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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ม.ค. 2025
- In this video, Dr. Josef uncovers the long-term and often irreversible effects of antipsychotic drugs, including brain volume loss, tardive dyskinesia, and cognitive decline. Most doctors don't discuss these risks in detail, and patients are left unaware of the potential damage caused by these medications.
We’ll explore the evidence from both animal and human studies, explain how these medications affect your brain, and discuss what you can do to mitigate the risks. If you or a loved one is on antipsychotics, this information is essential to understand the potential long-term consequences.
Chapters:
05:05 Brain Shrinkage and Its Implications
10:04 Movement Disorders: Tardive Dyskinesia Explained
15:11 Cognitive Decline and Long-Term Effects
16:33 Preventative Measures and Alternatives
Resources Mentioned:
Dorph-Petersen KA, Pierri JN, Perel JM, et al. (2005). The influence of chronic exposure to antipsychotic medications on brain size before and after tissue fixation: A comparison of haloperidol and olanzapine in macaque monkeys. Neuropsychopharmacology, 30, 1649-1661.**
Fusar-Poli P, Smieskova R, Kempton MJ, Ho BC, Andreasen NC, Borgwardt S. Progressive brain changes in schizophrenia related to antipsychotic treatment? A meta-analysis of longitudinal MRI studies. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2013 Sep;37(8):1680-91. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.06.001. Epub 2013 Jun 14. PMID: 23769814; PMCID: PMC3964856.
Wu JQ, Chen DC, Xiu MH, Tan YL, Yang FD, Kosten TR, Zhang XY. Tardive dyskinesia is associated with greater cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Oct 1;46:71-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.06.013. Epub 2013 Jul 1. PMID: 23827756.
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Moncrieff J, Leo J. A systematic review of the effects of antipsychotic drugs on brain volume. Psychol Med. 2010 Sep;40(9):1409-22. doi: 10.1017/S0033291709992297. Epub 2010 Jan 20. PMID: 20085668.
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Took cymbalta for 19 years, risperdal for 8 years, then switched to abilify for 2 years. All for treatment resistant severe depression. Still miserable so i began meditation. I made more progress with meditation for 2 years than i ever had with 34 years of therapy. Stopped all psych meds and felt tremendously better. I never needed the meds, I needed to learn how to process my past trauma, something I never got from therapy. Rural communities are severely lacking in mental healthcare. But a patient cured is a customer lost.
I also stopped Abilify and started rediscovering myself….
You should've known that certain medications are given to respective subsets of people SIMPLY because they check a certain few boxes. Doctors have lives-- if a medication isn't working as intended or you're feeling *worse*, then it's YOUR responsibility to be vocal and give some pushback.
When it comes to prescribed medication, "The customer is always right" rings true a LOT MORE than you may think. It's the patient's responsibility (doctors are humans who make mistakes and can be negligent) to be vocal about how they're feeling on a certain medication, and also to understand that doctors don't have the resources to cater to every single little nuance in a person's mental health--which is why THE PATIENT MUST BE VOCAL.
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Me when I lie
Ugg, im dependent on cymbalta for my neuropathy, but it helped my depression. I became so numb with a totally calm idea of it was time to self delete once after just missing too many sporadic doses of cymbalta and my neuropathy goes so crazy without it.
Not only the side-effects are rarely talked about, it's extremely common for psychiatrists to prescribe anti-psychotics off-label to people suffering depression, without any psychotic symptoms. How is this not considered malpractice? No idea.
Should a non psychotic person not take olanzapine if given to them?
@@LovedeepSengh-gm1muof course
I was put on olanzapine and later Abilify for several years for a mood disorder without any psychotic traits. Eventually another psychiatrist intervened and made me quit antipsychotics. In the first month after quitting I was in a weird hypomanic state and I lost over 20 kg of weight over the following year. I'm doing better these days, but I never should've been prescribed antipsychotics.
Are you an MD? I take Olanzapine for anxiety caused by hyperthyroidism. It works well.
@DarkLink606 The practice of adding dopamine antagonists should be illegal or highly restricted. One pill can injure you for years and years. Giving dopamine antagonists for sleep should be a crime.
I was misdiagnosed with bpd, bd, and psychosis for 8 years, on high doses of every antipsychotic medication under the sun, including clozapine. I am actually ASD, ADHD and have C-PTSD. I faught with doctors who didn't hear me out. My mother had to tell my last doctor she was afraid I wouldn't wake up. Thank you for exposing this as it gives me the means to prove the abuse in French psychiatry once I am able to take this to court. I am beyond mad, as so many I know from the hospital are. I was lucky enough in the past years to find a nurse who actually listened and stood up for me. Thank you again for your work in bringing this to light on this platform. Godspeed to you.
They're still not listening to me.
@@DoveGirl
The struggle is real , never quit
@joannemcguire7632 thank you, I'm not planning on quitting!
U can take it to court?
Cuz if so, i will too.. I was misdiagnosed as Bi Polar Ii when it was trauma response & have been on the wrong medication for 12-15yrs. My brain & teeth are ruined. I have never gotten proper help, even whilst at a private hospital. All the doctors in my area are hopeless & just wanna hand out scripts. It’s 3am rn, I can’t be bothered retyping my whole story.. I’m so mad after watching this video. These medications have completely ruined my life.
i feel bad for all the autistic people on these drugs i was put on, all the autistic women especially misdiagnosed with bipolar, or the ones told it would help their autism by numbing them.
i may or may not be autistic i dont really know. but i feel like doctors are looking at me like a "get him in and out of appointment" and give me whatever they feel like
I'm one of them, misdiagnosed with bpd and then whatever the psychiatrist imagine, but for my neurodivergence. I stopped them and feel better, it's 2 years feeling alive again, also throwed ssri's to the trashcan. I wasn't depressive I was in burnout without energy all my life.
How can you tame them by other means? It is closest we have to make tame like all other children
@ There's a lot wrong with that statement, starting with the naive assumption that most children and adults are tame.
@@HeavyDutyModularSynths Tell me about it.
I think it's odd that the doctor prescribing you medication that literally changes your perception and, frankly, the decisions you make, analyzes you primarily in short spurts after a slightly longer set of intake spurts, follows guidelines that resemble a slightly more standardized version of self-help questionnaires, judges you on vibes and conformity to social standards, and may actually ask you to put your more ambitious goals aside.
My deep interest in electronics was shoved into a little corner by my psychiatrist, his PAs, and an unrelated therapist who'd ask about my psychiatrist (and vice versa). They use a technical yet primitive set of jargon to describe a unique individual's experience, and never stop to consider if their deviation from the norm isn't the problem.
I was told I was doing better because I smiled more in social situations and was numb enough to just go through the motions of them and try my hardest to mask. That does NOT mean I was happier on meds. I just seemed happier in the specific situations I never cared for.
I felt a lot of fleeting moments of joy but no deep satisfaction. I lost the ability to enjoy alone time, the drive to work on electronics, the ability to advocate my love of nonstandard music. I stopped playing video games, not because I lost desire for them or interest, but because of external pressures plus impaired spatial abilities and reaction time.
I also stopped tic'ing and stimming for a while... that ship sailed and i'm sure some of the stims and tics I have today are partially brought upon by TD. They never bothered me, except the brief period of diaphragmatic tics that I'm sure would have resolved on their own, as they did when I went off Tenex a year before being coerced into taking antipsychotics.
My Mom loved the doctor. While she has apologized, she thought the drugs made me happier and more mainstream.
Not sure why being passively happy in generic groups is the gold standard for happiness.
psychiatry has a lot to answer for
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It’s just a theory- psychiatry is not a ‘real’ thing. Look into it- very similar to snake oil ‘theories’.
