The Truth about Dopamine Agonist Withdrawal Syndrome (DAWS)

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  • Опубліковано 29 жов 2024
  • Explore the essentials of Dopamine Agonist Withdrawal Syndrome (DAWS) with me, Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring, a drug-tapering expert. Dive into a detailed review alongside a comprehensive article-PDF available through the link in my description. Learn about the symptoms and key research findings that shed light on this underrecognized condition. #dopamineagonist #pramipexole #ropinirole #informedconsent #DAWS #impulsecontroldisorders
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  • @babystudderbox7013
    @babystudderbox7013 2 місяці тому +22

    My mother takes sifrol for restless legs and was admitted to the hospital a few weeks ago and they didnt give it to her for 3 days.
    She said she became suicidal in the middle of the night. If i hadnt watched your videos i would have had no idea what caused it. Thanks.

    • @vincemarshall8550
      @vincemarshall8550 2 місяці тому +5

      why did they withdraw her tablets? seems very dangerous to me

  • @SilentRunningRedux
    @SilentRunningRedux Місяць тому +2

    Intelligent, very comprehensive introduction to this important subject.

  • @alexanderp8037
    @alexanderp8037 2 місяці тому +1

    Bro you are a godsend this is exactly what I suffered from

  • @newjerseydevil6115
    @newjerseydevil6115 2 місяці тому +1

    Did you hear what RFK Jr. said about the FDA on Fox News?!! Yikes!!!
    Much respect Dr. Josef!
    Hope you get an office in NJ!

  • @idesigncutethings2196
    @idesigncutethings2196 2 місяці тому +8

    When will this problem be on mainstream news/media so everyone knows & learns, & it becomes common knowledge like the opioid crises? When? When will that "glass ceiling" be broken? I think we need to be focusing on that - getting mainstream media attention. Most everyone I know, who takes a psychotropic med, & none of them, not a one of them has been able to do so without some life affecting symptoms starting to appear as time passes. I have a family member who is very aware of my psychotropic med injury that I've been healing from. His stance is that I am a very, VERY rare, & just a very unlucky case. Meanwhile as the years pass and I see him continue to take a benzodiazepine, he has had ongoing issues with heart palpitations, and other similar things that I noticed in myself early on when I was in tolerance withdrawl, like not being able to withstand attending church anymore, and needing to have alcohol just to be a passenger in a car, and increasing "anxiety" - which is really some slight akathisia creeping in. I have 4 friends who were closest to me my whole life. Unfortunately, they all take some form of psychotropic meds. Two of them can no longer drive on highways, one spent a year at home in her pajamas, unable to leave the house. Another couldn't handle crowds and it worsened as time passed. All issues, that all of these people developed AFTER starting their meds. None of these issues were present before they started their psychotropic meds..... but "it's rare & I'm just unlucky" - bullshit. None of these folks were "druggies" per say either. We're talking professionals. An arborist, a nurse practioner, an insurance salesperson, a succesful realtor. I can rarely be out in the world without seeing the huge effects psychotropic med injuries have on a large part of the population. It's in the news in the form of school shootings & celebrity suicides, and it trickles down to folks that we see every day. Our neighbors, our friends, our families. It's not just people I see in a congregated platform on the internet. It's out in real life, in real time. We need major media attention to even start to begin to solve this huge, wide-spread societal psychotropic med injury problem.

    • @kathryn7739
      @kathryn7739 2 місяці тому +1

      I think we are all sitting idly on one scandalous societal issue with psychiatry and psychological practice. It is evil and they want to milk patients like cash cows. It is not medicine but control. People need to realize these drug chemicals are being dispensed like candy. More often than not patients are getting injured not healed. Somebody is protecting these so called “professionals” from their industry being abolished. It is not humane at all.

