Brandalyn // Re-entering the Magic of Life after Psychotropic Drugs
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- #deprescribing #benzowithdrawal #psychiatry
In 2000, Brandalyn was a 27-year-old mother of two young sons. Struggling with a divorce and trying to support her family alone on $8.50/hr., she arrived at psychiatry and was diagnosed as having Major Depressive Disorder.
Brandalyn was prescribed the antidepressant drug, Paxil and had an immediate and profoundly adverse reaction. Less than 90 days later, she was hospitalized for the first time and diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. By that year’s end, she was considered totally and permanently disabled.
Over the next 20 years, Brandalyn was prescribed chemical cocktails involving more than 40 different psychiatric drugs at various dosages and in varying combinations. In 2020, she peered beneath the veil and departed psychiatry.
The following year, while in the throes of withdrawal, Brandalyn enrolled in community college. She graduated in 2023 with an AA in STEM disciplines. Last September, she transferred to a 4-year university and studied Cellular and Molecular Biology. She is now broadening her the scope of her focus to Behavioral Neuroscience. It is Brandalyn’s hope that others will observe the trajectory of her healing and know it is possible for them as well.
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Excellent video Angie, i am starting to get windows of Normality back 😎, whenever i start to revert back, your my go to girl Angie .. Thank you soo much...
Would love to see you do an interview with Dr. Josef from The Taper Clinic! Your story would be so valuable to his audience.
Also TY for being so vulnerable and sharing your experience. If videos like yours didn't exist, I would just assume I was going insane, and that's a lonely place to be ❤
She did a Witt-D interview.
@TE-7302- oh no way, thank you!
Thankyou for these videos , there life saving and gives us hope . ❤
Just kills me. Ive watched all the interviews and videos and im worse than everyone ive talked to and read about and i know everyone says that but im literally telling the truth
Everyone feels that way. I felt the same.
I'm in the same boat. Basically been in bed for 4 years. I lost my job and my life is a living hell
Great interview, thank you Angie!
Thanks friend. 🕊🙏🕯I find you and the guests you have on are very positive. Very much appreciated.
such a great interview !
I followed your biking journey on Instagram! So amazing and inspiring. ❤
Is it possible to heal if you have been on SSRI for 18 years? Iatrogenic injury. Dont remember thoose years either. Numb, lost. Great interview! Trust, thanks. Trust yourself, and others. I never trust Dr again though.
Ofcourse ! You will heal too!!❤
Yes I was on for 13 years, the body can heal from this!
Yes, you can. I’m at 23 years on and have been tapering for. Go slow and steady. You got this!
Bless and thank both of you!!
You make me want to be ME!
Be YOU!
God work Angie 💜
Errrm my comment didn’t work so here it is again: thank you Angie and Brandalyn this was one of my fav interviews, I needed that❤. For your next interviews I suggest Jess Zanotti!
Also wanted to add, it would be helpful I think to have a better picture of what their symptoms were and how/when did they get better, are their residual symptoms etc. Cos even tho I appreciate the inspiring interview I’m left with a lot of questions marks… thank you Angie for your work. ❤
I hope I can heal too finally. I was on multiplse meds and and multiplse cold turkeys. But finally Was forced off valium cold turkey 2018 and still so broken. Somewhat batter but bo quality in life. Diagnoaed with many things like fibromyalgia, cfs, dysautonomia( also tube fed because of extreme muscle tightness doesnt allow normal swallow) and still extreme sensitivity to everything 😢
Awesome!!!
Thank you for the video I hope you’re having good travels. I am having good travels myself and visiting a lot of haunted places. I had to survive an abuser during my cold turkey of a shit ton of meds and a month long flox. I didn’t reinstall 😊any meds. It’s taken 3 years on my birthday September 11th. I left while I was still very sick & drove to all the time because of Akathisia. Even though I was totally fucked up I did more in my life during a fucking really bad withdrawal then I being “normal”. Doing things kept me alive. I also had an unrealistic hope of getting back.
My family “Hope deferred” sucks. I’ve gotta live life for me and not others that’s what I’m doing now. Today I’m laying in a bed in an old haunted hotel listening to this. I’ll see where spirit leads me next.
It’s really good to hear such stories. What I don’t understand is: Did she have pssd? Is withdrawl the same as pssd just without the sexual dysfunction? I am having pssd for 5 years now. last year the numbness and burning spread over my whole body and I got a diagnose of autonomous induced small fiber neuropathy. I am 100 percent sure, that all this started while I was 30 days on a snri, but how come that my symptoms get worse and worse over the last 5 years. I only have like small windows often from being sick but also without any reason. Also emotional numbness began only like 2,5 seats in and now I cannot cry even when beloved family members die.
Hi Angie I need serious help 😭 i am 3 years off withdrawal very much struggling lately been diagnosed with cancer. It's been a month am deteriorating mentally n physically. I am having all acute symptoms come back as I took antibiotics for just 3 days for a infection related to cancer. Now I am unable to take any treatments am just having panic attacks aggression anger 24/7. My family doesn't belive I still have withdrawal years later.i am so freaked out am I able to go to hospital for check up and tests that needs to be done. One of the doctors told my family to just admit Me for physc treatment n cancer both and I know if I ger admitted they ll make me worse. I dono what to do . Am just 40
Angie, how does one get off Clozapine because the medication is given only after one vusits the clozapine clinic to check the blood level , especially the white cells.
They are refusing to titrate down( these damn psychiatrists)
Some are tapering on their own if their health care providers do not want to assist, or they find one who will help them! If you are competent and not under court order, I believe this is a human rights issue!
Hello Angie
Thank you for the work you do.
I'm from Germany and my English isn't the best, so I used Google Translate.
I have so much anxiety during my SSRI withdrawal, did you have that too?
I'm afraid of things I've never had before.
P.s Christian
Yes watch my earlier videos. I talk A Lot about anxiety / terror.
Hey angie.. I’d like to have a session with you but it seems, as per the Calendar on your site, that you haven’t for any available space for the foreseeable. Please say it ain’t so? 😂
It’s so. I can’t take any new clients right now and only working with a select few that are in need the most. I am redesigning my website and will offering new things this fall. Please sign up for my newsletter so you get those emails!
@@AngiePeacockMSW Okay sweetie.. that’s a shame. I will do. & Hopefully we’ll be able to have a cheeky little natter some other time down the line then. Keep doing what your doing.. it means so much to us all. And I’m so pleased your being given the chance to rebuild your life. You deserve it.
I was on zyprexa for roughly 40 days..I had to cold turkey bcz my doctor didn’t tell anything about tapering..now I'm having horrible insomnia..will i be able to get my sleep back?
Yes you will I took that ctd it after taking high doses for a year. Sleep will come back
@@Filthycoffin can you please tell when did you get your sleep back?
I disagree as I had excellent insurance. Still polydrugged 20 years!
Excellent insurance = higher healthcare utilization = more meds, longer.