It is outright unethical, but the practice is allowed to continue. It’s crazy that there is a creation of a workforce that gives drugs to suffering people to control them, pretty much until they are numb and disabled.
The knew before the medication hit the market... Same with Adderall same with opiates. Same with benzodiazepines like Xanax. they know
Still better than a Lobotomy
Many dementia patients develop behavioral symptoms that are hard to manage, and they end up getting prescribed antipsychotics. My mother was briefly prescribed Seroquel but it didn't help with her symptoms, so I asked her doctor to discontinue it. I'm so glad that I did, because the last thing a dementia patient needs is a drug that accelerates cognitive decline. Thankfully we found other medication that helped.
Just saw a short message online - that Benzos can cause dementia.n
And these drugs cause dementia, Alzheimer's, and etc because of the brain damage and insulin resistance they cause
@@BrianOSheaPlus my grandmother was destabilized on her diazepam at some point and likely developed akathisia that was mistaken for dementia. They threw Aricept and other Alzheimer meds at her. She eventually stopped eating the minute they put her into the hospital.
Antipsychotics really shouldn't be given to elderly patients at all. Good that you advocated for your mother.
Those are given for delirium for short term use often seen in elderly. And yes sometimes one needs to advocate to take off and try other meds
Psychiatry, resident here, I couldn’t agree more with the sentiment that these concerning long-term side effect profiles are not properly educated on at large. I can’t tell you how reassuring and helpful your content has already been. Thank you for what you do Dr. Josef.
Mushrooms are all I do, its natural health benefits put me at a safe spot.
I do 3.5 g of mushrooms every 6 months to reboot my brain.
The good thing about shrooms is its non addictive, the best experience I've EVER had on ANY drug was shrooms, I've been so happy my face literally hurt from smiling so much for so many hours, but but once the trip wears off the last thing I'm thinking about is dropping another trip, you need time to recover, the closest I'd ever had trips together were a week apart but usually months or years, having said that it's been 6yrs since the last time but certainly would again given the right time and setting
Golden teachers mushrooms alleviated my depression and anxiety, I feel more balanced.
Hello! It appears I have interests, I want to get some.. where do you get from?
medicgael
Haven't even watched the video yet but I can definitely attest to this. I was prescribed 300 mg of Seroquel for 6 years from 12 to 18. My depression was somewhat managed and it also helped me sleep. But as far as Joy or long-term thinking like about the future was not there. All of my family would rather would rather someone take pills then actually have conversations... And not only that I was prescribed oxycodone at 11 years old for a year for migraines. I'll be 32 in April and I had no idea how those substances so young would screw me so hard.
We need to rediscover communication with our families 😢
@@Gemhi Not mine. They’re selfish, greedy, scheming and nasty.
I CAN RELATE 💯 SO HARD! I HAVE CHRONIC/SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE TOO FOR FOURTEEN YEARS NOW!
Its never too late to have a good childhood.
The migraines come from the chemical imbalance, brain damage, insulin resistance, etc these Dr*gs cause
Wish I could stop taking an antipsychotic, but the consequences stoping is very unpredictable and terrifying for me.
Yeah, is he suggesting we get off our meds? We'll turn loopy again :D
me too man, me too
You can! I did! Ease off slowly. I’m not psychotic, and they made me fat, and much worse mentally!
Keto and carnivore diet, chris palmer the metabolic mind might be your only choice op
@@bezwongit’s been mine
I've been on an antipsychotic for just over 3 years. I'm now 80 lbs overweight, feel like a zombie emotionally, I'm suffering sexual dysfunction and loss of sex drive. I've also noticed a major change in my short term memory, concentration and math skills for example. Screw these mind numbing drugs...
I was prescribed all this stuff as a teen in the early 2000’s. I’m 35 now and I feel like I stopped aging at 15. Like I’m stuck as a teenager for life.
You're not alone, I'm 37 and same here. For me it was when I was 13. I was cutting myself and tried to kill my bully who was pregnant. CPTSD diagnosis and still can't receive the help I need....
I’ve been on olanzapine since I was about 17, I was in a bad place and needed it at the time. I’ve been on a very low dose most of that time. However I find the bad things that occurred to me at 17 still bother me more than anything over the last 20 years. Like I’m stuck thinking about issues from my teenage years. I’m doing alright and have made a lot of progress in life, but those thoughts still creep in often.
@@Phil-j7t they erased my comment 😭😭😭
I was more depressed in the treatement than without medications. That says a lot about these drugs...
I was court ordered to take Lithium (not an antipsychotic but a psyche med nonetheless) along with my usual antipsychotic which had little to no side effects for me. Shortly after taking the Lithium, it began to affect my speaking and singing voice. I told the Doctors about this side effect all along, but they kept me on the Lithium anyway. About 9 months later, I can’t sing at all and I am having to go to a speech pathologist. My airway is tight, and I often can’t breathe. My “singing” is dysfunctional in all ways, but if I try to sing anything that is not in a low register, the sound won’t even come out at all. These are the effects, and so much more.
I’ve had arrest warrants out for 7-8 years… you gotta be careful but I have been so facked by the system that I don’t honor it in anyway.
But I DO WHAT I NEED TO, f the court and district attorneys.
It sounds like its affected ur basal ganglia which has some effect on respiratory control and other functions u dont think about
Im very fucking sorry
Court ordered… wtf??
Dude get te fuck out of where you live and stay away. The system is preying on you you need to break those chains asap. No one can ever force you to put anything into your body ... thats your God given right ... don't give anyone this power
Many people take these drugs to avoid being held against their will in metal health hospitals - (in the UK). I think a lot of this treatment is forced on people. These drugs are used far too frequently and patients are not fully informed of the side effects let alone the long term effects.
@@TanwenWF exacly ❤️
In RPC, no matter u accept drugs or not, the mental institute is happy to Imprison anyone just for subsidy from government.
Can you make a video on antidepressant?
I HAD NO CHOICE! I DID NOT WANT TO BE PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED BY DOCTORS, NURSES AND/OR STAFF!
In the United States there is very well hidden high-dollar prostitution and people in power in high-dollar businesses and court systems and judges.. absolutely if you report human trafficking you yourself can be forced into being committed and medicated out of your mind with your brain disintegrating.. all because you want to see kids be safe. It's sick in Port St Lucie it's sick in Broward county.
Yes I quit all pharma 8 years ago and am still dealing with recovering
what have you been dealing with
Same. I was on 7 different Rx 10 years ago and don't know if I'll ever be "normal"... I don't even know what that is because I was given my first Rx at 4.
May I suggest thiamine+benfotiamine, it’s truly incredible for the nervous system 🙏
@MeganGarzaWellness 32 years been off medications like invega and and saphris for a full year. Those drugs I just stopped cold turkey and now I am sharper but neurons are still damaged. I'm definitely glad I'm taking lions main since that is a mushroom with neuroregenerative properties.
I was medicated from 4 to 17 and stopped 7 different Rx cold turkey. The first 2 years were a living nightmare, and even now, almost 10 years Rx free, I still don't feel right.
Iatrogenic harm is as real as it gets.
I really feel for people like you that were put in that situation as a child. The damage these drugs do to the brain especially the developing brain is catastrophic. I hope you're doing good.
l found that doing mechanically difficult activities like playing instruments and drawing/writing with the feet got my head back in the game. Keep challenging yourself and don't give up.
@@30cheesepizzas51God I hope it's just a typo but... you tried to play instruments and writing/drawing with your feet?
@@Andizu1 LOL I specifically only meant writing with my feet, but I've tried piano and guitar. I thought I could make my feet useful since I fidget with them so often.
