What an astounding interview! Everyone on the planet needs to see this video. The pharma companies and the doctors ignoring their suffering patients need to be held accountable for this horror.
@@traditionalgirl5585Yes,but some ,is .some isn't. Pharmacia is a doorway for those demons.Been there, done that, self tapered a couple decades ago ( without knowing fully, why I was such acathesia experiencing)as born again believer. Thank Jesus and a place to " be" at caring mother's.
The field of psychiatry can be absolutely dehumanizing especially if you go into the psych ward. Her story where the doctor says about being anxious about the side effects. She had good reason to be and then her concerns were dismissed.
Benzos are dehumanizing. It has been 6 years for me since I was off benzos and I still feel like I was hit a ton of bricks. My nervus system is recovering from the shock. No one believed me at the time.
Taking a pill for depression should be a last resort. Full social, nutritional exercise evaluation should be assessed. That includes testing for food allergies, mold, heavy metal toxicity, parasites, access to clean water and organic food, social support including personal validation, refrain from labeling as incurableetc etc.
I really feel I turned into a psychopath with lexapro. No emotion at all. Totally rational thinking and driven by pure intelligence, no feelings. Calculated. I can see how you could really rise fast to CEO level on this drug. No shame in the game at all. No guilt, no anger, no fear, no shame, no nervousness, no anxiety no apologies. Full focussed confidence. Really weird experience. I would stay on it for work/professional progression reasons apart from the fact that it zapped my energy. I knew to taper off when my partner started calling me a psychopath and questioning my humanity given I'm usually a highly sensitive and empathetic person. I can see it would be an interesting tool being used in the C suit.
She does a wonderful job explaining the emotional and physical numbness. It happened to me around age 16, and I'm 63 and still feel "flat" most of the time. I flux from numb to aggitation to panic to numb. It's a horrible emotional rollercoaster. I feel so badly for her and pray that she feels normal again soon. Its not only difficult for the sufferer but it also effects their loved ones.
Neurotoxic drugs create Disassociation, and make people into fearful dullards - who also exhale these chemicals, when breathing. Thus, they become cash cows for the Mental Health Industry - pharmaceutical co-franchise!
Having recently gone off ssris of 20yrs !! I am starting to realise what potential effects these may have had on me.. oh and my gp never mentioned any potential side effects 😮thanks
and they will keep doing it. most of doctors will do everything to deny that they are prescribing drugs that are castrating people since 1990. but I have hope because there are doctors like Dr. Josef that care about people suffering and not his medical ego
This is so important. I was put on psych drugs at 15 and it fundementally changed me, and it feels like an injustice. I know the phychiatrists believed what they were doing was right. But I wonder who I would have become without it.
I was on Prozac for a few years when my genitals became numb. The numbness went away but the personality problems and ED never went away. It’s been several years since I’ve been on SSRIs
This is EXACTLy what happened to me. I was reacting so terribly to Wellbutrin and my psych said oh you just need time let’s increase the dose. Let’s add more meds. It traumatized me
It's crazy that psychiatry is in reality just a guessing game. How it could have ever become a "science" is beyond me. The view of crazy people haven't changed for hundreds of years. Now the lobotomy is just chemical instead.
i been suffering from pssd and Anadonia for about 6 month's , i used to love music and now i can't even listen or watch tv, when i exercise now i need to force myself, and i am scared this will never go away, all i do is sit all day, how can i live the rest of my life this way? i really hope someone finds a cure soon
I am a psychiatric survivor who has been greatly harmed by psych drugs. I have a daughter who is a therapist and who believes in these drugs. Even my own 30 year old therapist daughter refuses to believe SSRIs can cause harm for some of us. It breaks my heart. I want her to be able to help people and feel she should know about psych drugs. I don't understand why therapists don't care that patients are being harmed by psych drugs.
Same ,it's cost me divorce,and multiple family disparages ,my daughter too , as a psychology, major, tried to have me committed.And yes, the professionals, were always right,and tried to make me out to be the crazy person, yet I was the logical reasonable one ,in the room ( as being assest)
Us sufferers are very inconvenient people. Sometimes we grunt and groan out of exhaustion. Or breath loudly to try and gather some strength. If we say we are uncomfortable... we are told to stop complaining- our pain in merely psychosomatic.
Antidepressants (SSRI/SSNRI) working mechanism is that beginning with one single dose the ZNS is flooded with serotonine , due to the blocking of the reuptake. Their work mechanism is on the 5HT serotonine receptors and the brain also reacts against the higher serotonine levels with a downregulation of the different 5HT receptors in the entire ZNS what leads to the typical side effects. 1. 5HT2A : Anxiety, insomnia, overstimulation, emotional numbness also due to downregulation of dopamine levels, when serotonine levels are too high 2. 5HT1A: Effects on autonomic functions such as heartbeat, breathing , body temperature, sweating, vegetative nervous system 3. 5HT3: Nausea, vomitting, gut disorders, change of bowl movements 4. 5HT2C: Sexual dysfuntions, PSSD, loss of appetite, loss of body feeling Furthermore we have 14 different serotonine receptors in the body, which regulate different systems or body functions together with other transmitters and hormones in the body, which are affected through changes of serotonine levels in the ZNS...
For me it was like my soul had been separated from my body for most of my life on meds. It WAS CHEMICAL LOBOTOMY. Now a senior...the grief never ends. 5 years off. It's truly criminal what was done to me by doctors. Medical tyranny. Thank God I found CBD when coming off many meds at once too fast alone.....it helps with homeostasis... don't know if I'll ever truly recover tho. ..not functioning properly . Thank you for this. 💜
Thanks Rosie for speaking ! I'm so sorry for what you've been through I have also a PSSD went to maybe 20 differents GP, urologist, neurologist, psychiatrist most of them didn't believe me saying it's impossible cause the drug is not in you body anymore... ect. You have a PSSD as I do and there is nothing to believe or not because it is a fact I have PSSD from paroxetine since may 2016 I knew my symptoms came from this drug and I only hear about PSSD from septembre 2022 we have to spread the awareness about those medication. I can't imagine how much people are living with the same condition around the world. saying feeling numb and all not being listened and receiving more and more antidepressant Be strong all the PSSD community is with you
She might be like me, i hope for her...i know how she is feeling, one day its just going to click back...this has been documented a lot in forums, it will just suddenly resolve, its some neurological change that takes a very long time to resolve as the brain tries to readjust to homeostasis.. It will get there...could take months or years..
This is so awful Rosie. I'm down in Hobart, 3 months off benzo's with SUCH a damaged CNS. I'm still on 40mg paroxetine and have numb patches everywhere. I hope this eventually heals for you ♥️
Thank you for sharing Rosie. I developed PSSD 20 years ago so I know this landscape all too well. So sorry to hear about not be believed by family and doctors, I know this too, it feels like a kind of war. Is there a link to your PSSD group that you could share? I'm sort of feeling like I want to share my story these days as this month marks my 20th anniversary of getting the condition. I do want to say though, that I have regained some of my sexual and emotional libido back over the years, but it took years for the nerves to heal and for pleasure to return, but it is possible. Still, I go up and down. Wishing everyone in the comments and everyone dealing with PSSD wellness and healing. Trust me, you are NOT alone.
Thank you for speaking out, Rosie, and I am so sorry for what you are going through. One day soon, PSSD will no longer be able to be denied by our governments, regulators and healthcare systems, and the harm that has been done will be recognised.
@@harryphil8479 it’s not just that they are allowed to not fully inform people. It is also that if they take you to court and very easily convince the judge you don’t know what’s best for yourself they can forcibly medicate you with toxins!!!! So even if you know the side effects and say no thank you, too damn bad!
i had these same symptoms after getting a flu shot in 2016. i had a violent physical reaction, high fever, neurological issues, depersonalization/derealization, and depression and anxiety like ive never experienced. thankfully over the years the symptoms have mostly subsided and i learned to cope with the remaining damage. hopefully one day ill fully heal. since i haven't accepted any shots that aren't life or death and am very cautious about medications
Oh, I don’t even remember what I was eating. I remember that I took some SSRI’s but I can’t remember what brand names they were and I took pams n pines (spelling) and a small handful of others that I can’t remember. I went off and on most of that crap for many years … There was bugger -doctors would tell me they gave me the same sort of bullshit that that nice ladies talk gave me.😢 I could give you a list of the so-called symptoms, but they were all mixed up in a muddle. It was like a recipe with ingredients I hadn’t tasted, or maybe had but I don’t know. For 10 years I was in full and brutal withdrawal, and I have just managed to get over it in the past few years now and that means that for 10 years I was in withdrawal and I believe for 10 or maybe even 20 years before that I was in the midst of Some sort of drug cocktail. After those years passed, and then that last 10 years, I think I am now over it. I sure hope so.
