That's what's so insane about how easily thru throw shit at the wall just waiting for something to stick. That waiting and experimenting is where permanent damage is done
The danger is giving to much false negative info and than people are scared way from medications and they go on suffering for a decade or longer or they die from suicide because i saw youtube videos saying look at the dangers of antidepressants!!! No way am I taking them now..... guess I'd rather be 6 feet under than try Prozac because it's better to die of mental illness than to have erectile disfunction..... look youtube told me this so it's got to be true. Thank you
As someone that has been badly damaged by psych drug cocktails for 20 years that never helped, instead they labeled me "treatment resistant". , I sincerely thank you for speaking out on our behalf. I just hope I get better one day.
Yes because these medications are handed out by ppl with very little training. And they are told what to say. They treat everyone the same way. I was even told there were no side effects by a therapist.
Indeed. They literally don't know for sure their effects and have a bias against psychiatric patient experience. If you can't safely practice something you should stop.
If you’re going to be a psychiatrist please never use the “chemical imbalance” theory to “explain” mental illness, and PLEASE call out any of your colleagues who do. It’s extremely unethical to lie to patients like that and it’s so normalized in psychiatry. Psychiatrists will use this theory as a “metaphor” when explaining to their patients why they need to take antidepressants - this is including Dr Carlat of the Carlat Psychiatry Report, which he talks about in an interview featured in a 2015 article by Lacasse and Leo (it’s called ‘Antidepressants and the Chrmical Imbalance Theory of Depression: A Reflection and Update of the Discourse’)
@@boinkadoinkkI was sold on the chemical imbalance thing…I thought it was actual science but it isn’t so years on a feel stupid. I didn’t need them in the first place but suffered from Protracted acute after my doctor tapered me too fast. Now I’m aware doctors have never ever been taught at med school to safely taper patients off these meds. Crazy to find this out years later. If patients only knew before.❤🙏🏻🇦🇺😢
You have provided some of the most objective information I have ever received regarding psychiatric medication. The fact that you are being honest and raising awareness about the fact that medications cause a drug effect and do not simply correct a "chemical imbalance" in the brain gave me a new perspective on making informed decisions about psych meds with myself and my family. I come from a family of physicians and I can tell you that from my perspective, you are fulfilling the oath you took when you became a medical doctor. Do No Harm. Keep the information coming. You are saving lives.
the people going on and on about depression being a “chemical imbalance” DRIVE ME INSANE. I really need to just put together an info/fact sheet containing every study that debunks that stupid big pharma myth. I’ve read interviews with major psychiatrists who have literally said that when they told their patients that their depression was “caused by a chemical imbalance” that they were speaking METAPHORICALLY. This includes Dr Carlat of the Carlat Psychiatry Report!! Doctors should NEVER use metaphors without making it abundantly clear that these things are not actually true.
It's very frightening to have been manipulated into these drugs for so many years , over 30 to be honest . I'm very grateful for docs such as your self , thank you
You have helped me so much. I’m In the 8th month of my klonopin taper. I didn’t know what to expect and no one would give me straight answer’s. It’s so nice to finally have someone educated on these medications.
You are honest and we need this. Thank you. We are in the process of weaning our 17 year old son (autism and DMDD) off of Clonazepam. And it's frightening to watch our child go through this. And I'm 66. He came to us as a foster infant and we adopted him in my fifties. We love him beyond words. We have a 13 year old son as well who came at two days old we adopted too. I never knew the trauma these medications could do
Nobody told me about the risks or the tapering when getting off. I lived more than a year in hell because of coming off too fast! We definitly need mor doctors like you!
I lost my adulthood to adverse effects of these drugs. And now I’m in my 6th year of post-withdrawal “recovery” which is unspeakable in terms of neurological impairment from too-rapid withdrawal. I commend you on educating the public on the possible dangers of these drugs so people can make informed decisions.More doctors should take guidance from you. I think the ripple effect of these videos is immense.
You are a breath of fresh air in terms of psychiatric medication procedures - please keep up the good work with this channel. Informed consent is not what big pharma respect. It's all about profit. Big business.
You're not a danger at all and anyone who thinks so is ignorant of the risk or has an interest in continuing to prescribe these medications..Keep doing what your doing Dr. Josef!!!!
Finding yourself & your wife & your TH-cam videos truely saved my sanity somewhat. You were the first specialist from whom I learnt what was happening to me, 20 months after a rapid taper & the horror of living with protracted symptoms. I had found a very good Gp 4 months after my rapid taper. I was not well enough to even get to a Dr before that time. This lovely Gp had no idea of protracted withdrawal & tried to treat my long list of symptoms with many other psyc meds. None helped. I am beyond grateful to you for being attention to this very real harm that can come from Rapid tapering. For me I feel the damage is done. But at least thanks to you I know what caused it & just knowing this has given me some peace. I felt & thought before finding this acknowledgement that Benzos can & do cause the symptoms iv had & have, I thought I was going crazy. Thank you for acknowledging the FACTS🙏🏼🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Since Covid, I have seen people being unable to get their meds. It is important to know the withdrawal issues. Really, I have seen Pharmacy try and put off a Klonopin patient for a week claiming it was unavailable. Can you imagine what could happen to that person?