@30cheesepizzas51 my previous comment got deleted unfortunately but your answer is still there. Weird YT.
"Only write with your feet"
I mean, that still sounds.. uncommon but is impressive as heck. Can you write as well with your feet as you can with your hands? Like, in small enough script?
@@Andizu1 I'm pretty good with Latin characters. I still need work on the precise strokes required for Chinese characters. My main goal is to be able to freely note ideas without looking. Of course, I can use simply use my hands without much hassle, but unlocking a new part of the body gives an unmatched feeling of control.
A dear friend of mine who suffered from schizophrenia died from medication related complications back in 2012. I wish I knew then what I know now. Thank you again Dr. Joseph, please keep up the excellent work!
A lot of psychiatrists are honest about tardive dyskinesia. What they aren't honest about or don't know about are the chronic insomnia disorders that are generated by these meds
Quetiapine.
Many of these knock you out cold in less than an hour.
They aren't honest abt why these side effects happen and how these Dr*gs shouldn't exist
Oh shit is that why i cant sleep? Was prescribed quetiapine for sleep and ever since my insomnia is worse@n0b0d1-rc6dz
@@Jordan-li7fx the problem is they don’t understand “tardive” means “delayed onset” and includes other injuries like tardive akathisia and tardive dystonia which are living torture compared to tardive dyskinesia.
Doctor been trying to put my son on Antipsychotics since he was 3 1/2 years old. He’s now 13 has autism and Tourette syndrome & he’s still drug free ☺️
He does have some anger issues however we work on that constantly through cognitive behavioural therapy.
I have no regrets whatsoever about not using medication.
Heya have you heard of Dr Chris Palmer and keto?
Does he have a father in his life?
@@NewJack-wr4bq yes he sure does.
@@litalado2995 hello, I haven’t heard of Chris, I will do some research on him tho. I do recognize the impact
dietary restrictions can positively impact cognition, among other things.
Thank-you for the advice 😇
Not sure why they wanted him on psychotics, but what does that have to do with autism or Tourette’s?
i know this isn’t what the video’s about, but i had to mention how i kept seeing Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki in comments everywhere. curiosity got the better of me, and i finally read it. it’s wild how much it changes your mindset and the way you come across to others. it’s not about pretending to be confident-it’s about genuinely building that energy so it shows naturally. definitely worth all the buzz it’s been getting.
I never heard voices or hallucinated. Except on mental health drugs.
This is very true. I used a lot of these and felt cognitive decline; couldn’t learn or concentrate on anything. When I quit it did get better, though.
I have bipolar and autism and I take caplyata, I sent this to my parents and they literally laughed at me for blaming my medication for why I can’t remember anything at all short term. I told them this for YEARS and they still refuse to blame my medication and only want to put me on MORE medication. I really need to revoke that power of attorney since this isn’t the first time that their best interest for me is different than what is actually best for me.
Run away, stop taking the poison, you are not there experiment
I was taking anti-psychotics in the past year. Before that I was taking antidepressants & anxiolytics. I had to look up *_everything_* myself. & every time I tried to bring up their problems or set my own boundaries as a patient as to how much I'm willing to poison myself. It's like these people take it as an insult because pushing meds is their life's work. I have government employed VA psychiatrists. They don't even get kickbacks & still try to defend meds like I'm a dope who doesn't know how to read. I imagine most people who try to set standards like I do just get dropped & have no coverage as a consequence of having no psychiatrist.
The VA can not legally take your compensation away if you refuse psychiatric medication. It's your choice and there are other therapies that can help. Best of luck.
@@MeganGarzaWellness Which is why I tried to distinguish the fact that my healthcare is government sanctioned. The dropping of coverage was referring to people having to contend with private insurance. They're the ones who are SOL.
Thanks for the well wishes. X)
I lost my best friend, my mother two years later, and then my grandpa (last best friend) two years after that. All I have left is my father who’s disabled and on tons of this and plenty other BS. He’s not “him” anymore. It’s hell.
May the Lord help you
@ recently learned I’m not alone. Embracing the lord as we speak 🙏
I’m 61 and have been on an antipsychotic for 42 yrs. I’m ok with some executive functioning problems. I’ve been taking vitamins and supplements since I started the antipsychotic and can say, they really help.
What have you been taking / dosage ?
@ Stelazine 2 mg twice a day.
Thank you for this.
A NeuroPsychologist told me we are never meant to stay on brain altering medications for longer than a year, that those drugs are like a bandaid while we are supposed to be in therapy learning to conquer our conditioning. The long term side effects were cognitive decline, inability to naturally produce dopamine, and a sense of numbness of emotion. Happy to say I discontinued medications in 2019 and am able to actually associate my logical thoughts in togetherness with intuitive feelings. It wasn't easy at first, like constantly climbing a mountain with a feeling of never reaching a peak point. It was awful to have to feel the feelings that the neuroreceptors weren't receiving for many years, but it was in that allowance of feeling, where I gained the wisdom from actually experiencing the pain associated with the lesson. It was there in the allowance of said painful experience that I learned what not to settle for or what not to do the next time presented with certain situations. Since 2019, I practiced holistic healing, using teas, herbs/spices, foods, yoga, meditations, and sound therapies to reclaim a sense of peace and inner wellness. So much graditude for doctors who can come out and admit that bogging down patients with chemicals is actually causing more problems in the long run. We CAN and are ABLE to heal Self through practicing BEING the love and freedom we want to represent for others who face emotional and mental struggles. Encouragement is guidance. 🕯 ❤️
Doctors never go over "side effects " when pushing drugs on patients.
@@c-ccoates503 yep they just say oh that’s unusual. It’s probably not gonna happen and even if it doesn’t, you tell them they think you’re lying. I was one of the first kids to take and almost die on clozaril. a doctor from Australia, apparently saved my life. The doctors here in Oregon think I’m lying about that so they just prescribed it for me again neutropenia what fun
Of course, it is a business. Never trust anything. Research first.
That’s like a meth dealer going over the side effects with their customer. It’s the exact same situation. 😂😂😂 the doctor is just a drug dealer
I received tardive symptoms stopping a benzodiazepine. No one tells you that messing with dopamine for sustained periods directly via dopamine agonists/antagonists or indirectly via serotonin or endorphins is a BAD IDEA. Everyone thinks only antipsychotics can cause tardive injury. Most of my worst symptoms erupted 4-12 months off. Dr. Josef Is saving lives.
No one told you messing with benzos was playing with fire??? Wait till you hear that every recreational drug gen z abuses does that😂
@@GordoCochiloco did anyone warn you about chronic akathisia before trying any of this stuff? I don’t know one person that even heard the word before they were injured. I don’t think you realize the kind of injury I’m talking about. Don’t fear “seizure” or “death”. Fear chronic akathisia and tardive dystonia and things you have to try and live with. 24 of my friends had to kill themselves to escape their BIND tortured bodies. Most were years off. 3, 5, even 9 years off. Find Jill Nickens at the Akathisia Alliance for Education and Research. No one tells you that anything with an associated withdrawal can cause akathisia. Especially withdrawal akathisia. You are right. There are over 500 akathisia causing medications. I would not risk it now unless I’m dying. (Unfortunately I am, until I’m not. Chronic akathisia & tardive dystonia & other BIND symptoms are hell on earth.
Benzos are dangerous AF. You can die from withdrawal
I have two teens with autism and they’ve been on so much for so long I worry all the time. My daughter went from 5’7”, 130 lbs to 5’8” 225 pounds. She already has Akathesia. Her IQ has gone from 109 to 98 to 96 to 93. I don’t have any evidence that her meds did this but it wouldn’t surprise me. I want her off this crap but I’m constantly battling my wife and the psychiatrist.
