I've was on psychiatric drugs for years and it was pure hell. I'm glad I got off of them years ago and I feel so much better. I still have occasional zaps in my brain but most have gone away. I have my sex drive back or at least most of it. The side effects was awful. Psychiatrist lied to me and I hope they burn in hell.
@Tri Dang Anti-psychotics are not viewed as a "temporary aid" . Most people never have the strength to get off them, the withdrawal is a living hell, and the psychiatrists, who should be hung, never tell you that when they give them to you with their smily face marketing.
@@Babyfacedblackjesus so sad you're going through that bullshit...i, too was on a CTO for six months, that turned into seven years by being coerced and manipulated by the "mental" community...they just love to "scare" us into taking their toxic poisons, and threaten that this, that, and other things will happen to us if we "don't do as they say"!!! Them and their damned drugs and insulting fictitious labels, remind me of the devil himself and their human rights violations are sickening!!! I hope you are not offended that I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers daily and I hope and believe for you also, that you escape these pesky control freaks and have a fair, and well-desserved opportunity to slowly reduce the dosages, and flush that poison!!!!.....you are so important and I'm glad you posted on here, bringing awareness to others of what you're being subjected to by those tyrants, and warning others of them, especially in these last days.....there should be a law against CTO'S and forcing anyone to swallow poisonous toxins against their own will...it's actually against your constitutional rights!!!!! Anyways, prayers going up for you daily and all others in this situation, to be delivered and freed from this evil and cruel farce!!!! I'm in withdrawal right now also, and although it's hard initially, it is soooo worth it already, to be on less....it gets better after a month, and taking vitamins e and d together can help tremendously to calm your brain and body from the nasty withdrawal effects...also, it's good to take a multivitamin daily as well, along with omega 3's that contain 600-900 mg's of EPA and DHA, and 100-200 mg of magnesium daily (you can buy all of these at Dollarama...Jamieson brand...for $4.00 each @bottle)...(take all of these daily if you are physically able to)...God bless you from a sister in Christ Jesus👩💓💜💓
My new video on psychiatric drug withdrawal. If you're in the midst of profound struggle and convinced you'll never heal from pharmaceutical trauma... If you're overwhelmed by the physical, emotional, and mental pain... If you're sure you're the only one going through the hell you're going through... Hang in there... You are not alone, and there is hope!
Thanks Laura for your help. It's so incredibly hard and has been over ten years of extreme suffering for me now. I wonder if i'll ever feel normal and healthy again. It really helps to hear you give reassurance that we can recover, I hope you are getting better with each day too.
It was 40mgs of prozac a day Jennifer . I was told it was safe to stop cold turkey and there was no such thing as prozac withdrawal. I'd been on for 20 months and felt really bad. Didn't know what was wrong with me. And all doctors ,psychiatrists were telling me it was all in my head. And i needed the drugs. I went cold turkey for 12 weeks and literally thought i was going to die. So i had to go back on them. That was September 2007. I finally tapered off without any help or advice from a doctor in October 2013. I've been really ill ever since. I have a few videos , songs etc i've made bout it. As well as other on the subject of psych drugs ,on my channel. What drugs were you on?
My nephew was going through hell for years because a quack psychiatrist -- and that's the only word for him -- put him on psych meds. His dad wanted him on them because he was easier for his dad to control nephew. He was getting worst every year. Eventually suicide attempt. And even then his dad only wanted to put him on more psych medications. He finally ran away to another state and lived with friends and then eventually with his mother. Five years off, he is a whole human being again. His dad is a devil. And I also blame the psychiatric community who listen to wishes of his dad and not to nephew's self-understanding and awareness that he didn't want or need them and he felt his dad was just trying to control him with drug induced lobotomy (my word). I guess he's proven all of them wrong. Im proud of him.
I'm happy for the kid. im on haoperido and been on psych meds on and off for many years too. my parents are just controing and enjoy the fact that i can't respond. and use my initia weed psychosis as an excuse a the time. i know one thing though that ive been we off of them before. i wi have a ook at the site. need some support.
Thank you Laura. I am in protracted withdrawal from duloxetine and it is hell. It has to be done though. I have to look to the long term and get this poison out of me forever. Your advice is sound. I met someone recently who was on 4 psych drugs for 17 years and taken off all at once. Five years later she is still off and went through agony, but now sees life in technicolour. It can be done. To all suffering; keep going and stay away from psychiatry, the biggest public health scandal of modern times. x
I have suffered from bouts of severe depression all my life. I've been on 20 mg. of Ciprelex for 8 years. In January of 2020, I weaned off over a four month period. I'm now 4 months off & I'm in Severe depression & Anxiety. I'm wondering how I would know if I have relapsed, or if this could be a withdrawal symptom? How can I tell? Please help! Message me at katanawaves@gmail.com
Sorry to hear you’re going through withdrawal as well. It’s hard. I’ve been off benzos for three years and now coming off Zoloft. It’s a bitch. Have heard duloxetine is one of the worst ones. Give yourself some grace. Thinking about you.
I'm so tired of this withdrawal. I'm taking two different antipsychotic drugs,a mood stabilizer and Suboxone for severe intractable depression. I feel like killing myself sometimes just to end the hell of these medications and the stalking, bullying and harrassment from an ex. I'm exhausted and enraged some days. I just don't know what to do anymore. 🥺
@@starrynightsmoonlitskies5497 my thoughts and prayers are with you. I've been there. Just had a Telehealth meeting with my doctor. He has agreed to work with me, but said if I "relapse" he will have to hospitalize me. I'm believing through the power of God that won't happen. Believe me I feel your pain. Peace and Blessings
A special message to you, Laura - I got very emotional listening to your presentation, right throughout. I am 74 years old and was put on Serenace (Haloperidol) 1.5mg a day, to treat a nervous tic, until tremors developed in 2018 and a neurologist advised me to stop using it. All the advantages of dopamine, but terrible withdrawal symptoms. I have found it sad how most people around me - including close family - either switch off or ignore me when I start talking about it. How even those close to me ask me to describe my symptoms, as if it was some number I could quote. It's now seven years since you posted this magnificent inspirational message. I hope you are surviving, especially with the ravages of Covid. Please accept my belated congratulations!
@@hoakerhoaker Thanks for asking. Effects still the same. The original reason for Haloperidol - nervous tic - has returned with a vengeance. As I am almost 75 and had been on Haloperidol for fifty years, I do not expect an end. But a younger person who has not been on a med for as long, may see an end to their problems. The challenge is not to resort in desperation to drugs and alcohol. Also not to spend a fortune on quack cures (but how do you identify them?). I hope the originator of the video, Laura, has recovered, at least to a large extent.
@@GabriellaRyan-nt2gt You have to have gone through a similar experience ,otherwise you will neither care , nor understand ...easier to label the individual: "damaged " by this and/or by that and ,even the people who are supposed to be closer to you will disparage ,misread , relativize your state ...this creates a feeling of the deepest loneliness a human being can feel ...very frustrating , very painful process. Nowhere near as hard as we assume as we assess it from the inside though ...
Thank God you’re here, i was sicker than i should be beeing repetively told that i will always be on meds. I Put away medication. All the symptomy that my brain remembered bursted , but with time the symptomy were slighlter nów i am healthy again, i was schisoaffectiv.They repeta lies i was simply addict 12 years. Putting away medication was condition, brain healed itself!!! I spent 2 years ar home till i smile again
I was put on Prozac and it triggered a manic episode and doctors wanted to diagnose me bipolar, even though I'd never had a manic episode before that drug...I've since completely sworn off psych drugs since a life of medication, a label of bipolar, and a mood stabilizer for life didn't resonate with me at all (and labeling ME because of what a drug did, just did not sit well with me at all). I loved what you said about finding your 'why' and sticking to it. All your work is very inspiring to me.
the same thing happened with me on Prozac and I ended up in a mental hospital, they drugged me up so bad with antipsychotic's, I became such a dead person its been 6 months off all medication now and I'm starting to feel like my old self again but I know I still have a long way to go, I get episodes of feeling very ill now.
As I remember my teen life was of suppression and struggle with my strickmparents and troubles in school. I found Zen book and Upanishads so studying them I neglected school duties. One morning I got some breakthrough with my Zen studies and started talking aloud about my sudden change I experienced. I was happy maybe first time in my life. Was 18 at the time. My mother brought to house an old man out of the blue. I did not know why and who it was. He checked my temperature. It was 37 C. He said shortly to my mother, we taking him. And 30 min. Later 2 mem in white coats appeared and delivered me to Frombork Sanatorium for Mentally Insane. My adventure with psychiatry started. It continues till this day for the last 40 years. I have been on drugs ever since. Feeling no help from my 20 so far shrinks and the only thing keeping me hopeful is my Zen and meditation practice I have been doing for all those years. Experience some health problems because of psychotrops taken for so long time. They took toll on me. Feeling poisoned and have gotten diabetes with profound sweating for last 13 years.,I never saw anybody sweating like myself anywhere. Think it's the result of many dopes I was put on and my kidneys and liver failure. Only good result of my hospitalizations and going to psychiatrists is welfare cheques and no need of going to work to earn a buck. When I was working in a factory I earned not much more than I got from welfare anyway.
Your comment is very well put. Same thing happened to me except it was Zoloft. It is so frustrating when I read statements like, "SSRIs can cause mania in people with bipolar disorder". What a lie! That's like saying meth can cause psychosis in people with schizophrenia. The drug is the problem...not the person.
I reinstated. I couldn’t take the pain. I can’t stand being on. Couldn’t sleep eat constantly in burning hell dying totally suicidal. How can I ever get off??? I’m on 100mg sertraline. On and off for twenty years. Never heard of discontinuation syndrome. I thought I had some kind of disease. Dying. Doctors missed it totally. They want to double down on more meds. I’m 55. I don’t want to spend years recovering. I can’t stand the fact I poisoned myself. For mild anxiety and run of the mill depression. Now it’s a thousand times worse. I never knew pain like this existed.
I was on 100 mg of setraline myself since I was 12 (26years). I'm 9 months med free and I completely understand why you would want to go back on them. I've NEVER experienced anything like this...BUT Jesus!! He literally is the only one getting me through this. Anytime I think I'm spiraling and ready to give up...when I scream out in desperation for Him..He shows up EVERYTIME. I have so much hope knowing that He is with me in this valley and He is walking with me out of the darkness to come out stronger in my faith than I ever thought possible. So PLEASE don't give up!! Call out to Him! He is our Father and comforter..trust in HIM during this time. REMEMBER this won't last forever and always know you are never alone ❤️❤️
A shrink swapped my 100 mg zoloft, which was 4 TIMES too much !!!! for 40 mg prozac..I feel 20 years younger... motivated, interested, curious, joyful...I was dying from toxicity...😢
I always grant more credibility to those who suffer than to those who profit. Courageous work. There are powerful people sitting in fancy boards rooms planning on getting rich off us but we pay the price.