I took finsasteride for 1 week for.hair loss.. wow, it was lucky i had been on antidepressants before, i was watching.. Finasteride made me very depressed.. im normally a very optimistic positive person but this med gave me a feeling i rarely felt, it was like your dog just died ... I quickly got off it..and a few days later i was glad i was fine
In countries with socialized healthcare suing doctors & hospitals is far more difficult then it is in the US. Australia is a little better then others, as they sort of have a hybrid system. Basicly in socialized healthcare the customer is the goverment. The customer (goverment) provides legal protections to the healthcare industry no other industry gets. When you try to appeal, you appeal to the customer ( the government) When you have to ask the very same entity that pays the bill, getting a result in your favor is not likely, even when all evidence indicates they should find in your favor it has a low likelihood of happening. TLDR: He who pays the bill rules the day.
I got pssd from antipsychotics, really bad,like life ruining … anhedonia, no emotions, alogia, amotivation, sexual dysfunction, can’t even feel hunger I’m so numb , just dead inside, last dose of meds was 15 months ago yet I’m still totally screwed life over at 23
Massive respect Rosie ❤ As a fellow sufferer I know what you are going through. Same gaslighting experiences. You still got a lovely personality, I tell you. Take care.
Thank you Rosie. Brilliantly put, the emotional blunting is like going deaf, it's that severe, and that sudden. I'm sorry they gaslit you, the same thing happened to me. It is absolutely criminal how they try to convince people they are anxious or depressed, when this complete emotional removal is CLEARLY a separate phenomenon entirely. You are not alone and we will find answers.
I so feel for Rosie, but there’s something that we could have benefited from that got missed. Between her office visit and being committed to the psych ward, most of the detail was missing. I felt that Rosie was reliving the trauma, the distress she was under, and the agitation it induced. We feel for her, but what can we learn from this? She wasn’t going to get any help from the psychiatrist, so how could anyone avoid the consequence she paid for trying to be heard? I’ve learned that one can’t let the stress take over in these situations since it will invariably work against you. As soon as you realize that you’re not getting anywhere, it’s better to back off when you can still get out. We have to do that with the police-remain calm and cooperative, not matter what. Confrontation and escalation of emotion won’t convince anyone, but it will give them ammunition to commit you. Challenges go against what they believe is their professional knowledge, their ego, and the whole current system of how psychiatry works. We have to suck that up and make sure we don’t incur more damage as a result of our behavior, regardless of who or what is causing it. In any interaction, if you don’t let the other guy save face, you’ve got an enemy, and if they have more power than you do, it’s you that will pay the consequence. It's especially difficult for those with problems that affect our behavior and presentation, but in today's world, we have to. Peers are a much safer place to let off the steam. Also, maybe could explore the tactic of having a patient advocate / support person come along for balance out the power dynamic and help get points across in a non-confrontational way.
Great channel mate. It could blow up if you wanted it to. I'm from Melbourne, not sure where you are but I'd love to see this channel blow up and not to sound like a smartass, but I'd be happy to help you do that if you wanted to, free of charge. I'm a health science graduate.
How Rosie has described the symptoms of sexual disfunction (lack of libido) and I had no feelings for anything or anyone,nothing ! .I was taking Temazepam for 31 yrs.Unlike Rosie she went back to Dr and question why she was getting these symptoms. I never did, feel like I lost my life,I stopped even meeting people or even wanting to start a relationship with someone of the opposite sex.I used to joke to people when they were explaining about how they loved someone,my reply was always 'what's that mean',I've never been in love'.
Most psychiatrists just "help" people with dehumanizing Labels & neurotoxic drugs - as Peter Breggin says, "Neurotoxic drugs wouldn't work if they were not neurotoxic!" / Due to such drugs - you have little libido, chi, expression or socialization. Maybe you could get away from the drugs and take up bongo drumming!@@autisticautumn7379
This is almost unbelievable. To be mis-prescribed and then to be threatened with psychiatric incaceration for refusing to comply. "Trust me, I'm a doctor", huh?
My grandmother was born in 1910 and considered doctors only slightly below God in her esteem. In her lifetime they put a stop to people's children dying all the time and people losing a limb or their life from a careless small cut and subsequently infected fingers general diseases with antibiotics and then when it seemed that they couldn't do at more they worked out how to literally bring back people from the dead with CPR. Since then it seems that all tjis went to their head sand they leaned back on their laurels because they thought that they now knew everything. Which is the surest way to close one's mind.
Have you people noticed that when you comment on videos about these drugs and warn people about this condition and repeat it a few imes youtube starts to delete your comments?
I'm halfway through this video. Thanks for sharing your story. As a chronic fatigue sufferer i can relate to much of your hopelessness and the gaslighting from people around you. However, I think this can heal. I believe you would find more help from alternative medicine practitioners. Also, I think if you take the attention off your symptoms (extremely difficult I know) and put it onto something like helping someone else, the tiny moment where you are so distracted you completely forget about your symptoms is where healing can creep in. This is very difficult if you still have to work. Hopefully someone can take that pressure off you. You could try grounding, animal therapies, juicing, nutrition, natropathy...etc. I'm saying a big prayer for your recovery. ❤
Of course this is all driven by money. In the US, doctors receive bonuses from drugs companies or their intermediaries for prescribing addictive drugs or other drugs that are known to cause withdrawal symptoms. Big Pharma has so much to answer for. But what worries me most is the thought of a major disruption in the supply chain, and suddenly millions of people go in to withdrawal crisis. My step-daughters are both on SSRIs for anxiety and OCD and I really wish they could come off them. But these drugs will be pushed on to an entire generation of young people because this trade is extremely lucrative.
It's not addiction. It's physical dependency. There's a huge difference, and conflating it with addiction can stigmatized & make it easier to dismiss people like Rosie who have been harmed by these medications. Please research the difference between addiction & physical dependency.
@@williamallen7836 Silly nitpicking reply. Addiction implies dependency, be it physical or psychological. Either way it results in a tendency to self-medicate in order to avoid unpleasant feelings or sensations, or it leads to compulsive behaviour. The larger point, which you appear to have missed (presumably in order to find fault for the sake of it) is that BigPharma wants to addict as many people in the population because of the profit motive.
She describes it precisely. Thank you for this courage. I got off closapine and off Prozac but trauma happened and doctors forced me into seroquel then zyprexa and then seroquel again. It is hell on earth but the moments of relief are possible if you have a way to stay the course. Frequency intensity and duration of relief spells become greater as time goes on.
It's a huge disconnect between what we know works best, and what gets pushed to please thier Pharma overlords. For a long time we have known that long term, medication does help depression much. Doing the hard work of therapy yields far greater long term results. Which our instant gratification society hates. It neither happens quickly, or is easy (it's why it's refered to as "the hard work".)
I can so relate to this. Lexapro. 2 yrs 8 months off. Neuropathy numbness anhedonia terror. I've been told this is SFN. Induced my med damage. It gets worse because its autoimmune.
@@baileystruss7319 thanks. Will look into it. I've been yhinking it myself ever since looking into reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome - common with ssri.
Thank you so much for sharing your story! I think I suffer from the same issue! But I think for me it might've been caused by ADHD meds. Also, in my case it's mostly genital numbness and libido issues but I've experienced some emotional blunting as well. It has literally made me feel suicidal. And like, I've talked to 2-3 GPs about it, gynecologist, sexologist, psychiatrist, pelvic therapist, surgeon who does gender affirming surgeries, naturopath, tried so many sex toys and creams, supplements, etc... No one/nothing has helped!!! And most have never heard of that either. I spent several months off all meds and it didn't change, I tried sooo many antidepressants. Some made me have involuntary contractions inside my genitalia that wouldn't stop (like PGAD) but I still felt nothing externally and the inner feeling was more irritating than pleasant too. Like, I'd take care of it but it wouldn't feel satisfying/fun and start again quickly and last hours. It's incredibly distressing!
