I have bipolar disorder, and during a hospitalisation many years ago I was injected against my will. The side effect was akathisia that didn't go away for two months or more. It was awful. From the second I woke up until the second I was exhausted enough to pass out, I couldn't stop moving, and walked miles pacing up and down every day. It's not like being high on speed or coffee, it is a torturous inner agitation, you can't stop moving no matter how much you are tired and don't want to move. I tried to go home for Christmas day and had to leave because the house wasn't big enough for my fast pacing. At times it was impossible or hellish to sit down in a taxi and be restricted in a confined space, unable to move the way I 'needed to.' I don't resent being put in a hospital because I needed to be there, but I resent that psychiatric patients are forcibly given such barbaric drugs without consent. It's institutional abuse.
Ive had that same feeling from different drugs. Id explain its almost like a bad pain that only constant movement helps with . Yet even the movement barely helps even a little. Its the most horrid feeling. Like u you cant rest or relax till u r totally exhausted and even then rest is very short and once u wake u cant stop the movement. I hope u r doing well now.
I got AKATHISIA from trying CELEXA and it was a living nightmare. It was so bad it resembled tardive DISKENISIA. My right foot kept moving up and down involuntarily so I couldn't stand even though I wanted to walk. My head started trembling like Muhammaf Ali or people with Parkinsons. I never wanted pharma for my body no matter what, and my very first time convinced to try a HARMLESS drug almost killed me. I'll never trust a doctor pill pusher ever again.
@@jamesmullins1990I too had a horrid reaction to my first dose of Celexa. I developed Serotonin Syndrome and akathisia but I didn't learn this until years later. I then entered inpatient psych because I thought the doctors could help, but they prescribed Klonopin. when i discontinued that, the akathisia came back and I suffered a protracted withdrawal for two years. Lost my job and nearly my life. 😢
I have the same réaction but only once in a while. I've been taking the same medications for years. I realy don't know what cause me this reaction, it last hours and it is so painful, it hurt in all my articulations and I have to walk just like you do. It also make my heart tickle ... 🥺
Dr. Josef, I am so thankful for you and the work you are doing. I am learning so much from watching your videos. I am a physician and I was also a “ psychiatric patient” for years. I have been given a number of drugs since I was 17. It started with SSRIs, to antipsychotics and mood stabilizers. I was getting worse and so my psychiatrist would change and add and etc. I never considered that the drugs could be helping to make me sicker and I was a medical student at the time, studying to actually become a psychiatrist myself. By the end of medical school something shifted for me. I was going through a psychiatric hospital for children in Argentina, and when I saw kids who had been drugged since early ages it daunted on me. I started to ask myself questions: what are the consequences of these drugs in our human body? How could this fix anything? What I am doing to myself? And that was the beginning. I finished medical school and in the exact graduation day I quitted venlafaxine cold turkey. Ugh... it was a ride. I was feeling so determined and I knew it was gonna be hard but I was willing to endure it. My family and friends would all tell me to get back on the drugs but I wanted to know myself again without any drugs. By then I was 26, so 9 years on and off multiple drugs. I am 30 now and I am a completely different person. I decided I didn’t want to become a psychiatrist anymore. I couldn’t stand the idea of going through the system and serving it after knowing what I now know. I have been studying ever since and I have been focusing on deprescribing and offering people alternative ways to heal and integrate their experiences. It started to help myself and now I want to share it with others. So thank you for all this valuable information and your willingness to help.
Hey! I am feeling significantly better. It was intensely hard for the first year, and then things got smoother. I also changed in other aspects of my life, I spend a lot of time in nature, deleted social medias, learnt to be honest even when it’s uncomfortable (first off with myself) and learnt how to endure difficult times (because I would always get desperate and sometimes suicidal). I mean, I AM learning still. I guess life is a learning process, a great opportunity. The whole experience taught me SO much I cannot help but thank it. I wish you well 🤍
Functional medicine might be a good option. Finding the true cause snd healing with natural methods. Your storynis very interesting.. glad you didn't become a psychiatrist.. so much bad is coming out about that field. God bless 🙌
I completely understand. I had an MSW and was planning on continuing, but after working in the hospital and mental health system, experiencing the bureaucracy and over medicating of patients, I had to walk away for MY mental health. I also was prescribed a light benzo and an SSRI during a contentious divorce, and the neverending side fx from tapering and withdrawals is a horror I never hope to experience again. Glad ur feeling better. These poisons damage ur brain, and it can take years to heal.
Same I suffer from a cute PTSD anxiety disorder acute panic disorder and agoraphobia and I tried I think Zoloft and one other they gave me that Seroquel never took it just put down you have serotonin syndrome
They're annoyed because they want to meet their quota so their pharma rep can send them to a "medical conference" in Hawaii. Basically it's bribery. You go to a conference for a fraction of the time and the rest is an all inclusive vacation.
You're fooling yourself to think physicians don't grasp the irreducible harm caused by benzos and opioids. It never ceases to amaze me how certain subsets of the population actually believe physicians, through some alchemical process, exist as higher beings /better people. 90% of physicians and surgeons undertake the medical profession for its elevated social currency and the money, not because they're driven to help mankind.
Another type of drug you might want to look into is cipro. It can be devastating to take, especially with people who are using benzos. But It has caused horrible problems for people not on benzos. Akathesia is one problem.
Cipro makes me horribly depressed, like suicidal. I can barely finish 1 course of it. I saw a study claiming that it interacts with the GABA/glutamate system as well as decreasing serotonin (among other things). That's to say nothing about its dangerous effects on tendons & ligaments. Glad this video was not about Zofran!
Recently, I was hospitalized after a stroke and given Reglan for nausea (generic name metoclopromide). From being weak and dizzy but OK, it became a nightmare. Hospital staff recognized the cause immediately when I told them how I felt. They promised not to give me any more. After 3 days I was moved to another unit and given Reglan again with worse reaction. Both times I wanted to die to escape the feeling. I asked the doctor why they would ever give that to anyone trying to heal. They said most times it's OK. I am 62 y.o., have never had any other psychiatric symptoms in my life.
I had some serious side effects after iron infusion drip,stopping walking .was wrongly diagnosed with bipolar ,when it was neuro symptoms . They gave me gabapenton ,made me very drunk ,laughing for hours at nothing. They later said they gave me too much .I refused anymore .one other had me digging my way to China 😂😂
My experience with Reglan for nausea to treat my persistent headache disorder/occipital neuralgia caused by risperidone led me to admitting that I wanted to die at the university of Michigan ER which led me to a psych unit which then led me to an official diagnosis of Occipital Neuralgia. The reason I even said I wanted to die was because of the akathisia that went unrecognized so despite me saying that I couldn’t lay down in the bed and was feeling restless, they couldn’t tell me what was happening… This was around the point I was recovering from akathisia so of course it retraumatized me into saying that I wanted to give up, these hospitals are ruthless and disgusting when it comes to iatrogenic conditions and patients dealing with them, our healthcare system is a fasad 🤦🏻♂️ I don’t think I brought this up in our interview but it did happen
Jordan Peterson had akthesia too...he wanted to almost die it was so bad I think he sorted it by getting off all meditations and going on the lion diet... eating only meat. Nothing else. He talks about it on youtube as does his daughter mikala peterson. They both discuss Jordan petersons akathesia...I guess they want people to know about it.
Would you include the drug name in the title or description so that it's in some way searchable? I'm not sure how you do it but that would be priceless for people facing using these drugs. When I was looking for information on ritalin it was very hard to find adverse experiences. If I had found a video of yours back then I would never have taken the drug. You would be saving so many lives, even more than you are already. Thank you for what you are doing for humanity.
Why are so many doctors so uncaring and irresponsible that they prescribe any drug what so ever no matter the real side effects? There are so many drugs that are causing great harm. I have lost hearing, have dizziness, and have tinnitus because of Ciprofloxin. At lest I did got over the great pain it caused. Doctors didn't look at the drugs the patient is on to see if someone can take a new drug even when they have their computers open - looking at the patients information. Doctors don't seem to care if they cause all kinds of harm!
I have a rare autoimmune kidney disease. I’ve been given this exact medication in-patient, it was a disaster. By nature I’m a very laid back person. When I was given this medication I felt like I was having a panic attack x’s 10, awful. Once the doctor realized I wasn’t “overreacting” I was hit with 50 (IV) of Benadryl. One of the worst most terrifying experiences I’ve ever had with a medication.
I had a similar experience. I had nausea when I was in the hospital. They gave me Reglan in my iv. I almost immediately wanted to jump out of the bed, rip out my iv, blood pressure cuff, etc. and run out of the hospital. I had to force myself to stay. I told the nurse and she gave me something to counteract it - I don’t know what. It was exactly that - a panic attack x 20!!
Thank you for bringing awareness to this dangerous “medication”! I had one time IV of Metoclopramide/Reglan 10 months ago! I am completely physically disabled and the mental issues and akathisia terror and fear is unreal! I have no history of mental of physical illness besides kidney stones. Just one dose and I’m severely disabled and can no longer care for myself. I don’t know how I am still alive. Also no meds before or after that IV dose.. but may need something soon since I’ve lost everything in my life and unsure how to heal 😢
I want to encourage you and say I had a NDE of terror followed by PTSD and nearly 3 years off work, and I thought it impossible to heal. I was wrong, thank God or Nature. We are only just beginning to learn how much the brain can heal. It may be worth looking at some of the natural substances used to heal the brain used in the ReCode programme. Same brain. NAC and Glycine, very high dose DHA, alpha GPC, probiotics especially focused on gut-brain connection, I’d go step by step and raise doses very gradually. See a Dr of Functional Medicine. I also used tDCS, and cheaper MTC intranasal light therapy units, 810nm and 633nm.
Agree. They don't listen to the patient. Dont seem to know anything about neurotoxics and adverse reactions. And has zero tapering knowledge. Terrible.
As with all cases, Some might be okay i guess, but basically nobody can be trusted since who knows what the hidden agendas are these days .. and what notes they take and share with others you know "for your own good"..
The second I saw the title I suspected it was Reglan. I had such a horrific experience during two different emergency room visits, that I now have this drug listed as an 'allergy' medication. To make matters worse, I had a G.I. doctor tell me I NEEDED to take this medication for my gastroparesis. I explained in no uncertain terms that was NOT going to happen, and because of their attitude and their doubt, I had to find another G.I. doctor to help me manage my digestive problems. I would highly encourage anyone who feels 'different' when taking this medication to STOP taking it, only if you just started. I have had so many bad experiences with medications over the years, I don't currently take anything other than over-the-counter med. for heartburn if I must. These videos are so very important, and I appreciate the content creator for taking the time to present this information to a public that needs to be aware....blessings....
I was given metoclopramide intravenously for severe morning sickness together with saline drip and almost immediately had a horrific attack of akathisia. I couldn't stay on the bed and I was ripping the IV drip of my arm and was running around the hospital bed like crazy. The emergency doctor didn't recognise that she caused me this akathisia attack by metoclopramide and, instead, she started telling me to consider abortion... The attack subsided in a couple of hours and I went home. I thought that I had suddenly some kind of a madness episode as I had no explanation for what happened. Later on GP then prescribed me metoclopramide tablets and as soon as I took the first tablet I had a similar attack, just not so severe. I then told that to GP and he immediately told me that it was an adverse effect of metoclopramide and that I should never take this medication again.
