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Mikhaila Peterson says she went through “two years of pure hell” when she decided to stop taking SSRIs.
She didn’t need the drugs anymore. Her paleo/keto diet had put her depression into remission.
The first few days off the medication, she felt “on top of the world.”
But once week two hit, her life “turned upside down.”
For years, she blamed her “intolerable symptoms” on what she ate.
Little did she know… she was actually experiencing severe antidepressant withdrawal.
One of the symptoms Mikhaila experienced during her own SSRI withdrawal is the same condition her dad is suffering from right now: akathisia.
Akathisia is an extremely distressing neurological condition that makes you feel an unbearable inner restlessness and agitation.
This condition, she describes as “the worst thing I’ve ever seen anyone go through…”
Source: The Vigilant Fox
