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What do you mean by that? I really appreciate your feedback.

"Non-compliant" is often given to people who refuse to stay on these drugs to awful and horrific effects. Psychiatrist just won't accept the fact that some people cannot tolerate their drug "treatment". And if nothing works for this person without giving them horrible effect and they refuse to stay one them, then they're told they are non-compliant. Why would a person who is greatly benefiting from these drugs would want to get off of them?

Yes, and this at the cost of a life devastated! Both for the patient and families that have to witness their loved ones in constant struggle - in and out of hospitals, trialed on cocktails of drugs, chemically lobotomized, and with a potential for permanent damage. It's awful what people have to endure in the name of "mental health help". It would be one thing if these drugs actually helped, but for majority of people they create a lot more problems than they began with. What's the value of a person's life? Is one life altered forever enough? Thousands? Millions? What is it going to take for people to wake up?

@@NeseretBemient thank you for all that you do trying to educate and help those who wish to get help to get off this hamster wheel of drugs and out of the psychiatric Russian roulette. You have been invaluable to my son and our family. Professionals like you are hard to find who fully understand the devastation of being in the web of mental heath “ treatments”. It is a slow and not an easy road but to tell your readers and listeners it can be done. There is hope with someone like you to guide us. Thank you. God bless you and your hard work.

That's the irony. The "brain doctors" who never look at the brain or have any scientific backing on even the basics of diagnosing. They have to rely on subjective data and a Bible/DSM which was concocted by a group of select highly privileged individuals who voted disorders in to this ridiculous book. It's no different than religious zealotry.

You're most welcome. Absolutely more help needs to become available to people to safely come off of these drugs. And prescribers are the ones that need the education. Many of them are clueless when it comes to deprescribing and safe tapering.

I agree with you. It's still a responsibility for all mental health professionals to warn - prescribers or not.

I'm so sorry for your losses. Situational means that it is totally normal to react to stress and trauma given the circumstances you find yourself in. However, that's not the way it is seen in psychiatry. It's a cause for medicating. There could be so many other options that could be explored before ever going to drugs. And even if drugs were part of the treatment then they should be used in acute crisis only and then helped to deprescribe and taper safely.

Agreed. Yes, that's true. Many people deeply suffer with both antidepressant withdrawal as well as Benzo withdrawal. And these are not well recognized or the harm fully acknowledged in psychiatry. It's an absolute denial of harm.

@@NeseretBemient Denial of harm yes. Thank you for doing this!

I cannot advise you on this without additional information.

@@user-ks7ou5fd5c I’m so sorry to hear this happened to you. Benzo withdrawal is awful and it’s often mistaken for psychiatric disorders. And yes these drug change the way your brain works and they can alter your physical brain structure. It’s actually pretty terrifying to go through what you’re describing. Do you have support?

Very slowly and with the help of compound pharmacy.

@@lilafeldman8630 💯 % agreed. You can go to five different hospitals and different psychiatrist and come out with 5 different diagnoses. People usually end up with multiple diagnoses and drugs. It’s the Wild West!

@@kimlec3592 Excellent recommendations! Thank you.

@@NeseretBemient Welcome

Bravo! That's awesome. I'm so happy for you. Mindfulness practices have also helped me tremendously. Our brain and bodies are incredibly powerful and with developing self awareness they can thrive. Learning to listen to my brain was a huge step. I had an uncommon mindfulness mentor that taught me about observing my brain and getting comfortable with silence, solitude, introspection, and meditation. It's wonderful to know that we can heal our own selves. No drugs, no tricks, just simply embracing who we are at our core.

I'm glad you found something that works well for you. That's not always the case for everyone.

Some things cannot be forgotten.

Agreed. Unless of course bad practice is rampant everywhere. I've come across a handful of psychiatrist that are fantastic. Those are a needle in a haystack. Unfortunately.

I'm sorry to hear what you went through. Many people are trained to submit to authority. That's how most human beings are socialized and so when it comes to mental health - it's not uncommon to trust a "specialist". The issue around informed consent is huge. Many unsuspecting souls are told these drugs are "safe" and "well tolerated" and they come to find out that is not the case. And for some coming off of these drugs is going to be where they experience the most brutal withdrawal symptoms, including some that are permanent. It's a terrible predicament.

@@NeseretBemient yep. I went to a straight Soviet school where you stood up when the teacher entered the classroom and raised your hand to speaks and my parents were very dominating. So I am just a people pleaser. Before the SSRI injury, I was in a group therapy cult where the therapist abused his authority and manipulated us. I had autism used to be mute and do socially shameful stuff, and I adjusted to finishing college and having a job and then the ssri was like the stupid stuff I did in school all over again except now it was my career.