Nutritional deficiencies are something most of us suffer from, whatever we eat. Medications often further deplete certain nutrients. Supplementation of vitamins and minerals in the most natural forms available reportedly helps greatly with withdrawal symptoms and recovery.
Have had MDD my whole life & avoided SSRIs until 5 years ago. Single best decision of my life was starting Fluoxetine. I'm on 40mg/day. Haven't moved that since my first year of treatment Just wanted to counterpoint, since I had been scared off for so long from what has been a truly life-saving and life-enhancing drug for me. Generally YOU have AGENCY to decide the course of your healthcare. Don't blindly trust your doctor, avoid polypharmacy wherever possible. KNOW your drugs inside and out. Keep records. That's all I gotta say ☮
I’m going through this right now since sept 2021 and it has nearly ended my life a dozen times and nearly did not awake again 3months ago. What makes it even worse is to be gaslit and verbally abused and reprimanded and called names, yelled at and threatened by the psych community where I live and have no chance to escape. I’ve had other weird symptoms from psych meds, Benedryl, seizure meds, and secession from pain medicine after surgeries etc. one of the worst parts is the cervical and upper trunk dystonia and the medical trauma of my physical health aside from the “depression “ that was caused by ???? Bless your heart both of you for Dioggo and also Doctor for this channel. I still feel awful and rejected and admonished and alone, but now I know from your channel I am not the only one. It’s hell for us all and it’s WRONG that they do what they do to us to protect their fragile egos and money. Peace and healing to everyone that sees my words.❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
Yep doesnt surprise me sad to say Iv suspected for a while how those who take an issue with those who have a problem from being victims of abuse, do so from the heights of their throne of being able to hurl out abuses but when they do it, it is not abuse. Just some new "professionalism" dealing with "difficult" people labelled all sorts of things. It's heartbreaking to hear but not surpirsing coz I now have a very very low opinion of all interventions not initiated by a person's will.
Compazine caused akathesia for which I received 300mg of diphenhydramine iv in the ER. I cannot begin to imagine what this man has endured! Prayers for healing 🙏
I had issue woth compazine also! Years ago I was suffering from severe withdrawal symptoms as I chose to quit a 9 year heroin habit that allowed me to cope with this awful world and its awful inhabitants. After a couple of ER visits due to dehydration and inability to retain fluids or food, they gave me Compazine so I could "hold down food". Next day after failed attempt at breakfast with the compazine in my system I had a seizure of some kind. My muscles going stiff while in the shower and I felt very weird so I got out to dry. Then my spine began to twist, my neck, my jaw, legs...everything was twisting to the left...it was all twisting like something out of my control was twisting my body to extreme degrees. It was God awful!!!!! I had to be helped onto a couch by my father who called 911. I couldn't overpower the body and my body began spinning into the cushions like I was being attacked by an alligator underwater.. I had zero bodily control except to keep trying to resist my body's contorting to such an extreme I thought I was going to break my own back, neck and jaw. I could barely suck air into my lungs my body was so contorted. I was rushed to ER, and two EMTs couldn't pin my body down and the IV kept tangling and shifting. By time I'm arriving at hospital I'd already been fighting for my life for 45 minutes. I was past exhaustion.. I literally had no energy or will left and was basically preparing to surrender to this bizarre death apparently occuring. A nurse saw me barely able to suck air and contorting and she rushed in and injected something (valium?) Into my IV and my body finally relaxed. I slept two hours when I woke up my entire body was more sore than I thought physically possible. I will have 10 years sober in December 2023. 🙏 💪
I had it happen in the ER and thankfully was given the Benadryl as well. If your doctor doesn’t know that this can happen, you should find another doctor.
I had compazine in an iv at the ER. I did not understand the sudden desire to leave. It was all I could do to keep myself from jumping out of the taxi on the way home so I could run the rest of the way. Never again.
I had the same with Compazine given to me during pregnancy so I could sit through my state nursing boards testing for 2 days. The first day on Compazine, my vision blurred. The second day, I developed uncontrollable teeth grinding and hyperventilating which led to me having to leave my test before completing and rushing to the ER. I was given IV Diphenhydramine which stopped the reactions. Terrible drug and I’m surprised my doctor prescribed Compazine for pregnancy nausea.
I remember being in the depths of my iatrogenic episode, and a friend telling me to approach my anxiety with a better attitude. This is not possible. It exacerbated the loneliness of the experience.
@@idesigncutethings2196 People don’t understand it. Alas, there’s too much of an idea out there that all “anxiety” (such a benign word), suicidality etc are psychological. So people keep harping on you to do this or do that. It sucks.
Hate Reglan. SO MUCH. I was given Reglan for migraines in the ER. Shortly after Administration I was so restless it took everything I had not to rip my IV out of me, run up and down and down the halls then find a corner and start shrieking due to the restlessness and spike in blood pressure that it gave me. It took me three weeks or more to recover from one dose as the next day I would feel really dead and severely depressed inside. When I wasn’t staring into space, I needed to be walking. It was so similar to what I went through on psych meds I would have flashbacks for weeks until reglan withdrawal was over of my bad experiences on psych meds. One single dose. BTW, Seroquel and Reglan are my top, most hated drugs. I can’t handle even one dose of reglan for a day. I can’t believe they had you on that every day. I can’t even believe that’s a thing considering the side effects and complaints I’ve seen on it. What a sham.
I was given this once in the hospital when I was having GI issues and within 20 minutes I couldn't sit still. I felt like I was crawling out of my skin and it took me about 15 minutes to figure out what was happening. Of course I googled the side effects of reglan and bam, there it was. They actually had to give me Valium to settle me down. The terrifying part of this is that my infant daughter was prescribed this for the first 2 years of her life.... I had no clue. 35 years ago people weren't talking about these things, you did what your doctor told you to do.
In the states the black box warning doesn’t always come out at the same time as the drug. Black box warning didn’t come out for Paxil until 4 years later. The FDA confirmed that. We have to look into every medication we take.. I’m assuming there’s other drugs that didn’t have it until later
This really freaks me out to know that as an ICU nurse we were giving reglan to more then half the patients at one time as a standard protocol especially post op abdominal surgeries
I believe I was prescribed Reglan in 2013 during my first pregnancy for extreme morning sickness, and it did absolutely nothing to help. They didn’t want give me something like Zofran. I never knew any of this was a risk. No one warned me.
Its so important to do your own research before you start taking any drug and ask your doctor questions about any adverse side-effects that a drug may have.
That’s exactly how I described my accidental withdrawal “ I felt like I wasn’t fighting for my life”. Had to be put on klonapin to stabilize and am still on it 8 yrs later. Afraid to risk even trying to come off. I thought I was having a nervous breakdown until I seen a video on UA-cam two years after this happened and had to diagnose myself as to what happened to me. Doctors never told me that’s what it was either. Just like this guy they ran all the tests all of them and nothing showed up! Everything was negative. It was a horrible time in my life and for my family seeing me like that. I had to call the ambulance three times and this was only a total of two months before I got stabilized again. I could never imagine two years of this. I hate the thought of being a prisoner to meds but I feel i have to accept it. Thank you for this channel 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Also I say Accidental Withdrawal because I thought a could just stop my Ativan that I was on for years as needed or even a tiny dose of .25 daily and then went back on it like two weeks later because we were going on vacation and knew there would be a lot of stress and demands on me . I have a history of panic attacks and had a heart condition that caused my heart to raise to 240 beats a minute. I since have figured out what that was and had a cardiac ablation in 2014. The accidental withdrawal happened in 2015.
I have been witness to this on the part of my veteran beau and a neighbor lady whose kind G.P. warned her Hazel... Stay out of the System. Few people believe just how risky some meds are.... I think a lot of it depends on the persons individual metabolism and not enough is known about it; I emailed an American doc and asked could this be a factor and he said yes it could.
@@elizabethabbott2982 that’s what I’m thinking recently and how sensitive a person must be to meds. It’s crazy . My adult daughter was just telling her doctor how hard it is to get off the last 5 mg of lexapro and doctor rolled her eyes like she didn’t believe it but then said we should test and see if it’s the way you metabolize it so i think you are on to something 👍🏻🥰🙏🏻 thank you
Wow! My dog was given this drug on two different occasions, and he had an insane reaction both times. The second time, he got so angry and aggressive that even the vet was scared of him... (and he was not a big dog..) He was so aggressive that she couldn't get close enough to get his IV out, so we just had to tie a knot on the IV tube and cut it off. So I took him home and waited for the drug to get out of the body before I could remove the IV tube....
@@sooofunny37 yes, years ago a vet prescribed it for my elderly jack russel. it made her agressive, just very grouchy and disoriented.. she hated it and refused to take it. She had only three tablets and never again. I can even see it in a dog, I wouldn't give it to my dog!
I put this here. I had severe dizziness, nausea, exhaustion, emotional instability, and found I was sensitive to Black Mould in the house. When I moved from that house, I started to improve, and cured after a month or so. Treating symptoms without curiosity about cause is disastrous.
Dear everybody. In Australia and some other countries, this medication is called 'Maxalon' it has had a devastating effect on my life😢 Thank you kind sir, for explaining the medication leaflet properly❤
@@TheLisa1903 I'm sorry to hear and hope you are ok 🙌🗝 I appreciate the gift, not to feel alone. Often people don't believe us. I just looked up both of those medications and the emexlon, allegedly made from the same ingredients as Maxolon, aka metoclopramide.. I believe antimemetics are just as dangerous as antidepressants, towards dystonia, tardive dyskinesia and other movement disorders. Plus my brain doesn't think the same as it used to and my muscles won't stop twitching.
And despite a large number of doctors involved on my care team not one of them have even mentioned this 🤦🏻♀️already have TBI and Spinal injury and systemic failures, cardiac and gastric and ANS.Terrible
Reglan! Omigod! They gave me an injection in the ER and within minutes I was nearly screaming. I felt terrified like a monster was chasing me and my body felt creepy. A couple of years later, I was working late and my young daughter had a severe stomach bug. She could not stop vomiting. My husband took her to the same ER and they also gave her Reglan (my husband forgot my horror story) and she had the exact same reaction. Zofran is now the gold standard.
Makes me think about soviet asylums and psych wards where they would give patient (innocent people) very high high dosages of haldol in liquid form with anti-emetic so the don't throw up in the toilet. Man those people must have felt horrible being stuck for years with akathesia and brain damage
I have not read all of the comments yet and I am struck by there not being any discussion about complimentary medical supplements that would help the brain heal by providing proper nutrients for good brain function and health! For example I would think that magnesium glycinate could have a calming effect and a very large population has been shown to be mg deficient! No sugar in the diet is very important! N-Acetyl-Cysteine has been proven to be helpful with OCD [could help here too] No chat in this interview about the benefits of exercise and it's natural production of endorphins! If I were Diogo I would be moving towards natural beneficial brain nutrients and not pharmaceuticals! Give your brain the food it needs to function well and feel good ! Be well and be blessed !🙂
I had Raglan once in the hospital, and I felt like I was going to jump out of my skin and ever since I have put it as an allergy, so I will never ever get it again
I had a reglan pump in my thigh, for a week, when I was pregnant with my second child. I was sick the entire 9 months. I thank God I didn't have any adverse side effects from this drug. It did help very much with my nausea. I stayed at my grandparents house, for a week. With the pump on my thigh. I had a home health nurse, and an IV in a pole, with wheels. As sick as I was, I'm very fortunate that I didn't have side effects. And it was about one of the only weeks that I didn't throw up or feel nauseous. My heart goes out to this man. I cant imagine trusting in your Drs only to be let down and made to feel like something was mentally wrong with you, and that you were crazy. 🧡🙏🏻
Dr Josef I live in the US and use the VA Medical System. I have to read up on the drugs they want me to take and they don’t offer to discuss drug side effects. I have had to be my own advocate to avoid being pushed into ineffective opioids for pain which they do so they can diagnose you as an addict so they can ignore you and your symptoms. Benzodiazepines are a two edged sword in the positive they can turn off grief and dampen anxiety to almost manageable levels but it’s a diminishing effect with every dose. But it is addictive at least for some and detrimental for them to get off of them. That adds anxiety to the decision to even take them.