I went to a doctor that said he specialized in getting people off of Benzos...He gave me 5 pills and said that would be enough to taper. OF course I finally found a different doctor and went through almost 3 year of hell on earth even with a very slow taper...after short term use.
Then check with other pharmacies to see if they have it then have the Dr send the script to one that has it. Patients have to do that all the time for a variety of drugs.
Please keep speaking out. People needlessly suffering due to taking a prescription medication need this. No one can help me now. I'm starting month 16 off Klonopin that I took it for 20+ yrs. It ruined my life and I can never get that back. I want to be a cautionary tale to patients and doctors who are considering taking or prescribing these meds just how dangerous they can be. I still have too many days that I don't think I can hold on any longer. If anyone knew what this really felt like, they would run away screaming as fast as they could. There are too many of us out there suffering, too many countless others who are no longer with us, and many others who will end up like me all because they took a prescription medication as prescribed. This makes me so sad and angry. The people who complain about hearing the truth obviously haven't had a problem with them, they need to shut up and count their blessings. The least we can do is warn others. If this had been done years ago, I might not be in this hellish situation. I also don't recommend taking people off their meds until they are prepared to do so. This should be patient led to minimize the suffering. I had no choice, I was forced off. People do need this valuable information. Maybe future generations can avoid this. It has gone on far too long and getting the word out has to start somewhere. Thank you for using your platform to do this. 🩵
I wrote the same things elsewhere on this Doctors Shorts. I will go back and read what you wrote. Sounds like you also had a Hellish experience, too. Like millions of other voiceless, powerless, vulnerable patients.
I’ve taken various benzos (Xanax, Ativan, klonopin) daily for periods of a year or more and was able to taper off without any issue. 4 times over the last 20 years. I have family members who also tapered off without issue. You read horror stories online, and for sure SOME people have a very hard time coming off of them, but if a large portion of patients got “benzo damage”, these drugs wouldn’t be on the market anymore. Benzos help me when I need them and I wouldn’t hesitate to use them again.
Not sure which people are saying this. Either people that do not understand the full implications, or, and this is cynicism on my part, it’s suppression from the big guys that profit from sickness and suffering. This channel has been one of the best I’ve seen covering this topic. Please keep sharing this important information!
Amen to this message, keep up the amazing and brave work! PhD to MD, we need more of you on the ground and doing this type of thing honestly. Thank you for your efforts!!!
Your doing the right thing brother by doing these videos. More people then we think are suffering due to phyc meds. Its just ignored because its often written off as all in your head or just depression. Nobody beleives us its messed up.
Your a good person and a good doctor and im glad you are just simply explaining what could happen to someone which i very much would prefer than a doctor not explaining and the issue whatever it might be to happen to me.
Exactly!! Short term to get over the crisis at hand then it has its place. But people need to know that long term it can destroy the quality of your life. Set you on a path that can detach you from the essence of your humanity and cause you enormous issues later in life
We grew up with wise counsel of NEVER EXCEPT DRUGS FROM STRANGERS. That’s exactly what “they”strangers are expecting us to except now!Not only except drugs from strangers 🤑 but also don’t question them , omg 😱 🤮
If you are stuck on a benzo, there really isn’t a safer doctor out there. If you are harmed by medications and need it explained to family, there isn’t a better team out there. Remember: Even Dr. Josef will retire someday. One of the biggest dangers of being on a benzo is being force cut by some doctor that only hears “benzos are bad” and wants to drop your dose in half or even make you come off. I hope the law will protect patients someday. For now, Dr. Marissa and Dr.Josef are probably your best chance at a having a normal life. Their value is explaining this to your support system as much as it is getting you off. I recommend Nicole Lamberson PA if she has openings.
Cost me probably ?250,000 or more in costs since these drugs first started damaging me. Wait a minute, it was probably way more than that. The cost is incalculable. That doesn't even include the loss of decades of my life and the Suffering. The cost is incalculable. Unfathomable.
My own psychiatrist has said "Medications alone are NEVER enough " to treat people. Counselling, occupational support, a safe home environment, leisure support are all things that people require. Medications have low efficacy rates but some people have their lives saved so careful regular monitoring is so important.
They need to understand that there is a real possibility that they will be thrown into a parallel universe where a level of anxiety unimaginable is constant. Find other fixes for your woes or worries or insomnia etc. You do NOT want to join our club.
Try Vitamin B1(Thiamine).100+mg/day. It will Help your brain deal with the harm of the tapering and cessation of the drugs. Remember that when you feel you won't survive this.Go to the store now.