Many people are given drugs when there are a plethora of other options to explore before reaching for a drug. Psychiatrist are two quick to diagnose and medicate. One area that's utterly inappropriate is medicating grief. The drug almost always numb the feelings and people are unable to be in touch with their emotions. I've heard people tell me they can't even cry if they want to because their emotions are so blunted. There is no way through grief but through - you can't medicate it away. Similarly, many people who have significant history of trauma are diagnosed medicated. Again, they also need to grieve their pain, suffering, and loss. It's a normal response to abnormal circumstances.

@@NeseretBemient I mean okay I presented depressed but this literally how the conversation went with a Harvard trained psychiatrist: “Should I take antidepressants? I tried two and didn’t like them. I don’t want to take an SSRI because it can reduce my sex drive” She says, “Well you tried all the others, so SSRI is the only one left. If you want to take it, I will prescribe it. It’s up to you. Lexapro is the first line of treatment.” So she ignored my preference against SSRIs and delegated prescribing to me pretty much. Then she opened the textbook and said “Starting dose is 10 mg”. Then after a month or two, she told me “If you are still depressed then we increase to 20mg.” Why wasn’t I started on the lower dose and tapered up slowly by 5 mg? Why go to maximum dose right away? How come no advice on stopping very slowly and what might happen if I don’t and no advice to watch for manic behavior? As an autistic I already had a tendency to venture out of the socially normal behavior. This med made my behavior so inappropriate that I got fired evicted and sued and don’t talk to family anymore. wtf? How is this qualified advice? It’s like mal-advice! She also looked zonked out like she was on meds herself. She advertises this on her website: “compassionate, socioculturally informed, and personalized mental health care, including psychotherapy and medication management. I believe in a collaborative approach to care, offering a space for self-reflection, vulnerability, and building insight. I nurture a warm, supportive, nonjudgmental space for you to share your story, and for us to work together toward your goals.” I feel like the intention is there but the advice is not very qualified. I then went to a young black therapist with untied Nike shoes (because he worked in a mostly addiction clinic) who threw a fit about me stopping antidepressants and told me he is better than me because he works out and is stronger then said I should just decide to change or not come back. I seriously don’t remember how I took the meds. I think I may have stopped the Lexapro before him or maybe it was the antidepressant I took before him briefly. I seriously feel like my mind is half erased. I had a good career with free housing and just needed to learn new habits. I was putting away $2,000 a month toward savings and more. On and off Lexapro I told my coworker “it is time for him to retire if he can’t do his job” and sent an email to my boss cc’ing everyone else telling her “she is stupid and her job can be replaced by software.” I somehow thought this was worth the risk and forgivable. It’s like I got BPD and mania all at the same time from stopping Lexapro. I was never like that before. Fleeting thoughts turned into impulses I didn’t have the patience to stop and just took them as far as my mind carried me. I can’t believe I was able to keep my other job. They wrote me up and transferred to a different department. Now I have guilt about getting people fired at work and don’t have the confidence to get in the groove of life. I was working as a nursing home registered nurse and a coordinator in an elderly complex. And the weird thing that my mania and rudeness only extended to safe people like coworkers and boss and obviously not to patients or tenants. And the weird thing is that everything I made a fuss about was correct - elevator trapping people with malfunctioning door that wouldn’t retract, washing machine leaking into unit below which wasn’t fixed when they looked at it, elderly people having to drag clothing to laundry when it was icy outside because washing machines weren’t replaced for two weeks. Like small triggers made take it way too far. And I started wearing my autism on my sleeve and triggering people agrees against me. Like a CPTSD addict.

I choose to speak up because I've heard the heart breaking stories of countless people. I want people to know they're not alone.

You're welcome.

@@katherinelalli776 I am so sorry you went through this. It’s a type of deep trauma that’s not acknowledged or helped. On top of the pain and loss people feel so isolated and marginalized. People do not even have words for the immense suffering they endure in the name of help. It’s indescribable. For some it leads them to giving up hope and ending their lives. There are many untold stories.

@@NeseretBemient Thank you for telling the truth about this profession and the harm it can do.

@@katherinelalli776 You’re welcome! Anytime.

