Dhru Purohit

But now the patient is so scared to get off and is getting discouragement from their doctor because of these withdrawal symptoms, which people are confused and are thinking is a return or a worsening of their underlying symptoms.

It's kind of a crazy world that people have to navigate.

And as you mentioned, just to interrupt, they've been told by the drug companies that it's not that difficult to get off these in the first place.

So nobody even warned them about that.

You know, I want to personalize this because what people may not know about your journey is that before you were the researcher, you were the patient yourself.

And you went through a lot of these experiences.

So take me back to your own experience of trying to come off antidepressants.

What happened?

And when did you realize that, Hey, there's gotta be a better way.

And this isn't all in my head.

I've

always been a huge believer in testing, not guessing, and that's why I've been using Rhythm.

Rhythm is an at-home blood testing platform that lets you track key health markers month to month without visiting a lab, without dealing with waiting rooms or traditional needles.

You simply place their painless collection device on your arm, collect a small sample in about two minutes, mail it in, and get the result back in just days.

Personally, here's a couple things that I'm tracking with Rhythm on a monthly basis.

I'm paying super close attention to my ApoB, which is one of the particles that's directly connected to heart disease, which I have in my family, unfortunately, and I'm also a hyperabsorptive.

of cholesterol.

So I'm paying super close attention to it and tracking it monthly with rhythm.

I'm also paying attention to my triglycerides because they're a great indicator of whether I'm staying active enough, especially as new dad and my testosterone, because it helps me understand how my training, sun exposure, recovery, and sleep are all trending over time.

And I want them to trend in the right direction.