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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

9 months

This is the stuff of nightmares when you know you have #PSSD

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

Why is every single new symptom that develops after antidepressants blamed on "depression"? I told my therapist about my cognitive dysfunction and memory loss. He said this could be a symptom of depression. I told him I never ever had memory loss until I took the drug.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

9 months

As an NHS employee and iatrogenically harmed person, I'm very upset that my 8.5 months sick leave was put down as "depression". It was the "treatment" that made me bedbound and unable to function as a human. Still can't function almost a year off the medication. Scandalous.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

3 months

When I was prescribed antidepressants, my GP asked if I wanted any time off work so I could "adjust to the medication" and offered to write a sick note. I refused because my job always gave me a sense of purpose and I loved going to work. However, less than a month later, I was

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

5 months

Why are one-year-olds being prescribed antidepressants? This is absolutely shocking.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

3 months

After 18 months of hell thanks to Mirtazapine, this is probably the best I've felt in nearly two years. I've still got the #PSSD symptoms but it's a more bearable state. No idea what's going on but I'm grateful. It is possible to see improvements.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

For some reason I've been blocked by Dr. Annie Hickox and I haven't had a single interaction with her. Is this because I'm an iatrogenically harmed person?

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

I will forever remember the time I went to the hospital and visited my GP immediately after my severe adverse reaction to #Mirtazapine , describing my symptoms in detail. GP: "This isn't possible, you haven't been taking them long enough to have an effect" Hospital: "I've seen

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

The term "antidepressant" is so dangerous and misleading. I've always suffered from anxiety and low mood but I never felt the unbearable suffocation that is severe depression until I sought medical attention. I was suicidal every waking moment because of the drug effects.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

In recent weeks I've had two appointments with a mental health nurse (as my family are so concerned about me). Both times I described the severe adverse reaction to Mirtazapine in great detail and my hellish #PSSD symptoms. Both times the nurse proposed more antidepressants.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

"I never realized antidepressants had the potential to be so utterly devastating and despite having no informed consent, every day I can’t help but blame myself for taking those tablets and damaging myself"

PSSD Patient Spotlight Lauren — Antidepressant Induced Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction

www.pssdnetwork.org

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

5 months

It's exactly 500 days since I made the worst decision of my life to take antidepressants. Nothing could have prepared me for the utter hell I was about to experience.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

2 months

I took a prescribed drug for only three weeks in 2022 and my menstrual cycle is completely destroyed alongside #PSSD and protracted withdrawal. Mirtazapine is a highly dangerous drug.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

I've had no contact with this person and I'm blocked yet again, simply for having #PSSD . They clearly do not have sympathy for sufferers and once again we're being blamed for attempting to describe how horrific this condition is.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

Some of the symptoms I developed AFTER taking antidepressants and continue to persist 13 months after discontinuation: *Genital Numbness *Emotional Blunting *Anhedonia *Visual impairment *Memory Loss *Chronic Fatigue *Severe Insomnia *Suicidal thoughts *Self-harming ...

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

I've finally been able to read a chapter of a book. It doesn't sound like much but it's a huge step forward when I've had severe cognitive dysfunction for over a year now. This gives me a lot of hope.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

4 months

When I made a GP appointment in 2022 to discuss my anxiety, I genuinely thought it was going to be a positive and life-changing decision. Little did I know it would be my worst decision in 27 years, make my symptoms 1000x worse and end up life-changing for all the wrong reasons.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

I took antidepressants for three weeks in 2022 and since then I've put four stone on, I've got scars all over my body from self-harm, I have strange cuts on my body, I became alcohol dependent and my health took a nosedive after visiting the GP. Worst decision of my life. #PSSD

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

I'm so desperate with my insomnia. I often get only two or three hours sleep and somehow manage to drag myself to work. I've lost the ability to feel "tiredness" and I'm just completely exhausted all the time. There is something seriously wrong with my brain after Mirtazapine.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

I used to really look forward to weekends after a long week at work. I'd take my dog to the beach and on lovely walks in the countryside. I'd go out on a Saturday evening with my friends and have a nice meal and a few drinks. I used to relax and spend time with my family on a

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

In the UK alone, there were 86 million antidepressant prescriptions in 2022-23. This was a 2% increase on the previous year. If antidepressants are so "safe and effective", why is the "mental health crisis" getting worse by the day?