I can relate and feel the same. You are not alone. 💛

Agreed. You can go to different psychiatrist and get a variety of diagnosis. Not only that they misdiagnose withdrawal symptoms and trauma response, grief and loss etc. It's very easy to be misdiagnosed. As well, many people's only need brief treatment with drugs and their illness if often temporary, situational, and sporadic. However, they're left on drugs for months, years, and decades.

Thank you! I'm sorry for your loss and the suffering you went through. We definitely need more voices in this movement. Would you be interested in connecting and sharing your story. I'm going to be doing a "Psychiatry Survivors" podcast moving forward. I'm hoping that people will share their stories of harm and recovery as encouragement and support for those who maybe experiencing or going through similar journey.

@@NeseretBemient yes I’d be interested. Thanks.

@@livingunderachemicalinflue5849 You can visit www.mentalhealthreset.org and schedule a time to chat.

It's not always easy but I've been a witness to so many people who've been harmed by psychiatry. Their stories need to be told!

Thank you.

I think a majority of prescriptions are written by GPs. This is not their area of expertise and more and more they don't have time to properly monitor the effect of these drugs on patients.

I would love to hear more about your experiences. It's really tough to watch someone you love go through this meat grinder of a system. They're chewed and spit out in no time.

Me too Slowly tapering using Maudleys Deprescribing Guidelines and my GP.

Yes, suffering is real. People go through many types of crisis, including spiritual and identity crisis. Even at times having suicidal ideation. Life is hard! But this is far from having a "chronic lifelong illness". We even pathologize our youth who are going through normal rites of passage. We medicalize their angst and questioning their identity and purpose in this world. It's an absolute crazy making process. And it would be one thing if these drugs helped but half of the youth that are placed on antidepressants will become suicidal. It's not help at all.

I always say, there's no such thing as a "side effect", what you are experiencing day and day out on these drugs is "the full effect" of the drug. And many people are not informed of all the possible ramification of the drugs they are taking. They are not fully informed of the long term adverse and toxic effects of these drugs - akathisia, cognitive decline, suicidal ideation, tardive dyskinesia, PSSD, and more. It's years later that people discover that their lives, bodies, minds, and brains are utterly scrambled. It's incredibly unethical and devastating!

@@jolenekindiak8849 Be sure to take Magnesium. The best one, I think, is Magnesium Glycinate. Even if you think it won't help, do it anyway. And especially B Vitamins, particularly Vitamin B1(Thiamine), at least 100 mg/day.

My psychiatrist tapered me so fast I went into a psychosis. That is a fact that can happen from HealthLine 811 pharmacy. I experienced paranoia which I thought was aniexty. Now I'm on 20 mgs of Valium. Yay. By the way people, Heathline 811 confirmed you can go into a psychosis by using Abiify with some people. Do they tell u that? NO!

Go on r/antipsychiatry I just asked about rapid tapering

@@incognito595 It’s hard to imagine someone goes to school for 13 years and not know what they’re doing. Of course they are very much aware of what these drugs do to people but they have become utterly desensitized to human suffering. You’ll have to be spitting blood for them to question the drug. Otherwise your life can be in absolute peril and they don’t care. Many people lose their lives in drug induced drastic and altered conditions states of consciousness. It’s criminal!

@@NeseretBemient Love and Best Wishes to you, Miss Neseret. I think you are in Canada. If you were anywhere near me in Massachusetts, I would come and give you a hug. Truly. My thoughts are with you and all of us whose lives have been stolen, and treated as unimportant. Believe in yourself. You deserve better.

@@incognito595 Thank you! I'm sending you a virtual hug:) I appreciate your kindness and support.

@@Yorkie3Fam It’s like a handyman with only a hammer in his toolbox 🧰I also agree with you in the idea of having a guide/advocate for you as you navigate the mental health system. It's easy to have people that don't necessarily have your best interest to make decisions that will impact your life greatly.

Yeah I said something and was sedated for 3 days.

Well, the z-drugs are prescribed widely in psychiatry for sleep, not to mention most psychiatric drugs in general have sedating effect. So all in all, you'll be zonked out either way! Well sedated then addicted. And coming off of these drugs is awful!

@@NeseretBemient It's almost as if sleep medicine is "facilitating" psychiatry because people who are denied diagnosis/treatment of sleep-breathing disorders (SDB) will at some point end up in the clutches of psychiatry. I narrowly escaped that fate.

Visit: www.mentalhealth.org All my information is there. Thanks.

