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The Psychiatry Trap: How One Prescription Turned Into 14 Psychiatric Medications | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz

The Psychiatry Trap: How One Prescription Turned Into 14 Psychiatric Medications | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz15 sept1 h 02 min

Send us Fan Mail One medication switch shouldn’t be able to rewrite your whole life, but that’s exactly what a prescribing cascade can do. We sit down with Senthil, who traces a startling path from long-term blood pressure treatment to an ER visit, an “anxiety” label, and a rapid pileup of prescriptions that includes benzodiazepines, SSRIs, sleep meds, and an antipsychotic. The most chilling part is how quickly the experience changes his mind and body: insomnia, racing thoughts, GI distress, ...