I never take the medicines my doctor's prescribed for me. I get home and I start reading about the side effects and I throw that stuff right in the trash . I was put on savala for fibromyalgia several years ago. I followed the doctors instructions. I'd let them increase my dosage until it was dangerous to me and raised my Blood Pressure or to almost the fatal level. I weighed myself off of that drug without my doctor's permission. I took CBD oil for 2 years. I feel great now. I don't take any medicines at all.and I still feel great. And recently they passed a bill that medicines. Don't have to be tested on animals anymore. They just go right into human trials. Good luck everybody.
I have Fibromyalgia I wish I could deal with fibro pain without medications. I have tried CBD and it did not help with the pain. I was told by the Dr that I'm very advance with Fibro.. And lots of arthrosis in my spine, shoulders, hips, knees... Etc. Due to a car accident in 2015 😢 Sending you a big hug. "I realy wish I could get rid of that Fibro pain " I'm so happy for you 💖
I took half a dose of Seroquel when I was awake for three days/three nights from severe benzo withdrawal including unrelenting inner akathisia after a 25% cut that I was holding. I fell asleep for an hour and woke up with full blown akathisia. I felt constant terror and could not stop moving for several hours.
I also received seroquel when I was in severe withdrawal, horrible. I didn't know I was in withdrawal because of the benzo.. I was given seroquel and could no longer sit, had restlessness, wanted to crawl out of my body... how am I doing now? you? I read that permanent damage can be caused by seroquel, is that true? I stopped everything and have now been off all poison for 26 months!!!
Akathisia is no joke, easily suicidal levels of discomfort at its worst. I experienced it for about 15-20 min before a dose of morphine completely resolved the symptoms, but I absolutely could not have imagined living like that for more than a few days. I would have checked myself out of the ER and sat in a shower for hours. Luckily whatever I received via IM cleared my system before the morphine wore off.
Whew, was scared this'd be about Zofran. Always read the package insert because ANY class of drugs can cause unwanted mental/psych symptoms. Antibiotics, hormonal birth control meds & corticosteroids are particularly bad in this regard. That doesn't mean you should be scared or not take them, it just means you should be aware that if you start feeling "weird" it's likely due to the drug and will end. And if it reaches crisis level you should go to the ER and talk to a medical professional about the safest way to quit the medicine. Doctors rarely warn about side effects in my experience.
Same, I've been on zofran for years. (I'm just nauseous, no one knows why, might be reflux, I have terrible reflux). I've also felt as though I've been developing aphasia for years, so imagine my concern... Fortunately (?), I guess that's probably just related to a brain injury I suffered when I was 20...
Me too- zofran is the only antu nausea drug that I can take (at home) anymore and it's my lifesaver. When the bad news comes out about it I guess we are all in trouble.
@@joannego856 I'd love try peppermint tea, but I'm highly allergic to peppermint. So I could have a life ending reaction to anything peppermint including tea. Sometimes medication really is the best possible choice, not some herbal remedy.
I was given this while I was pregnant on a pickline in my house for 3 months that’s when all this started down the path of misdiagnosis and meds forced on me and stopped. I lost everything
I have inner tremors that started shortly after taking Paxil, but now I’m told I have LBD, and that can cause it as well, but I believe the Paxil was the catalyst.
My Reglan story. I was 36, no stranger to medical procedures or Drs. Was about to undergo a C-section for my twins. I had the usual nerves, but a general & overriding excitement about meeting my babies! I was happily chatting n joking with my hubby in the pre-op room when a nurse came in and administered IV Metoclopramide (Reglan) and within moments from the time she left, I started to PANIC. I had the strangest urge to LEAVE. I told hubby I had to get out! I know the babies had to come out, but ALSO that I had to escape that place RIGHT NOW! It just went on like that. I had to just fight all those hard emotions, do my 4-4 breathing, and keep from constant panic. It was definitely unnecessary stress in an already difficult time. I read up and IV administration IN PARTICULAR is notorious for causing psych symptoms, more often than the oral variety. That's all I remember, can recall which study I read, my apologies, it was over a decade ago🙏❤️ **Side Note: The Panic State also set it with me once after IV administration of Compazine (sp?) a medication given me in the Emergency Dept to treat head pain.
Compazine and Reglan are basically the same drug class, compazine is an old antipsychotic, like Haldol or thorazine, but compazine is used almost exclusively as a nausea medication now. But it works in the same way Reglan does, and therefore you end up with the same dangerous side effect profile
Did we ever find out why he was nauseous in the first place? No. THIS is the issue with this whole system. Chemicals upon chemicals for the end of one's days. The opposite of health.
Ah ha... I knew that I wasn't entirely crazy. I have suffered from idiopathic gastroparesis for 15 years and doctors, especially ER doctors, try to almost force Reglan. It puts me in this state of extreme, almost panic, I want to crawl out of my own skin, my abdominal pain soars off the scales and a become such a b!/ch I can't even stand to be around myself. Most med professionals blow this off, one nurse 5 years ago finally listened and told me to start listing Reglan as an allergy. Even still, I feel second guessed and like some doctors treat me like a seeker after they ask what my reaction to it is as they all seem convinced it's a wonder drug for abdominal pain and vomiting. Funny, I can't take Haldol or seriquil either...
Metoclopramide is potentially bad news long term use, even mid term tbh. So I believe your guest, because I've seen metoclopramide side effects. Had a patient once that quickly got better after we stopped his metoclopramide also prescribed for some minor nausea. Yes, it can cause parkinsonism just like neuroleptics do and should pretty much never be given to people known to have parkinsons imo. I laughed out loud (but it wasn't funny) when the guest said he was offered Seroquel. I'll dare say the guest did the right thing and got off the meds. Am enjoying a lot of your vids. I hope you don't get cancelled lol stay smart
I know it sounds insane, but seroquel was what they had to offer, the Clonazepam I had to ask for. Does that even make sense? It does… if you don’t believe your patient and attribute everything to sudden onset mental illness…
Thank you for these videos. I didn’t know about this medication. I’m so sorry an experience. I didn’t research until a few years ago. I trusted the drs, but disagreed with them often. When I was first put on certain meds I knew it was the medicine, but was assured it was me
I'm only a few minutes inta this video but I have ta say: I have diabetic gastroperasis & was put on Reglan (aka metoclopramide) for 3yrs at 45mg a day (ur only supposed ta be onit for 3 months tops btw) & in that time I became suicidal, i was diagnosed with clinical depression with anxiety (sheer panic more like it) sleep disorder & Agoraphobia... I STILL SUFFER FROM ALL OF THEM!!! My psychiatrist said I opened a door that most likely will neva close & put me on head meds 😢... (which I refuse ta take now but was on for 5yrs) after 20yrs of bein' off Reglan I still think it was tha main catalyst ta these issues!!! YET, My docs at tha time neva warned me & refused ta believe it was tha cause!!! (But I'd neva had any of these issues before bein' put on it)
Exactly the same with me; I had never had meaningful issues before. Opened the door? It’s more like THEY opened the door to these issues and kept it open through medicating you. Hope it has gotten over time, I am slowly improving. Last year I was su*cidal, this year I’m just miserable. I will get there.
@DiogoSantos-ix5sl I totally understand sweets & I agree full heartedly... I try ta stay positive but most days tha only thingy I am positive of is that i am positively miserable & tryin' ta get through it on tha daily!!! Hope u continue ta try & get through it!!! 🥰 My hubbs says I gotta stikk 'round & suffer like tha resta us... I juz wish for less sufferin' cuz tha physical fubars tha mental & vice versa!!! But now I educate myself on side effects b4 I sign up ta take anythin' suggested by tha medical industry & am my own health advocate cuz most docs don't know what they're prescribin' & if they do, they don't care nuff ta give us that info... cuz they're not tha 1's who have ta live with tha consequences of takin' a fubared drug that is supposed ta help... NOT HARM US!!! GOOD LUKK & MUCH LUV IS SENT TA U & URS!!! ✌️🍀♥️🌈🥰
Vertigo. I have it, but not Meniers disease. Here in the US, we must be our own patient advocates. From diagnosis to research to monitoring to cures. Our health care system is a disaster as is our health insurance marketplace. Simple colds or flu turn into SARS or COVID. It's pathetic.
Always ask what type of drug you’re being given, because they don’t always tell you. Antipsychotics like relgan, compazine, etc given for nausea can have dangerous permanent side effects after just one dose!
When I became very ill from the benzo withdrawal, I did not know that it was making me ill and I was given queatapine.. I took them for a few months but not every day, this can cause permanent damage???? now you're scared😭😭 I've been benzo free for 26 months. I haven't used much but I still got very sick and not yet back to normal.
I have experienced akinesia but was not diagnosed as I was also gaslighted. I ended up self medicating with gabapentin or pregabalin which reduce my symptoms massively however I'm worried about becoming addicted to the gaba drugs. I have experienced addiction to GBL and it was horrendous. I was housebound for aprox 3 years to recover. I'm so sorry you are experiencing this living torture. There needs to be a verbal warning from doctors for medications that can cause these issues.
Most of my symptoms went away after about 10 months but some persisted such as complete loss of emotion, numbness and problem with cognition. 3 years later and nothing improved. I self medicate with different substances
@@alexanderp8037 It really sucks. Have you found relief in anything non addictive as I'm stressing about my self medicating of pregabalin!! Take care and I hope the lingering symptoms go away..
Drug induced Akathisia; YES I have seen this with my veteran b.f. living with me at the time; just unbelievable; his doc had wrongly prescribed two anti depressants which the pharmaceutical companies had warned AGAINST prescribing together as there would be an extreme hazard of overdose... I did all I could to calm him but it was exceedingly dangerous for us both with ultimate tragic results.
Wow this guy is really in tune with and listens to his body. What a shame that the doctors were so dismissive of him! Is this really gaslighting ? Or, was it an ego thing on the psychiatrist part ? How terrible not to be heard !
I was prescribed reglan in the early 2000s for a GI issue. Being skeptical of all drugs, I then talked to my doctor about it. He said don't take it. too many bad side effects.. The worst that he knew was the tardive dyskinesia. (uncontrolled twitching). And he said once it happened more than likely it would NEVER go away! So I never took it. Instead I changed my diet.