    • @pauljohnson3851
      @pauljohnson3851 2 місяці тому

      It'll never happen. MSM is heavily financed by pharmaceutical companies. They might eventually report on meds that aren't making these companies much money anymore, long after patents expire, but they'll never say anything that risks making the public weary of psych meds in general. Last time they did that was in the 90s and early 2000s, when the sensationalism could make covering the story worth the risk, but they would only discuss one medication at a time. Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, and Luvox come to mind. Governments started controlling SSRIs more tightly after Columbine, then quietly throughout the 2000s, news outlets stopped talking about it and governments loosened their regulations. At most, it may be mentioned in an article somewhere that the guy who shot a bunch of people was on psych meds, but that is usually used as a way to shift the conversation toward the diagnosis instead of the treatment, and if they can't do that, they blame the weapons used. Talking about it on a broadcast would hurt their pocketbooks unless public opinion shifted, but it won't because the public is medicated and these meds are addictive, especially with the psychological impact of having a doctor diagnose you with a chronic illness that requires medication. The world's gone mad and sanity is a vice.

    • @caffrey1100
      @caffrey1100 2 місяці тому

      Very true every word mail on head

    • @thewhiterabbituk
      @thewhiterabbituk 2 місяці тому +1

      i think about this a lot too. so did my old friend Jeni who was sectioned when smoking was still allowed in hospital beds. she used to mention her worries about the increase of people in the psych system she described as being held back. the drugging of youths, over familiarity of prescribers, the locked doors. for some 20 years now we've had reports of up to 50% people taking psych drugs. i don't know the solution but i think that we have been led to believe a mental illness is a romantic thing. i think our framing of disease is all wrong. i think the origins of psychiatry are all wrong. i think we're on a long path to being free from psychiatric labelling as explanations for all woes. i think the education being done now will prove to be very important in the future.

  • @kevk741
    @kevk741 2 місяці тому +10

    I’ve had several of my friends with chronic akathisia and other tardive symptoms try dopamine agonists to try and lessen symptoms. Not one success story unfortunately. I’ve tried to bring in adderall to help with the anhedonia & focus but the fall off while in akathisia is brutal. It sent my inner akathisia skyward and the despair was worse the next day. It felt great at the time, but….

    • @waspay9644
      @waspay9644 2 місяці тому +1

      Adderall would make you even more restless

    • @kevk741
      @kevk741 2 місяці тому

      @@waspay9644 you are correct, unless you are masking the stimulant fall off with a benzo. I was also trying to treat pain and was using an opiate which also “helped” with anhedonia. I was unknowingly using the benzo to mask opiate interdose withdrawal akathisia as well while unknowingly using both to help fight the anhedonia. Even the benzo inhibits a dopamine inhibitor so they all were technically “helping” the joyless feeling until they depleted the crap out of it. No one tells you messing with dopamine directly via dopamine antagonists or agonists, or even indirectly via serotonin or endorphins for sustained periods is a BAD IDEA. It’s asking for tardive issues after you pull them away. I always thought our brain changed back. These poisons cause gene expression and all kinds of other things perpetuating the damage.

    • @kevk741
      @kevk741 22 дні тому

      @@waspay9644 yep, but for a few hours it can help push through an appointment or meeting w/o too much destruction. One off’s. I know Jill was considering a few things to get through interviews. You can see how Marcello struggled to get through his interview with Witt-Doerring. He’s like me, trying to treat pain with lack luster results. I’m not sure we’d make it through the interview at all, even through the day. I hate hurting myself trying to live to fight another day.

  • @terrapreta1
    @terrapreta1 2 місяці тому +3

    There is also the risk of augmentation with dopamine agonists which can complicate DAWS.

  • @markpatrick5246
    @markpatrick5246 2 місяці тому +7

    So what do you do to treat patients with severe mental illness if drugs aren’t the answer ?