I know this is an old video…but this girl is spot on ….withdrawl from this stuff is terrifying….trust me….illegal street drugs are mild compared to doctor prescribed antidepressants and benzo’s..
This psychiatric epidemic is everywhere back here in India. It has gobbled my life at an age of 15. There simply seems no hope. Media, pharma, politicians all are on the same boat favouring psychiatry. The truth is there is nothing called mental illness except schizophrenia, all the emotions, moods are part of one's mind, it is natural, it is not a disease.
I would dispute schizoprehnia too...there is NO biological evidence either for this thing called schizoprehnia and I get kind of angry when people single it out based on very little knowledge or information
@@themask9203 Yup; mental health conditions r ENVIRONMENTAL IMBALANCES (NOT CHEMICAL IMBALANCES). In other words; it's essentially how other people handle & treat u that TRIGGERS adverse feelings that result in mental health conditions. I outta know; 40+ yrs of psych med experience (I'm 55 now) says so.
Wow I had no idea this was big in India- I suppose I have the idea that there's lots of holistic wellness there no idea big pharma wad fing you over as well
I know exactly what you're going through , I lost complete sense of self . It's been two years since I quit benzos and antidepressants and I'm still struggling. Don't lose hope . I'll share this video , I think a lot of people need to hear this .
U are brave person.. lots of love for you.. i was on antipsychotics(clozapine) for 2 months in age 23. Doctor gave me for chronic depression but i quitted doctor and medication because there is no link of depression and clozapine. I hate myself for using this because i have no psychosis or schizophrenia symptoms but that rubbish psychiatrist gave me clozapine. I quitted this drug before 10 days and doctor said me for complete blood count for 2 months( one test in two weeks) after withdrawal of this drug. Please pray for my healing.
With my five year mark from quitting Serenace, I must state that in my book, Laura, you're an absolute hero (heroine)! It's not only your tips, but your experiences have opened a floodgate of so many others who have been neurologically injured by medical incompetence and the attraction of the $$$$$$. The awareness of this problem - a problem which the medical profession likes to sweep under the carpet - is growing thanks to videos such as yours, and the input of others who have been harmed.
Thank you Laura so much for this video, I have been on antipsychotic drugs many years and whenever I tried to came off them I had severe withdrawal symptoms. According to doctors it was relapse and I was forced to take medication again and again. What a liers! They should see your video and go to primary school!
this is so validating. drugs made me homeless and psychotic at one point. ive been diagnosed with a whole list of diagnosis up to shizophrenia. i havent had a manic episode or any mood problems yet since coming off it. one week off them! i feel like me again and like i can choose things wisely again. i told my psychiatrist i dont want her drugs anymore and she got very salty. i opened up to her at what point is it my disorder, or is my fear for my life valid and if i should get a restraining order against a certain individual. she said it was all in my head and reccomended i take my abilify. she also said i should be careful of the sun on it. im sun deprived, i told her nah, i'd rather go to the beach and walked out. i honestly think i just have ptsd, and im working my way toward fixing it with a holistic approach. whether itll work i guess i just gotta try it out!
I was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia so now I am almost off of my second antipsychotic crying so much it is painful experience I am trying find out who I am as a person. I know I am healing grateful to find your video ! Praying I will get through this I am ! mentioned .
This video takes the words right out of my mouth. I am so ready to know who and what I am without medication. I’ve been on psychiatric meds for my entire adult life so far (24 years old now) and hate the idea of being on them forever and not taking the chance to see how I function without them. Withdrawal and discontinuance syndrome are almost unbearable without finding hope and support to get through it.
i needed to hear this. i am withdrawing from psych meds. even my bosses at work are not empathetic. they think i am dumb and stupid because i cant think straight and i cant remember things. i hope i can get through it. the stomach pain alone is making it hard to come off of them. but im tired of being over weight from them. im tired of the bandaid that these meds are.
Congratulations on your smart decision to get off the psychiatric dangerous mind altering drugs. Your an inspiration for many others to follow through.
I want my life back... I can't even hold a conversation with people.. I'm empty an lost... I feel a shadow of my former self....i used to be healthy and fit gym bunny, 2010 I had breakdown now I can't even leave the bed, I've lost my in life... I need help coming off this drug...I feel so bad I wanna die
Thanks for your share. I've gone through all of those thoughts and difficulties when on or off the medications. I long for the day to be free from these meds and to breath free.
Thanks for this amazing video...I myself am in the early stages of tapering off these drugs after 17 years on them...what a journey it has been and will continue to be. You look so well and speak so beautifully. Thanks again from UK
These doctors are so quick to prescribe these, I am 6 months off Zoloft, was on them 3 years and never again! but I'm still having a difficult time. can't sleep feeling anxious and depressed!
This video has given me hope to keep moving forward. I'm just 10 months off of Benzos and I feel good overall except for my head is full of pressure and tingling to the point where I am loosing hope and I've been thinking of reinstating. I can't even believe that I would even consider reinstating after all this healing but I'm so concerned with what is going on and nobody has any answers. Your video just allowed me to cry real tears for the first time in over a year, THANK YOU!
Hi Laura. I’ve also been a victim of psychiatry drug. I’ve been put on Solian for 10 month to a very high dosage. As soon as I began the process of coming off of them, it has been hell. To this day, I’m still experiencing tremendous side effects. To name a few, it’s just impossible to me to remember things, my mind is literally glitched out and foggy. I feel so dumb. I struggle following basics conversation, and as a result I’m planning on dropping off college. I can’t cope like that. Getting up of bed is requiring huge efforts. Sometimes it’s just impossible. So yes, I never thought I would have to deal with such an ordeal in my life. I’ve been through lots of things, but this time I’m almost dead. I feel pointless, and not able to do anything. I know all of these symptoms are the results of medications. As before that I was an avid reader and a brillant students with ambition. Now everything has faded away, all of that because I’ve trusted psychiatrists. I’m now angry towards them and me. I’m full of raged, and don’t accept this debilitating condition. I’ve asked to be cured and they made me iller. I’m considering filing a lawsuit against him, as he never informed me about the side effect, and put me on a huge dosages. When I’m down I’m listening to your video, it gives me hope that it will go away, and that one morning I will wake up with the person I used to be. I miss this person so much. Thank you for reading me. Best to everyone.
Don’t drop ur college , if u don’t like ur meds , try taper down extremely slow and then u will be able to so everything. Try not to think anything just move on.
You just met me in the place no one else and nothing else could. I cannot thank you enough. I was tempted to give up. Now I find myself thinking differently, I feel seen and understood and not alone. This is HARD, but it’s not impossible. ❤
I had “liked”this earlier on in my liquid taper of Clonazepam...but now I’m in the middle of it & ALL of this is even more so, SPOT ON! I have NO MEMORY of seeing this some months back! So grateful to have met her in person! What wisdom she has from her experiences of the system, the withdrawal & the healing! AMAZING!
Thank you so much for doing this video,I’m a month off anti psychotics for bi polar disorder ( which I’m not even sure is a correct diagnosis) I was on them for 6 years ugh, thank God I was only on 5 mg . you had me in tears, you said everything I needed to hear ,so thank you for your grace and strength, I feel I will be ok🙂
How are you today?my husband is 16 weeks off Sara Quill today and sadly he is having a very rough time. Praying you are doing well today. Please pray for my husband as well
Arnicka to help with the withdrawls take stated dose of arnika known as rescue remedy, me am in New Zealand been medicated since 1982. Currently on 150mg clopixol since 1999. Do not know how or whom to contact to get tappered off,been off marijuarana now since 2009 caused me my use was not helpful wish you all better ways of being, try to find helpful ways to withdrawl cbd or something to help getting injection this week do not wish this on anyone had continuing flashbacks since 1993 that did not diminish from a trip very freaky 1/4 inch square of blotting paper was scary, had spiritual healing of chanting over the phone helped considerably am very inactive have friend who likes to have beer and reefer by himself lives a few miles away he too sits round alot want things to change for folks who are suffering got spiritual healing for an hour Victoria Hamilton chanted on the phone in 2013 really helped and eased my mental spiritual hallucination over the effects was freacky would really like to be off medication l accept healing processes am feeling unsettled on medication want situation better for all of us honestly
I was misdiagnosed with major depression and anxiety years ago and put on benzos and Zoloft. It made me worse than ever. All my doctor wanted to do was try more drugs. I finally decided to go to another doctor who did a complete hormone panel on me and discovered I had low testosterone. I tapered off all the drugs and felt horrible for a few years. I’m now on testosterone replacement therapy and feel completely normal. Thank god it’s over except the occasional brain zap and low mood. Thank you for your message.
@@themapper22 The most common symptoms I had before the drug fest was anxiety and depression. Low energy, brain fog. My POS doctor never even did bloods and went straight to the pill cabinet.
5 mos. tapering off multiple drugs and 6 mos. later being able to work again! WOW, you are SO lucky. Many of us have been suffering for many YEARS after tapering fast and being poly drugged by doctors.
Thank you for this video and the hope you’ve given me. You have no idea how much listening to you has helped me through getting off my antidepressants.
Thank you so much! I really needed this today! I was on for 30 yrs which by the end of that time all the meds caused a Near Death Experience. In 30 days it will be my 5 yrs of being off all 9 prescriptions. It's still so challenging on every level. The only thing that helps me feel normal is when I'm helping others. That's when all the emotional pain is relieved. Thanks again!
@@AshishKumar-ni1rr Thank you. It’s now been just over six years of medication free. I still live to help others, but now all the emotions that were challenging are almost only a memory.I am so grateful to be living today and I am celebrating my new life.
@@onegrandmapeggy I am off 4.5 years of ads, antipsihotic, mood stabilizer. I am in lots of pain (neuropathy), anxiety and some weird thoughts. Is it permanent or it's still just withdrawal?