Akathisia and still taking meds what insane dr. Do u have?
Not surprising tbh @@Andreabay90
@@Andreabay90 The human females take the pill, and thus believe everything the doctors tell them
They cant be wrong, in thier eyes
Thanks. I'm fighting battles of poorly trained psychiatrists with a serious case of cognitive dissonance.
These “doctors” are brainwashed into thinking their vocation is real. If the field got cancelled, their walls will come crumbling down. Currently they are being protected by the drug industry which relies on the them to trade on their consciences when putting their poisons into people.
Same experience. There’s an incredible lack of knowledge. A disconnect from the real world, Tunnel vision, denying and often not any effort or research being done to look at the amount of damage and injury, that has already been done.
Their schooling does this, it's all by design!
I'm a girl i just leave them on i don't know how they work afterwards next one
@@Idrinklight44yep
Anyone who has taken part in pushing these drugs onto the market or prescribing them to patients should spend life in prison, in a very small cage being forced to take the same drugs they prescribed...because it is just a benign "medicine", right? RIGHT?
I think everyone is seeing the problem with drug manufacturers, psychiatrists and patients. It is outright unethical, but it is crazy how this practice is allowed to continue.
This is a little excessive, if someone is in serious psychosis they can be helpful to provide some level of sedation and sleep, but most of the time they should probably only be used temporarily and at smaller doses.
@@petecabrina These drugs completely destroyed my life for the crime of seeking the ubiquitous, recommended counseling after being brutally sexually assaulted at gun point as a virgin child by an adult police officer who was my trusted scout leader and fellow church member.
These drugs should NEVER be used as a sleep aid. It is extremely dangerous to suggest so. They are addicting and cause permanent brain damage and myriad of horrible physical health problems that are often permanent.
They are so addicting that there is no such thing as "used temporarily". I know people who have detoxed from both heroine and antipsychotics, and all of them describe the antipsychotic withdrwal as worse than heroine. Benzos and antidepressants are also horrible but the antipsychotics are the worst.
Simply trying to stop taking these drugs often causes someone (who just needed to stop drinking coffee to get better sleep), to be pushed into a psychotic break that they never would have had if they never took these poisons.
Giving these drugs to someone for a sleep problem makes as much sense as smashing someone in the head with a sledge hammer to stop troubling thoughts or even hallucinations.
There are so many other options than this lazy compulsion to reach for a poison pill. Exercise, meditation, yoga, community involvement, volunteerism, organic gardening help tremendously with sleep and mental health.
The keto and paleo diets have even recently proven to cure people who have suffered with "schizophrenia" hallucinations and psychosis for more that half a century being poisoned by these drugs. There is no excuse for this quackery.
Withdrawing from even short term use of these drugs will make you wish you could go back to your "insomnia" or "anxiety" or "psychosis" you had prior to these drugs.
Someone's lack of motivation to find a healthier solution should not subject the rest of humanity to this insanity. These drugs are now in our waterways, our municipal drinking water, and are even found in sea life that is our food source.
They cause so many horrific side effects that statistically they have been proven to take 8-25 years off the users life span. Please explain how that differs from murder and how that can be called "health care" or "medicine?
What ever happened to the Hippocratic oath?
If a murderer shot an elderly person and was before a judge, how do you think it would be perceived if the murderer said "but I only took 8-25 years of the victim's life span".
Many of these drugs also cause rage, suicide and homicidal tendencies. You really have no understanding of these drugs...they are dangerous poisons and should be illegal.
Heroine does not cause the kind of physical destruction these drugs cause to our people.
It is no coincidence that the mass shootings and other acts of previously unfathomable violence have increased with direct correlation to the prescribing rates and marketing push of these drugs since the mid 1980s.
And now we have random cocktails of these dozens of mind-altering drugs in our municipal drinking water supplies as if they are benign substances. This is a mass social madness.
My best friend for the last half century was prescribed antipsychotics because she was an underpaid and overworked school teacher. She and I decided to detox together. Now that we are clean from the quack crack for 4 years she laments that her students for decades were cheated out of a quality education because she simply was too chemically lobotomized to care about her students' future. She told her brother, also a teacher, and he said he was also taking the same antipsychotics. Kathy went to her teacher's lounge and made this remorseful confession to her coworkers. 80% of the teachers in her school expressed they were taking the same drugs and felt they had cheated their students. Her brother expressed the same remorse in his school's teacher's lounge and found the same.
How many teachers are being doped into a drug-addled stupor in our nation? Can you see how this is likely destroying the future of our nation and our children? It is destroying the fabric of our society!
I was a high voltage Union commercial/industrial electrician in NYC. Now that I am clean and sober from the quack crack I have great remorse and I am fearful that my work may have put others in danger. I should have never been permitted to drive a car on those drugs. But you do not realize how much you are "chemically spellbound" while on the drugs. Like a drunk driver, you assume that you are just fine...until you get clean...then you remember all of the idiotic things you did and said while on those drugs. That leads to shame and isolation. Those drugs completely destroyed my life and many others....in countless ways.
They were first marketed as "chemical lobotomies" and "chemical restraints", and yet like so many others, I was prescribed them for seeking mental "health care" after a brutal, bloody childhood sexual assault involving a firearm. Do you think that the victims of sexual assault are the ones who need restraints? LOBOTOMIES?
The drugs only led to my being so vulnerable and isolated that it attracted more psychopathic predators into my life.
I wasn't able to have children because of those drugs and I will die alone. Are we happy yet? I shudder to think that these are given to people raising children and to pregnant women and to children themselves.
I was so disengaged from my life and emotions but I did not realize it. I could barely pet my dog much less could I engage in a loving relationship or RAISE A HEALTHY CHILD!!! But while on the drugs you are simply too stupid to understand how stupid you are...brain damage will do that.
I can't even write this without sobbing at the loss and destruction to my once beautiful life and my vibrant athletic health. The list of physical horrors they caused are far too long to enumerate here.
Now that I have been clean from the quack crack for four years now, I realize that I was never ill, I was injured from the assault and the diabolical betrayal only to be betrayed again by the people that our society entrusts to HEAL. I should have been given the same care that a (child) victim of a shooting or stabbing would have received. Do they get doped into submission, gas lit and blamed for the crimes perpetrated against them as CHILDREN??? (thanks, Freud)
I should have never been poisoned because of the crimes of an adult sadist. I am now one of 82,209 plaintiffs in the largest sexual assault and largest pedophile case in history...ten times the size of the Catholic church scandal. I have been on countless zoom and phone calls over the last four years with lawyers and other survivors. Most of us have also been gas lit and poisoned with this same quack crack. This is common, and is considered "standard care".
I commonly hear in our survivor groups that the harm caused by the "care" providers that we sought compassionate counseling from was more scarring and damaging than the rapes themselves.
Many of us have been left with disabling physical and emotional damage that we never would have had if we sought no mental "health care" at all, because there is nothing healthy or caring about it.
The W.H.O. issued a report in 2019 that antipsychotics are being used to commit human rights abuses world wide, and the USA is at the top of the list of abusers.
The fabric of the mental 'health care" system is woven with threads of misogyny.
I recommend that you read the books "The Assault on Truth" about Freud's egregious misogyny, "Sexy but Psycho" by Jessica Taylor, and Dr Joanna Montcrieff's seminal work that shows that people who do not take psychiatric drugs have better outcomes than those that do.
Drug dealers where a user has died have their sentence extended to life, imagine the time owed by the psychiatric prescribers..
