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Russell B
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Welcome to the channel! I offer encouragement and hope to people who are coming off psychiatric drugs, while also sharing my own experiences and things I’ve learned along the way.
You can reach me at the following email address:
RussellBYT@gmail.com
Please be aware that at this time I can only offer one-on-one support through Coaching/Support Calls. An announcement will be made in a video and/or community post whenever more sessions are available for scheduling. Thank you for your patience and understanding!
You can reach me at the following email address:
RussellBYT@gmail.com
Please be aware that at this time I can only offer one-on-one support through Coaching/Support Calls. An announcement will be made in a video and/or community post whenever more sessions are available for scheduling. Thank you for your patience and understanding!
Dangly Arms - A Psych Drug Side Effect Story
This is the story of one of the strangest and most frustrating psych drug side effects I ever experienced. Tis' the story of the dangly arms.
This video was written, recorded, and edited by Russell B.
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About Russell B:
I was 11-years-old when I was first taken to a psychiatrist. Like so many children, I was struggling to deal with a stressful home environment. Rather than embarking on the complicated, difficult, and delicate task of thoroughly exploring all of that and attempting to solve the problems at their origins, the psychiatrist instead gave me a diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and promptly prescribed the antidepressant Luvox to treat its “symptoms.”
This sequence of events kickstarted nearly two decades of wandering through psychiatry’s labyrinth of symptom management and prescribing cascades. By the time I was 25, I had received a half-dozen diagnoses, taken countless psychiatric drugs - including ten straight years on antipsychotics - and had more side effects than I could keep up with or manage. I weighed 400 lbs (181 kg), had out-of-control Type 2 diabetes, and felt like I was dying. And honestly, I had felt so bad for so long, I sometimes welcomed it.
I didn’t know where the DSM labels and all the treatments for my supposed “disorders” stopped and I began. I was sad, broken, and worst of all, someone I’d never had the chance to know.
But then I experienced a spark of hope. A light bulb-over-the-brain moment. Maybe I didn’t have to live that way. Even though the belief had been drilled into me for so many of my developing years that coming off the meds would surely seal my doom, something deep inside told me to take a chance and bet big on Russell B. Using this internal guidance, I began a psych drug taper and slowly started coming off every single one of the drugs in a psych drug cocktail: Lexapro, Concerta, Ritalin, Geodon, Klonopin, and Rozerem. None of them were safe. All were on the chopping block.
It took 5 god-awful years to complete the taper and with almost no help from the docs who’d put me on them. But I succeeded.
I’ve been off all meds for 10 years now (as of August 2023) and haven’t seen a psychiatrist since way back in 2009. It’s been a brutally long journey down a nightmarish path. One that was often too dark to see in front of me and littered with steep drops and soul-testing trials. But you know what? I survived. And my life has been improving, slowly but surely, ever since I escaped the house that psychiatry built.
If you’re wandering down the same path, please know you’re not alone. You’re not fated to lose your way - or yourself. You can succeed. We all can.
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Links for safely coming off psych drugs:
The Withdrawal Project
withdrawal.theinnercompass.org/
Surviving Antidepressants
www.survivingantidepressants.org/
Beyond Meds
beyondmeds.com/
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Film credits:
Waterworld (1995)
Nacho Libre (2006)
Black Sheep (1996)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Knives Out (2019)
News Clip:
U.S. Officially In Recession (CBS)(2008)
Music credit:
Artist/Song: Johnny Cash - The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer
Album: Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison - Legacy Edition Deluxe 40th Anniversary
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Support Calls:
Support Call appointments are not currently available, but you can send an email to RussellBYT@gmail.com if you would like to be added to the list of folks who will be notified as soon as more Calls are being scheduled.
Just put “Support Call Notification” in the subject line and you’ll be added to the list!
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Disclaimer:
Any advice given on this channel is not a substitute for medical advice. Please consult with a licensed medical professional before coming off psych drugs.
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Please note:
This is a judgment-free space as far as whether or not you take psychiatric drugs and receive any kind of mental health services. Above all, we at this channel encourage each person to figure out and do what’s right for them. Life’s too short for anything else.