Keep on being brave and speaking the truth. In 20 or 30 years time you may be as brave and knowledgeable as Peter Breggin is now. Peter Breggin is THE Gold Standard. ❤
@@incognito595sorry. Are you saying that you believe Josef is in the same league as Peter Breggin? Breggin's experiences from the 1950s 60s and 70s alone puts him light years ahead, before he wrote the first of his 20 books.
In comparison to what or whom? Certainly not as dangerous as a local hospital's "outlet store" in my town prescribing and then not maintaining a patient properly. NO check ins during the year, then when told it's not working or counteracting, I was told it would be 8 MONTHS before a first visit for any potential (re)diagnosis. That was all I got ....so I just stay on my drug that isnt working, making me worse?!? If that was diabetes ,heart or even dentistry, it would be malpractice, near abandonment of a patient. YOU are one of the few people I see are giving any real info to us.
Not dangerous at all! You're the first one who actually has an open mind about the dangers of meds. Every other pysch is ignorant and dismissive. Thanks Dr Wiitderring.
Thank you Dr. Josef. I don't recall seeing any videos on optogenetics in your series. This appears to be the next phase of controlling other people's lives. There isn't a computer that can't be hacked, so how do you prevent hackers and just plain jerks from tampering with a most vulnerable brain when using optogenetics. Optogenetics appears to be even more dangerous for the ability of people to control their own mind. Thank you for helping those with power understand that helping people deal with stressors is far more beneficial than numbing emotions and sedation.
Dude i have been strugling for 1/3 of my life i went from born to 10 just conscious.then to 17 i got put on xanax for two years got ripped off because i couldnty pay what the doctor wanted i also agree personaly i need mine i hate them but i need them but in sumation i went from normal dude to a drunken agoraphobic mess im 32 now im solid i have never had a normal life im doing good now but people dont understand how strong you have to be to live with akathesia and other issues i am a titan a warrior im curently turning it around with everything i have been through and now i fear nothing because i lived in hell my whole adult life this has mad me very mentally strong as long as i keep doing good it helped me to suffer like that all i wanna do in life is help people and eradicate any suffering i can man or beasts im scared but im going to make it your a good doctor i have an iq of 130 thank god so even on the meds im on a different plane than your average joe im far from average thank god for that the only reason im still alive is because i have heart
I know 2 people who were prescribed pregabalin as a mood stabilizer and told it isn't addictive. HA!! The withdrawal kicks in as you are waiting to take the next dose and it's worse than heroin withdrawal.
I haven't had that problem. Yeah there's a dip in pain management levels but I haven't experienced any withdrawal side effects and I've been on it for a while.
My ex went to a psych unit recent in NY and she was getting 1mg clonazepam every 6 hours and never has been on it, insane. Im 28 and have been on benzos for 13 years. Multiple kinds and now klonopin 1mg 3X daily I wish I was strong enough to deal with these protracted injury symptoms without turning to other substances but when I’m clean and just taking my prescribed meds I’m miserable and I’m so much pain with a numb leg and can’t poop but feel like I need to so bad and never able to sleep decent it affects about every part of my life and I would have ended it but I stay here and suffer so I can be here for my 9 year old daughter, I can’t get out of pure hell and aggravated with everything around me without using drugs or alcohol. I don’t know what to do and am spiraling. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Good luck to anyone else dealing with addictions or any hard times.
Thank you Doc. I think one of the biggest risks not explained is the process of going off these drugs or switching drugs. I felt great on SSRIs but it was my therapists plan to always get me off it eventually. The process of getting off it gave me PSSD and has led me down a spiral. The dangers of going off these meds and switching meds which some doctors switch you from med to med with complete guesswork is absurd. In my opinion if the SSRis works don’t touch it and let your body be. With that said I’ve heard of some cases people are fine for decades and then awful sides creep up while on the drug. In the end, these drugs are marketed as if doctors and the pharma industry truly understand exactly what they do. We aren’t there with the technology yet and real humans have become the trial.
@@hey956 the video is called how i help taper people from two months back and has a link in the description (can't link it here because yt takes it down)
Ive been on Zoloft 200mgs and Mirtazipine30mgs for a few years for Anxiety and Depression and i actually think they are making me worse. Ive read that your not supposed to take an ssri with an maoi and serotonin syndrome. Do you think that would be an issue taking the 2 meds and whats your thoughts on serotonin syndrome ✌️👍
I'm 70 and am aware of the risk vs benefits of my medications for Bipolar type 2. The roller coaster ride and depression are hard to stabilize. I've tried different drugs and they all have side affects that might shorten my life. But, life is not worth living without my meds. They take the highs and lows out and stabilize my moods. I choose quality of life for my happiness and my husband who goes through life with me. Every time I have slowly cut down my dose over many weeks, all ends badly. Now I stay on them even when I think I'm doing well. When I'm doing well I always think I don't need them. Then find out, yes I have a disease, and these meds allow me to be able to cope.