@@kathryn7739it’s all in the bible,. Pharmekia witchcraft and sorcery,. Jesus was tortured and crucified for speaking against this kind of ill practise. “Hypocrites”sin o gog of Satan.
A friend of mine had developed tardive dyskinesia in her early twenties due to prescribed antidepressants, meaning her neck and head would tremble like an old woman with bad Parkinson's.
She never ever was the same again...
Even bader depression, social stigma, no job, spending her days in bed crying...
The right study to find out why the brain shrinks, is with subjects who are on antipsychotics but not due to having schizophrenia, because there are LOTS of people taking AP's but with several mental disorders, and even with autism, who aren't schizophrenic at all, and see if their brains are shrinking.
Anyone is with me on this?
We need real data about brain shrinkage and its natural incidence and occurrence.
Why are people on the autism spectrum being given antipsychotic drugs? That makes no sense to me. I'm watching this because of my interest in psychology, but these comments are the first time I've heard of this.
@@N0sf3r4tuR1s3ni was on risperidone for schizoaffective and my NP told me its also used for aggression in autism
@@N0sf3r4tuR1s3ni was on risperidone for schizoaffective disorder and my NP said its also used for aggression in autism
@@N0sf3r4tuR1s3nI was put on 5mg Abilify for anger issues stemming from Asperger’s. I was on it for roughly 5 years. I quit in late 2022, it did not even help with my “anger issues” but because data suggests it does, doctors follow that as if it is unanimous fact. It’s disgusting to think that my career and passion as a software dev could have been impacted by something I was not aware of.
I know 2 people who suffered from schizophrenia who used to be a promising PhD students. Developed the disorder early 20s and let's say due to cognitive deterioration you can not tell how smart they used to be. It's pretty shocking.
I was out on multiple antipsychotics for almost a decade because I was misdiagnosed as bipolar when I really had Dissociative Identity Disorder. I hate what my brain is now afterwards, I will never get it back.
How is your brain now ?
@@nomdutilisateur5724 I've noticed a significant change. Although I'm still a bit slow and things can get overwhelming quickly, the brain fog and dissociation have improved. I used to sit for hours, staring at the wall with no drive or desire to exist, just content to rot away.
Since stopping the medication, I've become more involved with my community and started going outside, something I hadn't done while on the medication. I've made friends and am now pursuing employment. While I do grieve the time I lost, I'm no longer heavily chemically incarcerated, and I feel like I have a new lease on life.
My mom has early onset Dementia from taking Olanzapin etc, at only 64 yrs old. She was bipolar for 20+ years on medication. I know that and her atarting to drink again while taking meds have destroyed her. It's sad but I wish more would talk about this.
You know what I don’t think it’s dementia. I think it’s catatonia from withdrawal speaking from experience.
My X on olanzapine for years - an absolute nightmare. Now divorced, I no longer even recognize him. The man I once married is long gone.
The military forced me to take Trilifon for 5 months back in 1987. The thing was, I was NOT schizophrenic. I was misdiagnosed and they refused to admit that. The side effects were horrible. My brain felt like it froze up and it was hard to concentrate on even simple tasks. When I tried to sleep, my muscles were so tight I couldn't relax for hours. Later they gave me Cojenten and it helped reduce that. But I believe after that it reduced my brain cells long after I got discharged and got off the drug. It was the worst time of my life. Years later I had a VA test and I was NOT schitzo. I'm still resentful about that.
I’m so sorry for your pain and suffering. I’ve witnessed similar harms in loved ones
I get the feeling that when psychiatrists say “This doesn’t really bother this person” really means “it doesn’t really bother me”.
STAY AWAY FROM THOSE DRUGS folks, you’ll be sorry, for real.
True. Go tell it ! Save the kids
I got forced on it
Don’t take these they’re an ice pick to the brain. 🧠 love yourself and stay away
@wildwhale8610forced on it and dependant on them now.
These drugs are thrown at people because they dont have "abuse potential", when the truth is that they are more damaging than many drugs of abuse that could manage the symptoms better.
I've been dealing with mental health issues for the last few years. Had a crisis a few years ago and have been attending counseling and seeing a psychiatrist they recommended abilify but I don't want meds I want to try and defeat this holistically
A lot of what you describe reminds me of my grandma - the shivers, the mental decline, the low motivation to do anything. She died from a brain tumor...
She suffered from paranoid shizophrenia and medication was unfortunately the only way to get it under control.
The medication (substances that breaks brain blood barrier- which is neurotoxic) killed your grandma. I repeat, the "medication" killed your grandma.
Back in 2015, I took my austitc son to a nureologist, and left with a Rx for Risperdal....not knowing a whistleblower from the CDC had just blown the lid of the side effects of risperdol. Whether my sons ped neurologist didn't know, or didn't care, he still prescribed it to a 3 year old. .....I never filled the prescription ....he's 13 now and thriving!
I've been on anti psychotics and anti depressants for about 15 years. I'm off it now for over 5-6 years. I've had these symptoms, but they went away over time. Unfortunately I can't do what I used to do, I'm experiencing cognitive decline though. Seroquel 👹
How bad was withdrawals?
@mitch5222 I took a lot of benzodiazepines for about two years... Not the recommendable way, but it was doable.
The “diseases” you mentioned can be fixed with sex and a proper meat diet to induce ketosis. Of course, since these are not available (legally), society will give you pills that destroy your normal brain (so you don’t do anything illegal).
@@mitch5222 very. was on olanzapine for a couple yrs and getting off was really hard
Thank you for doing the work that you do 🙏 you are helping way more than you can imagine
Make this go viral. I’ve been through this Hell, went through the wringer starting at age 14 all the way into my early 20s until I decided NO MORE and that enough was ENOUGH. These doctors don’t know what they’re doing often times, and parents make it no better when they’re pro medicine sense they may take medicines for (whatever) because they’re still programmed and stuck in the game. I pray that God brings the help that everyone needs that these psychiatric company’s could never offer. Soon, before any permanent damages come out of these poisons they attempt to shove down our throats.
May God save all from the poison of medications.
Very articulate and clear findings
They drug the elderly with this.
Yes,sadly they do, it 'dumbs' them down and makes them more 'manageable'.
@@mazymonroe8749 And causes strokes
Horribly!!! Especially if they have even minor dementia. It's a horror story, and they decline faster.
I guess after lobotomy whoopsie, things changed, but, not for the good.
@@wednesdayschild3627 The healthcare industry rationalizes it by calling it "chemical restraint". Elderly in fear, and confusion are dealt with by drugging them. Monstrous!
Oh, it is so sad that this showed up on you tube on my mother's birthday. She passed in 2021 and was diagnosed many years ago with schizophrenia . She died with dementia. It wasn't until she was hospitalized that we learned that long-term antipsychotic use can bring on dementia. By then, it was too late for her she was unable to care for herself. Her memory failed. She died not knowing who we were. No one else in her family suffered that fate. Ask questions learn about how you may be affected by medication before you start taking it.
I have absolutely ruined my memory and probably a lot more due to antipsychotic and anti-anxiety medications. More specifically, benzodiazepines. I knew they were bad, but I didn't know they were as bad as they are. Now, it's catching up with me. I'm 45 and have a difficult time remembering many things. Not to the point of early onset dementia, but it's definitely a problem. I'm almost positive it's from the use and misuse of these medications.
I’ve been on these medications for years and my memory is terrible. I recently took GED classes. Towards the end of the math, when the teacher started doing the reviews, it became evident to me that I wasn’t even going to remember anything at all…so I never bothered to take the test. I might still take it, but it feels like a waste of my time cuz I know I am not going to pass. Growing up, I was an ace student, but that was before these meds.