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Russell B’s videos are made using the following software: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Audition
This video was written, recorded, and edited by Russell B.
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About Russell B:
I was 11-years-old when I was first taken to a psychiatrist. Like so many children, I was struggling to deal with a stressful home environment. Rather than embarking on the complicated, difficult, and delicate task of thoroughly exploring all of that and attempting to solve the problems at their origins, the psychiatrist instead gave me a diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and promptly prescribed the antidepressant Luvox to treat its “symptoms.”
This sequence of events kickstarted nearly two decades of wandering through psychiatry’s labyrinth of symptom management and prescribing cascades. By the time I was 25, I had received a half-dozen diagnoses, taken countless psychiatric drugs - including ten straight years on antipsychotics - and had more side effects than I could keep up with or manage. I weighed 400 lbs (181 kg), had out-of-control Type 2 diabetes, and felt like I was dying. And honestly, I had felt so bad for so long, I sometimes welcomed it.
I didn’t know where the DSM labels and all the treatments for my supposed “disorders” stopped and I began. I was sad, broken, and worst of all, someone I’d never had the chance to know.
But then I experienced a spark of hope. A light bulb-over-the-brain moment. Maybe I didn’t have to live that way. Even though the belief had been drilled into me for so many of my developing years that coming off the meds would surely seal my doom, something deep inside told me to take a chance and bet big on Russell B. Using this internal guidance, I began a psych drug taper and slowly started coming off every single one of the drugs in a psych drug cocktail: Lexapro, Concerta, Ritalin, Geodon, Klonopin, and Rozerem. None of them were safe. All were on the chopping block.
It took 5 god-awful years to complete the taper and with almost no help from the docs who’d put me on them. But I succeeded.
I’ve been off all meds for 10 years now (as of August 2023) and haven’t seen a psychiatrist since way back in 2009. It’s been a brutally long journey down a nightmarish path. One that was often too dark to see in front of me and littered with steep drops and soul-testing trials. But you know what? I survived. And my life has been improving, slowly but surely, ever since I escaped the house that psychiatry built.
If you’re wandering down the same path, please know you’re not alone. You’re not fated to lose your way - or yourself. You can succeed. We all can.
~~~~
Links for safely coming off psych drugs:
The Withdrawal Project
withdrawal.theinnercompass.org/
Surviving Antidepressants
www.survivingantidepressants.org/
Beyond Meds
beyondmeds.com/
~~~
Film credits:
Waterworld (1995)
Nacho Libre (2006)
Black Sheep (1996)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Knives Out (2019)
News Clip:
U.S. Officially In Recession (CBS)(2008)
Music credit:
Artist/Song: Johnny Cash - The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer
Album: Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison - Legacy Edition Deluxe 40th Anniversary
~~~~
Support Calls:
Support Call appointments are not currently available, but you can send an email to RussellBYT@gmail.com if you would like to be added to the list of folks who will be notified as soon as more Calls are being scheduled.
Just put “Support Call Notification” in the subject line and you’ll be added to the list!
~~~~
Disclaimer:
Any advice given on this channel is not a substitute for medical advice. Please consult with a licensed medical professional before coming off psych drugs.
~~~~
Please note:
This is a judgment-free space as far as whether or not you take psychiatric drugs and receive any kind of mental health services. Above all, we at this channel encourage each person to figure out and do what’s right for them. Life’s too short for anything else.
~~~~
Russell B’s videos are made using the following software: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Audition
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2 Huge Resources for Coming off Psych Drugs Safely
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Resources for safely coming off psych drugs were once hard to find. They’re greater in number nowadays, but finding thorough and trustworthy sources of information still proves elusive for many, worsening the nightmare of tapering and withdrawal. You’ll find two resources in this video that cover the process of coming off your meds from beginning to end, and I recommend them virtually every tim...
Did I Find Psych Drugs Helpful? (After 19 Years on Them)
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Plenty of folks find psych drugs to be a valuable addition to their lives. And there's a sizable percentage of people who've never felt helped by them at all. In fact, quite the opposite. And of course there's everyone in between. In this video, I share my thoughts and experiences and answer the question of whether or not I personally ever found them to be of any use after 19 years of taking th...