@@mitch5222 With a lot of dedication and determination for healing in the mind emotion body and spirit it is possible to heal and receive relief. I do all holistic alternative medicine and nothing else. My body was so toxic that doing a cleanse is really important because a lot of different psych meds will be stored in fat cells, etc. Psych meds also do a lot of brain damage, depending on what ones you’re on. But ultimately it’s about retraining your brain to function normally, and that it is possible to do. Our brain grows new brain cells and we can create pathways. The holistic approach is really important because it’s all interconnected. Follow the healthiest lifestyle you can, starting with one step at a time. I do use lots and lots of meditation. Binaural beats will activate parts of the brain that for the average person never happens. It’s been my saving grace. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to take care of your mind, your emotions, your body and spirit. I had found a holistic psychologist who did what’s called brain mapping that help me so much release trauma I had from the whole medication experience. And other things. I send you lots of love and I want you to know there’s great hope for healing. Never give up and keep moving forward. If you don’t have the answer keep looking for the one that works for you. It took me a long time to find me again within the mess I was. Keep digging and keep looking. I send you lots and lots of love from my heart to yours. ♥️
Hello, I've been looking for someone speaking up about this and giving personal experience tips, both because I am going through this process of recovering and liberating myself from psychiatry and wanted to hear positive success stories being shared, but also because this is something I feel I need to do also. To speak up about it, and share my own story, in whatever way possible, to give hope and faith and most of all, give people (the 99.9 %) a much better understanding of what this process really is, feels like and how maybe we could find alternatives to pushing young people like I was 11 years ago to take these drugs and follow blindly the words of doctors. So thank you so much for this heartfelt testimony and for being so open and brave about it all.
I'm in my second year of withdrawal after ten years of meds. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. This helped me so much. My beacon is my writing. You spoke our minds for us. God bless you and thank you. I will share this everywhere. xo
Symptoms are real. But brain diseases are not. Psychiatry robbed me of my brother, and covers up child abuse. This is what is the hardest to contend with.
I am slowly but surely trying to tamper off of generic Geodon. The only reason I take my Geodon is to get my Mom off my back to get medicaid and to get an SSDI check. I'm also trying to withdraw because I feel to drugged on it and my b*tch nurse practitioner wants to keep raising my dosage every time I see her. My Mom has threatened to put me into a mental hospital and conservatorship. I refuse to go through that type of hell ever again. So I do whatever I need to do. Also threatening to do kick me out and stuff doesn't exactly encourage me to want to stay on meds, in fact it does quite the opposite. I amazed she doesn't realize this. If I'm ever suicidal I will never tell anyone on fear of going to the next psych ward. Besides why I ever admit to being suicidal when all I feel is severe punishment for asking for help?? If anything mental health has taught me this one important lesson over and over again. Lie. Lie. Lie. Do not give them any reason not to trust them. Pretend to be happy even if it kills you, anything to avoid the psych ward. I have long lost any ability I've ever had to trust mental health and their entire f*cking system as well as Big Pharma. Thank you ma'am for sharing your story. It's incredibly encouraging to watch.
I am currently tapering from my final drug. Twenty years on psych drugs. I need to find myself or find myself again. Your words are very helpful to me. ❤ I’m a young 36 year old mother of three children.
CBD is NATURAL ...creates HOMEOSTASIS...there IS HOPE...it helps a LOT. Stress regulation...easier going with the flow... thank you for such inspiration...my motivation same....not far behind you..a lifetime on those poisons..I'm 60! It's LIBERATING...even alone. 💜🙏. MUCH LOVE (resides within.. 💜...) to all you brave hearts. Let's do this!!! 👍💥
Thank you so much for sharing. You’re so brave! This definitely gives me hope. I’ve been diagnosed as bipolar I, and they want me to stay on antipsychotics. These drugs make me feel so lethargic-like life itself is completely meaningless. I feel so disconnected to my spirituality and my music. I get horrible heartburn, eat like garbage, and I’ve put on some weight. These drugs are totally neurotoxic, however so is being bipolar and having mania. I do think my best hope is to stay off the medication and focus on exercise, diet, and mindfulness. I really do hope I can recover, because I feel like I’ve lost so much brain function, and iq. It’s hard to formulate sentences in my mind. These words are so fragmented and far apart. I feel like I used to be very intelligent and that that is slipping away from me. Anyways, your video gives me hope that I can deal with my burdens (lots of trauma) and push past these highs and lows. Thank you for speaking up against psychiatry!
I was so healthy and balance before I started psychiatric treatment. I was told I had a seizure disorder and prescribed lamictal that created sudden and severe depersonalization that was nonstop and horrible. I had to leave engineering school and couldn't function like I could before. I tried to pursue help through a dissociation program but was spoken down to and told I was fundamentally sick. I managed to build a programming career but haven't overcome the depersonalization. I'm still dependent on ADHD medication and can feel it destroying my cardiac system and ability to pay attention naturally with meds. I have memory loss. I need to taper to let my body and brain heal and return to balance. It's horrible that this industry creates a lifelong chemical dependency. What resources can I use to help since I cant turn to conventional treatment?
Dear Laura, KUDO's to you for championing over your previously prescribed psychiatric drugs...I am presently 2 months free of a sleep aid/antidepressant Remeron, while not sure WHEN to begin tappering off my longer term Effexor RX...clearly my fear of the unknown w/d symptoms is the primary factor...I worked soooo hard this last year re- tapping into my spiritual wisdom which became whitewashed during my past 25 years as a Licensed MH Therapist/Advocate. Through these efforts i am at a great place, as I am beginning to devise/develop a new Life Coaching business and website Titile? Sacred Journeys...I pray that I will be successful in helping especially those like minded clients who wish regain their healthy mind/body/spirit through slowly tappering off psych. meds. My mantra is simply "if I build it they will come"...any advice in terms of the right timing to begin my tappering process???? .
+Barb Peterson Hi Barb, thanks so much for your message, and great to hear about your journey! As for your question, I think you are the one and only person in the whole, entire world who knows when the time is right to begin tapering the Effexor. What I will say is that a lot of people find it helpful to think through the realities of their life first, to map out a timeline that includes finding answers to questions like: (1) Is there a time in which I can anticipate no added stressors (i.e. moving, leaving a job, divorce, physical health problems, etc.); (2) do I have good support around me from family/friends/practitioners who fully "get it" re: the harmful effects of psych drugs and how to safely and responsibly come off?; (3) do I have a really solid understanding of how to build a safe taper plan for myself?; (4) do I have access to nutritious food, potentially holistic health options like yoga, acupuncture, reiki, etc. if I find it necessarily to try non-medical things out to ease any withdrawal symptoms I might have? etc. etc. etc... Please find me on FB and keep me posted on your journey! It is fantastic to hear that you feel that calling to help others... I can relate very much :) Love and liberation, Laura
+Laura Delano Thank you so Laura for taking the time to respond in both a genuine and most compassionate way...you remind me very much of me during my initial journey, at quite a very young age mind you... in accepting my calling to heal n help others in anyway possible way! When i was told consistently 15+ years ago upon given my 1st script of Zoloft " and you will need to be on these meds for LIFE, as you waited far tooo long in starting these meds...." I was in SHOCK/DISMAY, esp such that i was a loving n accomplished Clinical Licensed SW/Therapist...who had never ever considered that my own clients would NEED to be on their Psych Med's forever???!!! I will keep you posted on my exciting new journey on FB, while happily I am down to a minimal dose of Effexor in 10 weeks of tapering with yes some stomach/digestive distress at times and intermittent bouts of high anxiety...inspite of starting back in my clinical profession after a 5 year hiatus and the sad recent lose of Supreme Court healthcare whistleblower case...I am holding my own with those added life stressors. I know for certain you will continue to make a HUGE difference in millions of others lives in the many years ahead!!!! I am so very proud of you indeed. Sending you all the very best of which you and most deserve!!!! Barb D:_)
Hi Laura this is Carlos from Spain, thank you for your words and your help, i have been watching The video and i had suffer all The things that you described every one, i am so clase to finish my withdrawl and i have two ideas in my mind , i want to recover what i am , and i am going to do it no matter if i dont sleep for a moth or a year no matter if i loose my job, The only thing that matter is to be myself again. Thank you than you thank you and so sorry for my english
¡Hola Carlos! Yo también estoy en proceso de dejar la medicación, de hecho solo me queda una ya. Me gustaría ponerme en contacto contigo, espero que te esté llendo bien. Te dejo mi correo por si me quieres escribir: tengounaguitarra@gmail.com
I weaned off of two antipsychotics and two mood stabilizers in October 2016..I was sure I was going to Die...wanted too..it was horrible. It's now almost March and I don't have the withdrawal symptoms But I do still suffer terrible disabling fatigue and weeks where I'm so weak I don't want food. I still have two more meds to go, the two I'm stressing hard on how sick I'm going to become. I have no support system at all so it's hard. I rarely see the outside of my home because I get wore out being around people now. I've NEVER been this way. I was a successful business woman, now unable to work (I do have Real health issues that play a role in that). The meds never worked for me and they were pushing for ECT...Hell No! That's when I decided I need a new way to heal my depression and cptsd because they are going to kill me with their treatments..Thank you for your videos they give me hope of reclaiming my life in time
@@garysimone4977 hi Gary how are you, I hope you are not to bad, I seriously am, I need to help myself, you need to help yourself as much as you can, no one can help us, its all down to us and how dicaplined we are in making extremely healthy lifestyle choices, Ive been smoking so much eversince and finding it extremely difficult to quit, this has also affected my health very badly, I'm so depressed because of it, the meds truly started this of, I will keep trying to quit, real healing doesn't start until you turn into 100% health freak, I always want to die as I'm scared of the future getting worse, my health is already so bad, I just woke up and am already chain smoking on an empty stomach, I cry every say and my appearance is ruined, my eyes have got very bad and I get Very ill, I have so many problems now, do you smoke? I'm so stuck, when I do stop smoking I get horrible withdrawal that makes everything worse but smoking at the same time is still making everything worse
@@ocey3349 Hey sorry man .... i understand. I am weening off meds and it sucks...but hey we cant pack it in right. Hey hêre í my email. Gary.a.simone@gmail.com. email my friend
The journey for me was miraculous and not normal . It only took me a day of withdrawal after years of being on 13 prescriptions. God hears . I prayed , my mom had been praying for me for years so I can’t deny it was Jesus truly . ❤️🙏🏼🙌🏼praying for everyone suffering through this
Thank you so much Darlene. I have been using Quantum Physics, prayers and meditation, and I truly believe they will help me make an easy transition. Your reply confirms it. Peace and Blessings
i never needed psych drugs until i was misdiagnosed with a brain tumor and had panic attacks. then when i came off i developed a horrific form of ocd and went into a withdrawl state that took my identity. i was a successful and busy mommy. the withdrawls took me to 3 psych wards and more poly drugging. i no longer know my place in this world. it iver takes me daily and i have ideations that ive never had in my life.
thank you so much for this message, Kristine. I'm so glad to hear the videos have been helpful for you! If you're on FB, definitely find me there... Lots happening in that forum in so far as support and community relating to psychiatric liberation are concerned!
