Is it Relapse or Withdrawal: The Truth About Protracted Withdrawal from Psychiatric Medication | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
Episode S3 · Ep 114 58 min 12s

Is it Relapse or Withdrawal: The Truth About Protracted Withdrawal from Psychiatric Medication | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz

Send us Fan Mail Your doctor says withdrawal should be short because the drug “leaves your body.” Then you stop an SSRI and months later your sleep collapses, anxiety spikes, your body hurts, and you’re told it must be your “condition” coming back. That gap between what you were promised and what you’re living is exactly where protracted withdrawal hides. We walk through what protracted withdrawal and PAWS can look like after antidepressant tapering and other psychiatric medication tap...

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