I'm a hospice nurse, we often use antipsychotics, Haldol, compazine, for nause and vomiting. So it shouldn't be a surprise that Reglan can cause the same EPS effects as antipsychotics, but many healthcare workers seem to be clueless about this. I had a pt once that had terminal cancer, but likely would have had 2-3 months left, except they started giving her Reglan around the clock in the hospital for nausea, and every person involved in her care failed to connect the dots when she developed a severe dystonic reaction with oculogyric crisis, basically leading to a tetanus like syndrome, preventing her from being able to speak or swallow, with severe spasms that we were told were "terminal agitation" when she came to us. She declined literally within a matter of hours and they chalked it up to the dying process, and continued giving Reglan until she came to us. We immediately stopped the medication, gave anticholinergic, but to no avail and she passed within 48 hours. She was at least not in pain once she got to us, but her already short life was cut even shorter and no one had a clue why until she got to hospice and we figured it out. Healthcare professionals need to do better, need to educated themselves, and never just assume the easy obvious answer instead of putting a bit more thought into it
My mom was prescribed pepcid. Within three days of taking it she began hallucinating and picking things out of the air. When I told her physician that I discontinued it, she looked at me like I had 2 heads and said, ‘Well, I have never heard of that’. I said, well, it really doesn’t matter if you have never heard of it, she will no longer be taking that.
I was given Reglan in my IV directly after surgery several years ago. I have restless legs syndrome and after that one dose, my RLS went through the roof. It lasted for several hours, but I feel very lucky that it eventually stopped. At the time, I had no idea that this drug caused such problems. I list it on my "allergy" list so that I never receive it again.
Reglan = metoclopromide should be included in the description but is not. (Similar to antipsychotics.) Diego was left stranded by the psychiatrists. Shameful.
I went to A&E with severe vomiting and was prescribed what I thought was an anti sickness drug. Because of my experience with isotretinoin and lack of trust in doctors and drugs I never took the meds. It was only several days later that my daughter found the packet and asked me who was taking antipsychotics and I realised that was what I had been prescribed 😮😮
Thank you for your videos❤ When I was depressed and agitated, I was put on benzos, AD and neuroleptics (perphenazine 4mg only) at the same time. I developed an acathesia soon, which was really bad. I canceled theese cold turkey and partially recovered in a year. But the depression and disphoria was still present. Now I am on Venlafaxine 300 and Mirtazapine 15 + Gabapentine 1200mg. What really helped is Gabapentine. It soothed my disphoria and almost eliminated a constant desire to smoke, which used to give some relief from disphoria by the cost of some agitation. I can not say that I am happy and healthy now, but I am pretty functional and can continue to recover. I know it will be a hard time to come off Venlafaxine and Gabapentine, but it is still better than constant disphoria.
Isotretinoin leads to akathesia which has led to suicide up to 10 years post treatment. We know that isotretinoin causes sexual dysfunction as does SSRIs but I feel that many other drugs must be doing the same thing but Shane is keeping victims quiet.
gosh I feel for you! I did the same thing it took years for a Doctor found out I had to much Adrenaline . now I take a SRRI and xanaxs . I been on them for forty years. It is horrible .I had a bad attack and had to call 911 they did blood work and when they got that test back my troponin level was off the chart . They ran in the room told me I had a heart attack. They sent me to another hospital .The Doctor came in and said listen I am gonna do blood work in the morning , If your Troponin level goes down that mean's I did not have a heart attack . Thank God it was normal . This was before the Doctor found out I had a adrenaline problem. He gave me Inderal as well .
Had a horrible experience with IV reglan when in the ER for my BP and nausea. I never in my life felt the terror this drug brought on and was sure I was going to die. They had to give cogentin, a Parkinson's drug to counteract the akasthesia. It helped some but my symptoms continued for a few days after. I sympathize with this man completely
This happened to me…reglan is horrible I got in an ER and started acting crazy…I felt like screaming help help….I was crawling on my chair, laying down on the floor, I was moving all over the place…never again now I say I’m allergic…I felt like I wanted to die…it was a feeling inside I couldn’t explain…basically I was freaking out and im uncontrollable emotions, pacing back and forth, I couldn’t relax…I felt tortured internally, I was restless
I have Meniere's. Thank god I don't get nauseated from the dizziness, but I have fallen many times. At 80 I try to be very careful. I can roll over in bed and the room will spin. Any sudden head movement will set the world spinning. I also feel like I am on a boat with rough seas. I am so sorry you have the nausea. Be well.
This is really sad but encouraging as I suffer through terrifying torment in my head with insomnia while weaning off antidepressants since both my shrink and my insurance dropped me once I turned 65 and became eligible for Medicare. I hope like you suggested that this too shall pass.
In inpatient eating disorder treatment we were given reglan before meals to help us keep the food in and less discomfort . Never had an issue with it but had no idea about how dangerous it is.
That's terrible they took that risk! I'm glad you didn't have any negative effects. At the inpatient eating disorder treatment I went to, they just gave us fiber and probiotics (like kefir) to help with digestion, and tums for nausea or heartburn, and also told us to do deep-breathing to help with nausea (one told me "sit on the chair outside for a while and pretend you're blowing bubbles.") These all worked well imo, there's no need to give everyone reglan!
Oh wow. I had a terrible reaction to this drug that I was given in the hospital for nausea. It took a while to figure it out. The most devastating brain fog and fatigue. It lasted for 4-6 weeks at its worst after stopping. I only had the drug for a few days. I used methylene blue to help. It took 4 weeks to get out of that black hole, not normal but out of that dark pit.
I had tardive dyskinesia from metoclopromide. It was horrible!!! I work as an ER nurse, was prescribed this when I had influenza and actually had to go into the ER to be treated with Benadryl IV. I was pacing all night long, at least 14 hours straight, agitated and could not sit still or sleep, horrid anxiety, and then my right arm began to contract up to my face and my jaw began to lock up. Never taking that again, listed as a severe allergy for me! Never had an my long lasting effects, thank God.
Oh goodness, this is horrible! I have a Boxer dog undergoing cancer treatments and she developed diarrhea and lack of appetite. She was taking flagyl ( which I was hesitant to give due to side effects of longer term use) , but recently, Reglan, but only for 4 days. We did the four day script over a 6 day period, and the drug did seem to help a bit. She has good days and bad days so difficult to tell which drug is causing the bad days. We have a refill- ugh, afraid now to refill.
Prozac causes LOTS of side effects! I ended up with Dystonia after starting Prozac. After taking it for a few short months I ended up with the spasms in my neck muscles that lasted for almost 20 years. It slowly resolved with Botox and, maybe, just time for my brain to heal. It’s so sad to hear your story. May you heal completely soon!
I’m so sorry for your experiences from our ‘health’ system!!!! I’m sure there are so many people throwing out healing ideas, but try the carnivore diet??…can’t hurt. Flood your brain cells with proteins?… However you tackle your healing, all the best. My thoughts and prayers for you and your families future🙏🇦🇺💫💪🏽
I SIMPLY MUST HAVE BEEN OUT OF MY MIND TO TAKE ANY OF THEIR DRUGS TO BEGIN WITH! MY GOD, MEDICATION ANOSOGNOSIA IS A VERY REAL THING! I MEAN, HOW COULD I ACTUALLY THINK THOSE PSYCH DRUGS WERE HELPING ME IS BEYOND MY IMAGINATION. I LOST SO MANY YEARS OF MY LIFE. I WILL NEVER STOP GRIEVING THOSE LOST YEARS.
2020 had covid combined with food poisoning....I was given zofran(Ondansetron) to take once a day then for the night I was given the same med but stronger. The lower those was fine ..then i took the night those and almost go crazy and endup in the hospital . Dr insisted that medication wasn't responsable for what was happening to me .
People overestimate doctors waaay to much. There are good doctors but they are very rare.
Psychiatry is the worst, None of it is evidence based.
Agree. Nowadays to look for health in a doctor is suicidal in my opinion.
And many are motivated by financial gain . We saw that during covid. Many doctors are bought by the pharmaceutical companies.
Doctors practice medicine … practice.
True...& now more than ever doing your own research is a good idea.
I have bipolar disorder, and during a hospitalisation many years ago I was injected against my will. The side effect was akathisia that didn't go away for two months or more. It was awful. From the second I woke up until the second I was exhausted enough to pass out, I couldn't stop moving, and walked miles pacing up and down every day. It's not like being high on speed or coffee, it is a torturous inner agitation, you can't stop moving no matter how much you are tired and don't want to move. I tried to go home for Christmas day and had to leave because the house wasn't big enough for my fast pacing. At times it was impossible or hellish to sit down in a taxi and be restricted in a confined space, unable to move the way I 'needed to.' I don't resent being put in a hospital because I needed to be there, but I resent that psychiatric patients are forcibly given such barbaric drugs without consent. It's institutional abuse.
Ive had that same feeling from different drugs. Id explain its almost like a bad pain that only constant movement helps with . Yet even the movement barely helps even a little. Its the most horrid feeling. Like u you cant rest or relax till u r totally exhausted and even then rest is very short and once u wake u cant stop the movement. I hope u r doing well now.
@@sparrowbarnesmusic5864thanks, fortunately it went away after a few months. I hope you're doing alight too.
I got AKATHISIA from trying CELEXA and it was a living nightmare. It was so bad it resembled tardive DISKENISIA. My right foot kept moving up and down involuntarily so I couldn't stand even though I wanted to walk. My head started trembling like Muhammaf Ali or people with Parkinsons.
I never wanted pharma for my body no matter what, and my very first time convinced to try a HARMLESS drug almost killed me. I'll never trust a doctor pill pusher ever again.
@@jamesmullins1990I too had a horrid reaction to my first dose of Celexa. I developed Serotonin Syndrome and akathisia but I didn't learn this until years later. I then entered inpatient psych because I thought the doctors could help, but they prescribed Klonopin. when i discontinued that, the akathisia came back and I suffered a protracted withdrawal for two years. Lost my job and nearly my life. 😢
I have the same réaction but only once in a while. I've been taking the same medications for years. I realy don't know what cause me this reaction, it last hours and it is so painful, it hurt in all my articulations and I have to walk just like you do. It also make my heart tickle ... 🥺
Dr. Josef, I am so thankful for you and the work you are doing. I am learning so much from watching your videos. I am a physician and I was also a “ psychiatric patient” for years. I have been given a number of drugs since I was 17. It started with SSRIs, to antipsychotics and mood stabilizers. I was getting worse and so my psychiatrist would change and add and etc. I never considered that the drugs could be helping to make me sicker and I was a medical student at the time, studying to actually become a psychiatrist myself. By the end of medical school something shifted for me. I was going through a psychiatric hospital for children in Argentina, and when I saw kids who had been drugged since early ages it daunted on me. I started to ask myself questions: what are the consequences of these drugs in our human body? How could this fix anything? What I am doing to myself? And that was the beginning. I finished medical school and in the exact graduation day I quitted venlafaxine cold turkey. Ugh... it was a ride. I was feeling so determined and I knew it was gonna be hard but I was willing to endure it. My family and friends would all tell me to get back on the drugs but I wanted to know myself again without any drugs. By then I was 26, so 9 years on and off multiple drugs. I am 30 now and I am a completely different person. I decided I didn’t want to become a psychiatrist anymore. I couldn’t stand the idea of going through the system and serving it after knowing what I now know. I have been studying ever since and I have been focusing on deprescribing and offering people alternative ways to heal and integrate their experiences. It started to help myself and now I want to share it with others. So thank you for all this valuable information and your willingness to help.