It’s Not Your Fault You Took Psych Drugs
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I wanted to address something that comes up time and again when I talk to people who are coming off psych drugs: we blame ourselves for taking the medication in the first place. About me: I was 11-years-old when I was first taken to a psychiatrist. I soon received a diagnosis of OCD and the medication Luvox, an antidepressant, to treat it. This sequence of events kickstarted nearly two decades ...
Was My Progress Linear? | Coming off Psych Drugs
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Was my progress while coming off psychiatric drugs linear or nonlinear? It's a question I'm often asked, and in this video I answer it by offering up some of my insights and relevant experiences, along with the perspective I gained from doing a 5-year psych drug taper. About Russell B: I was 11-years-old when I was first taken to a psychiatrist. Like so many children, I was struggling to deal w...
Being at Risk for Psychosis and Coming off Antipsychotics
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Peter Simons recently wrote an article for Mad in America about antipsychotics and their general lack of benefit for patients who are at a clinically high risk of psychosis. In fact, they often lead to a worsening of the patient’s situation over time. The article had me thinking about my own situation, years ago, when I first talked to my psychiatrist about coming off my psych drug cocktail. Li...
Russell B on Inner Compass Conversations with Laura Delano!
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Russell B will be a guest on an upcoming Inner Compass Conversations livestream hosted by Laura Delano. Please watch the video for details on the topic. It’ll be a casual 1-hour affair in which we’ll talk about something very important to not only people who are struggling through psychiatric drug withdrawal and beyond, but also to people who are still taking psych drugs, happily or otherwise, ...
6 Years Psych Drug Free - Personal Update
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Now that I’m 6 years off of a cocktail of psychiatric drugs and ten years removed from my last psychiatrist appointment, I’m giving y’all an update on how things are going. It’s been a long road, and the journey is far from over, but we’re getting there. My success is your success. Hang in there. If you enjoyed the video or just found it helpful in some way, please give it a like and subscribe ...
Losing a Loved One While Coming off Psych Drugs
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Grieving a lost loved one, having a schizophrenia diagnosis, trying to find a new psychiatrist and/or primary care practitioner in a new town… all while coming off psych drugs. There are a few things I touch on in this video, but perhaps the most important among them is dealing with the loss of a loved one and the difficulty-and near impossibility-of properly grieving while coming off psych med...
Life After Psych Drugs: Will Your Intelligence Return?
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Will your intelligence return after you’ve discontinued your psychiatric drugs? I answer that in this video, while also touching on the subject of creativity and whether or not it will return for those who have lost it. For creative people, our intelligence and our creativity are intrinsically linked and the loss of the former often begets the loss of the latter. It's a tragedy at the soul leve...
3 of My Reasons for Coming off Psych Drugs
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Here are three of the reasons why I decided to come off my psych drug cocktail after taking a variety of medications for 14 years. I’ve been psych drug-free for the last 5 ½ years. A future video will cover how I’m doing without the meds. Thanks for watching! And if you enjoyed the video, please like and subscribe. Time Stamps: I included an “About Me” section in the video to let people know mo...
My Psych Drug Weight Gain Story
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Did I ever tell you about the time I gained a BUNCH of weight while taking the antipsychotic medications Zyprexa and Risperdal? It's a real knee slapper. I was only 15 years old too. This video is all about that magical belt- and brain-busting experience. About Russell B: I was 11-years-old when I was first taken to a psychiatrist. Like so many children, I was struggling to deal with a stressfu...
When will you feel like yourself again after coming off psych drugs?
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It’s taken a long time for me to feel like myself, even a little bit, after discontinuing a psych drug cocktail. It’s happening slowly, but I’m getting there. This is a quick little unscripted video that will hopefully give you a little inspiration as you make your way through the process of discontinuing psychiatric drugs. If you can keep going, no matter how far away from yourself you may fee...
How to Take Shorter Showers
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Do you take REALLY long showers? Showers of an hour or more in length? Or even showers that aren’t as long as that, but are still a little bit longer than you’d like. If so, maybe this video can help you out. We won’t be getting into the nuts and bolts of how to lessen shower time (e.g., what to wash and for how many repetitions), but we will be discussing the big picture: how taking overly lon...