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

I know I'm negative on here because of my circumstances with #PSSD but I went for a walk earlier and the cold, fresh air helped. I'm trying to exercise as much as I can despite the physical impairments. This is something I couldn't do this time last year. I'm grateful I'm able to

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

5 months

It's impossible to accept that a single visit to the GP cost me my health and life.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

I've worked for the NHS for five years now. I absolutely loved my job. Since taking antidepressants, I had to take nine months sick leave which was the most hellish time of my life. Since returning to work, my cognitive issues have caused havoc and I'm barely able to function.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

4 months

Before and after #Mirtazapine . Make of it what you will.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

9 months

PSSD desperately needs a new name. It's a misnomer and doesn't begin to cover the devastating life changing symptoms. Very misleading name and almost trivialises the condition. Also it's not just SSRI's which is also an issue.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

1 month

It's been almost 20 months since I started taking Mirtazapine. 19 months since I stopped taking it. Every evening I dread the night because I'm tortured every night with vivid nightmares, sleep paralysis and waking hallucinations. I have no idea what that drug did to my brain.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

5 months

I'm 28 and often feel like an old woman, both physically and mentally. I never thought I'd have to contend with debilitating cognitive dysfunction and memory loss at this age. This definitely isn't how I expected to see out my twenties. Purely just surviving now, no longer able

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

For every share I get here, I'll stick £1 in the PSSD research. Please sign 🙏

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@hicksyalex

7 months

#MHRAFromWatchdogToEnabler Petition: Review how to turn MHRA into a fully transparent, patient first regulator

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

I'm in bed today, absolutely destroyed. I hope everyone who is capable has a nice Christmas. Please just be grateful to have your emotions, sexuality, cognition because they can be stolen without warning. #PSSD

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

3 months

Since I took antidepressants and developed #PSSD , so many of my family and friends pretend I don't exist because it's easier for them. Although I don't feel like the same person as I used to be, I wish people would at least attempt to treat me the same. It's a lonely place to be.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

Until my last day on Earth, I will live to regret taking #Mirtazapine .

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

You know when you have a nightmare and you wake up and feel relief because it wasn't real? It's the opposite with #PSSD . You wake up to an even worse nightmare but this time it's really happening and it's an inescapable reality; you've lost nearly everything that makes you human.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

I never thought the worst mistake of my life would be listening to advice, seeking medical help, trusting the system and speaking to a GP. I'll have to live with this and be tortured by the regret for the rest of my existence. Betrayal on so many levels. #PSSD

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

4 months

Mirtazapine extinguished the light in my eyes. They've never been the same since my first pill in December 2022.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

I took #Mirtazapine for three weeks in 2022 and it's absolutely destroyed my sleep. 15 months later I sleep about three to five hours a night and have sleep paralysis a few times a week combined with vivid and violent nightmares, waking up every hour or so. I often hallucinate

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

When I was prescribed antidepressants I didn't know I was about to lose everything that defined me as a person. After a few pills, I was transformed into a shell of my former self; I lived life for 27 years and now I'm trapped in limbo. The unknown future with #PSSD is unbearable

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

4 months

My sleep is finally starting to make real improvements after 16 months off Mirtazapine. I've gone from having less than an hour a night to having seven hours. I decided to buy a FitBit so I can monitor the progress over time. This improvement means so much to me because insomnia

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

Imagine taking a prescribed medication that "makes you feel better". Ends up castrating you, lobotomizing you and destroys your entire life.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