I can totally relate to how you feel due to different circumstances. You feel lifeless. It’s so hard to explain to others how it feels as you mentioned. Also you’re probably grieving in a way although you may not feel it. You’re going to get better , you have to , there’s no doubt about it. Sometimes I feel these things happen for a reason regardless of the circumstances. You’ll appreciate every single little thing after all of this. Stay strong 💛
I had this through most of my 20s from forced admission and haliperidol. Nothing exaggerated or dramatized here.... I can testify.... it's hell... wishing to never be born. The only emotion that's left was despair. I survived... doing OK today
Short version: I discovered the word "trauma". Since then I have been mindful of any stress and inflammation in my body. I listen to bessel van.d. kolk, gabor mate, i do yoga, chi gong,TRE exercises, hot baths, cold showers, wimm hoff breathing. I have an excellent chinese doctor. My biggest hurdle is that nobody undertands
@awakeningstation9074 I still struggle with my wife, who is still traumatized, but I have the best relationship with my 2 young boys. I am fit and strong and flexible for a 50yo... even training jiu-jitsu with them now.
@awakeningstation9074 I wished every moment to have never been born. This feeling would last until I threw away the meds. Problem was I would become manic, and then repeat the cycle. Was then misdiagnosed as bipolar
Wow I have only learned about this recently, surely these drugs need to be banned. I always found my gf’s behaviour very strange and the pieces now fit together.
You are so right. After digging into true crime and profiling I read quite a few professionals and instantly realized they were lying to me. Two eye specialist lied that I had an inoperable eye problem that surgery wouldn’t fix and told me I would be in increasing pain and then they could operate because there would be no other option. Lies! There is nothing wrong with my eyes at all. Then there were a few dentists. The last one told me my teeth didn’t need work but I had bad gum disease but they would wait till it got worse and then they would send me to a surgeon. Lies! I needed three crowns and many fillings and five of my teeth were cracked on three sides. And I needed a night guard for bruxism. It turns out that my gums are in amazing shape for my age. 1-3 measurement is healthy and that is what my whole mouth is. I am composing a Ripoff Report for them. It is a review even their Lawyer cannot take down forever! I had an Uncle (eye surgeon) in the 70’s tell me they were changing the requirements and factors they were looking for in doctors. Not so much emphasis on math and more on bedside manner. Scared the hell out of me. If you are a surgeon you’d better have a good bead on measurement accuracy! Things have loosened up to the point I wonder how much truth and accuracy is valued anymore even in the chemistry of medicines? Yes, trust your gut. God gave us one for a reason. It has never failed me. All criminally minded people need is means, opportunity and plausible deniability. I believe these effects are intentional. 100%
I should be a guest on this show. I was prescribed Seroquel for sleep and whenever I lie down my legs feel like they’re being tasered. I can’t sleep and have to take naps during the day to get some rest. It’s been five years and it’s still haunting me.
pssd is crazy, im glad that i have been able to slightly regain some pleasure over time. maybe like 30% of what i had before but im grateful i can cling on to even the slightest bit of pleasure now. It's weird because i just really try not to think about it anymore at this point. The more i think about pssd, the more it sends me insane.
I have only watched up to 9:23 in this video, but her experience in so many ways mirrors my own. I am from California, and while most of the damage I have I think came from an atypical antipsychotic, there are so many similarities. The "doctor", psychiatrist that did this to me was a complete greedy, evil quack, and I only learned of this far too late after the damage had been done by what he had prescribed me, but he charged at least $100 if not easily more per visit, which were only 20-30 minutes long, and I was paying him to destroy my life, essentially. I still can't sleep normally at all, my libido is dead, I can't feel happiness, beyond that my emotions are warped. I ended up involuntarily committed because the saphris I was on threw off the balance of dopamine and serotonin in my brain, and among the other things those neurotransmitters control, they affect aggression and irritability, so I had a phase of over a year where I had this mindless rage that could only barely be contained with lithium.
The average psychiatrist cognitive dissonance between everything they have been taught and our stories is too great. We are rarely believed because that would imply that psychiatry is itself insane
Please check out the work of Chris Palmer and also Georgia Ede (both Harvard psychiatrists who have separately done groundbreaking work on nutrition and mental health).
I'm 85 and I guarantee that it's not whatsoever normal for an older healthy person either. All of us need to take care as we are in the clutches of a hugely misguided "health,," system. Does Australia have medical naturopaths?
I had this a little bit and when I did a 7 channel 1 month cleanse which has a diet plan it was the first time in 15 years I felt anything below the belt. 1989 took drugs then around 2000-2005 on all the bad ones. Tried what I said and walking
00:04 Involuntary psychiatric commitment because of PSSD 02:10 Taking Lexapro encouraged by others led to negative experiences 06:05 Experiencing severe side effects from medication 07:48 Trust in professionals led to worsening of symptoms 11:37 Long-term effects of Lexapro medication and lack of information about recovery time 13:30 PSSD has severely affected the speaker's nervous system and made them feel depersonalized and trapped. 17:19 PSSD can result in a loss of pleasure and affection towards loved ones and activities. 19:01 PSSD can result in a damaged nervous system with various effects. 22:33 The person is experiencing mental distress and a lack of feeling normal. 24:17 Lack of motivation and loss of identity due to PSSD 27:45 It took a lot of time for her parents to believe her about the seriousness of her condition. 29:33 Lack of support system and understanding from others can lead to isolation and suicidal tendencies for those with PSSD 33:05 Involuntary psychiatric commitment due to PSSD 34:48 Refusing to take a potentially harmful drug led to a threat of involuntary psychiatric commitment. 38:01 Seeking a second opinion before being given medication during involuntary psychiatric commitment. 39:48 Involuntary psychiatric commitment due to PSSD 43:16 The person is experiencing severe symptoms and feels trapped with no help or support available. 45:04 Involuntary psychiatric commitment due to a delusional belief about medication side effects 48:56 Lack of understanding and support from healthcare professionals 50:40 People with PSSD have no solutions and their experiences are often dismissed. 54:24 People with antidepressant medication experiences are often dismissed and labeled as dangerous. 56:07 Involuntary psychiatric commitment due to PSSD is a violation and ruins lives 59:41 Uncertainty about prognosis and treatment options for PSSD 1:01:31 Raising awareness and conducting research on the effects of SSRI drugs on sexual health Crafted by Merlin AI.
Hyper-sensitivity, that's really how it is. So so sorry this happened to you. It is terrifying, wondering if you'll ever come out of it. I'm at about 8yrs off Benzos and it's still a nightmare.
@@Kalley_Kavia Brain fog disosication. numb feeling. I still have akathisia now and then but I feel like I was improving very slowly over many years before but now I am improving a lot faster.
It kills sensitivity and makes orgasm difficult and i had a doctor laugh that i even bought it up. I was on antidepressants for 20 yrs - they just numb you out and kill emotion to flat affect. I can feel music again and get goosebumps listening. Life has meaning again. My emotional affect has been frightened and sad during pandemic (normal reaction to insane experiences)and learning to cope with The new World2.1 2024 Please kids, be careful - listen to this lovely lady - these pills are chemical restraint/boot on your neck😢
How long has PSSD been being talked about, what Im asking is when did people start coming out and start to share their stories about what has happened to them from taking these medications???
Do you know they have technology that they are using on many of us!!!!! When Obama was in office he signed the "BRAIN INITIATIVE" they are experimenting on unsuspecting and unconsenting people, it is called Remote Neural monitoring or Brain To Brain interface or Human Body Communication THEY CAN MAKE YOU FEEL TOTALLY EMPTY AND NOT YOURSELF IF I TOLD YOU WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY IT WOULD CURL YOUR HAIR, YOU ALL SHOULD RESEARCH THIS, THERE ARE SOME WHISTLE BLOWERS WHO HAVE COME OUT WITH THE SECRET THAT HAS BEEN KEPT FROM US LOOK UP ROBERT DUNCAN HE HELPED CREATE THIS TECHNOLOGY HE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT THE BOOK IS CALLED PROJECT SOUL CATCHER VOLUME TWO SECRETS OF CYBER AND CYBERNETIC WARFARE REVEALED DECLASSIFIED INFO IN THIS BOOK, ANOTHER ONE IS BY DR.JOHN HALL CALLED GUINEA PIGS TECHNOLOGIES OF CONTROL 2ND DR.JOHN HALL CALLED A NEW BREED SATELLITE TERRORISM IN AMERICA!!!! I REALLY HOPE YOU ALL LOOK INTO THIS WE NEED TO STAND UP PEACEFUL AND SAY (NO MORE) WE HAD ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is neurological warfare, psychological warfare they are recording people's brain waves and getting their reactions to what is happening to them!!!!!!!!!!