@catherinec1458 Same here. I was never an ace student. Not by any means. LOL but I could remember other things. I cannot anymore. I've taken remedial math 4 or 5 times now. It's always so far in between classes, I cannot remember what I learned the previous time. It's been that way my whole life when it comes to math though. It's never been my thing.
I was on a very high dose of benzos & antipsychotics for over 25 years. My memory was awful and I couldn't even read anymore. I've been gradually tapering off the benzos since May last year and have reduced them by 2/3rds. I feel like a different person already. My memory and ability to read has improved 100%. I thought I'd be permanently damaged without any chance of improvement. Time will tell how much damage has been done once I'm off the benzos and antipsychotics, but I encourage you to taper off your benzos. I'm 62 and have experienced a miraculous recovery in terms of my cognitive abilities so far. No doctor or psychiatrist helped me. I found most of my advice about tapering safely from Dr Josef
@@juliemauger6183 are you able to manage the anxiety in a way that allows you to have a better quality of life?
Finally someone being honest.
I’ve just gone back on Palexia and my brain cognitive effects started on 2days. Pain medication, sure, but combined with fluoxetine and Valium, I can’t even finish a sentence.
paxera ruined my life, I've been dead for two years
@@emineb2834 the doctors in Australia are handing it out like candy with no real knowledge of the nasty effect on the brain. Coming off it is like withdrawals from heroin. A single little extract from the opium poppy. Doesn’t do Jack shit for my pain.
Do you know that you didn’t need pills in the first place? Unless you have a severe condition, (in such case, you wouldn’t be alive) sex and an expensive diet can heal you. The only reason pills exist is to numb your brain so you never figure out the true source of your problems. This is just like Gorbino’s quest.
Have a friend on this, and it's turned her into a zombie, she has lost her personality,
Yep, I am a zombie each day. It takes me so much coffee & abut 5hrs+ just to wake up. It’s horrible. Ur life ruined.
My dad was miss diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teen, he has been taking an antipsychotic medication called Tiothixine. He slowly deteriorated and his brain doesn't function right. He has so much trouble making executive decisions, he hasn't been able to hold a job since his teens. He is very kind, but he can barely function. I have always known that this medication took my father from me. He's been addicted to it my whole life and never been able to get off.
Tysmm for this video, no Dr has said anything about this. I was diagnosed with Bi Polar type 2. After 12yrs+ on Seroquel, I realised i don’t even have BPII, & for 5yrs have been thinking it possibly ADHD instead. I got rediagnosed & told BPII was a complete misdiagnosis & that my issues are just a trauma response. I’m still on Seroquel now, as i have severe insomnia & can’t get any help with anything, my doctor is hopeless.
I’m just so mad cuz not only has Seroquel completely ruined my brain, my thinking, focus & concentration skills, it has given me a severely dry mouth for over a decade, causing serious dental issues that I cannot afford to fix. If anything, Seroquel & all medications have just made my life 100x worse. I do not recommend taking medication unless really needed.
Reasoning for BPII diagnosis:
- I kept changing my outfit, colourful clothes for the first 2 wks, then on the 3rd & 4th week I dressed in dark trackies.
- a previous drug induced psychosis from an anti depressant that didn’t mix well with me, which they just assumed was from illicit drugs.
Ofc I believed them at the time, but realise now that my dad had just bought me all these beautiful colourful dresses, ofc I wanted to try them all. What a stupid reason to label someone as Bi Polar. They rarely even spoke to me, asked me questions, they just ‘watched’ my behaviour & made an assumption.
If it wasn’t for that bad reaction to a medication, and if I had never gone to that hospital I’d be fine & still living life as a normal person. And still have my beautiful smile, I’m so mad at the healthcare system, time & time again I am let down by all of these so called “professionals”. They just ruined my life. 😡
Thanks, Doc, please do the same video on Antidepressants.
Yes please.
Been on olanzapine for 11 years, currently trying to taper and get off it eventually. Thank goodness i found a good doctor but long story short the withdrawal process has been hell
How are they tapering you off
@@anzajamaa5001 I make a small dose reduction and then wait a long time until I feel completely okay before I make another reduction. Usually it takes around 6 months between reductions. I'm doing this with the help and supervision of my doctor, like I said he is a great doctor he's helped me a lot. So far I made it down from 10mg to 6mg currently. So I'd say although slow, we're making progress. You really have to go slow with antipsychotics. I've gone cold turkey many times before and it does NOT work, at least for me.
Olanzapine withdrawal was an incredibly, fantastically difficult experience for me, I still don't believe that a person can survive this, I'm afraid that at some point memories will come flooding back and I won't be able to cope with them. In general. To get off olanzapine, I advise you to slowly reduce the dosage: by half every two weeks. And when you go to 2.5 mg or even 1.25 mg, this doesn't mean that you have won. It seems to me that lyrica-pregabalin saved me from sending messages to the next world. It may be that you won't be able to get off olanzapine, then you can try switching to a "lighter" neuroleptic - "quetiapine" in an equivalent dosage (1 mg of olanzapine ≈ 20 mg of quetiapine). And then cancel it. Perhaps after stopping neuroleptics, you will suffer from severe chronic insomnia. In this case, benzodiazepines or z-drugs can help
(I took olanzapine for 6 months, 3 of them with sertraline)
Olanzapine withdrawal was an incredibly, fantastically difficult experience for me, I still cannot believe that a person can survive this, I'm afraid that at some point memories will come flooding back and I won't be able to cope with them. In general. To get off olanzapine, I advise you to slowly reduce the dosage: by half every two weeks. And when you go to 2.5 mg or even 1.25 mg, this doesn't mean that you have won. It seems to me that lyrica-pregabalin saved me from sending messages to the next world. It may be that you won't be able to get off olanzapine, then you can try switching to a "lighter" neuroleptic - "quetiapine" in an equivalent dosage (1 mg of olanzapine ≈ 20 mg of quetiapine). And then cancel it. Perhaps after stopping neuroleptics, you will suffer from severe chronic insomnia. In this case, benzodiazepines or z-drugs can help
(I took olanzapine for 5 months, 3 of them with sertraline, I took 10 mg dialy)
Yeah, I.
Figured that out about 25 years ago and nobody cared.We were inducing schizophrenia , so I was surrendered the nursing license and became patient advocate
What did you figure out?
Probably that meds hurt.
God bless you
I really hate anti psychotics. I was put on olanzapine and lithium since my first ward stay in 2023 March, and I wasn’t informed at all about the side effects or risks, they just expected me to take them without question.
These meds have ruined my life the past almost 2 years, I’ve lost my spark, I feel like an empty husk. And that I’ve thrown away my potential and my life, and I’m only 30.
The good news is that at 30 you still have plenty of time to recalibrate and change tack.
I was part of a group back in 2010 that had been harmed by benzodiazipines like Xanax, Klonopin etc.
Many of the people in that group were in their 60's and they took around 3 years to slowly taper off their meds and get some sort of functionality back.
If you decide to choose an alternative to you current meds be kind to yourself and give yourself time to adjust. Even if it takes til you're 35 you will still be quite young with a lot of time to try different things.
I'm not trying to belittle your condition. You sound like you have a lot to cope with. It's just that when I was 30 I started to feel like I had missed the boat but now that I am in my fifties I realize how young 30 still is and how much time is still left to eek out a new path.
Always remember you don't need anyone else's permission to be unwell. If you decide to try something different then go at your own pace and ignore everyone else's expectations. You know yourself and what your limitations are so don't let anyone else dictate your goals or comfort level.
All the best and I wish you well with your health and future.