My Pain is in the Pill
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Poem by Russell Baugher. Filmed and edited by Erica Hua Fletcher, PhD.
So am I supposed to start rebuilding my mind while on psychiatric drugs, during the tapering process, or after it’s finally over? 🤔
The simplest answer is that we can start “rebuilding” as soon as we’re able to. It happened very naturally for me as I became more able-minded and this seems to be the common experience. We just sort of follow our intuition and let our emerging capabilities guide us.
@@russellbyt So in other words, once the tapering process is at least halfway complete. Correct?
@ZeronosVegaZero Not necessarily. Depends on how we respond to the reductions.
@@russellbyt Then what exactly do you mean by “able-minded”? Are you referring to before, during, or after the tapering process?
Going through this now, after 15 years on them. It's hell earth. God help me. Thank you for the hope.❤
i feel worse after quitting antipsychotics what do i do ? (i did taper) its been 4 months
I’m sorry you’re still struggling! Tapering is all about limiting, and _possibly_ preventing, withdrawal and withdrawal-like symptoms, but it’s no guarantee we won’t have any. The speed of the taper can make a big difference too. But again, no guarantees with any of this… Which is of course really scary and frustrating. For those of us who struggle with coming off meds, it’s not uncommon for it to take a while to feel like we’ve made some good progress. So 4 months isn’t a very long time in recovery terms. It’s a very long time to feel so bad. But it’s not long enough for our bodies to very noticeably heal. The good thing is that healing is taking place whether it feels that way or not. We can build a withdrawal and post-withdrawal toolkit. We can find ways to get through each day. Even each moment of the day. But time makes the biggest difference. In the meantime, check out this page on Surviving Antidepressants called “Symptoms and self-care”: www.survivingantidepressants.org/forums/forum/8-symptoms-and-self-care/ The info there applies to antipsychotics too.
@@russellbyt thank you for your time. You did 5 year taper. How long to wait not to feel withdrawal depression ? I lost many things to the drug one of them is enjoying music. I used to say i cant live without music. Will i ever get it back ?
@DovahQueen1994 There’s no way to know for sure how long this will last unfortunately. Our bodies basically heal on their own timeline. But you’ll notice gradual improvements as time goes on. Most people won’t take as long as I did, so I wouldn’t worry so much about that 5-years number. And yes, the ability to enjoy music should return eventually :)
i feel worse after quitting antipsychotics what do i do ? (i did taper)
Please see my reply on your other comment :)
If a person is really delusional Rather than taking psychiatrist treatment? (Because psychiatrist drugs have side effects )What His/her guardian do? Can you answer i mean what is the solution?
This is something I won’t pretend to have all the answers for. Delusional thinking was never one of my symptoms so I also lack experience dealing with it firsthand. Though I do have people close to me who struggle with this, so it’s not a complete unknown to me. This secondhand experience is why I don’t have a very favorable view of psych drugs as a useful way of “treating” delusional thinking. Too many people are shut down by the meds. I’m actually interested in talking to others who have non-psych med solutions, maybe as content for the channel. Those people are definitely out there. If you come across any, feel free to let me know!