When I visited the GP in 2022 to seek help for anxiety, I genuinely believed this decision to seek medical help would boost my confidence, improve my quality of life and that I would no longer be tormented by intrusive thoughts and debilitating fear 24/7. In reality, the decision

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

Ever since I suffered iatrogenic harm in 2022, my experience as an NHS patient has been humiliating. I've been repeatedly dismissed and told it's not possible to have an adverse reaction to Mirtazapine + I wasn't warned about withdrawal or the importance of tapering at any point.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

#PSSD is such a battle to the point I'm unable to think past the next few hours. I can no longer plan ahead and it's just continuous survival mode, desperately hoping for any form of symptomatic relief. This is not living.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

I don't know if it's a trauma response/defence mechanism or just a manifestation of my cognitive dysfunction, but I feel like I've forgotten the rest of the world exists and I live in a bubble. When you develop #PSSD , you become incompatible with life.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

I'm pleased to see there was a programme on BBC1 this morning talking about the dangers of antidepressants. Great that #PSSD got a mention too. "Dr Xand's Con or Cure" available on the BBC iPlayer.

Dr Xand's Con or Cure - Series 2: Episode 9

The dangers of using antidepressants long term, how to deal with stress, and the groundbreaking virtual reality treatment for stroke and brain injuries. Also, is aloe vera juice good for you?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

Thanks to Mirtazapine, none of my friends or family got a Christmas present and I spent the day in bed battling suicidal thoughts. Is this supposed to be treatment? I'm in the worst possible state but still alive. #PSSD

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

4 months

It's 2024, everyone who is prescribed an #antidepressant should be warned about akathisia and #PSSD . There are no excuses.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

I hope I live long enough to find out exactly what happened to my brain and body after antidepressants/developing #PSSD . I'm desperate to know - very curious but terrified at the same time. This knowledge could lead to a better understanding/possible treatment for many diseases.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

4 months

I never thought a five minute visit to the GP would cost me my health.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

For people with #PSSD , has anyone got any optimistic thoughts? My only hope is that donations, awareness and research will help us and we'll find a treatment as soon as possible. My whole life is falling apart. This outcome shouldn't even be possible, totally against human

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

5 months

With #PSSD , I regularly find myself talking in the past tense. Talking about how I used to think and feel, the activities I used to enjoy, the places I used to visit and the ambitions I used to have. It's almost like an elderly person reminiscing and reflecting on their life and

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

4 months

I had a counselling session this morning provided by my employer, the NHS. I was a bit apprehensive beforehand because I find it difficult now to describe my protracted withdrawal and #PSSD experience to medical staff after repeatedly being gaslighted. However, the counsellor

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

#PSSD is humiliating in every possible way.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

5 months

If I had the right emotional support in 2022, I would have never made an appointment to see the GP in such a vulnerable position. In hindsight, my issues were situational and I would have likely been in a much better place a few weeks or months later with the right support.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

Since seeking medical attention and receiving "treatment", my health and wellbeing has plummeted to depths I didn't believe was humanly possible. I have a staggering number of symptoms; individually they are bad enough but all together they make my existence almost unbearable.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

When you develop #PSSD , you're almost frozen at that point in time. I've been in this state for 14 months now and every single day I'm in total disbelief at how my life turned out. One decision has led to catastrophic consequences. When you have PSSD you truly realise how fragile

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

I've told everyone I know personally about #PSSD . Parents, partner, brother, friends, colleagues, boss, taxi drivers; I've told them to pass the word on.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

This time two years ago, I hadn't touched an antidepressant and had no idea what #PSSD was. Now it consumes and dictates my entire existence.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

If #antidepressants are so safe and effective, why are there so many different ones?