@ thanks for the kind words. Though I still believe it is possible to get my life back on track. And lithium should be easier to get off than the anti psychotic I was on.
Hoping that if I can get off lithium and be stable and fix my life in term of physical health and more then I’ll be fine. I have been in the process of doing so starting December 2024.
It’s just the suffering I’ve endured the past 2 years, with the weight gain, anhedonia, no pleasure or happiness or even sadness at all.
It has held me back from promotions at work because lithium stifles my cognition and so did the anti psychotic. I can’t connect emotionally with others.
It is only my crypto that have been doing really well. And my finances are decent too.
@@Shanos1994 Howdy. I can relate to what you are saying. I was in a car accident in 2006 with a closed head injury and they had me on all sorts of medications post accident.
The meds shut me down so hard that I was sitting there finding it hard to get up and walk to the other side of the room and close a window. I couldn't feel a damn thing...good or bad. I was on a "chemical lobotomy trip" that closed out all feelings.
In 2009 I decided to get off all my meds one by one. There were about 6 from memory. It took me til 2011 and I was unwell for a lot of that time but my sense of joy and sadness returned and I was happy to have ups and downs rather then just stay boxed in one mood all day long.
It's great that you are still working and if you play the long game and taper wisely there is no reason why your spark won't return.
During tapers off of meds it is wise to keep your diet as pure and natural as possible. For some reason people that have been hurt by psych meds become sensitive to food additives. That's a bit of a buggar as during tapers the body can crave sugary junk food as a comfort thing but often times that just makes matters worse.
You'll find it much easier to lose weight the less meds you are on. In the Benzo group most people lost weight as they tapered. If you can find an online group for tapering this can be really helpful as it's great to have a wingman to help you get through it.
Again, I wish you all the best. You have already decided to start which is half the battle. Remember to be kind and gentle with yourself as you will go through ups and downs but you won't regret it when you look back. Cheers.
Check for Asperger’s diagnos you may be high functioning!! They often call people bipolar when they’re really just extremely traumatized individuals who may or may not have Asperger’s which makes you naturally more sensitive and prone to stress
@@chowell1451 I agree. Trauma is often overlooked and will produce ups and downs due to a wounded CNS. The Trauma can be rooted in abuse whether it's mental, physical, emotional, sexual etc. Once a person's CNS gets sensitized it can cause all kinds of mood variations.
And the Aspergers thing is also under diagnosed. People will mask their symptoms for decades due to ignorance and incompetence by mental health practitioners.
Risperdal gave me the worse side effects - restlessness and tremors at night. It’s an oxymoron unless I get just the right dosage I’m either super drowsy or super restless.
My late father was on Seroquel for years. This video is a sobering eye-opener 😢
These drugs should be outlawed along with the idiots who force it onto people and court order them to take this poison.
My grandma suffered from paranoid shizophrenia and if not for medications she would have killed herself.
We need a REAL new eugenics movement that promotes negativne eugenics twords these so called elite!!!! Why didn't Hitler or Galton start with killing themselfes when they wanted to make the world a better place...? In the end nations will fall becouse of lack of luxsury and not the lack of strong leaders!!!!!
More than idiots they're hypocrites, greedy and very self-centered.
Medication made asylums redundant. You want asylums back?
@ no. Why does it have to be either/or? There have got to be alternatives. I actually came out of psychosis after three months using marijuana to relax me. They never get to the root causes of psychosis. Just put them on harmful drugs designed to destroy health and cause diabetes and the market for more drugs grows. Covid vaccines are documented as causing psychosis. Plus the listed side effects of all antipsychotics is psychosis.
Ty for being one of the few honest doctors who don’t look at patients like they’re we’re wearing a tin foil hat when they bring up these concerns
I was forced to use aripiprazole for 6 months 6 months ago. How likely is it that I may have received permanent effects? My thoughts do seem slower than before but I also have sleeping problems.
that’s probably one of the better ones, partial dopamine antagonist I believe, at least you weren’t on something like Haldol, hope you get better
@julianstone1192 thank you. Yes. It also works as an agonist and antagonist on different serotonin receptors. I was told to take sertraline as well which caused akathisia for almost a week. First they suspected it was a nocebo effect but thankfully they believed me quite soon. I didn't know I had the right to stop medication after leaving the hospital. I'm so happy I'm med free now. Aripiprazole may have suppressed some symptoms but it didn't feel like it cured me. Talking with my spiritual father helped much more, I believe. My heart and prayers go out to anyone who is suffering from the side-effects of these meds.
I have stress related pain in my heart area now, though. It began at the hospital. I really hope that it is a "nocebo effect" 😅 It may be psychosomatic because EKG showed normal heart activity.
Devastating 😦😦😦
It happend to me and it's all true, people must see what they are doing
this might be a bit unrelated, but i kept seeing Magnetic Aura by Takeshi Mizuki popping up in comments everywhere, so i decided to check it out. the book’s all about working on your energy and presence, and it’s way more practical than i expected. after applying what it teaches, i’ve noticed people are more drawn to me, and i feel more confident without trying too hard. it’s been such a low-key but powerful shift
On medication your aura is dampened so it’s actually not unrelated
I knew about the majority of this information because I used to be a Registered Nurse before my Psychotic Break. I have Schizoaffective Disorder and have to take Antidepressants and Antipsychotics. At least the Antipsychotic I take is the lowest possible dose. I still worry about TD, though. Currently, I am trying to improve my mood by exercising and eating healthier. Thank you, Doctor, for the information.
I am a medical student, so I don't have the years of experience as this doctor, but I am pretty upset he never mentioned that unmedicated psychosis ALSO causes the same kind of brain damage, which I feel went unaddressed. Another point that went unaddressed is that schizophrenic disorders have a high recurrence rate when off medication, so the risk of going off your meds is not great either. It's a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation, but I would prefer not having psychosis and dealing with the side effects if it were me.
And your complacent lazy attitude, untreated, once you become a doctor, will lead you to overprescribing and misdiagnosing and damaging people... You are already the problem.
And you know this because your dogma education told you this, or you ve checked the literaturę yourself and done independant thinking?
If youre a freshby soon to be doctor and just learning then please ponder this : medicine is full of dogma, and you med students are taught not to question it. Thus youre not taught critical thinking, which ends up with you blindly accepting any officiwl medical narrative.
Ps. "but its based on science". Thats narrative too. Please check the science yourself *with* critical thinking.
He discusses that point at 5 minutes into the video
@GrlRock He says that the duration and severity of schizophrenia doesn't correlate with brain atrophy. However, there are a plethora of studies that conclude that unmedicated psychosis (which the doctor DIDN'T address, it's different than just looking at duration and severity) is highly associated with brain atrophy.
@@BKScience812 And you know this because your dogma education told you this, or you ve checked the literaturę yourself and done independant thinking?
If youre a freshby soon to be doctor and just learning then please ponder this : medicine is full of dogma, and you med students are taught not to question it. Thus youre not taught critical thinking, which ends up with you blindly accepting any officiwl medical narrative.
Ps. "but its based on science". Thats narrative too. Please check the science yourself *with* critical thinking.
Excellent work
Doc as these drugs are damaging, how can patients be helped? 🙏😢
Most of severe psychosis are caused by drugs. Unfortunatelly, if psychiatrists cause iatrogenic harm (damage brain), how want you fix that? Unfortunatelly there is some things, like murder, or maim person, that you can't undo. The way out of it is make psychiatrists accountable for what they did, and ban psychiatry for future, to nobody do not have to suffer like this.
Diet. Exercise. CBT. EMDT.