2 years into this and it still seems to be getting worse. My skin is burning. Just when I thought I was getting better with some of the other symptoms, they came back again today.
Sadly I don’t think I can ever come off of everything. Things go sideways for me and my mania spins up so far that I can end up in psychosis, and if it’s just that I would consider it manageable to a degree but it’s always a spiral.
Thank you, Laura! I'm detoxing off benzo's (which I only had to take because when I was 21 I cold turkeyed off of Effexor and lost my sanity...typical psychiatric stuff) and I'm currently on day 356 of a slow taper, one that has ended up going slower than I wanted but it's necessary. After the benzo's I have to get off my Zoloft. I had a wicked spell of dark a couple weeks back & a friend sent me this video. I was in the midst of horror at the time but I watched it anyway & I held on. I've been reading your posts on Mad In America and you are a fantastic writer. Your words hit home & you cover it ALL. Thank you for sharing. There is nothing better than people like you, sharing your beautiful story. Thank you for giving so many the hope we so desperately need!
dear rachel, thank you so much for this message! i'm glad you are staying connected to hope after being faced with so much horror and hardship. keep in touch and i send you love and solidarity as you heal from psychiatry and reclaim yourself! xo laura
Hi I was wondering how you did it to get of benzos, im currently in Wd from paxil/prozac very scared of taking then but i cant sleep and have anxiety in the morning.. they say its harder when you are still in WD
I can’t believe this was made 9 years ago. I’m 28 and have been on them since my teens. I get manipulated back into thinking I need medication. I need to say no more.
I have suffered from bouts of severe depression all my life. I've been on 20 mg. of Ciprelex for 8 years. In January of 2020, I weaned off over a four month period. I'm now 4 months off & I'm in Severe depression & Anxiety. I'm wondering how I would know if I have relapsed, or if this could be a withdrawal symptom? How can I tell? Please help! Message me at katanawaves@gmail.com
Thant you so much... that such a struggle to cope throughout the weaning period. I can barely have a conversation now, or express my feelings. I’m always looking for my words and keep forgetting everything.. even the simple task that people ask me to do at work is like a huge challenge. And I’m positive that, it all come from the medication that I use to take ( amisulpride). Gosh it is such a nightmare, I want to give up every single days, cause it seems to be hopeless. I wish I’ll will find myself back, cause I miss this person. I’m like a zombie now, those “doctors” almost killed me. Thank for your video though, you are giving me good hopes for the future. Regards.
Aurélien Battistini hey man I’m going through everything your saying whilst being on the meds I’m currently tapering but have felt my memory to be bad and I have no personality this whole time is that normal being on psych drugs ?
Hey guys. I’m Matt and 3.5 years ago, I cold turkeyed off of klonopin after taking it for 3 years (told by doctor it was safe), and simultaneously began tapering off of 80 mg of prozac 5 mg at a time over the course of 17 months. I am now 2 years off of the prozac. To say my life has been a living hell since then doesn’t come close. There are simply no words for what this has been. And I am rapidly losing the last bits of hope that have kept me alive through this. I am in and out of akathisia constantly, my gut quite literally will not handle anything, and my mind seems hard wired to torture me all day and night every day and night. I have seen more doctors than I ever hoped to see in my life, and become disgusted by the medical system. I have tried all sorts of trauma informed therapies and non trauma informed therapies, supplements, different meditation modalities, etc. Everything I could think of. Nothing seems to touch it. And I can’t tell if this is just me, who I am. I cannot tell where the injury stops and I begin. Or if I’m even injured at all anymore. I have no idea what to do. Any words of encouragement or advice would be appreciated. I wish anyone going through this full and complete healing.
Hey Matt, so sorry your struggling. I just wanted to tell you I have seen so many heal after a few years off the drugs. I know you said it’s been 2 years but just keep holding on because I see it so often in the third and fourth years lots and lots of change. I’m only 3 months off holding on with both hands.
@@crystalweiche6925 thank you for the encouragement, Crystal. I’ve been hearing more and more of that lately as well- people reporting big improvements in years 3 and 4. I’m just waiting for the windows, getting through the days. Congratulations on 3 months, that’s huge. The first months of my journey were pretty unimaginable, so please feel free to reach out if you need support. I’m happy to listen and offer reassurance (even though I need a lot of it myself right now). We’ve got this! Sending love.
🫂💖 thank you for your kind words. I really love this video. I'll be sure to come back to it again and again whenever I feel down. Tbh I'm progressing with my recovery but today idk why I was feeling really down. Maybe it's cuz of the weather. It's very cloudy here so. But thank you for your kind words.
This video is most helpful for me! Thanks Laura. All four kids in our family had a rough upbringing (negativity, lack of love). We all ended up on psych meds in our thirties, which in turn, led to poly drugging. We all lost our careers, I had a breakdown, my oldest sister died, & my other sister & brother became alcoholics. I've just weaned off 4 psych meds that I was on for over 25 years & am in a place of trying to find community & believe my pain is evidence for healing. But mostly, I don't see the point in all this suffering & just want it all to end. How does ones original condition heal itself? I can't figure this out for the life of me
+Dave Moore I had a similar upbringing, similar story as you. Both me and my sister ended up on psych drugs in our thirties and now are suffering from withdrawal. I think treating the original condition depends on what caused it. Usually its a normal human reaction to stress or difficult life circumstances which we haven't been able to find help or support for. Good counseling with someone experienced in our particular problem would be the best treatment. Some people get put on psych drugs for pain, hormonal issues or just normal grief after a loss. Psych meds don't cure anything, they only mask symptoms, which is dangerous, symptoms are our body's way of letting us know something is wrong and needs to be addressed. Its like having a warning light come on in your car and disconnecting the wire, saying its fixed the problem. Not only don't psych drugs fix anything, they cause ongoing damage, increasing side effects and often, horrendous suffering when we try and stop taking them.
@@Jen.K I agree meds don't address the root problem. However, I don't believe there is always a root to address. I think we can become seriously depressed for no reason whatsoever. At least that has been my case.
I want to take no drugs but I guess I would be good with the drugs as they help a lot. Hope you guys be able to do what you want including decreasing or withdrawing drugs. Blessed.
I think it’s impossible to come off certain psychotropic drugs in some instances..people really don’t understand the withdrawal from these is worse than any illicit drug on the street
You don't say what where you on? There's a big difference and importance of which drug you're coming off. Anti depression for depressed person and anti psychotic medication for schizophrenic person or Stimulating drugs for ADHD people ,are all in a very big different levels of difficulty and being even possible
Psychiatric doctors need to take the drugs they prescribe so they will understand
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AGREE
Agreed! I believe that It should be a requirement for them to get their license.
Yes you r right
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I've was on psychiatric drugs for years and it was pure hell. I'm glad I got off of them years ago and I feel so much better. I still have occasional zaps in my brain but most have gone away. I have my sex drive back or at least most of it. The side effects was awful. Psychiatrist lied to me and I hope they burn in hell.
So the woman has this comment from you and Hasn’t responded? How heartless
I'm forced to take meds. I'm on a treatment order. I cant wait until it's done.
@Tri Dang Anti-psychotics are not viewed as a "temporary aid" . Most people never have the strength to get off them, the withdrawal is a living hell, and the psychiatrists, who should be hung, never tell you that when they give them to you with their smily face marketing.
@@Babyfacedblackjesus so sad you're going through that bullshit...i, too was on a CTO for six months, that turned into seven years by being coerced and manipulated by the "mental" community...they just love to "scare" us into taking their toxic poisons, and threaten that this, that, and other things will happen to us if we "don't do as they say"!!! Them and their damned drugs and insulting fictitious labels, remind me of the devil himself and their human rights violations are sickening!!! I hope you are not offended that I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers daily and I hope and believe for you also, that you escape these pesky control freaks and have a fair, and well-desserved opportunity to slowly reduce the dosages, and flush that poison!!!!.....you are so important and I'm glad you posted on here, bringing awareness to others of what you're being subjected to by those tyrants, and warning others of them, especially in these last days.....there should be a law against CTO'S and forcing anyone to swallow poisonous toxins against their own will...it's actually against your constitutional rights!!!!! Anyways, prayers going up for you daily and all others in this situation, to be delivered and freed from this evil and cruel farce!!!! I'm in withdrawal right now also, and although it's hard initially, it is soooo worth it already, to be on less....it gets better after a month, and taking vitamins e and d together can help tremendously to calm your brain and body from the nasty withdrawal effects...also, it's good to take a multivitamin daily as well, along with omega 3's that contain 600-900 mg's of EPA and DHA, and 100-200 mg of magnesium daily (you can buy all of these at Dollarama...Jamieson brand...for $4.00 each @bottle)...(take all of these daily if you are physically able to)...God bless you from a sister in Christ Jesus👩💓💜💓
@@susanparrish2456 i am 4 weeks off my last med it was hell 10x over but now time to trust as she says.....Sue how you doing
My new video on psychiatric drug withdrawal. If you're in the midst of profound struggle and convinced you'll never heal from pharmaceutical trauma... If you're overwhelmed by the physical, emotional, and mental pain... If you're sure you're the only one going through the hell you're going through... Hang in there... You are not alone, and there is hope!
+Laura Delano thank you soooo much! you are awesome! i am very glad i looked up this subject on youtube.this is VERY helpful.
Laura Delano Thank you!
Thanks Laura for your help. It's so incredibly hard and has been over ten years of extreme suffering for me now. I wonder if i'll ever feel normal and healthy again. It really helps to hear you give reassurance that we can recover,
I hope you are getting better with each day too.
paulopezz what drugs were you on?
It was 40mgs of prozac a day Jennifer .
I was told it was safe to stop cold turkey and there was no such thing as prozac withdrawal.
I'd been on for 20 months and felt really bad.
Didn't know what was wrong with me.
And all doctors ,psychiatrists were telling me it was all in my head.
And i needed the drugs.
I went cold turkey for 12 weeks and literally thought i was going to die.
So i had to go back on them.
That was September 2007.
I finally tapered off without any help or advice from a doctor in October 2013.
I've been really ill ever since.
I have a few videos , songs etc i've made bout it.
As well as other on the subject of psych drugs ,on my channel.
What drugs were you on?
My nephew was going through hell for years because a quack psychiatrist -- and that's the only word for him -- put him on psych meds. His dad wanted him on them because he was easier for his dad to control nephew. He was getting worst every year.
Eventually suicide attempt. And even then his dad only wanted to put him on more psych medications. He finally ran away to another state and lived with friends and then eventually with his mother.