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

4 months

It's seventeen months since I last took an antidepressant and my body is completely shot to bits. My joints are very painful; find it hard to stand up, walk around and get out of the bath. It should not be like this at 28. Hard to believe I was regularly going to the gym and

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

I honestly can't believe it's 2024. Last year I experienced things I didn't believe a human could ever or should ever experience. I spent 2023 trapped in a totally alien reality surviving in the dystopian state that is #PSSD

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

9 months

When I made the decision to see the GP at my most vulnerable point, I put all my trust in the healthcare system. The drugs obliterated 99% of what made me a human being. What I've lost this year I didn't think was even possible. Feels like my soul was chemically erased.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

Is there a part of the body antidepressants don't interfere with? I've never had any issues with my teeth or gums and now I've got tooth pain, gum recession, bleeding gums and bruxism.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

I can't get my head around the fact I unknowingly played Russian Roulette with my health and paid MONEY to be chemically castrated and lobotomised. Taken advantage of and violated at my most vulnerable point. Makes me sick. #PSSD

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

5 months

The overwhelming despair that accompanies #PSSD is suffocating and unbearable. Several times a day I get hit by the horrific reality of the situation and know there is no escape. Feeling like a caged animal in pure desperation.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

The general public would be horrified to know the NHS is prescribing medication that is more harmful than illegal drugs. Antidepressants are injuring and killing a countless number of innocent people.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

How are you supposed to navigate through life without a functioning reward system? No matter what I try, I feel like my brain is frantically searching for stimulation and there is no positive reinforcement. Could quite easily stare at the wall all day and feel exactly the same.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

5 months

Living with #PSSD , I can genuinely understand how people can end up homeless. Cognitive dysfunction, emotional blunting, sexual dysfunction > relationships destroyed, lack of understanding and support, unable to work, financial difficulties = recipe for disaster.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

5 months

Suicide is on the rise for young Americans "with no clear answers". 2023 saw the largest number of US suicides in a single year despite the rising number of prescriptions for antidepressants. Surely the answer is in plain sight.

Suicide is on the rise for young Americans, with no clear answers

With young people like college student Ben Salas dying, families and experts are searching for answers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

People who are iatrogenically harmed by antidepressants are quite often labelled "anti-psychiatry". I've never even met a psychiatrist but I've had an horrific experience with antidepressants. This problem is way bigger than psychiatry. Powerful drugs are handed out like sweets.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

4 months

Everyone I know thought I was fine until I took antidepressants and now they think I'm ill. So basically my "illness" was caused by Mirtazapine.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

I can't believe I lived 27 years only to be destroyed by a prescribed drug #Mirtazapine .

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

The people who are actively supporting/taking antidepressants and are denying #PSSD could end up with it.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

Just received this through the post after my first session of CBT. The comments about medication are a kick in the teeth when you've got #PSSD Mirtazapine left me with chronic fatigue, no energy and brutal insomnia.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

Since taking Mirtazapine I've lost parts of my mind/body I didn't believe was humanly possible. I can barely look at photos because I feel like it's a complete stranger, there's no connection, maybe some glimmer of recognition but I feel like I'm remembering someone who's died.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

4 months

I can't believe I thought I had a problem when I just had anxiety. Seems ridiculous now with #PSSD

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

3 months

Waking up with #PSSD , the realisation hits you within seconds and the horror of the situation flashes before your eyes. It's a living, breathing nightmare.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

I used to love music so so much ❤️ before #antidepressants . I never thought that experience could be taken away from me.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

Now antidepressants are the more subtle modern version of lobotomy.

Fascinating

@fasc1nate

7 months

When she was 23, Rosemary Kennedy, the sister of JFK and RFK, had a forced lobotomy arranged by her father. The surgery left her incapacitated for the rest of her life.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

4 months

I spend a ridiculous amount of time every single day wondering how my life would have turned out had I not consumed antidepressants and developed #PSSD .

