotional eating
- anxiety
- GLP-1
- Big Pharma
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Big Pharma, FDA
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