Patrick, a long-time antidepressant user from Germany, shares his harrowing story of how Lexapro—and later, antipsychotics like Seroquel and Risperidone—led to a catastrophic decline in his mental and physical health. After years of stable use with no withdrawal issues, he decided to come off the medication during a high point in his life. But what followed was a nightmare: severe akathisia, emotional numbness, cognitive dysfunction, seizures, and full-body nerve damage after just a single dose upon reinstatement.
Hospitalized and dismissed by doctors who denied any link to the medications, Patrick was further harmed by additional drugs given without proper warning. He now lives with chronic depression, extreme apathy, physical pain, and neurological dysfunction—completely disabled and stripped of the life he once had.
This is a sobering look into the reality of iatrogenic injury and the denial patients often face when seeking help. Patrick’s story is a call for awareness, accountability, and compassion for those suffering after psychiatric medication exposure.
This video is dedicated to his parents, who supported him through it all.Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) is the current term for a rare syndrome characterized by devastating physical, neurological, and sexual side effects that persist and progress even after stopping SSRIs.
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