Emotionally numb; afraid of sexual performance failure. The world leaves you behind. My partner is missing physical, emotional, and sexual affection. The guilt...
This story reminds me so much of my own experience being misdiagnosed with depression and put on lexapro through involuntary hospitalization. I am just extremely lucky I was able to get off of it without permenant side effects. The trauma from having to pretend to agree with and be helped by people who are essentially blackmailing and threatening you... Rosie I don't know if you will ever see this but I am in Melbourne and our house is trying to start a solarpunk community center. One thing I would love to be a part of that is a medical trauma support group. If you have any interest in working on that with me I would absolutely love to.
I did not experience pssd in my withdrawal from benzodiazepines. I have a question though, it seems like pssd is one symptom in a constellation of symptoms but it’s used to describe the entire lot of symptoms and side effects. Maybe a different name for the constellation (like Akathisia describes an entire group of symptoms), would describe the entire syndrome better? It seems like Rosie has many symptoms, not just sexual side effects. I’m just trying to understand and learn. I’m sorry you are going through this. It’s horrible and I hope you heal over time. ❤
I thought I was going through Covid psychosis! Maybe on some level? The Fact is I’ve been DETOXING for 3 years! I’m trying vitamins, organic, non-gmo lifestyle. Hopefully it’s going to be enough! What recourse do I have? I’m in the USA.
serotonin receptors have been clogged by the SRI's. One might assume these meds are serotonin antagonists. In that line of thought one could assume that a serotonin agonist with a stronger affinity for the serotonin receptor might knock the receptor free. Also, assuming the receptors are clogged then that might caused elevated serotonin syndrome type side effects. This goes in line with how she is describing the feelings she is experiencing. I would be curious if MDMA therapy could provide relief.
The fact that Accutane, SSRI/SNRI and Finasteride are causing a very very similar post drug syndrome is fascinating, yet sad and terrifying. I was put on a low dose of Finasteride almost 4 years ago, and I was never once warned that there would be any side effects, let alone PRESISTENT permanent side effects. I took the drug for bit over a month and it completely destroyed me. I have many of the exact symptoms that she and other sufferers have, plus several other symptoms that she did not mention. My emotional blunting is not nearly as severy as her's but it is there. All of the symptoms came within the first few months of taking/stopping the drug. None of these symptoms existed before taking the drug.
I’m not a doctor or anything like that but I’ve been reading and watching a lot on microdosing psilocybin mushrooms, it’s said to help reset the brains wiring, just thinking it may be worth seeing if it could reverse the damage done. All the best everyone 🙏
I was thinking about that too, I know in WD that stuff isn’t usually helpful bc it’s further destabilizing but for this I had the same thought, I’m sure people have tried it though
Mental health forced meds on me. Benzos. Oh God.., benzos. Said they wouldn't sign for my SSI if not taking meds. Had side effects from SSRI 's probably because that's not what was wrong. Evidently it was an undiagnosed blood disorder causing irregular heartbeat. 9yrs later I'm neurologically damaged. Today sucked. Well maybe tomorrow.🙄
What an astounding interview! Everyone on the planet needs to see this video. The pharma companies and the doctors ignoring their suffering patients need to be held accountable for this horror.
Have you read a clock work orange. You know the movie scene where is at the theater where Alex is forced to watch movies. It feels like that scene.
long overdue
God bless this man for putting forth this discussion. God will not spare these Pyschiatrists for overprescribing SSRIs antidepressants
People who don’t take these drugs are often enthusiastic about them or over estimate their positive use and downplay their bad effects.
It reminds me of who people tell autistic people to drop the mask when it gets you fired from jobs.
Please pray for all the people suffering from PSSD, emotional blunting or anhedonia through SSRI/SSNRI.
All they need to do is confess their sins, and go back to Jesus. Much of this is spirit possession. I know from personal experience.
@@traditionalgirl5585Yes,but some ,is .some isn't. Pharmacia is a doorway for those demons.Been there, done that, self tapered a couple decades ago ( without knowing fully, why I was such acathesia experiencing)as born again believer. Thank Jesus and a place to " be" at caring mother's.
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@@traditionalgirl5585wtf
@@traditionalgirl5585 sure
The field of psychiatry can be absolutely dehumanizing especially if you go into the psych ward.
Her story where the doctor says about being anxious about the side effects. She had good reason to be and then her concerns were dismissed.
Benzos are dehumanizing. It has been 6 years for me since I was off benzos and I still feel like I was hit a ton of bricks. My nervus system is recovering from the shock. No one believed me at the time.
Taking a pill for depression should be a last resort. Full social, nutritional exercise evaluation should be assessed. That includes testing for food allergies, mold, heavy metal toxicity, parasites, access to clean water and organic food, social support including personal validation, refrain from labeling as incurableetc etc.
Absolutely!! It would be nice if medicine came around to such practical, logical considerations!
Talk therapy. A "chemical imbalance" (depression) is not chemically-induced anhedonia.
Please share the contactd wherein the tests u recommend are performed.
And hormones and (auto)antibodies in serum und CSF. And MRI. And maybe PET-CT and EEG.
It's crazy that these drugs have been on the market for 30+ years and STILL this is not acknowledged.
Are you really shocked? This same medical cartel promotes male genital mutilation.
One problem is that they demonized benzos and now they're trying to get everyone on SSRIs... I'm not touching em, I'd much rather stick with benzos
@@icedcoffee8561 probably the better route would definitely be a slow taper off benzos yeah.
Any any GP can prescribe many of these very specialized poisons in my country
@@pauldhaasbroek You can buy them over the counter in India.
I really feel I turned into a psychopath with lexapro. No emotion at all. Totally rational thinking and driven by pure intelligence, no feelings. Calculated. I can see how you could really rise fast to CEO level on this drug. No shame in the game at all. No guilt, no anger, no fear, no shame, no nervousness, no anxiety no apologies. Full focussed confidence. Really weird experience. I would stay on it for work/professional progression reasons apart from the fact that it zapped my energy. I knew to taper off when my partner started calling me a psychopath and questioning my humanity given I'm usually a highly sensitive and empathetic person. I can see it would be an interesting tool being used in the C suit.
Imagine not being able to return baseline
You hit the head on the nail perfectly
Imagine what it can do long term😂😂😂😂
Me too😢
Brilliant and brave interview. Should be mandatory viewing for all mental health professionals and prescribers.
The drugs + fear they push - breed Disassociation!
She does a wonderful job explaining the emotional and physical numbness. It happened to me around age 16, and I'm 63 and still feel "flat" most of the time. I flux from numb to aggitation to panic to numb. It's a horrible emotional rollercoaster. I feel so badly for her and pray that she feels normal again soon. Its not only difficult for the sufferer but it also effects their loved ones.
Neurotoxic drugs create Disassociation, and make people into fearful dullards - who also exhale these chemicals, when breathing. Thus, they become cash cows for the Mental Health Industry - pharmaceutical co-franchise!
Having recently gone off ssris of 20yrs !! I am starting to realise what potential effects these may have had on me.. oh and my gp never mentioned any potential side effects 😮thanks
Thanks for speaking out! Pssd is hell on earth. We deserve a cure.
We also deserve , professional prevention, from abusively administering these drugs.
Thank you for sharing! Your brain has been rewired. Chemical Lobotomy. It's awful 😖
merecemos mesmo
We are casualties of a war and got drafted with no draft card.
@@GuilhermeMingatiAmorimolá amigo qual são os seus sintomas?
The psychiatrists blamed the patient instead of blaming the drug. And then punished the patient.
and they will keep doing it. most of doctors will do everything to deny that they are prescribing drugs that are castrating people since 1990. but I have hope because there are doctors like Dr. Josef that care about people suffering and not his medical ego
@@yfugftyg Most psychiatrists are lock step with their Procedures - and this must change!
