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Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   Cold Plunge Cam is an Instagram influencer who has gained hundreds of thousands of followers, while sharing his mental health stories and experience with protracted withdrawal. Get your free personalized Medication Injury Recovery Guide: https://taperclinic.com/quiz-injury/...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   This video goes over everything you would possibly need to know about antidepressant protracted withdrawal.  Get our free tapering course: https://taperclinic.com/free-guide/    Join +6000 people learning how to taper on our newsletter: https://membership.taperclinic.com/new...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   Is Depression Really a "Chemical Imbalance"? A Psychiatrist Breaks Down the Myth For decades we were told that depression comes from a chemical imbalance in the brain, too little serotonin, and that antidepressants simply correct it. But what does the evidence actually say?...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   Is Depression Really a "Chemical Imbalance"? A Psychiatrist Breaks Down the Myth For decades we were told that depression comes from a chemical imbalance in the brain, too little serotonin, and that antidepressants simply correct it. But what does the evidence actually say?...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast    Today we're listening to the story of how a mother took whole foods to improve their family's mental health problems and get off their medications. Get our free tapering course: https://taperclinic.com/free-guide/    Join +6000 people learning how to taper on our newsletter...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   Doctors are prescribing Seroquel for sleep and that's a problem, in this video I explain why. Get our free tapering course: https://taperclinic.com/free-guide/    Join +6000 people learning how to taper on our newsletter: https://membership.taperclinic.com/newsletter    CONN...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   Insomnia didn't care about my medical degree. In this candid sit-down, I open up about my own struggle with sleepless nights and team up with my sleep coach to break down what actually worked for me. We cover the things no one told me about insomnia, the mistakes that kept m...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   Thinking about getting off Xanax? In this video I break down what a safe approach to stopping actually looks like. Why tapering matters, what withdrawal can feel like, and why working with a doctor is essential. Quitting benzodiazepines cold turkey can be dangerous, so this...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   Benzodiazepines like Xanax, Valium, and Klonopin are among the most commonly prescribed medications for anxiety and insomnia but what happens to your brain when they're used over months or years? In this video, we break down what current research says about the long-term eff...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   After years in medicine, there are a few common pills I've quietly crossed off my own list and in this video, I'll tell you exactly which ones and why. From side effects most patients aren't warned about to better alternatives hiding in plain sight, here's what I'd want my o...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   Think you know ADHD? Think again. In this eye-opening conversation, a psychiatrist breaks down the biggest myths and misconceptions about ADHD and reveals what's really going on in the brain. Get our free tapering course: https://taperclinic.com/free-guide/    Join +6000 peo...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   Ever wondered what taking Xanax actually feels like? In this video, I break down the three distinct stages you experience when on Xanax, from the initial onset to the peak effects and what happens as it wears off. Whether you've been prescribed it, are curious about how it w...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   If you're on a prescribed benzodiazepine and thinking about going to a detox center, please watch this first. Most detox centers are built for addiction, not prescription dependence. I've seen too many people get pushed through a rapid taper, leave on more medications than t...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   When someone starts an antidepressant, they're usually the one being asked how they feel. Their spouse rarely is. But the people living with them often notice things the patient can't see from the inside. Emotional flatness. Loss of interest. Changes in intimacy. A partner w...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   Most doctors are not trying to make their patients worse. But I've watched it happen, over and over, for years. Patients come to me already on four, five, six medications. Each one was added in good faith, to solve a problem the last one created or failed to fix. By the time...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   Charay's daughter was 12 years old when she died. She had been prescribed Prozac. In this conversation, Charay shares her story in her own words. What her daughter was like before the medication. What changed after she started it. What she noticed, what she questioned, and w...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   There are things I learned about antidepressants in practice that I never learned in medical school, and that most patients are never told before they start taking them. Not because doctors are hiding the ball on purpose. Most genuinely don't know. But that doesn't help you...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   If I got depressed tomorrow, I would not start with a prescription pad. After years of treating patients who came to me already worse off than when they first started antidepressants, overmedicated, exhausted, foggy, and convinced something was wrong with them, I think very...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: http://membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast   The biggest healthcare fraud settlement in U.S. history was $3 billion and one man risked everything to make it happen. Blair Hamrick had it all: a top pharmaceutical sales career, first-class flights, big bonuses, and a rising future. But behind the scenes, he watched his c...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast ChatGPT is out here recommending SSRIs like it's handing out candy, and I've got some things to say about it. Get our free tapering course: https://membership.taperclinic.com/free-taper-guide   Join +6000 people learning how to taper on our newsletter: https://membership.taperclinic....

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Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast If you're watching someone you love slowly disappear on their psychiatric medications, this video is for me talking directly to you. I'm a board-certified psychiatrist, and I see this pattern constantly: someone started a medication during a real crisis, and at first it helped. But y...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast Most people don't need psychiatric medication. What they need is a serious look at how they're living, what they're eating, who they're spending time with, and whether their life has any real meaning in it. In this video, I walk through 50 rules I give patients who want to protect th...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast Most psychiatrists hand you a prescription and never look back. Nobody asks whether you still need it. Nobody explores what else works. Get our free tapering course: https://membership.taperclinic.com/free-taper-guide   Join +6000 people learning how to taper on our newsletter: https...

Click here if you need help quitting psychiatric medications: membership.taperclinic.com/signup/?utm_source=podcast Your doctor put you on this in 20 minutes. Nobody told you getting off would take a protocol. The dizziness. The brain zaps. The feeling that you're falling apart. That's not your depression coming back. That's your nervous system recalibrating after years of chemical dependency. The...