The Breakdown Podcast Ep4 - James Moore on Antidepressant Withdrawals

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The Breakdown Podcast Ep4 - James Moore on Antidepressant Withdrawals

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James Moore is a campaigner for the provision of tapering strips through the NHS to help users who want to stop taking prescription drugs for anxiety & depression (antidepressants, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and opioids).
James lives in South Wales in the UK, he was taking an antidepressant called Mirtazapine for 6 years. In this podcast we discuss the effects of withdrawal from antidepressants that he experienced.
He is the host of the Let’s Talk Withdrawal podcast which was created to share both expert views and the lived experience of those who have taken and withdrawn from a range of psychiatric medications.
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@michelleeven24 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much for this video and interview. I would like to share my story .... I am also on the 3rd attempt of my withdrawal stage of taking Mirtazapine ( Started in October 2015) and was never told about withdrawal and my 1st attempt fail my Dr said it was relapse but it was withdrawal. My 2nd attempt was successful for 3 months BUT I did not understand my diet and lifestyle choices. BUT, this time I am ready and prepared to come off of this medication. Originally from London, UK, I have been "stuck" in Greece during the lockdown and was so panicked about my medication running out and then found pharmacies run differently here. I have used the time to really self-work by counselling, diet changes and found a nutritionist and PT who has helped me really understand my actual capabilities from taking supplements such as 5 Htp and Magnesium, omega 3, both in support of counselling and a curated meal plan and workout schedule. Today is day 9 and I am now going increase my 5htp to 3x per day and add Tyrosine and Chromium as my anxiety of relapse is worrying me (hence why I am here watching this video). The above has been prescribed to me and I do not recommend anything except research on supplements, counselling ( I use www.relationshiphero.com) and a certified nutritionist and PT who specialises in mental health. I hope the above can help you like it helps me :D

@ksdogg 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for your story bro, mirtazipine ruined my life also but i think for different reasons than you. I don't know what dose you were taking but I was on 3.75 to 7.5mg for over a year. 15mg hardly affects me. at 7.5 is highly sedating, and this is easily a false sense of security because it looks small but at this dose probably will cause much worse withdrawal. because its immense antihistamine effects overpower its serotonin and norepinephrine effects . I stopped cold turkey and 2.5 years on still going through withdrawal. maybe another 6 months left?. This is the most grueling endurance test I've ever been through, because of the fatigue from long term sleep deprivation. as sleep is the body primary recovery mechanism so if you try and exercise or manual work I will crash for days and have tremors, sickness,headache,impaired motor function, memory loss, poor learning{early on I couldn't barley read or write) . So I also left my job as an engineer after shooting myself with an air rifle,so i have a lead pellet lodged 1 1/2 inch into my foot. I would do it again If I wasn't scared of lead poisoning because I have had enough poisoning from this drug. Its never been an anxiety problem for me its been straight up physical intolerance to exercise for me from withdrawal. Many Doctors and psychiatrists don't understand how your brain becomes dependent from this, which is essentially damage to the brains own recovery mechanism, and you end up being gas-lighted when you ask for help. Im not sure whether its because of lack of clinical trials or health professionals are too loyal to the pharma and never speak negatively about these drugs. If you can make it back to 100 percent health after years of this withdrawal. You have the mental strength to climb Everest 30 times.

@josevences7765 2 жыл бұрын

How are you feeling now?

@ksdogg 2 жыл бұрын

@@josevences7765 Getting there, not right yet though. Thanks for asking.

@loubeauchamp9680 2 жыл бұрын

Well said!!

@darkprinceofdorne 2 жыл бұрын

@@ksdogg everest is nothing compared to this hell torture How are you feeling now?

@ksdogg 2 жыл бұрын

@@darkprinceofdorne Correct.4 years on now, still not right but defo better. I cant believe how long it's taking. you on this med?

@markbaa9702 4 жыл бұрын

Omg guys this is so bang on with all my experience with anxiety and withdrawal symptoms. Although I'm going through a tough time at mo this vid/podcast has made me feel better about my own struggles. Cheers guys, I've followed you both. 👏👏👏

@koolsup2008 Жыл бұрын

stay strong man. I hope things get better for u :)

@sandymike2418 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! This is 9-7-23. Have been on Paxil 60mg. For 24yrs!!!! My son says he lost me when I started them! Truth! I lost myself, feelings etc. Paxil stopped working a month ago & it is so very hard!!!!!

@juliettepeters7397 4 жыл бұрын

Nice interview/chat. Great. The only thing I will say - & I am not, as such, getting at people like James Moore & other Campaigners re these types of issues, but more just analysing - I wish these people would stop being so nice, & so understanding, about the roles that the likes of Wendy Burn & her College, & such 'professionals' as GPs, etc, have, & continue to play, in the devastating negative impacts on the lives of patients of Psychiatric drugs in general (including antidepressants of course). Just stop making excuses for these 'professionals'. Time to get real. Don't get me wrong, I am not advocating Viciousness let alone, heaven-forbid, verbal or physical Violence, but high time for some blunt [true] feelings & long-overdue expectations to come to the fore re these issues, unashamedly, including legitimate feelings of frustration & anger, & Bugger-them if they don't like it. There is simple no excuse, & never has been, surrounding the extraordinary Arrogance & Ignorance of these [so-called] 'professionals' re patient first-hand experiences of antidepressants, & of psychiatric drugs in general, & particularly as pertaining to withdrawal off these drugs. In this day & age, in particular, with access to pretty much anything at the press of a few keys on one's keyboard, one can inform oneself, & stay informed, with ease. If Laypeople can do this, professionals can. Additionally, whatever happened to 'professionals' ever [truly] listening to patients, & fine-tuning one's professional Instincts in so doing. Just Zero excuses for their Arrogant Ignorance.

@jamesbrannick528 4 жыл бұрын

Juliette Peters I totally agree. The truth is they are totally complicit in the suffering of many people either through ignorance of the subject matter which is really no excuse as they are held in such high regard and esteem for their expert knowledge on the subject or they have been totally bought and sold by big pharma and are unwilling to bite the hand that feeds them. Either way the welfare of the actual people taking these drugs suffers which goes against the whole guiding principles of psychiatry.

@heidibaltom8138 4 жыл бұрын

I have not been able to find anything on withdrawal from Mirtazapine. Ive been on Fluoxetine, Citalopram and Sertraline before this snd had no problems coming off them. Its done me good and now not sure if i need to take it so coming off very slowly. Thankyou its nice to know there are other people like me who have had this.