Five years off, he is a whole human being again. His dad is a devil. And I also blame the psychiatric community who listen to wishes of his dad and not to nephew's self-understanding and awareness that he didn't want or need them and he felt his dad was just trying to control him with drug induced lobotomy (my word). I guess he's proven all of them wrong. Im proud of him.
Awesome. Yeah psychiatrists will side with abusers/narcissists because they’re narcissists themselves.
I'm happy for the kid. im on haoperido and been on psych meds on and off for many years too. my parents are just controing and enjoy the fact that i can't respond. and use my initia weed psychosis as an excuse a the time. i know one thing though that ive been we off of them before. i wi have a ook at the site. need some support.
Thank you Laura. I am in protracted withdrawal from duloxetine and it is hell. It has to be done though. I have to look to the long term and get this poison out of me forever. Your advice is sound. I met someone recently who was on 4 psych drugs for 17 years and taken off all at once. Five years later she is still off and went through agony, but now sees life in technicolour. It can be done. To all suffering; keep going and stay away from psychiatry, the biggest public health scandal of modern times. x
I have suffered from bouts of severe depression all my life. I've been on 20 mg. of Ciprelex for 8 years. In January of 2020, I weaned off over a four month period. I'm now 4 months off & I'm in Severe depression & Anxiety. I'm wondering how I would know if I have relapsed, or if this could be a withdrawal symptom? How can I tell?
Please help! Message me at katanawaves@gmail.com
Sorry to hear you’re going through withdrawal as well. It’s hard. I’ve been off benzos for three years and now coming off Zoloft. It’s a bitch. Have heard duloxetine is one of the worst ones. Give yourself some grace. Thinking about you.
I'm so tired of this withdrawal. I'm taking two different antipsychotic drugs,a mood stabilizer and Suboxone for severe intractable depression. I feel like killing myself sometimes just to end the hell of these medications and the stalking, bullying and harrassment from an ex. I'm exhausted and enraged some days. I just don't know what to do anymore. 🥺
@@starrynightsmoonlitskies5497 my thoughts and prayers are with you. I've been there. Just had a Telehealth meeting with my doctor. He has agreed to work with me, but said if I "relapse" he will have to hospitalize me. I'm believing through the power of God that won't happen. Believe me I feel your pain. Peace and Blessings
Stuart. How are you doing now? Are you still going thru benzo withdrawal?
You deserve a Nobel Peace price or some other award for your work. And keep going girl !!!
You would have to order a carpet bombing of Vietnam, like Henry Kissinger or something like that to get a peace-price these days
A special message to you, Laura - I got very emotional listening to your presentation, right throughout. I am 74 years old and was put on Serenace (Haloperidol) 1.5mg a day, to treat a nervous tic, until tremors developed in 2018 and a neurologist advised me to stop using it. All the advantages of dopamine, but terrible withdrawal symptoms.
I have found it sad how most people around me - including close family - either switch off or ignore me when I start talking about it. How even those close to me ask me to describe my symptoms, as if it was some number I could quote.
It's now seven years since you posted this magnificent inspirational message. I hope you are surviving, especially with the ravages of Covid. Please accept my belated congratulations!
I hope you are feeling better at this point in your life. From one sufferer to another I hope you are doing well now
@Henry Mydlarz how are you feeling now? You’re not alone and I know I sure care how you are.
@@hoakerhoaker Thanks for asking. Effects still the same. The original reason for Haloperidol - nervous tic - has returned with a vengeance. As I am almost 75 and had been on Haloperidol for fifty years, I do not expect an end. But a younger person who has not been on a med for as long, may see an end to their problems. The challenge is not to resort in desperation to drugs and alcohol. Also not to spend a fortune on quack cures (but how do you identify them?). I hope the originator of the video, Laura, has recovered, at least to a large extent.
Hey I know what you mean when it’s hard to relate to anyone or to talk to anyone about this issue.
@@GabriellaRyan-nt2gt You have to have gone through a similar experience ,otherwise you will neither care , nor understand ...easier to label the individual: "damaged " by this and/or by that and ,even the people who are supposed to be closer to you will disparage ,misread , relativize your state ...this creates a feeling of the deepest loneliness a human being can feel ...very frustrating , very painful process. Nowhere near as hard as we assume as we assess it from the inside though ...
Thank God you’re here, i was sicker than i should be beeing repetively told that i will always be on meds. I Put away medication. All the symptomy that my brain remembered bursted , but with time the symptomy were slighlter nów i am healthy again, i was schisoaffectiv.They repeta lies i was simply addict 12 years. Putting away medication was condition, brain healed itself!!! I spent 2 years ar home till i smile again
wow.....respect. What drug have you been taking and how much :)?
Did you taper
I was put on Prozac and it triggered a manic episode and doctors wanted to diagnose me bipolar, even though I'd never had a manic episode before that drug...I've since completely sworn off psych drugs since a life of medication, a label of bipolar, and a mood stabilizer for life didn't resonate with me at all (and labeling ME because of what a drug did, just did not sit well with me at all). I loved what you said about finding your 'why' and sticking to it. All your work is very inspiring to me.
the same thing happened with me on Prozac and I ended up in a mental hospital, they drugged me up so bad with antipsychotic's, I became such a dead person its been 6 months off all medication now and I'm starting to feel like my old self again but I know I still have a long way to go, I get episodes of feeling very ill now.
As I remember my teen life was of suppression and struggle with my strickmparents and troubles in school. I found Zen book and Upanishads so studying them I neglected school duties. One morning I got some breakthrough with my Zen studies and started talking aloud about my sudden change I experienced. I was happy maybe first time in my life. Was 18 at the time. My mother brought to house an old man out of the blue. I did not know why and who it was. He checked my temperature. It was 37 C. He said shortly to my mother, we taking him. And 30 min. Later 2 mem in white coats appeared and delivered me to Frombork Sanatorium for Mentally Insane. My adventure with psychiatry started. It continues till this day for the last 40 years. I have been on drugs ever since. Feeling no help from my 20 so far shrinks and the only thing keeping me hopeful is my Zen and meditation practice I have been doing for all those years. Experience some health problems because of psychotrops taken for so long time. They took toll on me. Feeling poisoned and have gotten diabetes with profound sweating for last 13 years.,I never saw anybody sweating like myself anywhere. Think it's the result of many dopes I was put on and my kidneys and liver failure. Only good result of my hospitalizations and going to psychiatrists is welfare cheques and no need of going to work to earn a buck. When I was working in a factory I earned not much more than I got from welfare anyway.
Your comment is very well put. Same thing happened to me except it was Zoloft. It is so frustrating when I read statements like, "SSRIs can cause mania in people with bipolar disorder". What a lie! That's like saying meth can cause psychosis in people with schizophrenia. The drug is the problem...not the person.
@@ocey3349 hey how are you now?
@@davidzaiser9929 Exactly!! They’ll try and convince you it was the you!! Nope it’s the drugs.
I reinstated. I couldn’t take the pain. I can’t stand being on. Couldn’t sleep eat constantly in burning hell dying totally suicidal. How can I ever get off??? I’m on 100mg sertraline. On and off for twenty years. Never heard of discontinuation syndrome. I thought I had some kind of disease. Dying. Doctors missed it totally. They want to double down on more meds. I’m 55. I don’t want to spend years recovering. I can’t stand the fact I poisoned myself. For mild anxiety and run of the mill depression. Now it’s a thousand times worse. I never knew pain like this existed.
I hope you feel better 😊
Are you feeling better now ?
Surrender to God of the Bible he will help you.I promise.
I was on 100 mg of setraline myself since I was 12 (26years). I'm 9 months med free and I completely understand why you would want to go back on them.
I've NEVER experienced anything like this...BUT Jesus!! He literally is the only one getting me through this. Anytime I think I'm spiraling and ready to give up...when I scream out in desperation for Him..He shows up EVERYTIME.
I have so much hope knowing that He is with me in this valley and He is walking with me out of the darkness to come out stronger in my faith than I ever thought possible.
So PLEASE don't give up!! Call out to Him! He is our Father and comforter..trust in HIM during this time.
REMEMBER this won't last forever and always know you are never alone ❤️❤️
A shrink swapped my 100 mg zoloft, which was 4 TIMES too much !!!! for 40 mg prozac..I feel 20 years younger...
motivated, interested, curious, joyful...I was dying from toxicity...😢
I always grant more credibility to those who suffer than to those who profit.
Courageous work.
There are powerful people sitting in fancy boards rooms planning on getting rich off us but we pay the price.
There's always a cost.
there will come a day when they will have to pay.
I know this is an old video…but this girl is spot on ….withdrawl from this stuff is terrifying….trust me….illegal street drugs are mild compared to doctor prescribed antidepressants and benzo’s..
Yeah antipsychotic medicine is terrible too.
This psychiatric epidemic is everywhere back here in India. It has gobbled my life at an age of 15. There simply seems no hope. Media, pharma, politicians all are on the same boat favouring psychiatry. The truth is there is nothing called mental illness except schizophrenia, all the emotions, moods are part of one's mind, it is natural, it is not a disease.
Nerological disorders. Shizophrenia or autismic, Aspergers.
Fuck yeah its all trauma
I would dispute schizoprehnia too...there is NO biological evidence either for this thing called schizoprehnia and I get kind of angry when people single it out based on very little knowledge or information
@@themask9203 Yup; mental health conditions r ENVIRONMENTAL IMBALANCES (NOT CHEMICAL IMBALANCES). In other words; it's essentially how other people handle & treat u that TRIGGERS adverse feelings that result in mental health conditions. I outta know; 40+ yrs of psych med experience (I'm 55 now) says so.
Amen!❤
Wow I had no idea this was big in India- I suppose I have the idea that there's lots of holistic wellness there no idea big pharma wad fing you over as well
I know exactly what you're going through , I lost complete sense of self . It's been two years since I quit benzos and antidepressants and I'm still struggling. Don't lose hope . I'll share this video , I think a lot of people need to hear this .
How are you doing with your withdrawl today?
@@a.b.37-f9v how you doing today
How r u?
Keep it up, I have walked a similar road.
@Morning with gracie she no longer does vids ..and of course does not reply
U are brave person.. lots of love for you.. i was on antipsychotics(clozapine) for 2 months in age 23. Doctor gave me for chronic depression but i quitted doctor and medication because there is no link of depression and clozapine. I hate myself for using this because i have no psychosis or schizophrenia symptoms but that rubbish psychiatrist gave me clozapine. I quitted this drug before 10 days and doctor said me for complete blood count for 2 months( one test in two weeks) after withdrawal of this drug. Please pray for my healing.
