Laura Delano

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735 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard May 2025 last heard 12 Jun

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Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark · Why So Many People Can't Get Off Their Antidepressants | Laura Delano · 12 Jun 2026 podcast

As much as you can, make peace with the fact that this might take a while to help

if it's a kid you obviously like a under 18 kid you can do whatever you want as a parent obviously but if it's an adult this is about staying by the person's side helping them

And as gentle a way as you can connect with information that maybe they weren't given about the meds, like the whole six to eight week, you know, trials.

Yet, you know, Tom, you've been on this for seven years, just planting seeds, sharing resources, reminding them that you're there by their side and also helping them recognize that.

I think a lot of the reason why people stay on these meds for years is because every time they try to stop, they feel horrible.

So they're really afraid of trying again.

I gave it a shot getting off my Lexpro a couple years ago.

It didn't go well.

When you're supporting someone in that place, reminding them, well, maybe you didn't have good information about how to taper safely, but you know what?

Now we can get access to that.

So this time might look different because I think a lot of people stay on these meds because they're afraid.

Oh, yeah.

So how do you help them realize this has been an information problem?

We didn't have good information before about how to taper.

Now we do.

it might well look very different.

And increased risk of suicide.

For anyone not familiar, SSRI, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, and that's just one of multiple different kinds of antidepressants.

There are SNRIs, there are MAOIs, there are, you know, tricyclic, there are all different kinds of antidepressants.

The serotonin system is, you know, we've been taught this BS mythology that, oh, serotonin is a happy chemical, right?

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