Again
She is describing and articulating this davastating state so well.
Positivist assertions by Mental Health personnel - then people as cash cows!
This is so important. I was put on psych drugs at 15 and it fundementally changed me, and it feels like an injustice. I know the phychiatrists believed what they were doing was right. But I wonder who I would have become without it.
Psychiatrists are immersed in Freudian ideology and careers!
Read, study, and be very, very good to yourself. You'll be all right.
Psychiatrists know the harm they are doing, they do not care, they just want to overpower and control people and profit.
I am in withdrawal from 40 years of polydrugging from psych meds. I am willing to be interviewed.
Holy f*ck...
@@visiteurvisiteur7301 I don’t want to be offended by that.
@@Blu6556 what I meant was I am so sorry about what happen to you
@@visiteurvisiteur7301 thank you. I appreciate that. I was hoping that’s what you meant. Thx for the clarification. ❤️
14 years on zoloft. Tapered off. Emotional numb and Pssd, i was even Numb on zoloft not realising how Numb I was. My life is over.
Is there any improvement
Any information would be appreciated
@@ShashankHanda-do6ng Im 9 months off. No improvment yet.
I was on Prozac for a few years when my genitals became numb. The numbness went away but the personality problems and ED never went away. It’s been several years since I’ve been on SSRIs
Do you suppose the lowered birth rate is somewhat due to these antidepressants being prescribed to young males??
So much emotional pain for such a young life. Thanks for speaking up Rosie.
This is EXACTLy what happened to me. I was reacting so terribly to Wellbutrin and my psych said oh you just need time let’s increase the dose. Let’s add more meds. It traumatized me
It's crazy that psychiatry is in reality just a guessing game. How it could have ever become a "science" is beyond me. The view of crazy people haven't changed for hundreds of years. Now the lobotomy is just chemical instead.
Thank you for sharing! Your brain has been rewired. Chemical Lobotomy. It's awful 😖
i been suffering from pssd and Anadonia for about 6 month's , i used to love music and now i can't even listen or watch tv, when i exercise now i need to force myself, and i am scared this will never go away, all i do is sit all day, how can i live the rest of my life this way? i really hope someone finds a cure soon
same as you
I got mine from finasteride
Same I feel dehumanized 😢I don’t feel anything
Same
I am a psychiatric survivor who has been greatly harmed by psych drugs. I have a daughter who is a therapist and who believes in these drugs. Even my own 30 year old therapist daughter refuses to believe SSRIs can cause harm for some of us. It breaks my heart. I want her to be able to help people and feel she should know about psych drugs. I don't understand why therapists don't care that patients are being harmed by psych drugs.
Same ,it's cost me divorce,and multiple family disparages ,my daughter too , as a psychology, major, tried to have me committed.And yes, the professionals, were always right,and tried to make me out to be the crazy person, yet I was the logical reasonable one ,in the room ( as being assest)
Don't worry. A lawsuit will teach her.
@@l.w.paradis2108that some consultation!
Us sufferers are very inconvenient people. Sometimes we grunt and groan out of exhaustion. Or breath loudly to try and gather some strength.
If we say we are uncomfortable... we are told to stop complaining- our pain in merely psychosomatic.
@@l.w.paradis2108 Being allowed to brand someone with a disease-like Label is the 1st step...
Antidepressants (SSRI/SSNRI) working mechanism is that beginning with one single dose the ZNS is flooded with serotonine , due to the blocking of the reuptake. Their work mechanism is on the 5HT serotonine receptors and the brain also reacts against the higher serotonine levels with a downregulation of the different 5HT receptors in the entire ZNS what leads to the typical side effects.
1. 5HT2A : Anxiety, insomnia, overstimulation, emotional numbness also due to downregulation of dopamine levels, when serotonine levels are too high
2. 5HT1A: Effects on autonomic functions such as heartbeat, breathing , body temperature, sweating, vegetative nervous system
3. 5HT3: Nausea, vomitting, gut disorders, change of bowl movements
4. 5HT2C: Sexual dysfuntions, PSSD, loss of appetite, loss of body feeling
Furthermore we have 14 different serotonine receptors in the body, which regulate different systems or body functions together with other transmitters and hormones in the body, which are affected through changes of serotonine levels in the ZNS...
Do anti depressants cause PSSD??
Gut Beschrieben😢😢😢
For me it was like my soul had been separated from my body for most of my life on meds. It WAS CHEMICAL LOBOTOMY. Now a senior...the grief never ends. 5 years off. It's truly criminal what was done to me by doctors. Medical tyranny. Thank God I found CBD when coming off many meds at once too fast alone.....it helps with homeostasis... don't know if I'll ever truly recover tho. ..not functioning properly . Thank you for this. 💜
Concerning the Chemical Imbalance justification: "Show me the Chemical Balance Tests" - Jeffrey A. Schaler
Thanks Rosie for speaking ! I'm so sorry for what you've been through I have also a PSSD went to maybe 20 differents GP, urologist, neurologist, psychiatrist most of them didn't believe me saying it's impossible cause the drug is not in you body anymore... ect. You have a PSSD as I do and there is nothing to believe or not because it is a fact
I have PSSD from paroxetine since may 2016 I knew my symptoms came from this drug and I only hear about PSSD from septembre 2022 we have to spread the awareness about those medication.
I can't imagine how much people are living with the same condition around the world. saying feeling numb and all not being listened and receiving more and more antidepressant
Be strong all the PSSD community is with you
Thank you for sharing! Your brain has been rewired. Chemical Lobotomy. It's awful 😖
CONTINUE FORTE ENCONTRAREMOS A CURA
@@GuilhermeMingatiAmorimWe have to have faith in God and ask God to give us the cure to get out of this.🙏🏼🙌🏻
She might be like me, i hope for her...i know how she is feeling, one day its just going to click back...this has been documented a lot in forums, it will just suddenly resolve, its some neurological change that takes a very long time to resolve as the brain tries to readjust to homeostasis..
It will get there...could take months or years..
Me too😢
And Akathisie😢
This is so awful Rosie. I'm down in Hobart, 3 months off benzo's with SUCH a damaged CNS. I'm still on 40mg paroxetine and have numb patches everywhere. I hope this eventually heals for you ♥️
Thank you for sharing Rosie. I developed PSSD 20 years ago so I know this landscape all too well. So sorry to hear about not be believed by family and doctors, I know this too, it feels like a kind of war. Is there a link to your PSSD group that you could share? I'm sort of feeling like I want to share my story these days as this month marks my 20th anniversary of getting the condition. I do want to say though, that I have regained some of my sexual and emotional libido back over the years, but it took years for the nerves to heal and for pleasure to return, but it is possible. Still, I go up and down. Wishing everyone in the comments and everyone dealing with PSSD wellness and healing. Trust me, you are NOT alone.
I'm so sorry Jules... At what age did you get pssd ?
Thank you for speaking out, Rosie, and I am so sorry for what you are going through. One day soon, PSSD will no longer be able to be denied by our governments, regulators and healthcare systems, and the harm that has been done will be recognised.
Hopefully, once recognized they can ban drugs that do this!
@@Blu6556 Or at least warn people before they take them!
@@harryphil8479 it’s not just that they are allowed to not fully inform people. It is also that if they take you to court and very easily convince the judge you don’t know what’s best for yourself they can forcibly medicate you with toxins!!!! So even if you know the side effects and say no thank you, too damn bad!
TD here are so many things that are being denied. All are tied to the medications they have given us.
Thank you for sharing! Your brain has been rewired. Chemical Lobotomy. It's awful 😖
So happy you’re speaking out Rosie!
Thank you for sharing! Your brain has been rewired. Chemical Lobotomy. It's awful 😖
"Neurotoxic drugs won't work if they were not neurotoxic!" - Peter Breggin @@frebrd78
Her description of this is the most accurate representation I’ve ever heard I got mine from finasteride
Thank you for sharing! Your brain has been rewired. Chemical Lobotomy. It's awful 😖
i had these same symptoms after getting a flu shot in 2016. i had a violent physical reaction, high fever, neurological issues, depersonalization/derealization, and depression and anxiety like ive never experienced. thankfully over the years the symptoms have mostly subsided and i learned to cope with the remaining damage. hopefully one day ill fully heal.
since i haven't accepted any shots that aren't life or death and am very cautious about medications
same here
Oh, I don’t even remember what I was eating. I remember that I took some SSRI’s but I can’t remember what brand names they were and I took pams n pines (spelling) and a small handful of others that I can’t remember.