How are you feeling now ? Going through withdrawals I’m 18 months off
Hey! I am feeling significantly better. It was intensely hard for the first year, and then things got smoother. I also changed in other aspects of my life, I spend a lot of time in nature, deleted social medias, learnt to be honest even when it’s uncomfortable (first off with myself) and learnt how to endure difficult times (because I would always get desperate and sometimes suicidal). I mean, I AM learning still. I guess life is a learning process, a great opportunity. The whole experience taught me SO much I cannot help but thank it. I wish you well 🤍
Comments like this mean a lot to me- I'm so happy you were able to get out without substantial problems
Functional medicine might be a good option. Finding the true cause snd healing with natural methods. Your storynis very interesting.. glad you didn't become a psychiatrist.. so much bad is coming out about that field. God bless 🙌
I completely understand. I had an MSW and was planning on continuing, but after working in the hospital and mental health system, experiencing the bureaucracy and over medicating of patients, I had to walk away for MY mental health.
I also was prescribed a light benzo and an SSRI during a contentious divorce, and the neverending side fx from tapering and withdrawals is a horror I never hope to experience again. Glad ur feeling better. These poisons damage ur brain, and it can take years to heal.
This drug was issued a "Black Box" warning 12 years ago. Why is it still on the market?
Exactly. I remember a 60 minutes special with a women who had lost control of her motor skill due to reglan ( spelling I’m unsure)
Same with ciprofloxacin, Prevacid, and many others I'm sure
Exactly 💯 put of greed
Money
All prescriptions over time have the ability to kill people
The ignorance of drs somtimes is literally scary
And the arrogance 😮
It’s because there is no real accountability. They get away with waaaay too much.
That’s why we say “doctors practice medicine.” Follow the money. That’s where most of them can be found.
Many of us are very sensitive to many drugs , in all classes. I have refused medication over the past 8 years and it annoys some of the drs.
Same I suffer from a cute PTSD anxiety disorder acute panic disorder and agoraphobia and I tried I think Zoloft and one other they gave me that Seroquel never took it just put down you have serotonin syndrome
They're annoyed because they want to meet their quota so their pharma rep can send them to a "medical conference" in Hawaii. Basically it's bribery. You go to a conference for a fraction of the time and the rest is an all inclusive vacation.
Have a blood test done for Cytochrome P450, nothing serious.
It will tell you if you more sensitive to medications than other people!
Zoloft made me manic within 10 minutes ,also sertrolene@paulettelamontagne6992
@mystrength5640 very common for autistic ,ms and ehlers Danlos,mcas patients
You're fooling yourself to think physicians don't grasp the irreducible harm caused by benzos and opioids. It never ceases to amaze me how certain subsets of the population actually believe physicians, through some alchemical process, exist as higher beings /better people.
90% of physicians and surgeons undertake the medical profession for its elevated social currency and the money, not because they're driven to help mankind.
Another type of drug you might want to look into is cipro. It can be devastating to take, especially with people who are using benzos. But It has caused horrible problems for people not on benzos. Akathesia is one problem.
Agree. Fluoroquinolones antibiotics has crippled 100´s of thousands.
I got very depressed on it. My doctor also admitted he had problems with it. 0:40
Cipro makes me horribly depressed, like suicidal. I can barely finish 1 course of it. I saw a study claiming that it interacts with the GABA/glutamate system as well as decreasing serotonin (among other things). That's to say nothing about its dangerous effects on tendons & ligaments. Glad this video was not about Zofran!
Yeah an elderly woman in antidepressants was damaged because cipro was contraindicated
are you referring to ciproflaxacine or cyproheptadine ?
Recently, I was hospitalized after a stroke and given Reglan for nausea (generic name metoclopromide). From being weak and dizzy but OK, it became a nightmare. Hospital staff recognized the cause immediately when I told them how I felt. They promised not to give me any more. After 3 days I was moved to another unit and given Reglan again with worse reaction. Both times I wanted to die to escape the feeling. I asked the doctor why they would ever give that to anyone trying to heal. They said most times it's OK. I am 62 y.o., have never had any other psychiatric symptoms in my life.
I had some serious side effects after iron infusion drip,stopping walking .was wrongly diagnosed with bipolar ,when it was neuro symptoms . They gave me gabapenton ,made me very drunk ,laughing for hours at nothing. They later said they gave me too much .I refused anymore .one other had me digging my way to China 😂😂
My experience with Reglan for nausea to treat my persistent headache disorder/occipital neuralgia caused by risperidone led me to admitting that I wanted to die at the university of Michigan ER which led me to a psych unit which then led me to an official diagnosis of Occipital Neuralgia.
The reason I even said I wanted to die was because of the akathisia that went unrecognized so despite me saying that I couldn’t lay down in the bed and was feeling restless, they couldn’t tell me what was happening… This was around the point I was recovering from akathisia so of course it retraumatized me into saying that I wanted to give up, these hospitals are ruthless and disgusting when it comes to iatrogenic conditions and patients dealing with them, our healthcare system is a fasad 🤦🏻♂️
I don’t think I brought this up in our interview but it did happen
Jordan Peterson had akthesia too...he wanted to almost die it was so bad I think he sorted it by getting off all meditations and going on the lion diet... eating only meat. Nothing else. He talks about it on youtube as does his daughter mikala peterson. They both discuss Jordan petersons akathesia...I guess they want people to know about it.
@sarahmurphy-nf4yl that's really interesting about the diet, I'll have to check it out thanks!
Shocking how little health professionals know about akathisia.
They know what it is, but they think it is more rare.
*Shocking how little health professionals know.
Fixed it for you 😅
Would you include the drug name in the title or description so that it's in some way searchable? I'm not sure how you do it but that would be priceless for people facing using these drugs. When I was looking for information on ritalin it was very hard to find adverse experiences. If I had found a video of yours back then I would never have taken the drug. You would be saving so many lives, even more than you are already. Thank you for what you are doing for humanity.
Yes please! I couldn't figure out what drug they were saying until at least 2 min 36 sec in. It would be amazing to be able to search this.
It’s called Reglan (generic name metoclopromide).
@@aida_amore Thanks I'm 5 minutes in and I must have missed it.
Let's not forget 5 geee is a possibility.
@@aida_amorethanks, that’s all I needed to see if I need to watch this video
Why are so many doctors so uncaring and irresponsible that they prescribe any drug what so ever no matter the real side effects? There are so many drugs that are causing great harm. I have lost hearing, have dizziness, and have tinnitus because of Ciprofloxin. At lest I did got over the great pain it caused. Doctors didn't look at the drugs the patient is on to see if someone can take a new drug even when they have their computers open - looking at the patients information. Doctors don't seem to care if they cause all kinds of harm!
I have a rare autoimmune kidney disease. I’ve been given this exact medication in-patient, it was a disaster. By nature I’m a very laid back person. When I was given this medication I felt like I was having a panic attack x’s 10, awful. Once the doctor realized I wasn’t “overreacting” I was hit with 50 (IV) of Benadryl. One of the worst most terrifying experiences I’ve ever had with a medication.
I had a similar experience. I had nausea when I was in the hospital. They gave me Reglan in my iv. I almost immediately wanted to jump out of the bed, rip out my iv, blood pressure cuff, etc. and run out of the hospital. I had to force myself to stay. I told the nurse and she gave me something to counteract it - I don’t know what. It was exactly that - a panic attack x 20!!
@@lreppy10 The absolute worst! What you described is EXACTLY how I felt. One of the worst experiences, with a medication, I’ve ever had.
Diogo has given me so much hope! I got compazine 11 months ago and im still suffering immensely even after one dose! This is criminal
Try kratom it worked for me
How r you now
How r you now
Still
Horrible 12 months later….. no other meds
I pray that you are feeling better and healing ❤️🩹 How are you feeling?
I'm surprised you haven't been banned yet... Keep up the GREAT work!
They need to educate patients who are being prescribed these drugs - every time!
big time, they can cause more damage than hard street drugs.
Great channel, you deserve a million subscribers for imparting so much vital information
Keeps going, in another 1/2 years, easily 500000 subscribers.
@@retrogamingadvisor I think he will hit that at the rate he’s going and perhaps beyond that
He will be in one million subscribers before a year.
Absolutely!
Keep pushing, fellas! ❤️💪
Thank you so much Dr. Witt-Doerring, I will let you know how I am doing next year. One step at the time, there is no way out except through this.
Thanks for sharing your testimony.
Thank you so much for sharing with such honesty. I admire your persistency and your cleverness! You sharing your story was of immense value
Thank you for bringing awareness to this dangerous “medication”! I had one time IV of Metoclopramide/Reglan 10 months ago! I am completely physically disabled and the mental issues and akathisia terror and fear is unreal! I have no history of mental of physical illness besides kidney stones. Just one dose and I’m severely disabled and can no longer care for myself. I don’t know how I am still alive.
Also no meds before or after that IV dose.. but may need something soon since I’ve lost everything in my life and unsure how to heal 😢
I want to encourage you and say I had a NDE of terror followed by PTSD and nearly 3 years off work, and I thought it impossible to heal. I was wrong, thank God or
Nature. We are only just beginning to learn how much the brain can heal. It may be worth looking at some of the natural substances used to heal the brain used in the ReCode programme. Same brain. NAC and Glycine, very high dose DHA, alpha GPC, probiotics especially focused on gut-brain connection, I’d go step by step and raise doses very gradually. See a Dr of Functional Medicine. I also used tDCS, and cheaper MTC intranasal light therapy units, 810nm and 633nm.
Try kratom it worked for me and other people
Oh my gosh I'm so sorry for you pray to TMH for help
@@alexanderp8037u hotter b careful with tht kraytom too after awhile it can be not good
A lot of psychiatrists are terrible
Agree. They don't listen to the patient. Dont seem to know anything about neurotoxics and adverse reactions. And has zero tapering knowledge. Terrible.
As with all cases,
Some might be okay i guess, but basically nobody can be trusted since who knows what the hidden agendas are these days .. and what notes they take and share with others you know "for your own good"..
The second I saw the title I suspected it was Reglan. I had such a horrific experience during two different emergency room visits, that I now have this drug listed as an 'allergy' medication. To make matters worse, I had a G.I. doctor tell me I NEEDED to take this medication for my gastroparesis. I explained in no uncertain terms that was NOT going to happen, and because of their attitude and their doubt, I had to find another G.I. doctor to help me manage my digestive problems. I would highly encourage anyone who feels 'different' when taking this medication to STOP taking it, only if you just started. I have had so many bad experiences with medications over the years, I don't currently take anything other than over-the-counter med. for heartburn if I must. These videos are so very important, and I appreciate the content creator for taking the time to present this information to a public that needs to be aware....blessings....
Conpazine for me. Never again. I didn't see Reglan associated with it but I assume it's similar.
