About this episode

The episode discusses the realities of protracted withdrawal from psychiatric medications and the misconceptions surrounding it.

Send us Fan Mail Your doctor says withdrawal should be short because the drug “leaves your body.” Then you stop an SSRI and months later your sleep collapses, anxiety spikes, your body hurts, and you’re told it must be your “condition” coming back. That gap between what you were promised and what you’re living is exactly where protracted withdrawal hides. We walk through what protracted withdrawal and PAWS can look like after antidepressant tapering and other psychiatric medication tap...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Teralyn Sell, Therapist Jenn Schmitz

Topics covered

• protracted withdrawal
• psychiatric medication
• antidepressant tapering
• mental health
• anxiety
• withdrawal symptoms

Keywords

• protracted withdrawal
• psychiatric medication
• SSRI
• anxiety
• withdrawal symptoms
• mental health

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Organizations: SSRI

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