Whether you like or not he has a bias the same way the people that prescribe medications. Yes there is really brain illness just like every other part of the body that may require medication to help manage.
You need to run a safer comment section, where people can't put people down who have simply followed medical advice and taken something that actually helped them. Don't let people get insulting or ask rudely, why a patient ever started the medications! That's your job run a safe channel. I don't know what I would have done without the medications I don't know if I would be here. So that's why I unsubscribed to you. You let haters in who want to hate on people who simply tried to make a decision for their well-being. Chiding and trying to humiliate patients needs to be an automatic comment deletion. I had to make a comment against somebody like that because you failed to remove it in the first place! And you dinged me and I'm unsubscribed and I don't trust you.
@@i.ehrenfest349you didn't read the comment that I read. Now did you? No, so you don't know what you're talking about. It wasn't discussion, it was an extremely rude comment that someone left and he should have removed it. It's irresponsible for him to leave such a comment on his channel. And just because I unsubscribed doesn't mean I'm not going to check in sometimes I'm just not going to support him with a subscription. Or thumbs up. Or down.
Unfortunately, your expectations of a YT channel is unrealistic. It is really hard to take the nasty trolls, especially when already traumatized. But, these Truth Tellers are constantly under attack. Often, groups will gang up and try to take down their channels. Be glad for people resilient enough to speak up. None of us can be promised a lovely experience in the comment section. Peace.
"Nobody is hated more than the one who speaks the truth" - Plato
That's what's so insane about how easily thru throw shit at the wall just waiting for something to stick. That waiting and experimenting is where permanent damage is done
History will soon show that Doctors like yourself were practicing medicine correctly.
The danger is the lack of informed consent. Thank you for your tireless commitment.
The danger is giving to much false negative info and than people are scared way from medications and they go on suffering for a decade or longer or they die from suicide because i saw youtube videos saying look at the dangers of antidepressants!!! No way am I taking them now..... guess I'd rather be 6 feet under than try Prozac because it's better to die of mental illness than to have erectile disfunction..... look youtube told me this so it's got to be true. Thank you
And thank you for stating something so very important.
Informed Consent is not being given at the moment
Consent is Never Provided. Ever.
when honesty and cautiousness is seen as dangerous, that says a lot about the mental health industry
People should be scared. Psych meds aren’t fairy dust. The meds can ruin your life.
THEY ALL WILL DESTROY YOU. NOT "SOMETIMES," BUT "EVERYTIME."
We NEED more doctors like you and Dr Peter Breggin. People are just blind!!!
Blissfully ignorant they are..
Thank you just for mentioning Peter Breggin
Breggin is a great man
@@imsaltylit3101 because they don't agree with you!!
As someone that has been badly damaged by psych drug cocktails for 20 years that never helped, instead they labeled me "treatment resistant". , I sincerely thank you for speaking out on our behalf. I just hope I get better one day.
This information is important to us who suffer from these drugs, they ruin our lives. Thank you
Thank u for what you're doing
Yes because these medications are handed out by ppl with very little training. And they are told what to say. They treat everyone the same way. I was even told there were no side effects by a therapist.
Great words. Thank you for speaking for us. Gaslighted for years.
People need to be scared away from drugs. Very few people actually get any real benefit from them in the long term.
Indeed. They literally don't know for sure their effects and have a bias against psychiatric patient experience. If you can't safely practice something you should stop.
@@TheDavveponkenTRUTH.
Thank you for everything that you're doing Dr. Joseph! ❤👏 Your work is so important!
As a therapist, you are just what we need!
As a trainee psychiatrist i wholeheartedly agree.
If you’re going to be a psychiatrist please never use the “chemical imbalance” theory to “explain” mental illness, and PLEASE call out any of your colleagues who do. It’s extremely unethical to lie to patients like that and it’s so normalized in psychiatry. Psychiatrists will use this theory as a “metaphor” when explaining to their patients why they need to take antidepressants - this is including Dr Carlat of the Carlat Psychiatry Report, which he talks about in an interview featured in a 2015 article by Lacasse and Leo (it’s called ‘Antidepressants and the Chrmical Imbalance Theory of Depression: A Reflection and Update of the Discourse’)
@@boinkadoinkkI was sold on the chemical imbalance thing…I thought it was actual science but it isn’t so years on a feel stupid. I didn’t need them in the first place but suffered from Protracted acute after my doctor tapered me too fast. Now I’m aware doctors have never ever been taught at med school to safely taper patients off these meds. Crazy to find this out years later. If patients only knew before.❤🙏🏻🇦🇺😢
You are not dangerous. You are educative and informative. You give us agency.