I was given metoclopramide intravenously for severe morning sickness together with saline drip and almost immediately had a horrific attack of akathisia. I couldn't stay on the bed and I was ripping the IV drip of my arm and was running around the hospital bed like crazy. The emergency doctor didn't recognise that she caused me this akathisia attack by metoclopramide and, instead, she started telling me to consider abortion... The attack subsided in a couple of hours and I went home. I thought that I had suddenly some kind of a madness episode as I had no explanation for what happened. Later on GP then prescribed me metoclopramide tablets and as soon as I took the first tablet I had a similar attack, just not so severe. I then told that to GP and he immediately told me that it was an adverse effect of metoclopramide and that I should never take this medication again.
Good doctor ❤
Nutritional deficiencies are something most of us suffer from, whatever we eat. Medications often further deplete certain nutrients. Supplementation of vitamins and minerals in the most natural forms available reportedly helps greatly with withdrawal symptoms and recovery.
Have had MDD my whole life & avoided SSRIs until 5 years ago. Single best decision of my life was starting Fluoxetine. I'm on 40mg/day. Haven't moved that since my first year of treatment
Just wanted to counterpoint, since I had been scared off for so long from what has been a truly life-saving and life-enhancing drug for me.
Generally YOU have AGENCY to decide the course of your healthcare. Don't blindly trust your doctor, avoid polypharmacy wherever possible. KNOW your drugs inside and out. Keep records. That's all I gotta say ☮
Agree…this drug saved my life [prozac]
Same. I can live without daily panic attacks
I’m going through this right now since sept 2021 and it has nearly ended my life a dozen times and nearly did not awake again 3months ago. What makes it even worse is to be gaslit and verbally abused and reprimanded and called names, yelled at and threatened by the psych community where I live and have no chance to escape.
I’ve had other weird symptoms from psych meds, Benedryl, seizure meds, and secession from pain medicine after surgeries etc. one of the worst parts is the cervical and upper trunk dystonia and the medical trauma of my physical health aside from the “depression “ that was caused by ????
Bless your heart both of you for Dioggo and also Doctor for this channel. I still feel awful and rejected and admonished and alone, but now I know from your channel I am not the only one. It’s hell for us all and it’s WRONG that they do what they do to us to protect their fragile egos and money. Peace and healing to everyone that sees my words.❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
I am so very sorry this happened to you 😢💔💔💔
Yep doesnt surprise me sad to say
Iv suspected for a while how those who take an issue with those who have a problem from being victims of abuse, do so from the heights of their throne of being able to hurl out abuses but when they do it, it is not abuse. Just some new "professionalism" dealing with "difficult" people labelled all sorts of things. It's heartbreaking to hear but not surpirsing coz I now have a very very low opinion of all interventions not initiated by a person's will.
Compazine caused akathesia for which I received 300mg of diphenhydramine iv in the ER. I cannot begin to imagine what this man has endured! Prayers for healing 🙏
I had issue woth compazine also! Years ago I was suffering from severe withdrawal symptoms as I chose to quit a 9 year heroin habit that allowed me to cope with this awful world and its awful inhabitants.
After a couple of ER visits due to dehydration and inability to retain fluids or food, they gave me Compazine so I could "hold down food".
Next day after failed attempt at breakfast with the compazine in my system I had a seizure of some kind. My muscles going stiff while in the shower and I felt very weird so I got out to dry. Then my spine began to twist, my neck, my jaw, legs...everything was twisting to the left...it was all twisting like something out of my control was twisting my body to extreme degrees. It was God awful!!!!!
I had to be helped onto a couch by my father who called 911. I couldn't overpower the body and my body began spinning into the cushions like I was being attacked by an alligator underwater.. I had zero bodily control except to keep trying to resist my body's contorting to such an extreme I thought I was going to break my own back, neck and jaw. I could barely suck air into my lungs my body was so contorted. I was rushed to ER, and two EMTs couldn't pin my body down and the IV kept tangling and shifting. By time I'm arriving at hospital I'd already been fighting for my life for 45 minutes. I was past exhaustion.. I literally had no energy or will left and was basically preparing to surrender to this bizarre death apparently occuring.
A nurse saw me barely able to suck air and contorting and she rushed in and injected something (valium?) Into my IV and my body finally relaxed.
I slept two hours when I woke up my entire body was more sore than I thought physically possible.
I will have 10 years sober in December 2023. 🙏 💪
I had the same with compazine so long ago and when I told my doctor and she said that was impossible.
I had it happen in the ER and thankfully was given the Benadryl as well. If your doctor doesn’t know that this can happen, you should find another doctor.
I had compazine in an iv at the ER. I did not understand the sudden desire to leave. It was all I could do to keep myself from jumping out of the taxi on the way home so I could run the rest of the way. Never again.
I had the same with Compazine given to me during pregnancy so I could sit through my state nursing boards testing for 2 days. The first day on Compazine, my vision blurred. The second day, I developed uncontrollable teeth grinding and hyperventilating which led to me having to leave my test before completing and rushing to the ER. I was given IV Diphenhydramine which stopped the reactions. Terrible drug and I’m surprised my doctor prescribed Compazine for pregnancy nausea.
Thanks to your channel I feel less alone in my everyday pain (horrible PAWS from venlafaxine withdrawal). Thank you Dr. Witt-Dörring.
I remember being in the depths of my iatrogenic episode, and a friend telling me to approach my anxiety with a better attitude. This is not possible. It exacerbated the loneliness of the experience.
I had a "friend" like that. I got rid of her and I don't miss her at all.
@@idesigncutethings2196 People don’t understand it. Alas, there’s too much of an idea out there that all “anxiety” (such a benign word), suicidality etc are psychological. So people keep harping on you to do this or do that. It sucks.
should try slipping your friend a abilify 10mg in his soup and when he complains about anxiety tell him to approach it with a better attitude
@@jacobkavinsky1813 Hahaha Excellent comment👍
@@jacobkavinsky1813 ability causes anxiety?
Hate Reglan. SO MUCH. I was given Reglan for migraines in the ER. Shortly after Administration I was so restless it took everything I had not to rip my IV out of me, run up and down and down the halls then find a corner and start shrieking due to the restlessness and spike in blood pressure that it gave me. It took me three weeks or more to recover from one dose as the next day I would feel really dead and severely depressed inside. When I wasn’t staring into space, I needed to be walking.
It was so similar to what I went through on psych meds I would have flashbacks for weeks until reglan withdrawal was over of my bad experiences on psych meds. One single dose.
BTW, Seroquel and Reglan are my top, most hated drugs.
I can’t handle even one dose of reglan for a day. I can’t believe they had you on that every day. I can’t even believe that’s a thing considering the side effects and complaints I’ve seen on it. What a sham.
I was given this once in the hospital when I was having GI issues and within 20 minutes I couldn't sit still. I felt like I was crawling out of my skin and it took me about 15 minutes to figure out what was happening. Of course I googled the side effects of reglan and bam, there it was. They actually had to give me Valium to settle me down.
The terrifying part of this is that my infant daughter was prescribed this for the first 2 years of her life.... I had no clue. 35 years ago people weren't talking about these things, you did what your doctor told you to do.
In the states the black box warning doesn’t always come out at the same time as the drug. Black box warning didn’t come out for Paxil until 4 years later. The FDA confirmed that. We have to look into every medication we take.. I’m assuming there’s other drugs that didn’t have it until later
This really freaks me out to know that as an ICU nurse we were giving reglan to more then half the patients at one time as a standard protocol especially post op abdominal surgeries
We give reglan to help patients pass gas after surgery.
I am so appreciative of this channel. Please keep these episodes coming.
I believe I was prescribed Reglan in 2013 during my first pregnancy for extreme morning sickness, and it did absolutely nothing to help. They didn’t want give me something like Zofran. I never knew any of this was a risk. No one warned me.
Was your baby impacted?
No medicine is good to take while pregnant if possible. 😔
Its so important to do your own research before you start taking any drug and ask your doctor questions about any adverse side-effects that a drug may have.
Dr. Josef, thank you so much for your enlightening work, and for pointing out how the system gaslights patients.
That’s exactly how I described my accidental withdrawal “ I felt like I wasn’t fighting for my life”. Had to be put on klonapin to stabilize and am still on it 8 yrs later. Afraid to risk even trying to come off. I thought I was having a nervous breakdown until I seen a video on UA-cam two years after this happened and had to diagnose myself as to what happened to me. Doctors never told me that’s what it was either. Just like this guy they ran all the tests all of them and nothing showed up! Everything was negative. It was a horrible time in my life and for my family seeing me like that. I had to call the ambulance three times and this was only a total of two months before I got stabilized again. I could never imagine two years of this. I hate the thought of being a prisoner to meds but I feel i have to accept it. Thank you for this channel 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Also I say Accidental Withdrawal because I thought a could just stop my Ativan that I was on for years as needed or even a tiny dose of .25 daily and then went back on it like two weeks later because we were going on vacation and knew there would be a lot of stress and demands on me . I have a history of panic attacks and had a heart condition that caused my heart to raise to 240 beats a minute. I since have figured out what that was and had a cardiac ablation in 2014. The accidental withdrawal happened in 2015.
I have been witness to this on the part of my veteran beau and a neighbor lady whose kind G.P. warned her Hazel... Stay out of the System. Few people believe just how risky some meds are.... I think a lot of it depends on the persons individual metabolism and not enough is known about it; I emailed an American doc and asked could this be a factor and he said yes it could.
@@elizabethabbott2982 that’s what I’m thinking recently and how sensitive a person must be to meds. It’s crazy . My adult daughter was just telling her doctor how hard it is to get off the last 5 mg of lexapro and doctor rolled her eyes like she didn’t believe it but then said we should test and see if it’s the way you metabolize it so i think you are on to something 👍🏻🥰🙏🏻 thank you
I'm really glad that you were in my suggested channels. I am learning oodles ! 🧡🙏🏻
Makes me think of Thalidomide- also for nausea
Wow! My dog was given this drug on two different occasions, and he had an insane reaction both times. The second time, he got so angry and aggressive that even the vet was scared of him... (and he was not a big dog..) He was so aggressive that she couldn't get close enough to get his IV out, so we just had to tie a knot on the IV tube and cut it off. So I took him home and waited for the drug to get out of the body before I could remove the IV tube....
they give it to dogs?
@@sooofunny37 yes, years ago a vet prescribed it for my elderly jack russel. it made her agressive, just very grouchy and disoriented.. she hated it and refused to take it. She had only three tablets and never again. I can even see it in a dog, I wouldn't give it to my dog!
Worse than physical pain
I put this here. I had severe dizziness, nausea, exhaustion, emotional instability, and found I was sensitive to Black Mould in the house. When I moved from that house, I started to improve, and cured after a month or so. Treating symptoms without curiosity about cause is disastrous.
Did you have visible mold? Where in the house?
Dear everybody. In Australia and some other countries, this medication is called 'Maxalon'
it has had a devastating effect on my life😢
Thank you kind sir, for explaining the medication leaflet properly❤
Also Pramin and Emexlon.
Also Pramin and Emexlon.
@@TheLisa1903 I'm sorry to hear and hope you are ok 🙌🗝 I appreciate the gift, not to feel alone. Often people don't believe us.
I just looked up both of those medications and the emexlon, allegedly made from the same ingredients as Maxolon, aka metoclopramide..
I believe antimemetics are just as dangerous as antidepressants, towards dystonia, tardive dyskinesia and other movement disorders. Plus my brain doesn't think the same as it used to and my muscles won't stop twitching.
That's what its called in New Zealand too.