My reasons for coming off, was I had been on them since I was 4. 25 years. I had spent so much of my life drugged and on so many cocktails of drugs that I felt like I had never in my life been given the opportunity to be WHO I AM. I had suffered greatly at the hands of these cocktails. I felt like I wasn't a patient. I felt like a lab rat at worst and a customer at best. I felt like the pills and the labels had dehumanized me. In school I got bullied relentlessly by my peers. I was treated like a disease. I was NEVER okay with any of this. As a kid, I couldn't revoke consent. As an adult? My parents and peers pressured me against coming off. Yes I was 18 and could legally make my own decisions. However, as long as you live with your parents, you're not TRULY autonomous. My mom was the biggest source of coercion. I tried coming off my meds at 18 or 19. As soon as I had any problem, my mom coerced and pressured me back on. So as soon as I moved out, I ordered my doctor to begin tapering and he would constantly, express reluctance and a few times I'd listen. So it took, me 4-6 years to taper off seroquel. I don't think that was the right timeline. I think my doctor was dragging his feet to keep me strung a long and on the hook as long as he could. Eventually I gave the order to stop it completely and THEN all of a sudden he's all for patients coming off medication. Whenever I'd call him on the weightgain he'd say oh it's an imperfect science and he made a mistake. I countered with my experience on another anitpsychotic that did the same thing to me when I was 13. I was 29 or 31 when I said this to him. So I said, I don't think you did make a mistake. I think you know about these side effects and have known about them for decades. This is nothing new. At that, I decided I had had enough. Enough of being an experiment. Enough of not being who I am. Enough of hearing naysayers try to tell me what I couldn't do because I was disabled. People second guessing my judgement and treating me like I was stupid. There could be no peace in my world until the control psychiatrists had over my life had been completely eliminated. Never to return. Then only could healing begin to happen in my life. Then only could I live a life that's true to my values. I don't value psychiatry and yet I was taking their pills. I could live a life, as I AM. I could be myself in mind, body and spirit. I was scared. I would ask "Without these pills, what will I be?" And the answer to that? Free.
Free indeed! Really profound and relatable ending. (Actually, much of it is relatable. For me, and I'm sure others too.) That’s a helluva journey and you got through it. Thank you for sharing your reasons, and I hope you’re able to now start having the life and sense of wholeness you’ve always deserved. Much love to you!
So you did what exactly to lose the weight?
I believe I was switched from Zyprexa to Geodon, and also became more physically active. But the med change probably made the biggest difference.
Love your channel man. Helps me so much.
Glad it’s helpful!
We need neurotransmitter therapy, the reuptakes in the brain need cleaned,unblocked
This F'er didn't even show us how to take a quick shower. F'ing BASTARD!!!!
Thank you for sharing your story and experience Russell, I deeply appreciate it. I am on resperidal now, have been for a year. Am in the process of a very very slow taper. A part of me wants to row the boat faster and go cold turkey while the other part of me wants to continue taking the drug during the taper because cold turkeying means lying to my family about taking the drugs. Everytime I feel conflicted I play this video and it helps alot. I always remind myself that if you could survive I could survive too
Glad it's helping 😀 As others in the community have said and so many of us have experienced, the more we rush it, the longer it can take. Always best to go at the speed we need. Wish you the best on your journey, and feel free to comment again and share your progress in the future!
@russellbyt thank you!! If you were me, would you take the slow taper approach (minimum 2 years) or cold turkey the meds? I know cold turkey is bad but the side effects are really troubling me :,))))
I wouldn’t risk it. Practically everyone who wants off meds wants off immediately (I had lots of side effects and certainly didn’t want to spend even _more_ time on meds, so I’ve been there too). The reasons may differ but the desire is the same. But cold turkey-ing just isn’t worth the risk IMO.* You may be one of the lucky ones who can stop that way and not have problems, but it’s better to start slow and see how you're responding to the reductions before speeding things up, should you ever choose to go faster. I recommend following the 10% reduction recommendation for at least the first few months or so and see how things go. Then you can make a better informed decision about your specific taper speed. You can read more about that 10% thing here (ignore the name of the site, this applies to virtually all psych drugs): www.survivingantidepressants.org/forums/topic/1024-why-taper-by-10-of-my-dosage/ *You'll see on that site that there's a very specific circumstance where cold turkey quitting might be necessary but it doesn't apply to most people.
@@russellbyt thank you for your insight!! I guess I will go slow then
@@russellbyt you know I went cold turkey for 2 days because of the crazy headaches resperidal gave me...and I felt fine, felt even more happy But then I read somewhere that the drug stays in your system for a week, and read your comment again Don't want to risk crashing and having to take more drugs :/ I guess I will go back on it lol
For me I feel all things before starting meds
You mean everything was okay with your feelings before starting meds, and then the meds took that away?