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

I highly recommend the book "Antidepressed" by Beverley Thomson. I bought this book last year after my adverse reaction and it's been extremely informative. The following is a quote from the book and it speaks volumes: -Dr Candace Pert, the neuroscientist and pharmacologist

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

My sick note when I had to take nine months off from my NHS job because of a severe adverse reaction to Mirtazapine and developing #PSSD . I wasn't fit to work because I was iatrogenically harmed. This is not depression.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

5 months

If only more psychiatrists and doctors were like Dr. Shipko. "I never prescribe a SSRI without first explaining to the patient the risk of PSSD. Most people won't take that risk." Everyone deserves full informed consent about #PSSD when prescribed #antidepressants .

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

@hicksyalex #PSSD is horrific. People ending up with numb genitals, no sexuality, no emotions and left with cognitive dysfunction. How are people supposed to live like this? Reward system is gone and yet people are dismissed. Humans can't live like this; we're driven by emotions and reward.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

Even my quiz app still believes depression is caused by low levels of serotonin. These drugs are causing a chemical imbalance not fixing an imbalance.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

9 months

I feel like I'm in a trance like state at times after being medicated last year - could easily stare at a wall all day. No longer can read a book or watch TV or do anything productive. Horrifying stuff. Zombie state.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

9 months

My favourite time of the day is when I'm asleep and have temporary respite from the waking nightmare that is #PSSD

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

#PSSD strikes like a tornado, causing widespread damage and leaving a trail of devastation. Without warning, lives are turned upside down in the blink of an eye and people are left to pick up the pieces. A tornado is a natural disaster, PSSD is a manmade one and should not exist.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

2 months

I had my 29th birthday last week so I've now had two birthdays with PSSD. I'm still trying to come to terms with how Mirtazapine has altered my life and it's absolutely impossible to come to come to terms with. I often look at photographs from 2022 and it's like looking at a

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

#PSSD is The Thing That Should Not Be

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

5 months

I've aged about ten years in 15 months after #Mirtazapine #PSSD

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

Despite not having #InformedConsent about the true risks of Mirtazapine, I blame myself every single day for unknowingly destroying my own mind and body. My whole life working my way up, to then end up doomed by the abhorrent thing that is #PSSD

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

I'm having my first CBT session this afternoon; too little, too late. I should have been offered this two years ago instead of being prescribed Mirtazapine after a five minute consultation. My entire experience with antidepressants has been a complete disaster from the start.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

@NoahRyanCo I took Mirtazapine for three weeks in December 2022 and they basically destroyed my life when I was 27. To this day I have sexual and cognitive dysfunction, severe anhedonia, visual impairment, chronic fatigue + more. It's an absolute living nightmare every single day.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

I've always said that #PSSD is a huge misnomer but "antidepressant" is even more of a misnomer.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

One of the reasons I tried to get mental health support was my debilitating anxiety. I'm now turning into a recluse thanks to #PSSD . I haven't left the house for almost two weeks because I'm so anhedonic and find it so difficult to engage with people because I'm so blunted.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

I have no idea how people exist and survive years, if not decades with #PSSD . It's absolutely soul destroying.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

6 months

How many people with #PSSD or those who experienced an iatrogenic injury from #antidepressants had to stop working/give up a career? Please comment your age, job/profession.

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No

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

It's a year today since I had a catastrophic reaction to Mirtazapine. 2023 has been horrific in unimaginable ways. Then last night I had one hour of sleep and then had to work today. This isn't sustainable.

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

8 months

I was given a life sentence by Mirtazapine. Which drug caused your #PSSD ?

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Lauren Siân Taylor

@Riggwelter_PSSD

7 months

"The disorder has traumatized my child, leaving them in a constant state of despair and hopelessness and by extension has also caused much worry and stress for the rest of the family... "

Submitted by a parent of a PSSD sufferer — Canadian PSSD Society

E.B. BC, Canada Adult child suffering PSSD for 1 year From a parent: I am a Canadian parent of a young adult who is suffering greatly from PSSD. They have given me permission to share their story...

www.pssdcanada.ca

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