50 Ways to Avoid Psychiatric Medication
From Side Effects with Dr. Josef by Josef Witt-Doerring
April 9, 2026 · 12 min · Episode 160
About this episode
Dr. Josef discusses 50 practical rules to help individuals avoid psychiatric medications and improve their mental health through lifestyle changes.
Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast Most people don't need psychiatric medication. What they need is a serious look at how they're living, what they're eating, who they're spending time with, and whether their life has any real meaning in it. In this video, I walk through 50 rules I give patients who want to protect their mental health and stay off the prescription treadmill. These aren't theories. They're the same principles I come back to again and again in my practice, because they work, and because the alternative starting down the road of psychiatric medications is something I've seen go badly for too many people. I cover what to eat and what to avoid, how to protect your sleep, why daily movement matters more than most people realize, and why taking responsibility for your own health is something no fifteen-minute doctor visit can replace. I talk about building discipline, creating distance from your own thoughts, refusing a victim mentality, and acting before you feel ready. I go through the substances that quietly wreck people's mental health caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, high-potency cannabis…
People in this episode
Host: Josef Witt-Doerring
Topics covered
- psychiatric medication
- mental health
- lifestyle changes
- nutrition
- self-care
- discipline
Keywords
- psychiatric medication
- mental health
- nutrition
- self-care
- discipline
- lifestyle changes
- caffeine
- alcohol
- cannabis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Taper Clinic
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