@@russellbyt no like all the things ppl feel coming off of meds is how I feel normally so I’m deciding if I should go on them. I feel like ppl go from a place of being so bad they need them and it’s life changing then to a place where they are so fine they think being on them is the problem. But I think when things are so severe like for me ptsd and anxiety and can’t work or have a social life it’s necessary. It’s just scary because ppl go from saying how amazing it is to how crappy it is and I feel like right now I rather feel no emotions then too much emotions that I feel. But once I get there and wanna get off the rewiring seems scary and hard to get off of. Especially if this is how I feel naturally I fear it’ll be really hard for me to get off.
It really depends on the person and how they respond to the meds. Some people take meds and do just fine. Or they do much better than “just fine.” Others take them and become disabled. Barely functional day to day. Some folks start out doing well on a med, then start getting worse again even while staying on said med. Others feel horrible while medicated from day one. There’s a whole spectrum of responses to psych drugs and those are just a few of them. We don’t really know where we fall on that spectrum until we try them for ourselves. The really unfortunate thing is that most prescribers don’t properly handle the situations where patients respond unfavorably. Nor do they know how to best _deprescribe_ psych meds should a patient choose, or need, to come off them. Not in a way that’s safe and comfortable for patients. This leads to all sorts of problems, and this tends to be the focus of channels like mine. The best advice I can give is to learn as much as you can about the meds - from a variety of sources - and then make as informed a decision as possible based on your own situation and goals. There’s no easy decision here. Just go where your findings lead you. And no matter how you get there, I just want you to have a life you enjoy 😀
@@russellbyt wow your very right. Thank you so much! I appreciate you explaining and helping me better understand. I feel more confident in trying them & will keep in mind all of this.
u can't bust a nut off respiradol
Yeah, it can for sure take some time for everything to start working again.
Your so right, I can relate to all of what you said. I’m doing a LIVE Video tonight on this very topic. Can you pls join us as a moderator! I’m starting at 7pm via TT Live! ❤tysm for sharing all of this info and so educational! Even for me
Sir I can't control my emotions 😢😢
Hey, are you currently tapering?
@@russellbyt sir I am left that medicines from February 2024 and thank you sir you are like hope for me so I can recover sir God bless you sir big fan from India thanks for replying sir 🥺🥺
Thanks for being a fan! For managing difficult emotions, it might help to read this page on the Surviving Antidepressants website: www.survivingantidepressants.org/forums/topic/1112-non-drug-techniques-to-cope-with-emotional-symptoms/
@@russellbyt sir I eat risperidone antipsychotics not antidepressants
@pushpendrakulshresthafan The info is relevant for all types of psych drugs.
Is anyone here who never had psychosis? I was at the hospital for extreme panick attacks and derealisation derealisation and mental health anxiety. I got put on antipsychotics.
Antipsychotics can be prescribed for a variety of reasons that don't require a person to have psychotic symptoms. So the name of the drug category can be a little misleading for patients. Sorry you've had these really scary experiences and I hope things improve for you soon!
@@russellbyt thank you for sharing your story it makes me feel less alone
I wanted to ask does taking very low doses can effect us in person.. i didnt know whats emotional bluntness and assumed that i have one.. now im very low doses of queitapine and resperidone but still i dont feel like myself.. like i used feel good after cleaning the house.. even if i try i dont clean the house properly and dont feel good.. i feel i made a mindset which isnt changing..
Those are two really potent antipsychotics. They can absolutely affect you in those ways, even at “low” doses. I’m speaking from my own experience and others have had similar ones too.
i think it depends on the type of drug, in my first psychosis i was given troncodol which only effected dopamine, I gave competetive exam after that and was a breeze, in my second psychosis i was given resperdol so much for its " best drug" label, it blocked both dopamine and serotonin, after being on it, The feeling i had for confidence is just gone and learning has become like wtf is this moment sometimes, I do not feel even a bit of anger. Its super dulling i feel like, I still have my optimism of getting better tho
It really seems to depend on both the drug _and_ the person taking it. Two people can respond very differently to the same med. We see a similar thing with psych drug withdrawal. Two people can stop the same drug, who have been taking it for roughly the same amount of time. One could have withdrawal symptoms and the other one doesn’t. Or both could have withdrawal symptoms but one recovers after a a few months, while the other one takes years. There are a lot of variables in the psych drug-response equation that need so much more attention and studying.