You have provided some of the most objective information I have ever received regarding psychiatric medication. The fact that you are being honest and raising awareness about the fact that medications cause a drug effect and do not simply correct a "chemical imbalance" in the brain gave me a new perspective on making informed decisions about psych meds with myself and my family. I come from a family of physicians and I can tell you that from my perspective, you are fulfilling the oath you took when you became a medical doctor. Do No Harm. Keep the information coming. You are saving lives.
the people going on and on about depression being a “chemical imbalance” DRIVE ME INSANE. I really need to just put together an info/fact sheet containing every study that debunks that stupid big pharma myth. I’ve read interviews with major psychiatrists who have literally said that when they told their patients that their depression was “caused by a chemical imbalance” that they were speaking METAPHORICALLY. This includes Dr Carlat of the Carlat Psychiatry Report!! Doctors should NEVER use metaphors without making it abundantly clear that these things are not actually true.
No. You are not dangerous. You’re giving us all information we should have been given in an “informed consent “. I appreciate you.
It's very frightening to have been manipulated into these drugs for so many years , over 30 to be honest .
I'm very grateful for docs such as your self , thank you
Noooooo! You’re a great doctor!
You have helped me so much. I’m
In the 8th month of my klonopin taper. I didn’t know what to expect and no one would give me straight answer’s. It’s so nice to finally have someone educated on these medications.
Don't ever stop! We need more Truth! Keep up the good work!!! ❤
You are honest and we need this. Thank you. We are in the process of weaning our 17 year old son (autism and DMDD) off of Clonazepam. And it's frightening to watch our child go through this. And I'm 66. He came to us as a foster infant and we adopted him in my fifties. We love him beyond words. We have a 13 year old son as well who came at two days old we adopted too. I never knew the trauma these medications could do
You’re The voice of a common sense & caring psychiatrist. You are unafraid to help whatever % of people whose body chemistry can’t handle these meds
Nobody told me about the risks or the tapering when getting off. I lived more than a year in hell because of coming off too fast! We definitly need mor doctors like you!
I found myself lucky finding you on youtube.You have helped me immensely.Thank you
May God bless you.
I lost my adulthood to adverse effects of these drugs. And now I’m in my 6th year of post-withdrawal “recovery” which is unspeakable in terms of neurological impairment from too-rapid withdrawal. I commend you on educating the public on the possible dangers of these drugs so people can make informed decisions.More doctors should take guidance from you. I think the ripple effect of these videos is immense.
You are so helpful.Who wants to go through a living hell.❤
You are a breath of fresh air in terms of psychiatric medication procedures - please keep up the good work with this channel. Informed consent is not what big pharma respect. It's all about profit. Big business.
There's no danger in meaningful dialogue to encourage systemic change to rethink a broken system with a broken approach.
Well, no, it’s the other psychiatrists who are dangerous.
COMPLETELY AGREED!!!!!
PRECISELY.
Thank you for doing what you do doctor. Please never stop.
You're not a danger at all and anyone who thinks so is ignorant of the risk or has an interest in continuing to prescribe these medications..Keep doing what your doing Dr. Josef!!!!
Absolutely!! Thank you!
Finding yourself & your wife & your TH-cam videos truely saved my sanity somewhat. You were the first specialist from whom I learnt what was happening to me, 20 months after a rapid taper & the horror of living with protracted symptoms. I had found a very good Gp 4 months after my rapid taper. I was not well enough to even get to a Dr before that time. This lovely Gp had no idea of protracted withdrawal & tried to treat my long list of symptoms with many other psyc meds. None helped. I am beyond grateful to you for being attention to this very real harm that can come from Rapid tapering. For me I feel the damage is done. But at least thanks to you I know what caused it & just knowing this has given me some peace. I felt & thought before finding this acknowledgement that Benzos can & do cause the symptoms iv had & have, I thought I was going crazy. Thank you for acknowledging the FACTS🙏🏼🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
You are a great doctor.❤
You are part of a bigger movement to bring awareness to how the world is run
The people being prescribed these medications are just as important as the people prescribing them. I think this escapes people.
I didn’t know about risperdal-induced dementia until I went off of it and got my normal cognition back at age 75 .
Thank you Doctor
These drugs are dangerous. You are brave
Bravo. Keep it up. You are totally correct.
Since Covid, I have seen people being unable to get their meds. It is important to know the withdrawal issues. Really, I have seen Pharmacy try and put off a Klonopin patient for a week claiming it was unavailable. Can you imagine what could happen to that person?
Seizure, maybe death.
I don't have to imagine because it happens to me almost every single month. It's Hell.
@@drunkensquirrel7545God bless! What a shame.
I went to a doctor that said he specialized in getting people off of Benzos...He gave me 5 pills and said that would be enough to taper. OF course I finally found a different doctor and went through almost 3 year of hell on earth even with a very slow taper...after short term use.
