Life After Meds

Joanna
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Hi, I’m Joanna, and this is Life After Meds. If you’re here, you’re probably going through psychiatric drug withdrawal… or you’re trying to understand what someone you love is going through. Either way, I’m really glad you found your way here. After 11 years on all sorts of psychiatric meds, I went through withdrawal myself, and it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It took years. This is where I share what I’ve learned, both from my own recovery and from the people I’ve walked with.

  1. 1d ago

    Should I Taper My Meds? Why and How

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet If you're thinking about coming off psychiatric medication, knowing your why matters more than you might think. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/before-you-taper-off-psych-meds Timestamps 00:00 Why Even Consider Tapering 00:56 What Withdrawal Actually Does to People 03:03 The Reasons People Decide to Leave Meds Behind 04:44 The Chemical Imbalance Story Was Never Science 06:07 Once You Know Your Why, Then Comes the How 06:38 Why the Taper Has to Be Slow 09:07 The 10% Rule and Watching Your Body 09:55 You Hold When You Need To, You Go When You're Ready 10:44 Where to Find the Tools to Keep GoingIf you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: Suicide crisis lines by country Heads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

  2. 3d ago

    Feeling worthless or useless?

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/feeling-worthless-or-useless Timestamps 00:00 Withdrawal Warps Your Lens 02:16 Borrowing a Healthier View 03:30 Worth Without Productivity 06:03 Suddenly Can't Function 08:10 Gentle with the Injury 10:45 The Gutted House 12:57 A Marvelous TransformationIf you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: Suicide crisis lines by country Heads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

  3. 4d ago

    20 Years Medicated, 19 Months Tapering

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet✍️ Make a plan to get through withdrawal: https://lifeaftermeds.com/plan I sat down with Celeste, who was first put on psych meds at 16 and spent 20 years medicated. She shares her 3 failed tapers with doctors, the slow liquid taper + the blind taper her husband helped her with at the end, how she overcame insomnia, and the joy coming back into ordinary life. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/coming-off-lexapro-after-20-years-on-psych-meds 0:00 Three Strikes With Doctors 2:59 Spilled Milk and Brain Zaps 7:28 A Life Sentence at Sixteen 10:40 Dancing Through Panic Attacks 13:05 The Baby Antidepressant 15:53 Warnings in the Delivery Room 24:53 Mama Bear at the Doctor 25:58 Stuck at the Smallest Pill 31:05 Out of Egypt, Through the Sea 35:35 A Band Around My Head 42:47 A Phone Call and a Book 47:45 One Bottle of Liquid Lexapro 51:10 My Husband's Blind Taper 56:01 Done Two Weeks, Never Knew 1:00:20 The Numbness That Lingered 1:04:36 Lie Back and Float 1:22:04 Since When Am I Fine With Laundry? 1:29:29 Joy Kicked Out of HeadquartersHeads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

  4. 5d ago

    A letter to my doctor

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet For years I would not go back to any doctor, let alone the one who oversaw my medication for a decade and prescribed the reinstatement that nearly ended me. Then the office started calling about a wellness checkup. This is the letter I sent, read in full. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/what-i-told-my-doctor Timestamps 00:00 The Doctor I Avoided 01:55 After The Third Call 02:43 Patient Feedback 03:58 Please Don't Dismiss This 04:38 A Hamster Wheel Of Diagnosis 08:54 What Informed Consent Means 10:29 Forgiveness And Life UnmedicatedIf you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: Suicide crisis lines by country Heads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

  5. Oct 25

    What Recovery Looks Like 3 Years After Psychiatric Drugs

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet I stopped all psychiatric drugs three years ago, cold turkey and a badly botched fast taper, and went through years of protracted withdrawal. In this update I share how I'm doing now: my cognition, my work, my marriage, my kids, my body, and the good that came after. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/the-third-year-of-healing Timestamps 00:00 Three Years Off Drugs 02:04 A Withdrawal Theme Loosens 03:26 Remembering Where I Parked 05:56 My Work Came Back 07:52 Guilt In Close Relationships 09:51 Marriage After The Storm 10:18 Old And New Friends 11:09 Church And Lifting Weights 14:42 What I See Coming 16:00 Not A Dumpster Fire 17:48 So Much Beyond ThisHeads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

  6. Oct 23

    Plan ways to get through the worst days of withdrawal

    ✍️ Try the free tool (or print it out) here: https://lifeaftermeds.com/plan Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/how-to-cope-through-the-worst-days-of-withdrawal Timestamps 00:00 When You Can't See Past This 02:27 One: Find Your Why 03:58 Two: Someone to Call 09:33 Three: Somewhere to Go 15:55 Four: Something to Do 19:50 Five: Truths to Remember 21:23 What You Can't See YetHeads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

  7. Oct 21

    How to find your people during withdrawal

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet When I went through withdrawal, it felt like my circles of support emptied out. In this video I share what has helped me and the people I coach: treating honesty as a stress test, reaching out one person at a time, spotting the friends who can walk with you, and finding healing buddies in the withdrawal community. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/how-to-find-your-people-in-withdrawal Timestamps 00:00 Finding Your People in Withdrawal 01:03 The Circles Around Us 02:07 When the Circles Empty Out 04:24 Vulnerability as a Stress Test 05:35 Going Through Your Contacts 08:02 Signs of a Safe Friend 09:58 Videos for Your Loved Ones 10:45 Support Groups and Healing Buddies 12:17 Is Now a Good Time 15:08 Beautiful Friendships From Ugly SufferingHeads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

  8. Oct 19

    Pain, Suffering, and Resilience In Withdrawal

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet Elissa and I sit down to talk about suffering in psychiatric drug withdrawal: the fear that it would damage us forever, the years that felt wasted, and the slow hope God grew in us through the fire. If all you can hold right now is a maybe, hold onto it. This is a continuation of the themes we started talking about here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwTl3FMEilI Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/pain-suffering-and-resilience-in-withdrawal Timestamps 00:00 Hope for the Dark Stretches 02:17 When Pain Becomes a Teacher 04:23 When God Feels Absent 05:22 Afraid I'd Be Scarred Forever 08:23 We Despaired of Life Itself 09:38 My Thorn in the Flesh 13:10 My Little Bit for Today 14:58 Thoughts Aren't Always True 16:25 How Can a Loving God Allow This 19:58 A Man of Sorrows 21:08 Years That Felt Wasted 25:09 Gold Through the Fire 27:27 Seeds That Need the Flames 29:25 Can the Brain Really Heal 30:39 Thankful for the Long Road 32:51 Choosing Meaning Over Trauma 33:39 Coping Now, Healing Later 35:23 Creative, Human Ways Forward 36:55 Victim to Survivor 38:24 Taking Back My Power 42:43 Perseverance Builds Character 43:03 Romans 5 and Learning Hope 44:42 Hold Onto the Maybe 45:31 Strength That Isn't Mine 46:49 Good in the Bigger PictureHeads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

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Hi, I’m Joanna, and this is Life After Meds. If you’re here, you’re probably going through psychiatric drug withdrawal… or you’re trying to understand what someone you love is going through. Either way, I’m really glad you found your way here. After 11 years on all sorts of psychiatric meds, I went through withdrawal myself, and it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It took years. This is where I share what I’ve learned, both from my own recovery and from the people I’ve walked with.

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  • Creator
    Joanna
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    70
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Joanna
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    Life After Meds

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