And despite a large number of doctors involved on my care team not one of them have even mentioned this 🤦🏻♀️already have TBI and Spinal injury and systemic failures, cardiac and gastric and ANS.Terrible
Reglan! Omigod! They gave me an injection in the ER and within minutes I was nearly screaming. I felt terrified like a monster was chasing me and my body felt creepy. A couple of years later, I was working late and my young daughter had a severe stomach bug. She could not stop vomiting. My husband took her to the same ER and they also gave her Reglan (my husband forgot my horror story) and she had the exact same reaction. Zofran is now the gold standard.
Makes me think about soviet asylums and psych wards where they would give patient (innocent people) very high high dosages of haldol in liquid form with anti-emetic so the don't throw up in the toilet. Man those people must have felt horrible being stuck for years with akathesia and brain damage
I have not read all of the comments yet and I am struck by there not being any discussion about complimentary medical supplements that would help the brain heal by providing proper nutrients for good brain function and health! For example I would think that magnesium glycinate could have a calming effect and a very large population has been shown to be mg deficient! No sugar in the diet is very important! N-Acetyl-Cysteine has been proven to be helpful with OCD [could help here too] No chat in this interview about the benefits of exercise and it's natural production of endorphins! If I were Diogo I would be moving towards natural beneficial brain nutrients and not pharmaceuticals! Give your brain the food it needs to function well and feel good ! Be well and be blessed !🙂
I had Raglan once in the hospital, and I felt like I was going to jump out of my skin and ever since I have put it as an allergy, so I will never ever get it again
I had a reglan pump in my thigh, for a week, when I was pregnant with my second child. I was sick the entire 9 months. I thank God I didn't have any adverse side effects from this drug. It did help very much with my nausea. I stayed at my grandparents house, for a week. With the pump on my thigh. I had a home health nurse, and an IV in a pole, with wheels. As sick as I was, I'm very fortunate that I didn't have side effects. And it was about one of the only weeks that I didn't throw up or feel nauseous. My heart goes out to this man. I cant imagine trusting in your Drs only to be let down and made to feel like something was mentally wrong with you, and that you were crazy. 🧡🙏🏻
Dr Josef I live in the US and use the VA Medical System. I have to read up on the drugs they want me to take and they don’t offer to discuss drug side effects. I have had to be my own advocate to avoid being pushed into ineffective opioids for pain which they do so they can diagnose you as an addict so they can ignore you and your symptoms. Benzodiazepines are a two edged sword in the positive they can turn off grief and dampen anxiety to almost manageable levels but it’s a diminishing effect with every dose. But it is addictive at least for some and detrimental for them to get off of them. That adds anxiety to the decision to even take them.
I never take the medicines my doctor's prescribed for me. I get home and I start reading about the side effects and I throw that stuff right in the trash . I was put on savala for fibromyalgia several years ago. I followed the doctors instructions. I'd let them increase my dosage until it was dangerous to me and raised my Blood Pressure or to almost the fatal level. I weighed myself off of that drug without my doctor's permission. I took CBD oil for 2 years. I feel great now. I don't take any medicines at all.and I still feel great. And recently they passed a bill that medicines. Don't have to be tested on animals anymore. They just go right into human trials. Good luck everybody.
Also try high dose thiamine for fibromyalgia.
I have Fibromyalgia I wish I could deal with fibro pain without medications. I have tried CBD and it did not help with the pain. I was told by the Dr that I'm very advance with Fibro.. And lots of arthrosis in my spine, shoulders, hips, knees... Etc. Due to a car accident in 2015 😢 Sending you a big hug. "I realy wish I could get rid of that Fibro pain " I'm so happy for you 💖
I took half a dose of Seroquel when I was awake for three days/three nights from severe benzo withdrawal including unrelenting inner akathisia after a 25% cut that I was holding. I fell asleep for an hour and woke up with full blown akathisia. I felt constant terror and could not stop moving for several hours.
That sounds like pure Hell. I cannot imagine.
At the hospital I told the nurses I can take seroquel because it does this to me and they didnt believe me and gave it to me anyways. Horrible
Oh wow, how long did that last? Sounds horrible.
That’s exactly what happened to me, maniacs…
I also received seroquel when I was in severe withdrawal, horrible. I didn't know I was in withdrawal because of the benzo.. I was given seroquel and could no longer sit, had restlessness, wanted to crawl out of my body... how am I doing now? you? I read that permanent damage can be caused by seroquel, is that true? I stopped everything and have now been off all poison for 26 months!!!
Akathisia is no joke, easily suicidal levels of discomfort at its worst. I experienced it for about 15-20 min before a dose of morphine completely resolved the symptoms, but I absolutely could not have imagined living like that for more than a few days. I would have checked myself out of the ER and sat in a shower for hours. Luckily whatever I received via IM cleared my system before the morphine wore off.
Whew, was scared this'd be about Zofran. Always read the package insert because ANY class of drugs can cause unwanted mental/psych symptoms. Antibiotics, hormonal birth control meds & corticosteroids are particularly bad in this regard. That doesn't mean you should be scared or not take them, it just means you should be aware that if you start feeling "weird" it's likely due to the drug and will end. And if it reaches crisis level you should go to the ER and talk to a medical professional about the safest way to quit the medicine. Doctors rarely warn about side effects in my experience.
Same, I've been on zofran for years. (I'm just nauseous, no one knows why, might be reflux, I have terrible reflux). I've also felt as though I've been developing aphasia for years, so imagine my concern... Fortunately (?), I guess that's probably just related to a brain injury I suffered when I was 20...
Me too- zofran is the only antu nausea drug that I can take (at home) anymore and it's my lifesaver. When the bad news comes out about it I guess we are all in trouble.
@@missychan63 please try peppermint tea and mini other remedies for nausea. You do not have to depend on pharmacy drugs.
@@joannego856 I'd love try peppermint tea, but I'm highly allergic to peppermint. So I could have a life ending reaction to anything peppermint including tea. Sometimes medication really is the best possible choice, not some herbal remedy.
My son had a really bad reaction to zophran.
I was given this while I was pregnant on a pickline in my house for 3 months that’s when all this started down the path of misdiagnosis and meds forced on me and stopped. I lost everything
Thank you for your last remarks. I'm beginning to feel there's no hope but I'll try and survive for now for the future people needing help with this.
I have inner tremors that started shortly after taking Paxil, but now I’m told I have LBD, and that can cause it as well, but I believe the Paxil was the catalyst.
Certainly it's very well documented
My Reglan story. I was 36, no stranger to medical procedures or Drs. Was about to undergo a C-section for my twins. I had the usual nerves, but a general & overriding excitement about meeting my babies! I was happily chatting n joking with my hubby in the pre-op room when a nurse came in and administered IV Metoclopramide (Reglan) and within moments from the time she left, I started to PANIC. I had the strangest urge to LEAVE. I told hubby I had to get out! I know the babies had to come out, but ALSO that I had to escape that place RIGHT NOW! It just went on like that. I had to just fight all those hard emotions, do my 4-4 breathing, and keep from constant panic. It was definitely unnecessary stress in an already difficult time. I read up and IV administration IN PARTICULAR is notorious for causing psych symptoms, more often than the oral variety. That's all I remember, can recall which study I read, my apologies, it was over a decade ago🙏❤️
**Side Note:
The Panic State also set it with me once after IV administration of Compazine (sp?) a medication given me in the Emergency Dept to treat head pain.
Compazine and Reglan are basically the same drug class, compazine is an old antipsychotic, like Haldol or thorazine, but compazine is used almost exclusively as a nausea medication now. But it works in the same way Reglan does, and therefore you end up with the same dangerous side effect profile
Did we ever find out why he was nauseous in the first place? No. THIS is the issue with this whole system. Chemicals upon chemicals for the end of one's days. The opposite of health.
Yeah, they just treat the symptoms and risk throwing people into hell on earth.
It’s true. The source of his nausea was Meniere’s Disease, wherein the fluid in the inner ear is thicker than it should be, causing vertigo.
Ah ha... I knew that I wasn't entirely crazy. I have suffered from idiopathic gastroparesis for 15 years and doctors, especially ER doctors, try to almost force Reglan. It puts me in this state of extreme, almost panic, I want to crawl out of my own skin, my abdominal pain soars off the scales and a become such a b!/ch I can't even stand to be around myself. Most med professionals blow this off, one nurse 5 years ago finally listened and told me to start listing Reglan as an allergy. Even still, I feel second guessed and like some doctors treat me like a seeker after they ask what my reaction to it is as they all seem convinced it's a wonder drug for abdominal pain and vomiting. Funny, I can't take Haldol or seriquil either...
Metoclopramide is potentially bad news long term use, even mid term tbh. So I believe your guest, because I've seen metoclopramide side effects. Had a patient once that quickly got better after we stopped his metoclopramide also prescribed for some minor nausea. Yes, it can cause parkinsonism just like neuroleptics do and should pretty much never be given to people known to have parkinsons imo.
I laughed out loud (but it wasn't funny) when the guest said he was offered Seroquel. I'll dare say the guest did the right thing and got off the meds.
Am enjoying a lot of your vids. I hope you don't get cancelled lol stay smart
I know it sounds insane, but seroquel was what they had to offer, the Clonazepam I had to ask for.
Does that even make sense? It does… if you don’t believe your patient and attribute everything to sudden onset mental illness…
Does anyone remember the Thalidomide horrors from the 1960's?😳🙏🕊🙏🇦🇺
Thank you for these videos. I didn’t know about this medication. I’m so sorry an experience. I didn’t research until a few years ago. I trusted the drs, but disagreed with them often. When I was first put on certain meds I knew it was the medicine, but was assured it was me
I'm only a few minutes inta this video but I have ta say: I have diabetic gastroperasis & was put on Reglan (aka metoclopramide) for 3yrs at 45mg a day (ur only supposed ta be onit for 3 months tops btw) & in that time I became suicidal, i was diagnosed with clinical depression with anxiety (sheer panic more like it) sleep disorder & Agoraphobia... I STILL SUFFER FROM ALL OF THEM!!!
My psychiatrist said I opened a door that most likely will neva close & put me on head meds 😢... (which I refuse ta take now but was on for 5yrs) after 20yrs of bein' off Reglan I still think it was tha main catalyst ta these issues!!! YET, My docs at tha time neva warned me & refused ta believe it was tha cause!!! (But I'd neva had any of these issues before bein' put on it)
Exactly the same with me; I had never had meaningful issues before.
Opened the door? It’s more like THEY opened the door to these issues and kept it open through medicating you.
Hope it has gotten over time, I am slowly improving. Last year I was su*cidal, this year I’m just miserable.
I will get there.
@DiogoSantos-ix5sl
I totally understand sweets & I agree full heartedly...
I try ta stay positive but most days tha only thingy I am positive of is that i am positively miserable & tryin' ta get through it on tha daily!!!
Hope u continue ta try & get through it!!! 🥰
My hubbs says I gotta stikk 'round & suffer like tha resta us... I juz wish for less sufferin' cuz tha physical fubars tha mental & vice versa!!!
But now I educate myself on side effects b4 I sign up ta take anythin' suggested by tha medical industry & am my own health advocate cuz most docs don't know what they're prescribin' & if they do, they don't care nuff ta give us that info... cuz they're not tha 1's who have ta live with tha consequences of takin' a fubared drug that is supposed ta help... NOT HARM US!!!