I went off and on most of that crap for many years … There was bugger -doctors would tell me they gave me the same sort of bullshit that that nice ladies talk gave me.😢
I could give you a list of the so-called symptoms, but they were all mixed up in a muddle. It was like a recipe with ingredients I hadn’t tasted, or maybe had but I don’t know.
For 10 years I was in full and brutal withdrawal, and I have just managed to get over it in the past few years now and that means that for 10 years I was in withdrawal and I believe for 10 or maybe even 20 years before that I was in the midst of Some sort of drug cocktail.
After those years passed, and then that last 10 years, I think I am now over it. I sure hope so.
I took finsasteride for 1 week for.hair loss.. wow, it was lucky i had been on antidepressants before, i was watching..
Finasteride made me very depressed.. im normally a very optimistic positive person but this med gave me a feeling i rarely felt, it was like your dog just died ...
I quickly got off it..and a few days later i was glad i was fine
Might be an idea to start with an explanation of what PSSD stands for ....
Google says it's 'Post-SSRI-Sexual-Dysfunction', but maybe that's wrong because this isn't really about sex (at least not what I've seen so far).
At 0:50 Dr Josef states that PSSD stands for Post SSRI Sexual Disfunction.
She seems such a down-to-eath and trustworthy person, I hope she gets better
Thank you for speaking out Rosie!!
Thank you for sharing! Your brain has been rewired. Chemical Lobotomy. It's awful 😖
My god is this disturbing to hear. I'd sue in whatever way you can those that attempted to condemn you.
In countries with socialized healthcare suing doctors & hospitals is far more difficult then it is in the US. Australia is a little better then others, as they sort of have a hybrid system. Basicly in socialized healthcare the customer is the goverment. The customer (goverment) provides legal protections to the healthcare industry no other industry gets. When you try to appeal, you appeal to the customer ( the government) When you have to ask the very same entity that pays the bill, getting a result in your favor is not likely, even when all evidence indicates they should find in your favor it has a low likelihood of happening. TLDR: He who pays the bill rules the day.
Rosie, you are a blessing that you are warning others before they get harmed. Keep screaming.
I got pssd from antipsychotics, really bad,like life ruining … anhedonia, no emotions, alogia, amotivation, sexual dysfunction, can’t even feel hunger I’m so numb , just dead inside, last dose of meds was 15 months ago yet I’m still totally screwed life over at 23
Massive respect Rosie ❤ As a fellow sufferer I know what you are going through. Same gaslighting experiences. You still got a lovely personality, I tell you. Take care.
Thank you Rosie. Brilliantly put, the emotional blunting is like going deaf, it's that severe, and that sudden. I'm sorry they gaslit you, the same thing happened to me. It is absolutely criminal how they try to convince people they are anxious or depressed, when this complete emotional removal is CLEARLY a separate phenomenon entirely. You are not alone and we will find answers.
I so feel for Rosie, but there’s something that we could have benefited from that got missed. Between her office visit and being committed to the psych ward, most of the detail was missing. I felt that Rosie was reliving the trauma, the distress she was under, and the agitation it induced. We feel for her, but what can we learn from this? She wasn’t going to get any help from the psychiatrist, so how could anyone avoid the consequence she paid for trying to be heard?
I’ve learned that one can’t let the stress take over in these situations since it will invariably work against you. As soon as you realize that you’re not getting anywhere, it’s better to back off when you can still get out. We have to do that with the police-remain calm and cooperative, not matter what. Confrontation and escalation of emotion won’t convince anyone, but it will give them ammunition to commit you. Challenges go against what they believe is their professional knowledge, their ego, and the whole current system of how psychiatry works. We have to suck that up and make sure we don’t incur more damage as a result of our behavior, regardless of who or what is causing it.
In any interaction, if you don’t let the other guy save face, you’ve got an enemy, and if they have more power than you do, it’s you that will pay the consequence. It's especially difficult for those with problems that affect our behavior and presentation, but in today's world, we have to. Peers are a much safer place to let off the steam.
Also, maybe could explore the tactic of having a patient advocate / support person come along for balance out the power dynamic and help get points across in a non-confrontational way.
Great channel mate. It could blow up if you wanted it to. I'm from Melbourne, not sure where you are but I'd love to see this channel blow up and not to sound like a smartass, but I'd be happy to help you do that if you wanted to, free of charge. I'm a health science graduate.
Wow thanks for sharing. This is killing us but we are still alive. Great job Rose expressing yourself.
How Rosie has described the symptoms of sexual disfunction (lack of libido) and I had no feelings for anything or anyone,nothing ! .I was taking Temazepam for 31 yrs.Unlike Rosie she went back to Dr and question why she was getting these symptoms. I never did, feel like I lost my life,I stopped even meeting people or even wanting to start a relationship with someone of the opposite sex.I used to joke to people when they were explaining about how they loved someone,my reply was always 'what's that mean',I've never been in love'.
Damn...how old are you and how long do you have pssd ?
She's 23@@visiteurvisiteur7301
I am the same no sexual drive or feelings for over six years .Have been on these on and off for over 25 years
Most psychiatrists just "help" people with dehumanizing Labels & neurotoxic drugs - as Peter Breggin says, "Neurotoxic drugs wouldn't work if they were not neurotoxic!" / Due to such drugs - you have little libido, chi, expression or socialization. Maybe you could get away from the drugs and take up bongo drumming!@@autisticautumn7379
Thank you for being open with the world about your condition Rosie.
unfortunately a friend of mine committed suicide because of pssd
sue the Demons
You are going to be good Rosie. For sure. Just gotta keep moving onward, forward and beyond. ✨
That’s right. I see massive growth. Awareness. And a warm and loving heart. ♥️you matter.
I have had my emotions destroyed. My life is over just like she says. I feel like I am on anesthesia. Derealization.
I am so sorry for you...since how long do you have pssd ?
This is almost unbelievable. To be mis-prescribed and then to be threatened with psychiatric incaceration for refusing to comply. "Trust me, I'm a doctor", huh?
To be given a pessimistic disease-like Label and then prescribed any neurotoxic drug - comply or else, is at least 2nd Degree Assault!
My grandmother was born in 1910 and considered doctors only slightly below God in her esteem. In her lifetime they put a stop to people's children dying all the time and people losing a limb or their life from a careless small cut and subsequently infected fingers general diseases with antibiotics and then when it seemed that they couldn't do at more they worked out how to literally bring back people from the dead with CPR.
Since then it seems that all tjis went to their head sand they leaned back on their laurels because they thought that they now knew everything. Which is the surest way to close one's mind.
This is a common story. Read Robert Whitaker.
Have you people noticed that when you comment on videos about these drugs and warn people about this condition and repeat it a few imes youtube starts to delete your comments?
@@Calmnessofnight Of course, sure.
I’m going through same thing but I could not explain it in words.
Thanks for speaking out Rosie
I’ve been Rx free for 3 years! I was on some combo of Zoloft, fluoxetine & lexapro & adhd meds for 20+ years!
"You cannot describe it clearly, so it doesn't exist." I have the same problem... for 30 years now.
I'm halfway through this video. Thanks for sharing your story. As a chronic fatigue sufferer i can relate to much of your hopelessness and the gaslighting from people around you. However, I think this can heal. I believe you would find more help from alternative medicine practitioners. Also, I think if you take the attention off your symptoms (extremely difficult I know) and put it onto something like helping someone else, the tiny moment where you are so distracted you completely forget about your symptoms is where healing can creep in. This is very difficult if you still have to work. Hopefully someone can take that pressure off you. You could try grounding, animal therapies, juicing, nutrition, natropathy...etc. I'm saying a big prayer for your recovery. ❤
Of course this is all driven by money. In the US, doctors receive bonuses from drugs companies or their intermediaries for prescribing addictive drugs or other drugs that are known to cause withdrawal symptoms. Big Pharma has so much to answer for.
But what worries me most is the thought of a major disruption in the supply chain, and suddenly millions of people go in to withdrawal crisis. My step-daughters are both on SSRIs for anxiety and OCD and I really wish they could come off them. But these drugs will be pushed on to an entire generation of young people because this trade is extremely lucrative.