With my five year mark from quitting Serenace, I must state that in my book, Laura, you're an absolute hero (heroine)! It's not only your tips, but your experiences have opened a floodgate of so many others who have been neurologically injured by medical incompetence and the attraction of the $$$$$$. The awareness of this problem - a problem which the medical profession likes to sweep under the carpet - is growing thanks to videos such as yours, and the input of others who have been harmed.
Thank you Laura so much for this video, I have been on antipsychotic drugs many years and whenever I tried to came off them I had severe withdrawal symptoms. According to doctors it was relapse and I was forced to take medication again and again. What a liers! They should see your video and go to primary school!
How do you feel now :)?
@noemasteich see my comments...I had a good shrink..
toxicity was shutting down my whole system...now I'm great...🎉
this is so validating. drugs made me homeless and psychotic at one point. ive been diagnosed with a whole list of diagnosis up to shizophrenia. i havent had a manic episode or any mood problems yet since coming off it. one week off them! i feel like me again and like i can choose things wisely again. i told my psychiatrist i dont want her drugs anymore and she got very salty. i opened up to her at what point is it my disorder, or is my fear for my life valid and if i should get a restraining order against a certain individual. she said it was all in my head and reccomended i take my abilify. she also said i should be careful of the sun on it. im sun deprived, i told her nah, i'd rather go to the beach and walked out. i honestly think i just have ptsd, and im working my way toward fixing it with a holistic approach. whether itll work i guess i just gotta try it out!
How are you now
I was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia so now I am almost off of my second antipsychotic crying so much it is painful experience I am trying find out who I am as a person. I know I am healing grateful to find your video ! Praying I will get through this I am !
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How are you feeling now?
How are you now?
@@dimachan200how are you feeling
@@spo0ny2khow are you feeling
How are you doing now ?
This video takes the words right out of my mouth. I am so ready to know who and what I am without medication. I’ve been on psychiatric meds for my entire adult life so far (24 years old now) and hate the idea of being on them forever and not taking the chance to see how I function without them. Withdrawal and discontinuance syndrome are almost unbearable without finding hope and support to get through it.
i needed to hear this. i am withdrawing from psych meds. even my bosses at work are not empathetic. they think i am dumb and stupid because i cant think straight and i cant remember things. i hope i can get through it. the stomach pain alone is making it hard to come off of them. but im tired of being over weight from them. im tired of the bandaid that these meds are.
Thank you Laura! I have been tapering for over 5 years now after 25 years on psyc drugs. I still have som years left but this givs me hope to heal!
I cut out my morning pills a year ago with not much problems but I'm scared to cut out the rest to soon.
You are describing EXACTLY what I'm feeling like, 1 month off 150mg Effexor (weaned off over about 9 months). Thank you sooooo much.
Congratulations on your smart decision to get off the psychiatric dangerous mind altering drugs. Your an inspiration for many others to follow through.
I need to listen to this everyday
I want my life back... I can't even hold a conversation with people.. I'm empty an lost... I feel a shadow of my former self....i used to be healthy and fit gym bunny, 2010 I had breakdown now I can't even leave the bed, I've lost my in life... I need help coming off this drug...I feel so bad I wanna die
Hey, how are you doing today?
Crimson witch prayers for you
Are you feeling better?
Are you OK now
Rehab people....its the only way
Thanks for your share. I've gone through all of those thoughts and difficulties when on or off the medications. I long for the day to be free from these meds and to breath free.
Thanks for this amazing video...I myself am in the early stages of tapering off these drugs after 17 years on them...what a journey it has been and will continue to be. You look so well and speak so beautifully. Thanks again from UK
I can’t work. I can’t care for myself. I have some support but all I feel like is a burden
are u better now?
These doctors are so quick to prescribe these, I am 6 months off Zoloft, was on them 3 years and never again! but I'm still having a difficult time. can't sleep feeling anxious and depressed!
You're allowed to take a little over the counter sleep aid occasionally...❤
This video has given me hope to keep moving forward. I'm just 10 months off of Benzos and I feel good overall except for my head is full of pressure and tingling to the point where I am loosing hope and I've been thinking of reinstating. I can't even believe that I would even consider reinstating after all this healing but I'm so concerned with what is going on and nobody has any answers. Your video just allowed me to cry real tears for the first time in over a year, THANK YOU!
Snide2 how are you doing now?
Yes. Crying freely is one of the hallmarks of a mind not drugged.
Were you on BENZOTROPHEN....?
@@tygreen8831 I healed pretty much 99.5%.. Sorry that it took me so long to comment, TH-cam never notified me..
@@dtseringdorje
I was on Xanax, I've been off for almost five years now..
Hi Laura. I’ve also been a victim of psychiatry drug. I’ve been put on Solian for 10 month to a very high dosage. As soon as I began the process of coming off of them, it has been hell. To this day, I’m still experiencing tremendous side effects. To name a few, it’s just impossible to me to remember things, my mind is literally glitched out and foggy. I feel so dumb. I struggle following basics conversation, and as a result I’m planning on dropping off college. I can’t cope like that. Getting up of bed is requiring huge efforts. Sometimes it’s just impossible. So yes, I never thought I would have to deal with such an ordeal in my life. I’ve been through lots of things, but this time I’m almost dead. I feel pointless, and not able to do anything. I know all of these symptoms are the results of medications. As before that I was an avid reader and a brillant students with ambition. Now everything has faded away, all of that because I’ve trusted psychiatrists. I’m now angry towards them and me. I’m full of raged, and don’t accept this debilitating condition. I’ve asked to be cured and they made me iller. I’m considering filing a lawsuit against him, as he never informed me about the side effect, and put me on a huge dosages. When I’m down I’m listening to your video, it gives me hope that it will go away, and that one morning I will wake up with the person I used to be. I miss this person so much. Thank you for reading me. Best to everyone.
Hi did you recover?
@@simsim5919 I haven’t. When did I say I have?
Hi! How are you today?
Don’t drop ur college , if u don’t like ur meds , try taper down extremely slow and then u will be able to so everything. Try not to think anything just move on.
You just met me in the place no one else and nothing else could. I cannot thank you enough. I was tempted to give up. Now I find myself thinking differently, I feel seen and understood and not alone. This is HARD, but it’s not impossible. ❤
I had “liked”this earlier on in my liquid taper of Clonazepam...but now I’m in the middle of it & ALL of this is even more so, SPOT ON! I have NO MEMORY of seeing this some months back! So grateful to have met her in person! What wisdom she has from her experiences of the system, the withdrawal & the healing! AMAZING!
Thank you so much for doing this video,I’m a month off anti psychotics for bi polar disorder ( which I’m not even sure is a correct diagnosis) I was on them for 6 years ugh, thank God I was only on 5 mg . you had me in tears, you said everything I needed to hear ,so thank you for your grace and strength, I feel I will be ok🙂
How are you today?my husband is 16 weeks off Sara Quill today and sadly he is having a very rough time. Praying you are doing well today. Please pray for my husband as well
Arnicka to help with the withdrawls take stated dose of arnika known as rescue remedy, me am in New Zealand been medicated since 1982. Currently on 150mg clopixol since 1999. Do not know how or whom to contact to get tappered off,been off marijuarana now since 2009 caused me my use was not helpful wish you all better ways of being, try to find helpful ways to withdrawl cbd or something to help getting injection this week do not wish this on anyone had continuing flashbacks since 1993 that did not diminish from a trip very freaky 1/4 inch square of blotting paper was scary, had spiritual healing of chanting over the phone helped considerably am very inactive have friend who likes to have beer and reefer by himself lives a few miles away he too sits round alot want things to change for folks who are suffering got spiritual healing for an hour Victoria Hamilton chanted on the phone in 2013 really helped and eased my mental spiritual hallucination over the effects was freacky would really like to be off medication l accept healing processes am feeling unsettled on medication want situation better for all of us honestly
I was misdiagnosed with major depression and anxiety years ago and put on benzos and Zoloft. It made me worse than ever. All my doctor wanted to do was try more drugs. I finally decided to go to another doctor who did a complete hormone panel on me and discovered I had low testosterone. I tapered off all the drugs and felt horrible for a few years. I’m now on testosterone replacement therapy and feel completely normal. Thank god it’s over except the occasional brain zap and low mood. Thank you for your message.
Could you tell me more what symptoms you had?
@@themapper22
The most common symptoms I had before the drug fest was anxiety and depression. Low energy, brain fog. My POS doctor never even did bloods and went straight to the pill cabinet.
Exactly ,these psychiatrists completely miss the biology affects.
5 mos. tapering off multiple drugs and 6 mos. later being able to work again! WOW, you are SO lucky. Many of us have been suffering for many YEARS after tapering fast and being poly drugged by doctors.
Thank you for this video and the hope you’ve given me. You have no idea how much listening to you has helped me through getting off my antidepressants.
Thank you so much! I really needed this today! I was on for 30 yrs which by the end of that time all the meds caused a Near Death Experience. In 30 days it will be my 5 yrs of being off all 9 prescriptions. It's still so challenging on every level. The only thing that helps me feel normal is when I'm helping others. That's when all the emotional pain is relieved. Thanks again!
Thanks for sharing your experience
@@AshishKumar-ni1rr Thank you.
It’s now been just over six years of medication free. I still live to help others, but now all the emotions that were challenging are almost only a memory.I am so grateful to be living today and I am celebrating my new life.
@@onegrandmapeggy I am off 4.5 years of ads, antipsihotic, mood stabilizer. I am in lots of pain (neuropathy), anxiety and some weird thoughts. Is it permanent or it's still just withdrawal?
@@mitch5222 With a lot of dedication and determination for healing in the mind emotion body and spirit it is possible to heal and receive relief. I do all holistic alternative medicine and nothing else. My body was so toxic that doing a cleanse is really important because a lot of different psych meds will be stored in fat cells, etc. Psych meds also do a lot of brain damage, depending on what ones you’re on. But ultimately it’s about retraining your brain to function normally, and that it is possible to do. Our brain grows new brain cells and we can create pathways. The holistic approach is really important because it’s all interconnected. Follow the healthiest lifestyle you can, starting with one step at a time. I do use lots and lots of meditation. Binaural beats will activate parts of the brain that for the average person never happens. It’s been my saving grace. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to take care of your mind, your emotions, your body and spirit. I had found a holistic psychologist who did what’s called brain mapping that help me so much release trauma I had from the whole medication experience. And other things. I send you lots of love and I want you to know there’s great hope for healing. Never give up and keep moving forward. If you don’t have the answer keep looking for the one that works for you. It took me a long time to find me again within the mess I was. Keep digging and keep looking. I send you lots and lots of love from my heart to yours. ♥️
@@onegrandmapeggy ❤️
Hello, I've been looking for someone speaking up about this and giving personal experience tips, both because I am going through this process of recovering and liberating myself from psychiatry and wanted to hear positive success stories being shared, but also because this is something I feel I need to do also.
