Wren Cage
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Wren Cage
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🩵⚽ MCFC ⚽🩵 Benzodiazepine Induced Neurological Dysfunction #BIND #LongCovid wren1113🦋


Serotonin withdrawal syndrome, a controversial but significant issue, affects over 50% of patients on SRIs after a year or more of treatment. Early studies suggesting low rates are likely flawed. #Psychiatry #SRI #MentalHealth

Cases like this raise important questions that are often systemically ignored. Out-of-character behavior, severe agitation, delirium, all can be characteristics of akathisia/medication toxicity. Awareness matters—early recognition can prevent harm.


@HenryRunamucker You have demonstrated your ignorance of both critical appraisal and medicine, so I think it’s best you simmer down about psychiatry too - something else you know nothing about.


Alcohol, of course. Society’s favourite psychotropic which kills 3 X as many people per year than all prescription medications combined.







🧵 Suzanne O’Sullivan on the @amolrajan podcast says #LongCOVID is psychosomatic for a large proportion of patients. There are several problems with this claim.

@DoctorPerin What is the hope for long term patients who are resistant to treatment?