    • @NINEU-NAUK
      @NINEU-NAUK Місяць тому

      Thanx! This guys are like the new trend .They act like mental illnesses are an invention from the bad bad doctors that want to torture inocent souls .They convince people that theire suffering from things that doesnt exist. They make afirmations without any basical knoledge.The pharmaceutical mafia ( that exist of course) the bad bad doctors and the dsm bible.But im the real world theres people that are a danger to herself of course others and families and here we got the defenders of the freedom ,people counselin others without any formation and causing damage ,pain ,shame and stigma around mental health.Like omeopatic remedies are not a total swindle making Millions selling sugariced water to credule poor people

    • @meliss4603
      @meliss4603 Місяць тому +2

      Psychotherapy to facilitate insight into reasons for emotional dysregulation (schemas, attachment, trauma reactivity (arousal states and triggers), interpersonal relations..) and support around meaningful change/ self care. A good therapist fit can also provide corrective experiences. Also - we do ultimately need community and healthy support networks, in addition to self care efforts.
      Yeah - it’s hard work, but psychotropic medications can only provide temporary relief before they simply become drugs of dependence, and you’re worse than back to square one.

  • @apocalypta3620
    @apocalypta3620 2 місяці тому +1

    That's why walking heals everything...

  • @teresitavanderploeg2471
    @teresitavanderploeg2471 2 місяці тому +2

    What's the alternative for carbidopa leva dopa with people with parkinson's?

  • @alexanderp8037
    @alexanderp8037 2 місяці тому

    Dr Josef what about opiates which are natural ?

  • @tinadixon8186
    @tinadixon8186 Місяць тому

    I find it amazing that I am getting more information about meds,from Dr Josef ,than I ever got from my previous doctor.
    Thanks again for the video 🪬🤗

  • @ToreMix7400
    @ToreMix7400 2 місяці тому

    Can't L-dopa preparations also give many of those symptoms. I have heard problem behaviour may be a side effect of any dopamine enhancer. I have only gotten it for diagnostic testing, so I have never used any dopamine enhancer or agonists for any length of time.
    But, I'm sure interested in knowing about such side effects of prolonged use and seponating any dopamine enhancers. It's e.g. commonly known that amphetamines may give people a tendency to act as thieves or give in to their drives more easily, depending on the personality and other parameters. But, stimulants were also once used to treat Parkinson's and related dysfunctions.
    The problem being that dopamine is controlling behaviour as well as movements...
    Any difference between specific agonists, L-dopa and stimulants (releasers and reuptake inhibitors) in this regard?

  • @aa-qv9dz
    @aa-qv9dz 2 місяці тому

    Dr can you say, I am eating amisulpride 100 mg day and night
    Resiperidone 1.5 mg day and night
    Trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride 2 mg day and night for 17 days and discontinued this for 13 days
    After discontinued 10 months ago I am suffering erectile dysfunction, how to cure it, have you any idea of this

  • @sendalisrondansalazar6079
    @sendalisrondansalazar6079 Місяць тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @Snikliw
    @Snikliw 2 місяці тому

    What about Testosterone replacement during benzo taper

    • @Dji2stellar-C
      @Dji2stellar-C 2 місяці тому

      Don’t go there bud I had to stop testosterone therapy on the taper it was like rocket fuel to your nervous system like extremely edgy and paranoid luckily I was on the gel and could get it out my system quicker

  • @Jezton11
    @Jezton11 2 місяці тому +6

    U gotta work out,the dopamine just hits like beer

    • @idesigncutethings2196
      @idesigncutethings2196 2 місяці тому +3

      Unfortunately, this strategy does not work for many people. For many, exercise can make it much worse. The people who can exercise during a psychotropic med injury and those who cannot , each will know pretty quickly what category they fall into and throughout the entire journey.

    • @idesigncutethings2196
      @idesigncutethings2196 2 місяці тому

      Unfortunately, this strategy does not work for many people. For many, exercise can make it much worse. The people who can exercise during a psychotropic med injury and those who cannot , each will know pretty quickly what category they fall into and throughout the entire journey.

  • @wojt4spes
    @wojt4spes 2 місяці тому +5

    Alright, but seriously, who is this guy? I mean, it’s the easiest thing to do, to go into the Internet and pull out all the negatives of meds. They are meds, they have negatives and side effects. What is your solution. How do you cure people?

