
ruth young
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Why do SSRI tapering and deprescribing provoke so much pushback? Because if withdrawal can be this severe and mimic relapse this closely - and take years of tapering to avoid - then many people told they “needed the drug” may actually have been in withdrawal rather than "relapse". If that's true, the case for long-term treatment begins to crack. And with that, much of mainstream psychiatry's legitimacy. But paradigms resist before they change = hence the pushback. Conclusion: this community matters. Come join. You’ll meet the best of people.



Antidepressants can lead to physical changes in the genitals. Dr. Ahad Waraich, through the use of ultrasounds, has detected penile scarring (fibrosis) in young men experiencing #PSSD. The penile tissue of young PSSD patients usually resembles that of an 80-year-old person.





“Who is he, Tom Cruise? I take an antidepressant. You know why? Because of a chemical imbalance. And you know what it does? It provides balance for me under a doctor’s treatment." News broadcaster @ChrisCuomo responds to @SecKennedy's plan to deal with antidepressant withdrawal,







