Dr. Caroline Leaf

So that terrible pain that you can't get out of bed,

That lifts so you feel like you can live again.

And that's what a lot of people do say.

So, you know, maybe for 24 hours or 48 hours, but not longer because they're very addictive and they do change the brain.

So some of you may have been on these drugs for years and now you're thinking, oh my gosh, I've damaged my brain.

Yes, unfortunately, you have damaged your brain, but your brain can heal.

That is the beauty of this.

and but you never just stop them immediately so i have to put a disclaimer in here do not just stop any kind of antidepressant or antipsychotic or a stimulant because your brain will go into shock because your brain is physically changed so you have to come off very very slowly so if you make the decision to choose to come off you need to get with a medical professional who understands how to get you off medication and then you taper off taper t-a-p-e-r you can google tapering

And we're putting up a lot of reference.

We've got a lot of resources on our site too and drleaf.com and we're putting up even more.

But basically tapering means that you take fraction less every day.

So your body, so you help your brain to heal in the process of tapering off.

That's vitally important.

I just have to stress that upfront.

You cannot just stop cold turkey because suicidal thoughts and all kinds of things will come back.

And then you'll get told by your doctors that the disease is coming back.

It's not a disease in the first place.

It's withdrawal effects.

The drugs create withdrawal effects.

And the last thing with drugs is that you can request from your doctor, whoever's put you on, for the informed consent, which is a big document that tells you everything about drugs.