Here's a Mental Health-themed album I recorded in 2005. I hope it helps somebody out there. Coamhim Loves You 🫂🌠✨️ ua-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_nOyCq9349UgS97HhbVd2ikaEhKFANVczA.html&si=JhrTNGK2NBQ6aVcX
I believe there should be a new term for the developed dependency on psych drugs. It's even stronger than street drug addiction.
The fact that so many say that coming off [insert random psych drug here] is so much more difficult than coming off, say, heroin really should light a fire under prescribers to do a heck of a lot more for patients. It's so tragic that virtually all patients were taken by surprise by the difficulty. We deserve so much better.
I've been on antipsychotics for 25 years. The last 7 years I've been on an Aristada injection, the maximum dose for most of it. I've decided to come off once and for all. It is going to be a ride. Prayers and positive thoughts, please, please, please 🌱🙏🏼🌱
I, and no doubt others, will keep you in our thoughts. Best wishes on your journey and much love to you!
I've been on antipsychotics for 25 years. The last 7 years I've been on an Aristada injection, the maximum dose for most of it. I've decided to come off once and for all. It is going to be a ride. Prayers and positive thoughts, please, please, please 🌱🙏🏼🌱
The Akathisia, among other horrific things, from taking various kinds of anti-depressants, anti-psychotics and benzodiazepines over the past 25 years destroyed both my mind and body
Did you have DPDR? Mine is so severe and insufferable.
I did, and thankfully it improved with time. Hopefully yours will too!
I would add Benzobuddies.
I'm down to 7mg from 10mg of escitalopram and I'm sobbing. AT LEAST I CAN CRY now, at least i can cry, make art, orgasm, feel alive etc. The OCD that prompted these drugs is gone but fuck I feel cursed. Abandoned. 😢
Being able to _feel_ is a huge recovery milestone. The real you has always been there, but this gives you proof 🙌 Don’t lose hope and much love.
Wondering if possible if you took them 16 years and was already injured before went off too fast, almost c/t. Think it's permanent for me. I had already memory cognitive problems, numb, pain in the body on meditation.
There were problems while tapering that were definitely not present, or just weren’t as bad, before the taper. But yeah, when you’re on a lot of meds it’s hard to take a good inventory of what all is wrong. How long did you taper and how long have you been off (if you’re already off)?
@@russellbyt Thanks for the reply. ”Only” taken zoloft for 15 years, more numb last years, dizzy. Due to Dr ignorance, dose changes were made and I went back, adverse reaction. Then tapered off by Dr too quickly. 50 to 25mg, then 12.5mg and from that off zero (5 months). WD, but it was when I went from 12.5 to zero that I crashed after 3 months. 9.5 months off and severe WD. Neurological dysregulation, brain pressure burning etc. Dont know how I will cope for several years.
@@russellbyt Thanks for the reply. Only taken zoloft for 15 years. Dose changes were made and when I went back, adverse reaction. Tapered off to fast by Dr. 4,5 month. WD, but it was when I went off that I crashed after 3 months. 9.5 months off and severe WD. Neurological dysregulation, brain pressure burning etc. I don't know how I will cope for several years.
Did u have inner akasthisa becoz I am suffering from it Does it will also heal
I did and it eventually got better.
4 years after stopping antipsychotics completely, I’m struggling with my life more than ever. It’s helpful for me to see this video because it reminds me of how much I’ve moved forward since I started my taper 8 years ago. I’m comparing my life enjoyment and ability to function with before I was medicated and perhaps that’s not fair on myself.
It definitely helps to switch out the measuring stick! And it doesn’t help that the experience of coming off meds itself can be traumatic and isolating and a factory for unfair comparisons. It can really do a number on how we feel and how we think about ourselves. It’s some really heavy stuff coming at us from all angles for years on end. You truly deserve patience, compassion and fairness, from both yourself and others 😀
what parts are you struggling with most?
@@SHILLGATESCRYPTO I’ve lost most of my social circle and I struggle to hold down a job so I’ve been living with my mum and dad for 5 years. Mum is a narcissist so I’m working through narcissism patterning on a deep level which obviously will serve me in the long run, but what I’ve lost is the rich, fun and meaningful life I used to have. I’m hoping to go back to uni and do a Masters degree soon so that I can reconnect with new people on my wavelength who appreciate me. For me, a lot of it is also mid-life changes (old friends buying houses, having kids and I’m not), and geography: the isolation because I live in the countryside and post-pandemic I’ve lost my social skills.