To speak up about it, and share my own story, in whatever way possible, to give hope and faith and most of all, give people (the 99.9 %) a much better understanding of what this process really is, feels like and how maybe we could find alternatives to pushing young people like I was 11 years ago to take these drugs and follow blindly the words of doctors.
So thank you so much for this heartfelt testimony and for being so open and brave about it all.
I'm in my second year of withdrawal after ten years of meds. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. This helped me so much. My beacon is my writing. You spoke our minds for us. God bless you and thank you. I will share this everywhere. xo
Congrats on year-two off the drugs! Keep going... It gets better every day the longer you hang in there, my friend!
Symptoms are real. But brain diseases are not. Psychiatry robbed me of my brother, and covers up child abuse. This is what is the hardest to contend with.
Great video and excellent guidance!
I am slowly but surely trying to tamper off of generic Geodon. The only reason I take my Geodon is to get my Mom off my back to get medicaid and to get an SSDI check.
I'm also trying to withdraw because I feel to drugged on it and my b*tch nurse practitioner wants to keep raising my dosage every time I see her.
My Mom has threatened to put me into a mental hospital and conservatorship.
I refuse to go through that type of hell ever again.
So I do whatever I need to do. Also threatening to do kick me out and stuff doesn't exactly encourage me to want to stay on meds, in fact it does quite the opposite.
I amazed she doesn't realize this.
If I'm ever suicidal I will never tell anyone on fear of going to the next psych ward.
Besides why I ever admit to being suicidal when all I feel is severe punishment for asking for help??
If anything mental health has taught me this one important lesson over and over again.
Lie. Lie. Lie. Do not give them any reason not to trust them.
Pretend to be happy even if it kills you, anything to avoid the psych ward.
I have long lost any ability I've ever had to trust mental health and their entire f*cking system as well as Big Pharma.
Thank you ma'am for sharing your story. It's incredibly encouraging to watch.
I am currently tapering from my final drug. Twenty years on psych drugs. I need to find myself or find myself again. Your words are very helpful to me. ❤ I’m a young 36 year old mother of three children.
My doctor asked me why I wanted to get off meds. Itopd him So want my personality back
Got the EXACT SAME Q, a week ago with my psyq when I told him I want off....
CBD is NATURAL ...creates HOMEOSTASIS...there IS HOPE...it helps a LOT. Stress regulation...easier going with the flow... thank you for such inspiration...my motivation same....not far behind you..a lifetime on those poisons..I'm 60! It's LIBERATING...even alone. 💜🙏. MUCH LOVE (resides within.. 💜...) to all you brave hearts. Let's do this!!! 👍💥
You people are so damn brave to take this leap! I want to leap, but I'm so afraid. I guess I haven't become fed up enough.
Does it really create natural homastatis where is the proof?
Drug injured. Nerve damage
sue the demons pronto
You give so much HOPE for those struggling.
I got off in 23 days in rehab. Brutal hell is an understatement.
Thank you for offering me support as I come off gradually. It's been very helpful listening to you for more hope :)
Thank You for the courage you demonstrate to us in imparting the truth
Thank you for sharing, Laura. Your stories are always so good to hear. You're so touching and deep. Stay safe and stay strong!
Thank you so much for sharing. You’re so brave! This definitely gives me hope. I’ve been diagnosed as bipolar I, and they want me to stay on antipsychotics. These drugs make me feel so lethargic-like life itself is completely meaningless. I feel so disconnected to my spirituality and my music. I get horrible heartburn, eat like garbage, and I’ve put on some weight. These drugs are totally neurotoxic, however so is being bipolar and having mania. I do think my best hope is to stay off the medication and focus on exercise, diet, and mindfulness. I really do hope I can recover, because I feel like I’ve lost so much brain function, and iq. It’s hard to formulate sentences in my mind. These words are so fragmented and far apart. I feel like I used to be very intelligent and that that is slipping away from me. Anyways, your video gives me hope that I can deal with my burdens (lots of trauma) and push past these highs and lows. Thank you for speaking up against psychiatry!
Dear dear Laura. Thank you very much for giving this positive message.
This video gives me so much hope.
It's so true when they say healing isn't linear it's so up and down and feel like your going back 10 steps
Thank you, a wonderful first person account --- it will give many hope!!!
I was so healthy and balance before I started psychiatric treatment. I was told I had a seizure disorder and prescribed lamictal that created sudden and severe depersonalization that was nonstop and horrible. I had to leave engineering school and couldn't function like I could before. I tried to pursue help through a dissociation program but was spoken down to and told I was fundamentally sick. I managed to build a programming career but haven't overcome the depersonalization. I'm still dependent on ADHD medication and can feel it destroying my cardiac system and ability to pay attention naturally with meds. I have memory loss. I need to taper to let my body and brain heal and return to balance. It's horrible that this industry creates a lifelong chemical dependency. What resources can I use to help since I cant turn to conventional treatment?
Hi, Jen. You can use mushroom Lion's Mane, Ginkgo, Fish oil and vitamin B. It's really working
@@Гермес-я6юlions mane can be dangerous...
I am 2 minutes in & so thankful for this video💗💓💕
This video gives me great hope
This video uplifts me, thank you so much Laura. You are amazing and congratulations
Dear Laura, KUDO's to you for championing over your previously prescribed psychiatric drugs...I am presently 2 months free of a sleep aid/antidepressant Remeron, while not sure WHEN to begin tappering off my longer term Effexor RX...clearly my fear of the unknown w/d symptoms is the primary factor...I worked soooo hard this last year re- tapping into my spiritual wisdom which became whitewashed during my past 25 years as a Licensed MH Therapist/Advocate. Through these efforts i am at a great place, as I am beginning to devise/develop a new Life Coaching business and website Titile? Sacred Journeys...I pray that I will be successful in helping especially those like minded clients who wish regain their healthy mind/body/spirit through slowly tappering off psych. meds. My mantra is simply "if I build it they will come"...any advice in terms of the right timing to begin my tappering process???? .
+Barb Peterson Hi Barb, thanks so much for your message, and great to hear about your journey! As for your question, I think you are the one and only person in the whole, entire world who knows when the time is right to begin tapering the Effexor. What I will say is that a lot of people find it helpful to think through the realities of their life first, to map out a timeline that includes finding answers to questions like: (1) Is there a time in which I can anticipate no added stressors (i.e. moving, leaving a job, divorce, physical health problems, etc.); (2) do I have good support around me from family/friends/practitioners who fully "get it" re: the harmful effects of psych drugs and how to safely and responsibly come off?; (3) do I have a really solid understanding of how to build a safe taper plan for myself?; (4) do I have access to nutritious food, potentially holistic health options like yoga, acupuncture, reiki, etc. if I find it necessarily to try non-medical things out to ease any withdrawal symptoms I might have? etc. etc. etc... Please find me on FB and keep me posted on your journey! It is fantastic to hear that you feel that calling to help others... I can relate very much :) Love and liberation, Laura
+Laura Delano Thank you so Laura for taking the time to respond in both a genuine and most compassionate way...you remind me very much of me during my initial journey, at quite a very young age mind you... in accepting my calling to heal n help others in anyway possible way! When i was told consistently 15+ years ago upon given my 1st script of Zoloft " and you will need to be on these meds for LIFE, as you waited far tooo long in starting these meds...." I was in SHOCK/DISMAY, esp such that i was a loving n accomplished Clinical Licensed SW/Therapist...who had never ever considered that my own clients would NEED to be on their Psych Med's forever???!!! I will keep you posted on my exciting new journey on FB, while happily I am down to a minimal dose of Effexor in 10 weeks of tapering with yes some stomach/digestive distress at times and intermittent bouts of high anxiety...inspite of starting back in my clinical profession after a 5 year hiatus and the sad recent lose of Supreme Court healthcare whistleblower case...I am holding my own with those added life stressors. I know for certain you will continue to make a HUGE difference in millions of others lives in the many years ahead!!!! I am so very proud of you indeed. Sending
you all the very best of which you and most deserve!!!! Barb D:_)
Laura, you're doing such valuable work. I nominate you for the Judi Chamberlain award.
Hi Laura this is Carlos from Spain, thank you for your words and your help, i have been watching The video and i had suffer all The things that you described every one, i am so clase to finish my withdrawl and i have two ideas in my mind , i want to recover what i am , and i am going to do it no matter if i dont sleep for a moth or a year no matter if i loose my job, The only thing that matter is to be myself again.
Thank you than you thank you and so sorry for my english
¡Hola Carlos! Yo también estoy en proceso de dejar la medicación, de hecho solo me queda una ya. Me gustaría ponerme en contacto contigo, espero que te esté llendo bien. Te dejo mi correo por si me quieres escribir: tengounaguitarra@gmail.com
Oh you said FREEDOM. This song should be our freedom song.
Richie Havens - Freedom at Woodstock 1969 (HD)
I'm so glad your getting better god bless
May you be blessed! This was a priceless video full of so much love and wisdom, powerful and healing and a rare gem! Thank you!!!
I hope I will have the opportunity soon to play your video for my son. God bless you.
How is your son today
Thank you for your courage in sharing your journey, the harms medication can cause, and your belief in our capacity to heal.
I weaned off of two antipsychotics and two mood stabilizers in October 2016..I was sure I was going to Die...wanted too..it was horrible. It's now almost March and I don't have the withdrawal symptoms But I do still suffer terrible disabling fatigue and weeks where I'm so weak I don't want food. I still have two more meds to go, the two I'm stressing hard on how sick I'm going to become. I have no support system at all so it's hard. I rarely see the outside of my home because I get wore out being around people now. I've NEVER been this way. I was a successful business woman, now unable to work (I do have Real health issues that play a role in that). The meds never worked for me and they were pushing for ECT...Hell No! That's when I decided I need a new way to heal my depression and cptsd because they are going to kill me with their treatments..Thank you for your videos they give me hope of reclaiming my life in time
I felt like I was dying on antipsychotic's and truly believe I would of died if I carried on, I was on such a high dose.
