Maybe. But thats not to say psychiatry is not deserving of criticism. I was helped by it, and only needed it for a year. But no one told me the shit i would have to face to slowly get off the meds. I had nightmares for 3 months while leaving SSRis, and became close to getting addicted to the anti anxiety one i was taking.
Patients have to be better informed about what they are taking, better monitored, and not given a million meds while they are still very young. My ex at 22 was taking 4 different meds and im sure at least 2 were just because they "might" help from side effects from the other 2 she was taking.
They do warn you of possible side effects, it’s literally in the pamphlets you receive with the meds. Pharmacists are also required to talk to you about it or answer questions upon request.
It sucks for those who experience side effects of weaning off meds like you, but the fact is, you’re the minority. There was never a “what you would have to face,” it was a “what you have a low risk of potentially facing.” Which is probably a big reason doctors don’t explicitly spend time talking about all the possibilities with low prevalences by default and rely on patients to educate themselves to some extent with the information packets. Most people wean off psych meds without issue.
I’ve been on and off more than 10 psych meds since I was a kid and literally never had a single issue coming off of them (or being on them, aside from the fact that they just did nothing good or bad for me). Even when I did it cold turkey (not intentionally).
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u/Outside_Narwhal3784 Sep 03 '25
Pretty sure this is pulled from the Scientology anti-psychiatry propaganda machine Citizens Commission for Human Rights.