GOOD LUKK & MUCH LUV IS SENT TA U & URS!!!
✌️🍀♥️🌈🥰
@@pissypixiesplayland70 trust in JESUS. JEHOVAH RAPHA....JESUS CAN HEAL
If I think I’m having an issue with a medication I ask my pharmacist. They know so much and have been very helpful
Vertigo. I have it, but not Meniers disease.
Here in the US, we must be our own patient advocates. From diagnosis to research to monitoring to cures. Our health care system is a disaster as is our health insurance marketplace. Simple colds or flu turn into SARS or COVID. It's pathetic.
Always ask what type of drug you’re being given, because they don’t always tell you. Antipsychotics like relgan, compazine, etc given for nausea can have dangerous permanent side effects after just one dose!
When I became very ill from the benzo withdrawal, I did not know that it was making me ill and I was given queatapine.. I took them for a few months but not every day, this can cause permanent damage???? now you're scared😭😭 I've been benzo free for 26 months. I haven't used much but I still got very sick and not yet back to normal.
Nobody will ruin your life faster than a "mental health professional" these days...it's disgusting.
I have experienced akinesia but was not diagnosed as I was also gaslighted. I ended up self medicating with gabapentin or pregabalin which reduce my symptoms massively however I'm worried about becoming addicted to the gaba drugs. I have experienced addiction to GBL and it was horrendous. I was housebound for aprox 3 years to recover. I'm so sorry you are experiencing this living torture. There needs to be a verbal warning from doctors for medications that can cause these issues.
Most of my symptoms went away after about 10 months but some persisted such as complete loss of emotion, numbness and problem with cognition. 3 years later and nothing improved. I self medicate with different substances
@@alexanderp8037 It really sucks. Have you found relief in anything non addictive as I'm stressing about my self medicating of pregabalin!! Take care and I hope the lingering symptoms go away..
I was practically housebound 6 months, path to recovery will be longer.
Your story gives me hope :)
gbl is heavy bro i know
Drug induced Akathisia; YES I have seen this with my veteran b.f. living with me at the time; just unbelievable; his doc had wrongly prescribed two anti depressants which the pharmaceutical companies had warned AGAINST prescribing together as there would be an extreme hazard of overdose... I did all I could to calm him but it was exceedingly dangerous for us both with ultimate tragic results.
Wow this guy is really in tune with and listens to his body. What a shame that the doctors were so dismissive of him! Is this really gaslighting ? Or, was it an ego thing on the psychiatrist part ? How terrible not to be heard !
Isn’t all gaslighting an “ego thing “…?! 👀
I refuse phenergean, compozine and reglan. I have them listed as abverse reactions. Im so thankful I did.
I was prescribed reglan in the early 2000s for a GI issue. Being skeptical of all drugs, I then talked to my doctor about it. He said don't take it. too many bad side effects.. The worst that he knew was the tardive dyskinesia. (uncontrolled twitching). And he said once it happened more than likely it would NEVER go away! So I never took it. Instead I changed my diet.
I'm a hospice nurse, we often use antipsychotics, Haldol, compazine, for nause and vomiting. So it shouldn't be a surprise that Reglan can cause the same EPS effects as antipsychotics, but many healthcare workers seem to be clueless about this. I had a pt once that had terminal cancer, but likely would have had 2-3 months left, except they started giving her Reglan around the clock in the hospital for nausea, and every person involved in her care failed to connect the dots when she developed a severe dystonic reaction with oculogyric crisis, basically leading to a tetanus like syndrome, preventing her from being able to speak or swallow, with severe spasms that we were told were "terminal agitation" when she came to us. She declined literally within a matter of hours and they chalked it up to the dying process, and continued giving Reglan until she came to us. We immediately stopped the medication, gave anticholinergic, but to no avail and she passed within 48 hours. She was at least not in pain once she got to us, but her already short life was cut even shorter and no one had a clue why until she got to hospice and we figured it out. Healthcare professionals need to do better, need to educated themselves, and never just assume the easy obvious answer instead of putting a bit more thought into it
My mom was prescribed pepcid. Within three days of taking it she began hallucinating and picking things out of the air. When I told her physician that I discontinued it, she looked at me like I had 2 heads and said, ‘Well, I have never heard of that’. I said, well, it really doesn’t matter if you have never heard of it, she will no longer be taking that.
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I was given Reglan in my IV directly after surgery several years ago. I have restless legs syndrome and after that one dose, my RLS went through the roof. It lasted for several hours, but I feel very lucky that it eventually stopped. At the time, I had no idea that this drug caused such problems. I list it on my "allergy" list so that I never receive it again.
I too list ‘everything on my allergy list!
same here!! the drs and nurses all think i'm crazy and say i can't be allergic to all those.
I'm not a doctor but I do believe he could use some cannabinoid receptor interaction that would bring his balance into balance.
Reglan = metoclopromide should be included in the description but is not. (Similar to antipsychotics.) Diego was left stranded by the psychiatrists. Shameful.
I went to A&E with severe vomiting and was prescribed what I thought was an anti sickness drug. Because of my experience with isotretinoin and lack of trust in doctors and drugs I never took the meds. It was only several days later that my daughter found the packet and asked me who was taking antipsychotics and I realised that was what I had been prescribed 😮😮
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When I was depressed and agitated, I was put on benzos, AD and neuroleptics (perphenazine 4mg only) at the same time. I developed an acathesia soon, which was really bad. I canceled theese cold turkey and partially recovered in a year. But the depression and disphoria was still present.
Now I am on Venlafaxine 300 and Mirtazapine 15 + Gabapentine 1200mg. What really helped is Gabapentine. It soothed my disphoria and almost eliminated a constant desire to smoke, which used to give some relief from disphoria by the cost of some agitation.
I can not say that I am happy and healthy now, but I am pretty functional and can continue to recover. I know it will be a hard time to come off Venlafaxine and Gabapentine, but it is still better than constant disphoria.
I took Reglan back in the 90’s and I thought I was losing my mind, totally confused. 😡
Isotretinoin leads to akathesia which has led to suicide up to 10 years post treatment. We know that isotretinoin causes sexual dysfunction as does SSRIs but I feel that many other drugs must be doing the same thing but Shane is keeping victims quiet.
gosh I feel for you! I did the same thing it took years for a Doctor found out I had to much Adrenaline . now I take a SRRI and xanaxs . I been on them for forty years. It is horrible .I had a bad attack and had to call 911 they did blood work and when they got that test back my troponin level was off the chart . They ran in the room told me I had a heart attack. They sent me to another hospital .The Doctor came in and said listen I am gonna do blood work in the morning , If your Troponin level goes down that mean's I did not have a heart attack . Thank God it was normal . This was before the Doctor found out I had a adrenaline problem. He gave me Inderal as well .
I was given Reglan once in the hospital and it made me shake uncontrollably. Awful experience
Had a horrible experience with IV reglan when in the ER for my BP and nausea. I never in my life felt the terror this drug brought on and was sure I was going to die. They had to give cogentin, a Parkinson's drug to counteract the akasthesia. It helped some but my symptoms continued for a few days after. I sympathize with this man completely
This happened to me…reglan is horrible I got in an ER and started acting crazy…I felt like screaming help help….I was crawling on my chair, laying down on the floor, I was moving all over the place…never again now I say I’m allergic…I felt like I wanted to die…it was a feeling inside I couldn’t explain…basically I was freaking out and im uncontrollable emotions, pacing back and forth, I couldn’t relax…I felt tortured internally, I was restless
I have Meniere's. Thank god I don't get nauseated from the dizziness, but I have fallen many times. At 80 I try to be very careful. I can roll over in bed and the room will spin. Any sudden head movement will set the world spinning. I also feel like I am on a boat with rough seas. I am so sorry you have the nausea. Be well.
This is really sad but encouraging as I suffer through terrifying torment in my head with insomnia while weaning off antidepressants since both my shrink and my insurance dropped me once I turned 65 and became eligible for Medicare. I hope like you suggested that this too shall pass.
In inpatient eating disorder treatment we were given reglan before meals to help us keep the food in and less discomfort . Never had an issue with it but had no idea about how dangerous it is.
That's terrible they took that risk! I'm glad you didn't have any negative effects. At the inpatient eating disorder treatment I went to, they just gave us fiber and probiotics (like kefir) to help with digestion, and tums for nausea or heartburn, and also told us to do deep-breathing to help with nausea (one told me "sit on the chair outside for a while and pretend you're blowing bubbles.") These all worked well imo, there's no need to give everyone reglan!
Oh wow. I had a terrible reaction to this drug that I was given in the hospital for nausea. It took a while to figure it out. The most devastating brain fog and fatigue. It lasted for 4-6 weeks at its worst after stopping. I only had the drug for a few days. I used methylene blue to help. It took 4 weeks to get out of that black hole, not normal but out of that dark pit.
I had tardive dyskinesia from metoclopromide. It was horrible!!! I work as an ER nurse, was prescribed this when I had influenza and actually had to go into the ER to be treated with Benadryl IV. I was pacing all night long, at least 14 hours straight, agitated and could not sit still or sleep, horrid anxiety, and then my right arm began to contract up to my face and my jaw began to lock up. Never taking that again, listed as a severe allergy for me! Never had an my long lasting effects, thank God.
Oh goodness, this is horrible! I have a Boxer dog undergoing cancer treatments and she developed diarrhea and lack of appetite. She was taking flagyl ( which I was hesitant to give due to side effects of longer term use) , but recently, Reglan, but only for 4 days. We did the four day script over a 6 day period, and the drug did seem to help a bit. She has good days and bad days so difficult to tell which drug is causing the bad days. We have a refill- ugh, afraid now to refill.
There is hope hear by you two beings so divine to speak truth . Congratulations 👏 I applaud you!
Just running to the doc for drugs for everything is never good
trust the experts moment
Prozac causes LOTS of side effects! I ended up with Dystonia after starting Prozac. After taking it for a few short months I ended up with the spasms in my neck muscles that lasted for almost 20 years. It slowly resolved with Botox and, maybe, just time for my brain to heal. It’s so sad to hear your story. May you heal completely soon!
I have been benzo free for 26 months. Can I take Botox without any danger?
I’m so sorry for your experiences from our ‘health’ system!!!! I’m sure there are so many people throwing out healing ideas, but try the carnivore diet??…can’t hurt. Flood your brain cells with proteins?…
However you tackle your healing, all the best. My thoughts and prayers for you and your families future🙏🇦🇺💫💪🏽
I SIMPLY MUST HAVE BEEN OUT OF MY MIND TO TAKE ANY OF THEIR DRUGS TO BEGIN WITH! MY GOD, MEDICATION ANOSOGNOSIA IS A VERY REAL THING! I MEAN, HOW COULD I ACTUALLY THINK THOSE PSYCH DRUGS WERE HELPING ME IS BEYOND MY IMAGINATION. I LOST SO MANY YEARS OF MY LIFE. I WILL NEVER STOP GRIEVING THOSE LOST YEARS.
2020 had covid combined with food poisoning....I was given zofran(Ondansetron) to take once a day then for the night I was given the same med but stronger. The lower those was fine ..then i took the night those and almost go crazy and endup in the hospital . Dr insisted that medication wasn't responsable for what was happening to me .