It's not addiction. It's physical dependency. There's a huge difference, and conflating it with addiction can stigmatized & make it easier to dismiss people like Rosie who have been harmed by these medications. Please research the difference between addiction & physical dependency.
@@williamallen7836 Silly nitpicking reply. Addiction implies dependency, be it physical or psychological. Either way it results in a tendency to self-medicate in order to avoid unpleasant feelings or sensations, or it leads to compulsive behaviour. The larger point, which you appear to have missed (presumably in order to find fault for the sake of it) is that BigPharma wants to addict as many people in the population because of the profit motive.
Thank you for your story. I totally believe you.
The 1st reaction reminded me of my first and last dose of Prozac
This is exactly how i feel. I dont feel.
Bro Rosie you are such a savage thank you ✊✊
Another side effect that seems to last for some that hasnt been talked about much is ear ringing aka tittinus. I have had that before. Its crazy.
She describes it precisely. Thank you for this courage. I got off closapine and off Prozac but trauma happened and doctors forced me into seroquel then zyprexa and then seroquel again. It is hell on earth but the moments of relief are possible if you have a way to stay the course. Frequency intensity and duration of relief spells become greater as time goes on.
wow. awful experience and malpractice. i hope things will improve for you rosie.
It’s wrong to do this to people. Offering help for depression and then THIS.
It's a huge disconnect between what we know works best, and what gets pushed to please thier Pharma overlords. For a long time we have known that long term, medication does help depression much. Doing the hard work of therapy yields far greater long term results. Which our instant gratification society hates. It neither happens quickly, or is easy (it's why it's refered to as "the hard work".)
The Archangel of Light offered help!
@@stevekaylor5606 Hail SAtan!!💚
@@completelytransparent6320 Lucifer was very sincere - and kept trying to "help people," with deceit and usurpation!
I can so relate to this. Lexapro. 2 yrs 8 months off. Neuropathy numbness anhedonia terror. I've been told this is SFN. Induced my med damage. It gets worse because its autoimmune.
What is SFN?
@@TheDavveponken small fiber neuropathy.
@@baileystruss7319 thanks. Will look into it. I've been yhinking it myself ever since looking into reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome - common with ssri.
Thank you so much for sharing your story! I think I suffer from the same issue! But I think for me it might've been caused by ADHD meds.
Also, in my case it's mostly genital
numbness and libido issues but I've experienced some emotional blunting as well. It has literally made me feel suicidal.
And like, I've talked to 2-3 GPs about it, gynecologist, sexologist, psychiatrist, pelvic therapist, surgeon who does gender affirming surgeries, naturopath, tried so many sex toys and creams, supplements, etc... No one/nothing has helped!!! And most have never heard of that either.
I spent several months off all meds and it didn't change, I tried sooo many antidepressants. Some made me have involuntary contractions inside my genitalia that wouldn't stop (like PGAD) but I still felt nothing externally and the inner feeling was more irritating than pleasant too. Like, I'd take care of it but it wouldn't feel satisfying/fun and start again quickly and last hours. It's incredibly distressing!
I can totally relate to how you feel due to different circumstances. You feel lifeless. It’s so hard to explain to others how it feels as you mentioned. Also you’re probably grieving in a way although you may not feel it. You’re going to get better , you have to , there’s no doubt about it.
Sometimes I feel these things happen for a reason regardless of the circumstances. You’ll appreciate every single little thing after all of this.
Stay strong 💛
I had this through most of my 20s from forced admission and haliperidol.
Nothing exaggerated or dramatized here....
I can testify.... it's hell... wishing to never be born.
The only emotion that's left was despair.
I survived... doing OK today
How did you heal ?
Short version: I discovered the word "trauma". Since then I have been mindful of any stress and inflammation in my body.
I listen to bessel van.d. kolk, gabor mate, i do yoga, chi gong,TRE exercises, hot baths, cold showers, wimm hoff breathing. I have an excellent chinese doctor.
My biggest hurdle is that nobody undertands
@awakeningstation9074 I still struggle with my wife, who is still traumatized, but I have the best relationship with my 2 young boys. I am fit and strong and flexible for a 50yo... even training jiu-jitsu with them now.
How bad was your anhedonia and do you have emotions now?
@awakeningstation9074 I wished every moment to have never been born. This feeling would last until I threw away the meds. Problem was I would become manic, and then repeat the cycle. Was then misdiagnosed as bipolar
Thank you both SO MUCH.
Wow I have only learned about this recently, surely these drugs need to be banned. I always found my gf’s behaviour very strange and the pieces now fit together.
I will always tell and teach everyone to NEVER trust the professionals. I.stead thrust your body, thrust your gut feelings.
You are so right. After digging into true crime and profiling I read quite a few professionals and instantly realized they were lying to me. Two eye specialist lied that I had an inoperable eye problem that surgery wouldn’t fix and told me I would be in increasing pain and then they could operate because there would be no other option. Lies! There is nothing wrong with my eyes at all.
Then there were a few dentists. The last one told me my teeth didn’t need work but I had bad gum disease but they would wait till it got worse and then they would send me to a surgeon. Lies! I needed three crowns and many fillings and five of my teeth were cracked on three sides. And I needed a night guard for bruxism. It turns out that my gums are in amazing shape for my age. 1-3 measurement is healthy and that is what my whole mouth is. I am composing a Ripoff Report for them. It is a review even their Lawyer cannot take down forever!
I had an Uncle (eye surgeon) in the 70’s tell me they were changing the requirements and factors they were looking for in doctors. Not so much emphasis on math and more on bedside manner. Scared the hell out of me. If you are a surgeon you’d better have a good bead on measurement accuracy!
Things have loosened up to the point I wonder how much truth and accuracy is valued anymore even in the chemistry of medicines?
Yes, trust your gut. God gave us one for a reason. It has never failed me.
All criminally minded people need is means, opportunity and plausible deniability. I believe these effects are intentional. 100%
I see Social Services Health Care denies Chiropractor Care - yet allows MRIs and Physical Therapy! 01@@annbell8748
This has been happening to me it’s unbearable
The professionals told her...
I should be a guest on this show. I was prescribed Seroquel for sleep and whenever I lie down my legs feel like they’re being tasered. I can’t sleep and have to take naps during the day to get some rest. It’s been five years and it’s still haunting me.
Akathisie!!!!!
It's Life changing
pssd is crazy, im glad that i have been able to slightly regain some pleasure over time. maybe like 30% of what i had before but im grateful i can cling on to even the slightest bit of pleasure now. It's weird because i just really try not to think about it anymore at this point. The more i think about pssd, the more it sends me insane.
Thanks for sharing your story Rosie.
I have only watched up to 9:23 in this video, but her experience in so many ways mirrors my own. I am from California, and while most of the damage I have I think came from an atypical antipsychotic, there are so many similarities. The "doctor", psychiatrist that did this to me was a complete greedy, evil quack, and I only learned of this far too late after the damage had been done by what he had prescribed me, but he charged at least $100 if not easily more per visit, which were only 20-30 minutes long, and I was paying him to destroy my life, essentially.
I still can't sleep normally at all, my libido is dead, I can't feel happiness, beyond that my emotions are warped. I ended up involuntarily committed because the saphris I was on threw off the balance of dopamine and serotonin in my brain, and among the other things those neurotransmitters control, they affect aggression and irritability, so I had a phase of over a year where I had this mindless rage that could only barely be contained with lithium.
Thank you
Mental health is the development of a mental + emotional dedication - a cathexis!
The average psychiatrist cognitive dissonance between everything they have been taught and our stories is too great.
We are rarely believed because that would imply that psychiatry is itself insane
Status quo for the Industry - which is yet being rubberstamped!
Ich wünschte der Gesellschaft gehen die Augen auf!!!!!!
I was told
"it's what all the young kids are on."
Great interview, thanks Rosie for explaining it so well. I have the same, all you describe. Pssd from basically 1 pill.
Psychiatry needs to be abolished..
it isnt fit for purpose. does more harm than good
@AndrewB996 and its crimes, are being censored..
Yes we can!!!!!😢😢😢
Lexapro is poison. Been there!
Please check out the work of Chris Palmer and also Georgia Ede (both Harvard psychiatrists who have separately done groundbreaking work on nutrition and mental health).