Then check with other pharmacies to see if they have it then have the Dr send the script to one that has it. Patients have to do that all the time for a variety of drugs.
Please keep speaking out. People needlessly suffering due to taking a prescription medication need this. No one can help me now. I'm starting month 16 off Klonopin that I took it for 20+ yrs. It ruined my life and I can never get that back. I want to be a cautionary tale to patients and doctors who are considering taking or prescribing these meds just how dangerous they can be. I still have too many days that I don't think I can hold on any longer. If anyone knew what this really felt like, they would run away screaming as fast as they could.
There are too many of us out there suffering, too many countless others who are no longer with us, and many others who will end up like me all because they took a prescription medication as prescribed. This makes me so sad and angry. The people who complain about hearing the truth obviously haven't had a problem with them, they need to shut up and count their blessings. The least we can do is warn others. If this had been done years ago, I might not be in this hellish situation.
I also don't recommend taking people off their meds until they are prepared to do so. This should be patient led to minimize the suffering. I had no choice, I was forced off. People do need this valuable information.
Maybe future generations can avoid this. It has gone on far too long and getting the word out has to start somewhere. Thank you for using your platform to do this. 🩵
I wrote the same things elsewhere on this Doctors Shorts. I will go back and read what you wrote. Sounds like you also had a Hellish experience, too. Like millions of other voiceless, powerless, vulnerable patients.
It's impossible for anyone to be helped by anything whatsoever as much as these drugs can harm. Benzo damage is beyond your capacity to imagine.
I’ve taken various benzos (Xanax, Ativan, klonopin) daily for periods of a year or more and was able to taper off without any issue. 4 times over the last 20 years. I have family members who also tapered off without issue.
You read horror stories online, and for sure SOME people have a very hard time coming off of them, but if a large portion of patients got “benzo damage”, these drugs wouldn’t be on the market anymore.
Benzos help me when I need them and I wouldn’t hesitate to use them again.
I think if doctor Witt During had experienced the withdrawal symptoms that I have, he would be even more aggressively against these drugs.
Not sure which people are saying this. Either people that do not understand the full implications, or, and this is cynicism on my part, it’s suppression from the big guys that profit from sickness and suffering. This channel has been one of the best I’ve seen covering this topic. Please keep sharing this important information!
Amen to this message, keep up the amazing and brave work! PhD to MD, we need more of you on the ground and doing this type of thing honestly. Thank you for your efforts!!!
Your doing the right thing brother by doing these videos. More people then we think are suffering due to phyc meds. Its just ignored because its often written off as all in your head or just depression. Nobody beleives us its messed up.
No you’re not! Awareness is something that needs to be spread worldwide! Thank you for all you do 🤗
Your a good person and a good doctor and im glad you are just simply explaining what could happen to someone which i very much would prefer than a doctor not explaining and the issue whatever it might be to happen to me.
Exactly!! Short term to get over the crisis at hand then it has its place. But people need to know that long term it can destroy the quality of your life. Set you on a path that can detach you from the essence of your humanity and cause you enormous issues later in life
You are exactly what we need. Keep up the great work you do
Live and learn. Informed consent should have been in place 30 years ago. Just think of all the lives that would have been saved.
Informed consent actually existed 50+ yrs ago but has only been utilized w/in the past 11 yrs
We grew up with wise counsel of NEVER EXCEPT DRUGS FROM STRANGERS. That’s exactly what “they”strangers are expecting us to except now!Not only except drugs from strangers 🤑 but also don’t question them , omg 😱 🤮
If you are stuck on a benzo, there really isn’t a safer doctor out there. If you are harmed by medications and need it explained to family, there isn’t a better team out there. Remember: Even Dr. Josef will retire someday. One of the biggest dangers of being on a benzo is being force cut by some doctor that only hears “benzos are bad” and wants to drop your dose in half or even make you come off. I hope the law will protect patients someday. For now, Dr. Marissa and Dr.Josef are probably your best chance at a having a normal life. Their value is explaining this to your support system as much as it is getting you off. I recommend Nicole Lamberson PA if she has openings.
Thank you for what you’re doing!!
Dangerous 😂 since when is making people aware of risks they are taking with taking these medecins “dangerous”! We need more doctors like him!
An honest psychiatrist....the truth shall set us free. A wise man said that.
A wise man who was inspired by God!
Cost me probably ?250,000 or more in costs since these drugs first started damaging me. Wait a minute, it was probably way more than that. The cost is incalculable. That doesn't even include the loss of decades of my life and the Suffering. The cost is incalculable. Unfathomable.
Yes informed consent
They are afraid of you because you are a Whistleblower, Dr. Witt-Doerring. But you already know that.
Thank you. Dead on. Not mentioned enough
Of course when you tell the truth you get attacked. You're doing a great thing by making people aware.
