Raanan Hershberg

Like getting off medication was like a hard show. I mean, I kind of wish I was never on it to begin with, you know.

I think it was more like – I mean, it's all a mystery, I guess, why exactly, but I think it was more like all this anxiety. It was this giant wave of anxiety that I just happened to have in my life. I had just come out with a special, and I was feeling this like, I had this urge to just create more stuff.

I think it was more like – I mean, it's all a mystery, I guess, why exactly, but I think it was more like all this anxiety. It was this giant wave of anxiety that I just happened to have in my life. I had just come out with a special, and I was feeling this like, I had this urge to just create more stuff.

I think it was more like – I mean, it's all a mystery, I guess, why exactly, but I think it was more like all this anxiety. It was this giant wave of anxiety that I just happened to have in my life. I had just come out with a special, and I was feeling this like, I had this urge to just create more stuff.

You know that feeling you have where you just want to get out as much stuff because you're afraid you're gonna die? I had that urge kind of big. I was like, I gotta do the next thing, the next thing. And then actually the way it started, I was at my brother's place and I looked in the mirror and I saw these moles on my back. And I was just convinced they were skin cancer. That's how it began.

You know that feeling you have where you just want to get out as much stuff because you're afraid you're gonna die? I had that urge kind of big. I was like, I gotta do the next thing, the next thing. And then actually the way it started, I was at my brother's place and I looked in the mirror and I saw these moles on my back. And I was just convinced they were skin cancer. That's how it began.

You know that feeling you have where you just want to get out as much stuff because you're afraid you're gonna die? I had that urge kind of big. I was like, I gotta do the next thing, the next thing. And then actually the way it started, I was at my brother's place and I looked in the mirror and I saw these moles on my back. And I was just convinced they were skin cancer. That's how it began.

And not like – I always had hypochondria, but this was different. This was like I knew I was going to die. And then I went to the doctor and they were like, it doesn't look like skin cancer. And then the next day I stood up and it was dizzy. It was dizzy for like three months straight. Jesus Christ. Yeah. I think it was –

And not like – I always had hypochondria, but this was different. This was like I knew I was going to die. And then I went to the doctor and they were like, it doesn't look like skin cancer. And then the next day I stood up and it was dizzy. It was dizzy for like three months straight. Jesus Christ. Yeah. I think it was –

And not like – I always had hypochondria, but this was different. This was like I knew I was going to die. And then I went to the doctor and they were like, it doesn't look like skin cancer. And then the next day I stood up and it was dizzy. It was dizzy for like three months straight. Jesus Christ. Yeah. I think it was –

A wave of anxiety just where I was in my life, but for the first time in 10 years, I didn't have something to mask it, which I think made it more intense. You know what I mean?

A wave of anxiety just where I was in my life, but for the first time in 10 years, I didn't have something to mask it, which I think made it more intense. You know what I mean?

A wave of anxiety just where I was in my life, but for the first time in 10 years, I didn't have something to mask it, which I think made it more intense. You know what I mean?

About like four months, and then I slowly got on Prozac. Maybe a little more, five months.

About like four months, and then I slowly got on Prozac. Maybe a little more, five months.

About like four months, and then I slowly got on Prozac. Maybe a little more, five months.

Yeah, it was awful. And it was just like, yeah, it was awful. So did you have that level of anxiety when you were younger? No. When I was really young, I would have these really bad screaming fits. Like when I was like eight or nine, I would just suddenly have these moments where I was like, I don't know, this moment of just feeling hopeless or something. I just started yelling.

Yeah, it was awful. And it was just like, yeah, it was awful. So did you have that level of anxiety when you were younger? No. When I was really young, I would have these really bad screaming fits. Like when I was like eight or nine, I would just suddenly have these moments where I was like, I don't know, this moment of just feeling hopeless or something. I just started yelling.

Yeah, it was awful. And it was just like, yeah, it was awful. So did you have that level of anxiety when you were younger? No. When I was really young, I would have these really bad screaming fits. Like when I was like eight or nine, I would just suddenly have these moments where I was like, I don't know, this moment of just feeling hopeless or something. I just started yelling.

And my parents never knew what it was. I actually would cut myself a couple times like on the leg just to like distract it. Oh, wow. And I had those. And I didn't know what it was. And then in college, I also started doing cocaine, which didn't help. And then I had some like really bad... kind of anxiety in college. And that's when I went on Paxil originally, you know. Yeah.