@@ocey3349 how doing now
@@garysimone4977 hi Gary how are you, I hope you are not to bad, I seriously am, I need to help myself, you need to help yourself as much as you can, no one can help us, its all down to us and how dicaplined we are in making extremely healthy lifestyle choices, Ive been smoking so much eversince and finding it extremely difficult to quit, this has also affected my health very badly, I'm so depressed because of it, the meds truly started this of, I will keep trying to quit, real healing doesn't start until you turn into 100% health freak, I always want to die as I'm scared of the future getting worse, my health is already so bad, I just woke up and am already chain smoking on an empty stomach, I cry every say and my appearance is ruined, my eyes have got very bad and I get Very ill, I have so many problems now, do you smoke? I'm so stuck, when I do stop smoking I get horrible withdrawal that makes everything worse but smoking at the same time is still making everything worse
@@ocey3349 Hey sorry man .... i understand. I am weening off meds and it sucks...but hey we cant pack it in right. Hey hêre í my email. Gary.a.simone@gmail.com. email my friend
@@garysimone4977 what meds are you coming off, sorry I can't email, risperidone and valproic acid messed my life up it's been 10 months since off it
The journey for me was miraculous and not normal . It only took me a day of withdrawal after years of being on 13 prescriptions. God hears . I prayed , my mom had been praying for me for years so I can’t deny it was Jesus truly . ❤️🙏🏼🙌🏼praying for everyone suffering through this
Darlene Okeefe - Thank you for the prayers. We really need them. May God bless you too.
Thank you so much Darlene. I have been using Quantum Physics, prayers and meditation, and I truly believe they will help me make an easy transition. Your reply confirms it. Peace and Blessings
A DAY?? 😳 It has been 11 months for me and I am in still in bad shape
Tysm 😢
What do you mean with ~a day~?
You are so lovely, I am in the process of tapering off my antidepressants. You give me great hope, thank you so much ❤
i never needed psych drugs until i was misdiagnosed with a brain tumor and had panic attacks. then when i came off i developed a horrific form of ocd and went into a withdrawl state that took my identity. i was a successful and busy mommy. the withdrawls took me to 3 psych wards and more poly drugging. i no longer know my place in this world. it iver takes me daily and i have ideations that ive never had in my life.
How are you now Any improvements
Thank you so much for everything you do. Your videos are very inspiring and helpful.
thank you so much for this message, Kristine. I'm so glad to hear the videos have been helpful for you! If you're on FB, definitely find me there... Lots happening in that forum in so far as support and community relating to psychiatric liberation are concerned!
Laura, Can you please let us know how you feel in 2019?
2 years into this and it still seems to be getting worse. My skin is burning. Just when I thought I was getting better with some of the other symptoms, they came back again today.
How are you today
How are you now
Sadly I don’t think I can ever come off of everything. Things go sideways for me and my mania spins up so far that I can end up in psychosis, and if it’s just that I would consider it manageable to a degree but it’s always a spiral.
Thank you, Laura! I'm detoxing off benzo's (which I only had to take because when I was 21 I cold turkeyed off of Effexor and lost my sanity...typical psychiatric stuff) and I'm currently on day 356 of a slow taper, one that has ended up going slower than I wanted but it's necessary. After the benzo's I have to get off my Zoloft. I had a wicked spell of dark a couple weeks back & a friend sent me this video. I was in the midst of horror at the time but I watched it anyway & I held on. I've been reading your posts on Mad In America and you are a fantastic writer. Your words hit home & you cover it ALL. Thank you for sharing. There is nothing better than people like you, sharing your beautiful story. Thank you for giving so many the hope we so desperately need!
dear rachel, thank you so much for this message! i'm glad you are staying connected to hope after being faced with so much horror and hardship. keep in touch and i send you love and solidarity as you heal from psychiatry and reclaim yourself! xo laura
Hi I was wondering how you did it to get of benzos, im currently in Wd from paxil/prozac very scared of taking then but i cant sleep and have anxiety in the morning.. they say its harder when you are still in WD
I can’t believe this was made 9 years ago. I’m 28 and have been on them since my teens. I get manipulated back into thinking I need medication. I need to say no more.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This has been incredibly helpful,validating ! ❤❤❤
Laura Delano....thank you very much for this video💓💛💓
Im on invega sustenna for acute psychosis. It's fucking hellish.
Coming off those drugs was painful, it took many years for me to physically heal from being on those drugs.
Same here. I only took them for 6 months. High dosage though. Intellectually, I don't think I've ever recovered.
@@yehmen29 I'm only one month in.
I have suffered from bouts of severe depression all my life. I've been on 20 mg. of Ciprelex for 8 years. In January of 2020, I weaned off over a four month period. I'm now 4 months off & I'm in Severe depression & Anxiety. I'm wondering how I would know if I have relapsed, or if this could be a withdrawal symptom? How can I tell?
Please help! Message me at katanawaves@gmail.com
@@davidkariuhow are you now
How many years did it take you to recover ? And did you fully recover ?
Thant you so much... that such a struggle to cope throughout the weaning period. I can barely have a conversation now, or express my feelings. I’m always looking for my words and keep forgetting everything.. even the simple task that people ask me to do at work is like a huge challenge.
And I’m positive that, it all come from the medication that I use to take ( amisulpride).
Gosh it is such a nightmare, I want to give up every single days, cause it seems to be hopeless.
I wish I’ll will find myself back, cause I miss this person.
I’m like a zombie now, those “doctors” almost killed me.
Thank for your video though, you are giving me good hopes for the future.
Regards.
Aurélien Battistini hey man I’m going through everything your saying whilst being on the meds I’m currently tapering but have felt my memory to be bad and I have no personality this whole time is that normal being on psych drugs ?
Hi joshu sorry I didn’t see your reply. What type of medication did you have ? Hopefully you feel better now! I’m not btw.
Aurélien Battistini hey bro I’m now on a antidepressant venlafaxine and a antipsychotic olanzapine, how long have you been off meds?
Joshu Flanigan it’s been 2 years now. And you ?
Aurélien Battistini I haven’t been off them I’ve been on the meds for about a year and a half what about you?
Thanks for posting this. I found it very useful and helpful. I'm glad you could be part of my journey and transformation! :) :D
I'm so glad you've found the video helpful! I send you solidarity as you move forward on your journey :)
Yeah, it was more than helpful! :) :D thank you for your help and kind wishes
Thank you for making this video.
Hey guys. I’m Matt and 3.5 years ago, I cold turkeyed off of klonopin after taking it for 3 years (told by doctor it was safe), and simultaneously began tapering off of 80 mg of prozac 5 mg at a time over the course of 17 months. I am now 2 years off of the prozac. To say my life has been a living hell since then doesn’t come close. There are simply no words for what this has been. And I am rapidly losing the last bits of hope that have kept me alive through this. I am in and out of akathisia constantly, my gut quite literally will not handle anything, and my mind seems hard wired to torture me all day and night every day and night. I have seen more doctors than I ever hoped to see in my life, and become disgusted by the medical system. I have tried all sorts of trauma informed therapies and non trauma informed therapies, supplements, different meditation modalities, etc. Everything I could think of. Nothing seems to touch it. And I can’t tell if this is just me, who I am. I cannot tell where the injury stops and I begin. Or if I’m even injured at all anymore. I have no idea what to do. Any words of encouragement or advice would be appreciated. I wish anyone going through this full and complete healing.
Hey Matt, so sorry your struggling. I just wanted to tell you I have seen so many heal after a few years off the drugs. I know you said it’s been 2 years but just keep holding on because I see it so often in the third and fourth years lots and lots of change. I’m only 3 months off holding on with both hands.
@@crystalweiche6925 thank you for the encouragement, Crystal. I’ve been hearing more and more of that lately as well- people reporting big improvements in years 3 and 4. I’m just waiting for the windows, getting through the days. Congratulations on 3 months, that’s huge. The first months of my journey were pretty unimaginable, so please feel free to reach out if you need support. I’m happy to listen and offer reassurance (even though I need a lot of it myself right now). We’ve got this! Sending love.
@Nebil I wish I could say much better but I’m still very debilitated with symptoms.
🫂💖 thank you for your kind words. I really love this video. I'll be sure to come back to it again and again whenever I feel down. Tbh I'm progressing with my recovery but today idk why I was feeling really down. Maybe it's cuz of the weather. It's very cloudy here so. But thank you for your kind words.
My neurons and dendrites are applauding as I listen!!
This video is most helpful for me! Thanks Laura. All four kids in our family had a rough upbringing (negativity, lack of love). We all ended up on psych meds in our thirties, which in turn, led to poly drugging. We all lost our careers, I had a breakdown, my oldest sister died, & my other sister & brother became alcoholics. I've just weaned off 4 psych meds that I was on for over 25 years & am in a place of trying to find community & believe my pain is evidence for healing. But mostly, I don't see the point in all this suffering & just want it all to end. How does ones original condition heal itself? I can't figure this out for the life of me
+Dave Moore I had a similar upbringing, similar story as you. Both me and my sister ended up on psych drugs in our thirties and now are suffering from withdrawal. I think treating the original condition depends on what caused it. Usually its a normal human reaction to stress or difficult life circumstances which we haven't been able to find help or support for. Good counseling with someone experienced in our particular problem would be the best treatment. Some people get put on psych drugs for pain, hormonal issues or just normal grief after a loss. Psych meds don't cure anything, they only mask symptoms, which is dangerous, symptoms are our body's way of letting us know something is wrong and needs to be addressed. Its like having a warning light come on in your car and disconnecting the wire, saying its fixed the problem. Not only don't psych drugs fix anything, they cause ongoing damage, increasing side effects and often, horrendous suffering when we try and stop taking them.
@@Jen.K I agree meds don't address the root problem. However, I don't believe there is always a root to address. I think we can become seriously depressed for no reason whatsoever. At least that has been my case.
Hi have you recovered from the psychiatric drugs?
Thanks you for this
Thank you Laura. You are an inspiration. ❤❤❤❤
OMYGOSH you are so spot on with everything, thank u so much 💖💖💖
Thank you for sharing.
I want to take no drugs but I guess I would be good with the drugs as they help a lot. Hope you guys be able to do what you want including decreasing or withdrawing drugs. Blessed.
I think it’s impossible to come off certain psychotropic drugs in some instances..people really don’t understand the withdrawal from these is worse than any illicit drug on the street
Hey Laura - how are you doing now? Very well I hope.
Thank you so much! This give me a lot of faith ❤
You don't say what where you on?
There's a big difference and importance of which drug you're coming off.
Anti depression for depressed person and anti psychotic medication for schizophrenic person or
Stimulating drugs for ADHD people ,are all in a very big different levels of difficulty and being even possible
They are all disruptive. Ritalin quickly ruined my life two years ago. It killed who I was.