    • @arlobubble3748
      @arlobubble3748 2 місяці тому +21

      He runs a clinic specialising in tapering people off various psychiatric drugs. He's not against the use of psychiatric drugs, but is against them being given out too readily and presented as much less harmless than they are. He's also very critical of doctors who prescribe a drug, the patient suffers side effects, then the doctor dismisses the patient and tells them the side effect is just part of their condition.

    • @DK-tq3fy
      @DK-tq3fy 2 місяці тому +17

      He is providing the informed consent that many psychiatrists do not provide for their patients. He goes far beyond a google search. He is a trained psychiatrist and specializes in withdrawal symptoms .

    • @wojt4spes
      @wojt4spes 2 місяці тому +2

      So again, that’s awesome, that he does that, but still, it’s the most sympathetic thing to do, without any responsibility. Not offering any solution for the problem, but instead being a Robin Hood and helping people recover after bad psychiatrist experiences? Are people cured of their mental illnesses after tapering them down?

    • @erikakulnys
      @erikakulnys 2 місяці тому +11

      @@wojt4spes Mental illness is fluid. Some people are always ill, some sometimes, and some rarely. Meds make me suicidal, sick, and unable to function at all. There are many ways to treat mental health without drugs such as meditation, qi gong, yoga, massage, diet, exercise, counselling, music etc etc. This doctor is the first psychiatrist I have seen who critically examines things and speaks truth instead of brainwashing. He looks for healing rather than a bandaid.

    • @arlobubble3748
      @arlobubble3748 2 місяці тому +2

      @@wojt4spes many people who aren't clinically suffering mental illnesses are given these medications for 'take the edge off' or for sleep. Also many people given these medications are developing depressive or anxious symptoms due to external circumstances. If someone is heartbroken, grieving, stuck in a crappy job, etc. they will all show signs of depression but there's no underlying mental illness. Likewise someone highly anxious due to financial worries or uncertainty in their future, there's no underlying cause that a pill can fix. But many doctors are more than happy to prescribe powerful psychotropic drugs at the drop of a hat for them.

  • @gemini-vibes6118
    @gemini-vibes6118 2 місяці тому

    I was really wanting to try pramipexole for my emotional blunting and anhedonia. After seeing this maybe i should just try for Parnate.

    • @rdallas81
      @rdallas81 2 місяці тому +5

      As long as you think the solution for your ailments comes in a pill, you will always equate wellness with pills.

    • @gemini-vibes6118
      @gemini-vibes6118 2 місяці тому +6

      @rdallas81 Actually, a commonly prescribed ssri neurologically destroyed me. I blame them for ruining my life and most certainly dont equate them with "wellness," but I'm desperate at this point to try anything.

    • @AmandainChrist88
      @AmandainChrist88 2 місяці тому

      @@gemini-vibes6118I get that but it will just be a cycle.
      Give it decades even ssri will be controlled .
      After seeing how they handled opioids and benzodiazepines I don’t trust drs anymore contributing to my mental stress . Essentially drs have to lie to be a dr .. they are puppets to the government .
      I think meds can help I’m not fully anti med but we have to remember the dr is in control and over them are their supervisors the AMA the government agencies etc and as long as drs are able to harm without consequence there will continue to be issues along with the lies the drug companies push and the fact that drs trust everything they are told … hence the adverse vax response the drs are puppets . Do we want to trust them should we ?

    • @Mmcermes
      @Mmcermes 16 днів тому

      I'd go with modafinil, it's subtle and doesn't give you a crash when it wears off

    • @akzebraminer
      @akzebraminer 13 днів тому

      ⁠@@rdallas81While this is true, she never indicated that this is her main solution. Antidepressants may not be helpful for curing the disorder, but they can be helpful for symptom management, which is important since you don’t want people to be in agony while they try to help themselves, that’s pointless. Similar case in food addiction and obesity: obesity is typically caused by food addiction, at the same time, GLP-1 agonists (Ozempic) force weight loss to some degree. While they don’t solve your problems, if you’re chronically obese, not taking Ozempic could be detrimental to health. I’m not saying your point is wrong, it’s not, I just wouldn’t assume imo. I mean no disrespect, I just find this interesting