The reason patients might disagree is that they have NEVER ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE DRUGS. THAT IS WHEN THEY REALIZE THEY HAVE BRAIN DAMAGE.
My own psychiatrist has said "Medications alone are NEVER enough " to treat people. Counselling, occupational support, a safe home environment, leisure support are all things that people require. Medications have low efficacy rates but some people have their lives saved so careful regular monitoring is so important.
Some medications have low efficacy rates. Others can massively change your life for the better and help you thrive and not just survive.
Nothing good about phyc drugs when they damage people all the time. Just they help some doesent make it ok to damage others. There not good drugs.
Informed consent
Majority of the psychiatrists are dangerous. You are one of the few, who are not. Keep doing the good work.
Thank you
They need to understand that there is a real possibility that they will be thrown into a parallel universe where a level of anxiety unimaginable is constant. Find other fixes for your woes or worries or insomnia etc. You do NOT want to join our club.
Worst club imaginable, please hear what we're telling you.
Bingo
Try Vitamin B1(Thiamine).100+mg/day. It will Help your brain deal with the harm of the tapering and cessation of the drugs. Remember that when you feel you won't survive this.Go to the store now.
Keep on being brave and speaking the truth.
In 20 or 30 years time you may be as brave and knowledgeable as Peter Breggin is now.
Peter Breggin is THE Gold Standard. ❤
Dr. JOSEF ALREADY KNOWS THIS INFORMATION.
@@incognito595sorry. Are you saying that you believe Josef is in the same league as Peter Breggin? Breggin's experiences from the 1950s 60s and 70s alone puts him light years ahead, before he wrote the first of his 20 books.
In comparison to what or whom? Certainly not as dangerous as a local hospital's "outlet store" in my town prescribing and then not maintaining a patient properly. NO check ins during the year, then when told it's not working or counteracting, I was told it would be 8 MONTHS before a first visit for any potential (re)diagnosis. That was all I got ....so I just stay on my drug that isnt working, making me worse?!? If that was diabetes ,heart or even dentistry, it would be malpractice, near abandonment of a patient. YOU are one of the few people I see are giving any real info to us.
Then those people have never been inappropriately medicated.
Not dangerous at all! You're the first one who actually has an open mind about the dangers of meds. Every other pysch is ignorant and dismissive. Thanks Dr Wiitderring.
Completely agreed, Shawn.
They are AFRAID OF DR. JOSEF, BECAUSE IF PATIENTS LISTEN, THEY WILL HAVE NO MORE CUSTOMERS($$$$$$$).
THEY HAVE KNOWN FOR 65 YEARS.
Thank you Dr. Josef. I don't recall seeing any videos on optogenetics in your series. This appears to be the next phase of controlling other people's lives. There isn't a computer that can't be hacked, so how do you prevent hackers and just plain jerks from tampering with a most vulnerable brain when using optogenetics. Optogenetics appears to be even more dangerous for the ability of people to control their own mind. Thank you for helping those with power understand that helping people deal with stressors is far more beneficial than numbing emotions and sedation.
Just like sharing the benefits of eating dried grapes; it’s about raisin awareness
Dude i have been strugling for 1/3 of my life i went from born to 10 just conscious.then to 17 i got put on xanax for two years got ripped off because i couldnty pay what the doctor wanted i also agree personaly i need mine i hate them but i need them but in sumation i went from normal dude to a drunken agoraphobic mess im 32 now im solid i have never had a normal life im doing good now but people dont understand how strong you have to be to live with akathesia and other issues i am a titan a warrior im curently turning it around with everything i have been through and now i fear nothing because i lived in hell my whole adult life this has mad me very mentally strong as long as i keep doing good it helped me to suffer like that all i wanna do in life is help people and eradicate any suffering i can man or beasts im scared but im going to make it your a good doctor i have an iq of 130 thank god so even on the meds im on a different plane than your average joe im far from average thank god for that the only reason im still alive is because i have heart
I know 2 people who were prescribed pregabalin as a mood stabilizer and told it isn't addictive. HA!! The withdrawal kicks in as you are waiting to take the next dose and it's worse than heroin withdrawal.
I haven't had that problem. Yeah there's a dip in pain management levels but I haven't experienced any withdrawal side effects and I've been on it for a while.
@@caitlinhs9670 That's good to hear. I'm quite shocked though since I know 2 people who had a terrible experience with it.
That is right!!!!
My ex went to a psych unit recent in NY and she was getting 1mg clonazepam every 6 hours and never has been on it, insane. Im 28 and have been on benzos for 13 years. Multiple kinds and now klonopin 1mg 3X daily I wish I was strong enough to deal with these protracted injury symptoms without turning to other substances but when I’m clean and just taking my prescribed meds I’m miserable and I’m so much pain with a numb leg and can’t poop but feel like I need to so bad and never able to sleep decent it affects about every part of my life and I would have ended it but I stay here and suffer so I can be here for my 9 year old daughter, I can’t get out of pure hell and aggravated with everything around me without using drugs or alcohol. I don’t know what to do and am spiraling. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Good luck to anyone else dealing with addictions or any hard times.