I went off my meds, because I love my liver.... and kidneys. If ever I was gifted with a brain that works (i'm the dottage forgetful scattered version of schizoeffective). Anyhow. I have exerise to control my depression, was on Wellbutrin and Suzie Q's. (Quatiapine). Anyways if I had a brain that worked I'd be a Liver/Kidneys-oligist studying the secrets of these organs, so that wonder drugs or any wonder drugs don't dry our kidney's and livers up. It's like I'm a boozehound, But I do like the infrequent binge, of food. Cuckoo pills make me over fat and weakens my liver.
However you feel about your brain, don't ever give up on your goals and dreams! I suspect a lot of folks in various industries don't have the most capable brains (compared to what they wish they had) and they have to kinda make up for it in other ways. There's some hope in that 😀
The metabolic psychiatry has answers. Keto is one of it.
Thanks man
Happy to help
Please how much time does it take to feel like yourself again after taking a shot of invega sustenna, it s been five months now since the injection, and i still don't feel like myself.
Really sorry you’re still not better! Unfortunately none of us can predict how long it will take. It’s different for each person. 5 months isn’t a super long time in psych drug recovery terms. Which sucks, because obviously it’s a _very_ long time when we’re suffering so much. But the upside is that there’s still plenty of time to heal 😀
@@russellbyt Thank you, my friend, that s good news, I m so happy to see you gotten through this, thank you for making the video and telling people the truth. Those drugs need to be banned, it s pure evil, they made me discover a form of pain never thought existed, specially Akatisia, numbness, emotional blunting, suicidal thought all the time caused by the feeling of being nonexistent, you no longer care about things and you don't know even that you don't care, it s just hell. Making money on other people suffering is just messed up.
Literally.. what do i do 🤔😩
Are you currently tapering?
Do antipschycotics change you as a person, your belifes your habits your aims goals... everything has changed for me.. i have no fear no hope no anxiety or excitement or any plan for next moment.. is it only me who is like this
Many of us have had this experience, so you're definitely not alone!
5 year taper? i'm quitting cold turkey. "Intelligence" is not "gone" Your neurons simply aren't firing as fast when on certain meds. Especially antipsychotics. You will be back to normal within 3-6 weeks according to clinical studies on basically any drug, that's the window after the substance has completely left your system. The med suppresses while it is active, it has no bearing on the brain in the way this comment section seems to believe. You'll be good in 2-6 weeks after complete cessation. I am a psychiatrist who also am prescribed certain medications for many issues.
Funky question to ask... does you wiener work again... mines mr floppy and it’s p embarrassing when you can’t get it up in front of a 10/10zz.. just a worm 🐛 😂 seriously tho. I miss my sex life..
"DSM DUMPSTER" Hahahahaha you're a creative one 👍
Just going through your videos. Thanks man.
Glad the vids are helpful! Just have hope that things will get better 😀 Much love.
Thanks man.
Long process indeed. Thanks for your post here. Time is certainly a 4 letter word.
Hey your videos really helped please come back and do more
Glad the videos have helped! And there will definitely be more content 😀
I am absolutely RUINED after 14 years of Cymbalta. My fourth year off it 15:10 now bedbound, akathisia, terror, nervepain, severe cognitive decline etc etc etc. CRIMINALS!
So sorry it’s been so awful! For some of us, it can take the better part of a decade or more to experience substantial recovery (which is a bittersweet message at best, I know…) Hopefully there’s some very real healing in your future. Regardless, it doesn’t make what’s happened any more acceptable. And psychiatry needs to be held accountable for its actions and inactions. Sending much love to you.
@@russellbyt appreciate it brother, love your videos ❤️ I have lost numerous friends due to protracted withdrawal and its brutal to say the least. The neglect from psychiatrists and doctors in general in this area is shocking! Nobody is held responsible! I used to be fit and have a great job/life! Lost it all. Criminals.