@@matejbednarik8736Nuremberg
you ever meet someone who just has this natural vibe, like they’re on a different level? i found out most of my friends like that all read Magnetic Aura and they swear it’s not about pretending, just being real and not letting negativity drag you down. it’s wild how hard it is to get tho, keeps disappearing everywhere, but maybe that’s what makes it worth it
I’ve been saying this stuff for 20 years about antipsychotics. An article I read showed significant correlation to experiencing tardive dyskinesia in later years of life with the use of antipsychotics for long periods of time. Short term they seem to do no lasting harm. But if your doctor has you on them for longer than 6 months max, you need to stop.
I know that the husband of my aunt used to take these (the only person I ever knew who did) and in the end he stopped because of how it made him... he used to manage symptoms with alcohol instead. Definitely not the best approach, and as someone who basically doesn't drink anymore it was sad to watch sometimes... but with understanding he could cope. Not a blood relative, and I admired the patience of my aunt.
Psychiatry harms so much
No shit sherlock! The only reason they exists is to alter your brain. If your brain needs to be altered, then you shouldn’t exist in the first place.
@@FlaccidSarcomayour one of them that’s feeling a bit “threatened”too I guess!👽🤡💀💩👹😈😾poor sod.
I was on benzo and antipsychotic for 4 years, I am no more longer, but i still have movement of the head involuntary which I have not before and not in the treatement...
God help us all
Doesn't exist
@@HolaT7h5 It is very easy to tell your life is full of anger, sorrow, meaninglessness, arrogance, and ignorance.
Seek Christ for your betterment.
It's just a saying @@HolaT7h5
God doesn’t exist. Use your brain and determine the real reason why medications like these exists in the first place. No, it’s not “Satan”.
@@NOYB1776 Projection much....
I was on Olanzapine for 18 months. A dr prescribed it to me bc I had panic attacks... He simply said it'd just help me sleep, and didn't warn me of any side effects and dangers associated with it... I didn't even have sleep problems, he made it seem like it's some kind of mild supplement... It's been 2.5 years since I quit it, and I still can't sleep well... If it weren't for Mirtazapine I wouldn't be able to sleep at all and might've been dead by now... I think the sleep damage caused by it is permanent and I have no future anymore... I lost too much sleep and continue losing... I can barely function... I'm only 33 and my life is basically over...
Dr don't know they push things because some sales person sold them on the crap and they don't check. Sleep issues, look online. There are ways to reset your circadian rhythm and heal your nervous system. I've always had insomnia issues and sleep issues and only sorted it out once I fixed how I approached it. I go to Dr if I have a broken bone or need to be cut, I do not go to heal.
thank you, you are a real doctor
Great video. I remembered the order wrong. I contacted customer service about it!! Oh no. Thank you for talking about multiple medications. You help save lives now with this.
What would people having schizophrenia do? If they don’t take medication they arrent functional . How do
You address the problem
They die. They are not supposed to be alive. Use your brain. If you are normal, you should never take pills, unless you hate yourself.
Yes and they locked people up in asylums.... Hard to choose..@markae0
CBD I believe has antipsychotic properties, but I don’t know if that would work for schizophrenia
Stop giving brain eating drugs to troubled children and using 0.1% of the population with real schizophrenia as an excuse
Speaking from experience and taking it day by day....the benefits of antipsychotic outweigh the risks especially for schizophrenia....unfortunately 😢
As a medical professional I highly advise everyone to talk to their doctor first. Do not suddenly stop taking medications because of a TH-cam video, it can be extremely dangerous. I have lost people who felt fine and stopped taking their medications and went AWOL or died. TH-cam is NOT medical advice. Talk to your doctor, if you aren’t getting along with your doctor it is completely fine to find another doctor that better suits your needs.
I developed RLS after taking Abilify for about 10 years. I’ve been off all meds and doing great for about 13 years, but I’m still dealing with the RLS. Fortunately it’s relatively mild and I found iron supplementation to actually be helpful.
Thank you for what you do! It’s making a difference.
Goodness, I love this Doc!
Thanks for this Dr Josef, youre a true hero!
Hi, can you please make a full video on Cymbalta? I would really appreciate it.
Yes please. My dr is pushing me to change to this antidepressant as it may help with neuropathy. Not willing to make change as I don’t think it will help and dr does not have a great track record
Having an understanding of the US grip on the world economy, and how the European "healthcare" (medicinal practice), and how US healthcare megacorporations consistently infiltrate progressive research on cancer, schizophrenia and tuberculosis, this kind of effect is fully intended.
I am schizophrenic - or so they say, because the worse the disease, the more you'll pay for the treatment. My parents have spent a ton on medicine, and yes, I am not better. I have been schizophrenic for 6 years now. This is the worst mental illness.
I used to be extremely creative, now expressing myself is a scary task, I have been on medicine for 3 years. And my creativity is extremely threatened.
I am no lazy person either, I work all day - as I have been all my life, on my art. I wake up and start working, and stop when I sleep by midnight or past that.
Healthcare is evil.
Psychiatry is evil
thank you for this information much needed for anyone on or about to take these medications
short term Haldol use fucked me up for life, and I only used it for about 4 weeks, had tardive dsykensia while on it, and stopped taking it. 25 years later, the td returned.....
Yeah, keto helps, going for genetic testing, might be Huntingtons or ms or something.....
@@sidecardudeKetogenic diet and superfluos sex helps. Of course, your brain is already damaged. You took the bait. Doctors made money out of your own stupidity. Face it.
Can you talk more about Akathisia? From an Ssri long term use but then stopped. View?
"We warn you that these drugs will shrink your brain!" "Oh, then I don't want take them!" "You have to take them!"
Thank you, doctor, for focusing on this issue. When you have to choose between psychosis and these drugs, it’s very hard. I pray that new effective drugs without such devastating side effects become available.
I'd like to see you do a video on if there is a correlation between being prescribed antipsychotics and developing schizophrenia from taking them. Nobody talks about that!
Yes this does happen. Sometimes you can get stuck in permanent psychosis when you didn’t originally have it.
@@Filthycoffin I need a lawyer.
I often feel that I am stuck in the cycle that you are describing, for the rest of my life.
@@markae0 I know, it's wishful thinking. You need a news report from the AMA and a government inquiry and media attention. Then you have to claim that you only became aware of the assertion after all that happened, because of the statute of limitations. I don't know if being prescribed those drugs is truly the cause of my circumstances, or whether I had an unrealized proclivity for mental illness, even when they said I wasn't appearing unwell, but I was a prodrome. What I do know is mental health laws get it wrong all the time! With all of the injustices in the world, why would anybody give a rip about somebody who lives quite well on government support? Plus, do you really think that any amount of money is going to make up for the fact that I am an overweight smoker and will probably die young?
@@catherinec1458 My heart goes out to you, to all of us here that have to live with this. I try and be grateful and happy that the social aspect isn't as bad now as what it was in the 90's, even though mental illness is still a hot topic of gossip. For what it's worth, I try and look forward to the next life. My spiritual beliefs keep me going until I get there. Hate on me for that!
It upsets me that sometimes I’m given meds that are facing class action lawsuits. Meds that cause bad & irreversible side effects. 7 psych meds and only 1 is effective. That doesn’t include my regular medications I have to take. I shouldn’t be taking 12 medications for 4 problems.
Your being overmedicated. Get a new doctor.
Excellent presenter keep up the good work
Thank you kindly!
Thank you for your video, the information is so powerful, I don't even know what these medications can do this to the brain. Wow
Sorry for my bad English.
I send you a huge hug from Mexico ✌️❤️
Thank God for scientists who are ruthlessly skeptical. Without them, we would just be stuck with pervasive ableism (which is, sadly, still a problem)