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Very true.. carnivore works for mental.health for sure
I'm 85 and I guarantee that it's not whatsoever normal for an older healthy person either. All of us need to take care as we are in the clutches of a hugely misguided "health,," system. Does Australia have medical naturopaths?
I had this a little bit and when I did a 7 channel 1 month cleanse which has a diet plan it was the first time in 15 years I felt anything below the belt. 1989 took drugs then around 2000-2005 on all the bad ones. Tried what I said and walking
I am a man almost
00:04 Involuntary psychiatric commitment because of PSSD
02:10 Taking Lexapro encouraged by others led to negative experiences
06:05 Experiencing severe side effects from medication
07:48 Trust in professionals led to worsening of symptoms
11:37 Long-term effects of Lexapro medication and lack of information about recovery time
13:30 PSSD has severely affected the speaker's nervous system and made them feel depersonalized and trapped.
17:19 PSSD can result in a loss of pleasure and affection towards loved ones and activities.
19:01 PSSD can result in a damaged nervous system with various effects.
22:33 The person is experiencing mental distress and a lack of feeling normal.
24:17 Lack of motivation and loss of identity due to PSSD
27:45 It took a lot of time for her parents to believe her about the seriousness of her condition.
29:33 Lack of support system and understanding from others can lead to isolation and suicidal tendencies for those with PSSD
33:05 Involuntary psychiatric commitment due to PSSD
34:48 Refusing to take a potentially harmful drug led to a threat of involuntary psychiatric commitment.
38:01 Seeking a second opinion before being given medication during involuntary psychiatric commitment.
39:48 Involuntary psychiatric commitment due to PSSD
43:16 The person is experiencing severe symptoms and feels trapped with no help or support available.
45:04 Involuntary psychiatric commitment due to a delusional belief about medication side effects
48:56 Lack of understanding and support from healthcare professionals
50:40 People with PSSD have no solutions and their experiences are often dismissed.
54:24 People with antidepressant medication experiences are often dismissed and labeled as dangerous.
56:07 Involuntary psychiatric commitment due to PSSD is a violation and ruins lives
59:41 Uncertainty about prognosis and treatment options for PSSD
1:01:31 Raising awareness and conducting research on the effects of SSRI drugs on sexual health
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Hyper-sensitivity, that's really how it is. So so sorry this happened to you. It is terrifying, wondering if you'll ever come out of it. I'm at about 8yrs off Benzos and it's still a nightmare.
Most of my healing came when i changed my diet to carnivore. Im still not 100% but im getting beter.
What got better?
@@Kalley_Kavia Brain fog disosication. numb feeling. I still have akathisia now and then but I feel like I was improving very slowly over many years before but now I am improving a lot faster.
@@ardyesWhat are you eating please?
@ardyes yes Dr Georgie Ede book !!!!
It kills sensitivity and makes orgasm difficult and i had a doctor laugh that i even bought it up. I was on antidepressants for 20 yrs - they just numb you out and kill emotion to flat affect. I can feel music again and get goosebumps listening. Life has meaning again. My emotional affect has been frightened and sad during pandemic (normal reaction to insane experiences)and learning to cope with The new World2.1 2024 Please kids, be careful - listen to this lovely lady - these pills are chemical restraint/boot on your neck😢
How long has PSSD been being talked about, what Im asking is when did people start coming out and start to share their stories about what has happened to them from taking these medications???
Do you know they have technology that they are using on many of us!!!!! When Obama was in office he signed the "BRAIN INITIATIVE" they are experimenting on unsuspecting and unconsenting people, it is called Remote Neural monitoring or Brain To Brain interface or Human Body Communication THEY CAN MAKE YOU FEEL TOTALLY EMPTY AND NOT YOURSELF IF I TOLD YOU WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY IT WOULD CURL YOUR HAIR, YOU ALL SHOULD RESEARCH THIS, THERE ARE SOME WHISTLE BLOWERS WHO HAVE COME OUT WITH THE SECRET THAT HAS BEEN KEPT FROM US LOOK UP ROBERT DUNCAN HE HELPED CREATE THIS TECHNOLOGY HE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT THE BOOK IS CALLED PROJECT SOUL CATCHER VOLUME TWO SECRETS OF CYBER AND CYBERNETIC WARFARE REVEALED DECLASSIFIED INFO IN THIS BOOK, ANOTHER ONE IS BY DR.JOHN HALL CALLED GUINEA PIGS TECHNOLOGIES OF CONTROL 2ND DR.JOHN HALL CALLED A NEW BREED SATELLITE TERRORISM IN AMERICA!!!! I REALLY HOPE YOU ALL LOOK INTO THIS WE NEED TO STAND UP PEACEFUL AND SAY (NO MORE) WE HAD ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is neurological warfare, psychological warfare they are recording people's brain waves and getting their reactions to what is happening to them!!!!!!!!!!
Emotionally numb; afraid of sexual performance failure. The world leaves you behind. My partner is missing physical, emotional, and sexual affection. The guilt...
This story reminds me so much of my own experience being misdiagnosed with depression and put on lexapro through involuntary hospitalization. I am just extremely lucky I was able to get off of it without permenant side effects. The trauma from having to pretend to agree with and be helped by people who are essentially blackmailing and threatening you... Rosie I don't know if you will ever see this but I am in Melbourne and our house is trying to start a solarpunk community center. One thing I would love to be a part of that is a medical trauma support group. If you have any interest in working on that with me I would absolutely love to.
Hyper sensitive to everything thats how i feel after consume coffee cola sugar bread etc same as pfs
I did not experience pssd in my withdrawal from benzodiazepines. I have a question though, it seems like pssd is one symptom in a constellation of symptoms but it’s used to describe the entire lot of symptoms and side effects. Maybe a different name for the constellation (like Akathisia describes an entire group of symptoms), would describe the entire syndrome better? It seems like Rosie has many symptoms, not just sexual side effects. I’m just trying to understand and learn. I’m sorry you are going through this. It’s horrible and I hope you heal over time. ❤
I thought I was going through Covid psychosis! Maybe on some level? The Fact is I’ve been DETOXING for 3 years! I’m trying vitamins, organic, non-gmo lifestyle. Hopefully it’s going to be enough! What recourse do I have? I’m in the USA.
serotonin receptors have been clogged by the SRI's. One might assume these meds are serotonin antagonists. In that line of thought one could assume that a serotonin agonist with a stronger affinity for the serotonin receptor might knock the receptor free. Also, assuming the receptors are clogged then that might caused elevated serotonin syndrome type side effects. This goes in line with how she is describing the feelings she is experiencing. I would be curious if MDMA therapy could provide relief.
The fact that Accutane, SSRI/SNRI and Finasteride are causing a very very similar post drug syndrome is fascinating, yet sad and terrifying.
I was put on a low dose of Finasteride almost 4 years ago, and I was never once warned that there would be any side effects, let alone PRESISTENT permanent side effects.
I took the drug for bit over a month and it completely destroyed me.
I have many of the exact symptoms that she and other sufferers have, plus several other symptoms that she did not mention.
My emotional blunting is not nearly as severy as her's but it is there.
All of the symptoms came within the first few months of taking/stopping the drug. None of these symptoms existed before taking the drug.
You have to figure this out doc please
Is there a way to keep updated on Rosie's story?
Thank you for sharing! Your brain has been rewired. Chemical Lobotomy. It's awful 😖
I’m not a doctor or anything like that but I’ve been reading and watching a lot on microdosing psilocybin mushrooms, it’s said to help reset the brains wiring, just thinking it may be worth seeing if it could reverse the damage done.
All the best everyone 🙏
I was thinking about that too, I know in WD that stuff isn’t usually helpful bc it’s further destabilizing but for this I had the same thought, I’m sure people have tried it though
It’s a crime.
Mental health forced meds on me. Benzos. Oh God.., benzos. Said they wouldn't sign for my SSI if not taking meds. Had side effects from SSRI 's probably because that's not what was wrong. Evidently it was an undiagnosed blood disorder causing irregular heartbeat. 9yrs later I'm neurologically damaged. Today sucked. Well maybe tomorrow.🙄
Flush 1/4 down the toilet for six months, then flush 1/2, then 3/4, then 7/8. No one is monitoring you in your own home.
@@l.w.paradis2108 drug testing to make sure I was taking it.