Dhru Purohit

Dr. Mark Horwitz, welcome to the podcast.

It's a pleasure to have you here.

Today, we are talking about a super important subject that impacts millions around the United States, but also the world as well.

And that subject is how to safely get off of antidepressants if

That's the right fit for you.

So let's set the stage for the conversation today.

One in six adults is on an antidepressant.

Most stay on it for years, but these drugs were only ever tested for eight to 12 weeks in these early trials.

So we have millions of people taking medications long-term that we've never studied properly long-term.

That's the key, properly.

And most have no idea how hard it is

to get off of it or why they would want to get off of it.

How did this happen that we ended up in this big mess?

you know, so many important themes and distinctions that are there.

And I think that anybody who's listening today that might be on these drugs or definitely, even if you're not on them, you might know somebody who is.

And if you know somebody that's been on it long-term, especially they've dealt with, you know, some of these side effects, you'd understand why some people have the drive to see, is there a way to get off of these drugs?

Maybe there was a reason that these drugs came in.

These drugs definitely work, not for the reasons that we were told long, you know, back in the day.

We'll get into that in a little bit.

But they did their job.