JBP Update and Psych Med Injury Discussion
In a Nutshell
The speaker updates on her father's severe akathisia flare-up from a prior clonazepam-induced neurological injury, triggered by stress, mold, and misdiagnoses leading to pneumonia/sepsis, amid family history of long-term psych med dependence causing mitochondrial dysfunction. She shares her own 2.5-year Lexapro withdrawal hell—intolerable inner restlessness, sensitivities, and impending doom—emphasizing psych meds as a national emergency affecting 1 in 6 Americans, often misdiagnosed as symptom recurrence. Key takeaways: Taper hyperbolically (10% reductions), prioritize ketogenic/carnivore diets for mitochondrial healing, avoid triggers like mold/stress, and check prescribed-harm.com for resources and stories.
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This is a video update on dad's health, as well as information about what he's suffering from, what a lot of people are suffering from, and personal experience with these issues. Updates are stressful; delayed because dad has been really sick and got worse over the last few months. Speaker is 25 weeks pregnant and couldn't record without weeping until this week. Talking about it online stresses the family, but not talking starts rumors, especially since dad is public.
Dad has been suffering from an old neurological injury that's more recently causing akathisia. Akathisia is the worst thing seen; talked about in 2020 and 2021 when he experienced it after clonazepam injured him. Speaker had a brief, less severe experience with akathisia symptoms during anti-depressant withdrawal from Lexapro just over 10 years ago. Withdrawal period lasted 2.5 years, nearly disabling; this was before having a public platform, just had a blog. Links to papers below for scientific background. Psych med injuries and psych meds should be considered a national emergency: one in six Americans (or more) on these medications; long-term use causes mitochondrial dysfunction manifesting as neurological injury.
Akathisia is a side effect way more common than known, usually caused by psychiatric medications (although other medications can cause it), sudden cessation from those medications (huge trigger), or sometimes Parkinson's. It is intolerable discomfort making people want to crawl out of their skin; a neurological injury. Many don't survive it; no quick fix, but ways to deal with it. Dad has not been on a psych medication since January 2020. Recent flare-up of neurological symptoms wasn't due to new medications; misdiagnosed repeatedly for 6 months. Then got pneumonia and sepsis. Recent flare-up started last August, likely due to stress of both parents (grandparents) dying last year, moving countries, selling home, and mold exposures, triggering recurrence after 5.5 years off psych meds. Psychiatrists confirm patients experience this.
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