Dear Shawn, It's very difficult to get away from the grip of psychiatry and drugs. And some psychiatrist are awful in how they treat people. I've come to a handful that were exceptional but the rest I would be very weary. They've just drank too much of the Kool aide! They are absolutely clueless about deprescribing and safe tapering as a harrowing journey. You keep going! The lower doses are much harder to come off and will need to be tapered very slowly and in smaller increments. I tapered off of Mirtazapine with the help of a compound pharmacy for the last 7.5mg of the dose (initially 30mg). So perhaps you may explore a compound pharmacy or do a liquid micro taper. Check out the taper clinic with Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring if you're not already familiar. I wish you the best of luck.

@@NeseretBemient My faith has enabled me to stay strong amidst the storms caused by psychiatry and the drugs. 25mg of Luvox is actually a very low dose. I believe I can do it with the right guidance (it is very hard to find one) and divine intervention. Anyway, as mentioned in your live stream last week, my previous psychiatrist refused to agree for a compounding pharmacy process my meds into a liquid, even if the active ingredients in the drug are not at all compromised. He said he does not trust the work of a compounding pharmacy. He is truly one of the worst human beings I have come across, and I have come across many who have contributed to my present trauma. The pharmacists themselves can attest to that, but their hands are tied in face of these people with medical authority. I can only wish that the new one can agree to it with the support of my counsellor, but my hopes are low.

Unfortunately!

I am so glad to see that there are people out there like you who speak out for the ones who can’t. Either because they’ve lost their life due to the meds, or because they don’t even know it’s the meds that are causing them so much trouble, and not the so called « illness ». Ps you’ve asked me if I could do an interview type video on your channel. Please let me know when you’d like us to do so, I’d be very happy to share my story on your channel. Hopefully I don’t come off as annoying, as I’ve already asked you the very same question already. Aurelien, the French guy. Regards

@@espritclair2b You can go ahead and schedule a time on my website, and we can record. It'll say for consultation but just write that this meeting will be for "Psychiatric Survivors" podcast! Many people have no idea that the drugs themselves are causing them tremendous harm. Some know but they're told by so called mental health professionals that they have "a chemical imbalance" and they need to stay on them. "Would you rather be crazy or be on these pills and live horrific effects?" I don't know, that's doesn't seem like a fair choice! There's also a phenomenon called medication spellbinding. th-cam.com/video/sFis-3G9VxM/w-d-xo.html It's akin to a person being on any other drugs and losing site of their mental faculties, insight, judgement, and discernment. People on psychiatric drugs experience this same thing. Their capacity to think can be completely obliterated. And they buy into the narrative as being a victim and sick or broken and damaged. It's awful!

You're most welcome. Thank you for your feedback and support. Have you heard of the taper clinic? Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring has excellent content on his channel on tapering. I'm pretty sure I have the link to his channel on the description box. Here is one of his videos on how to do a liquid taper. th-cam.com/video/gjUzQ7Y0O5M/w-d-xo.html

@@NeseretBemient Yes I have watched Dr. Josef and the water taper method. I just thought you could do it for your followers since you mentioned it in this video. But providing a link for everyone is good. Thank you.

Heads up: there's a typo in the link

I agree. A cluster of symptoms is how a diagnosis is made and a psychiatrist has the power to make a decision for you to be medicated voluntarily or involuntarily. Even in situations where the drug is causing incredible harm to the person. This is the state of affairs in the mental health system today.

@@NeseretBemient Thanks for replying. I really think coercion is the problem. If people really want to take Haldol, ECT, or a lobotomy, go ahead. But under no circumstances should they be forced. I believe this is akin to forced religious conversion among other things. You might have heard of Thomas Szasz. If not, I would recommend his books such as The Myth of Mental Illness and in particular, The Meaning of Mind, one of my favorites. And I have received the “services” of psychiatry back when I was a teenager. Take care

@@64bluegrass Thomas Szasz is a brilliant man and he was not afraid to question the nonsense in psychiatry. It's been a breath of fresh air listening to him and many others in the critical psychiatry movement. I have listed some of those people in the description box. Coercion as well as so many lies and false and disempowering narrative that really doesn't serve people. Add to that frying your brain with drugs that are like poison to many. Don't even get me started on ECT. Just wild!

@@NeseretBemient Here’s some irony. I met my late ex wife in the “mental health” community way back in the 80’s. We had a son. He’s 32 now and getting a degree in counseling. I am very proud of my son and support counseling for those that want it. I’ve had counseling and think of all the methods, Reality Therapy is the best. William Glasser, the developer of this method, also openly believed there is no such thing as mental illness. But he’s not as well known as Thomas Szasz.

Yes! It's one of the hardest things to do is train our brain to pay attention.