You are true to Hippocratic oath.
Truth, is dangerous to the lie. Than, ... What do people prefer?
Thank uou so much i was forced on meds when i was younger and im put of them for life and people keep telling me to get on them
you are only dangerous to big pHARMa
What are the alternatives… not many that work as well.
Thank you Doc. I think one of the biggest risks not explained is the process of going off these drugs or switching drugs. I felt great on SSRIs but it was my therapists plan to always get me off it eventually. The process of getting off it gave me PSSD and has led me down a spiral.
The dangers of going off these meds and switching meds which some doctors switch you from med to med with complete guesswork is absurd.
In my opinion if the SSRis works don’t touch it and let your body be. With that said I’ve heard of some cases people are fine for decades and then awful sides creep up while on the drug.
In the end, these drugs are marketed as if doctors and the pharma industry truly understand exactly what they do. We aren’t there with the technology yet and real humans have become the trial.
Humans were the real trial in the first place. The fda requires multiple human trials that go well before its approved for the market.
Just like all the jabs they force on everyone, God forbid anyone ask about potential side effects!😮
Not dangerous at all! The only one who is talking about dangers and not sugarcoating...Every aspect must be presented.
Can you please open a practice in Australia with your knowledge?
I think he has
@@TheDavveponken do you know where and the name of it?
@@hey956 Sadly no, but he has made some videos recently on the subject I believe. I'm sure you will find it on his channel
@@TheDavveponken I had a look and wasn't able to find a video about australian practice 😕
@@hey956 the video is called how i help taper people from two months back and has a link in the description (can't link it here because yt takes it down)
How are you not canceled though anybody who speaks against them has their license revoked so I am suspicious but you seem genuine
He works for himself. He's his own boss.
✋ Pah-reach!!!
Also no your a good man im an empath i can tell
NOT. God Bless Dr Josef
Ive been on Zoloft 200mgs and Mirtazipine30mgs for a few years for Anxiety and Depression and i actually think they are making me worse. Ive read that your not supposed to take an ssri with an maoi and serotonin syndrome. Do you think that would be an issue taking the 2 meds and whats your thoughts on serotonin syndrome ✌️👍
Talk to your local pharmacist about it. Serotonin syndrome is rare and you'll know of you develop it.
Okay..thanks for the reply 👍✌️
I'm 70 and am aware of the risk vs benefits of my medications for Bipolar type 2. The roller coaster ride and
depression are hard to stabilize. I've tried different drugs and they all have side affects that might shorten my life. But, life is not worth living without my meds. They take the highs and lows out and stabilize my moods. I choose quality of life for my happiness and my husband who goes through life with me. Every time I have slowly cut down my dose over many weeks, all ends badly. Now I stay on them even when I think I'm doing well. When I'm doing well I always think I don't need them. Then find out, yes I have a disease, and these meds allow me to be able to cope.
Whether you like or not he has a bias the same way the people that prescribe medications. Yes there is really brain illness just like every other part of the body that may require medication to help manage.
Patholgizing.
You need to run a safer comment section, where people can't put people down who have simply followed medical advice and taken something that actually helped them. Don't let people get insulting or ask rudely, why a patient ever started the medications! That's your job run a safe channel. I don't know what I would have done without the medications I don't know if I would be here. So that's why I unsubscribed to you. You let haters in who want to hate on people who simply tried to make a decision for their well-being. Chiding and trying to humiliate patients needs to be an automatic comment deletion. I had to make a comment against somebody like that because you failed to remove it in the first place! And you dinged me and I'm unsubscribed and I don't trust you.
Glad you unsubscribed. Good luck with your meds.
What nonsense. I’m on meds, myself, and nobody insults me. But if you don’t like discussions, then maybe it’s indeed better to go somewhere else.
@@i.ehrenfest349you didn't read the comment that I read. Now did you? No, so you don't know what you're talking about. It wasn't discussion, it was an extremely rude comment that someone left and he should have removed it. It's irresponsible for him to leave such a comment on his channel. And just because I unsubscribed doesn't mean I'm not going to check in sometimes I'm just not going to support him with a subscription. Or thumbs up. Or down.
@@Sears111thank you.
Unfortunately, your expectations of a YT channel is unrealistic. It is really hard to take the nasty trolls, especially when already traumatized. But, these Truth Tellers are constantly under attack. Often, groups will gang up and try to take down their channels. Be glad for people resilient enough to speak up. None of us can be promised a lovely experience in the comment section. Peace.
Well, if up to you there would be zero psychaitrists. Should we elimiate the profession?
Yes
Do you actually care about your profession? Americans don't like that for some reason 😮