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. Jun 30

    Losing Your Confidence in Psych Drug Withdrawal

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet In withdrawal, confidence can almost completely vanish. I want to explain the reasons it drops so hard, why the alien feeling isn't your trajectory, and why you are still in there. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/losing-your-confidence-in-psychiatric-drug-withdrawal Was this video helpful? Leave a tip: https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country 00:00 When Confidence Disappears 00:27 On the Other Side 01:09 Why It Falls Apart 01:41 Disconnected from Yourself 02:40 Can't Remember, Can't Connect 05:23 Not Your Trajectory 05:57 It Comes Back Like Christmas 06:44 Glimpses of What's Coming 08:10 You're Still in There 08:41 You Are on Your WayHeads 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. 🙏

    9 min

  2. Jun 29

    DPDR (Depersonalization and Derealization, aka feeling unreal)

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me I went through depersonalization and derealization (DPDR) in withdrawal, and it was terrifying. Here I share what these symptoms actually are, why the brain does this during healing, why most people aren't haunted by it after it's over, and how to hold on while you're in it. Blog version: lifeaftermeds.com Was this video helpful? Leave a tip If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are support hotlines around the world. Chapters 00:00 When You Feel Unreal00:35 Creeped Out in Withdrawal01:14 Floating Above Your Body02:18 After Every Drop02:46 A Fly Buzzes By03:55 When It's Done, It's Done05:29 That Feeling of Doom06:28 What the Fever Means07:21 Back and Forth, Then Steady08:22 Just Running Its Course09:41 It Will Flow AgainHeads 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 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

    10 min

  3. Jun 17

    You Are Not What This Wave Is Telling You

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet If I'm in a withdrawal wave right now, the negative thoughts can feel completely real. In this video I talk about what those thoughts actually are, why my brain makes them, and what's true even when I can't feel it. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/what-your-brain-is-doing-in-a-withdrawal-wave Was this video helpful? Leave a tip: https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are support hotlines around the world: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country 00:57 The Thoughts That Feel True But Aren't, 02:43 Naming What This Actually Is, 03:42 Why Your Brain Writes Dark Stories, 05:21 What Is True About You, 06:17 What a Window Shows You, 07:54 I Couldn't See It Either, 08:58 You Will Re-Emerge 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. 🙏

    10 min

  4. Jun 16

    Shame, Guilt, and Spiritual Disconnect In Withdrawal

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet In this conversation, we share what we learned through our own healing: that spiritual disconnect is a symptom of the injury, not a sign of failed faith, and that the feeling of connection comes back. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/shame-guilt-spiritual-disconnect-during-withdrawal Was this video helpful? Leave a tip: https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country 00:00 A Taboo We Need to Talk About 02:31 When Every Relationship Goes Quiet 04:00 "When Will the Spiritual Part Grow Back" 06:29 Your Brain Is Hunting for Blame 09:25 Checkbox Faith, Dark Woods, Real Joy 16:28 The Lie That You're Being Punished 19:41 Old Wrongs on a Loop 24:59 Less Alone in the Aloneness 28:43 Withdrawal Has an Expiration DateHeads 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. 🙏

    32 min

  5. Jun 15

    What Nobody Tells You to Prepare Before Tapering

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet Before you begin tapering your psychiatric medication, there are a few things worth having in place. I walk through how to build a support system, what coping strategies can help you ride out the hard waves, and how to think through your lifestyle so you have real margin when it gets rough. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/before-you-start-tapering-support-coping-and-lifestyle-prep Was this video helpful? Leave a tip: https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country 00:00 Prep Before You Taper01:13 Who You Need in Your Corner03:54 Building Support Mid-Taper07:39 Groups and Withdrawal Buddies09:40 Coping When Waves Hit12:46 Lifestyle and Work Margins16:21 Resources and What Your Body Can Do 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. 🙏

    17 min

  6. Jun 1

    When Withdrawal Makes You Feel Like an Outsider

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet Relational disconnect is one of the most common and most painful parts of withdrawal, and one of the least talked about. In this video I share what that disconnect actually is, why it happens, and what it looked like for me on both sides of it. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/feeling-disconnected-in-withdrawal Was this video helpful? Leave a tip: https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country 00:00 When Withdrawal Cuts You Off01:15 What Relational Disconnect Feels Like03:46 It Is Not You05:08 How to Talk to the People Around You06:55 Your Inner Circle08:23 Give Yourself Grace09:24 What Comes Back10:53 Life on the Other Side11:58 Take Heart 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. 🙏

    13 min

  7. May 15

    Your Brain Can Heal Without Medication

    💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet If you had a diagnosis before you started tapering, you may be wondering whether you were ever really okay, or whether you ever will be. I've been there, flat on my back in agony, asking the same question. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/the-lie-the-system-told-you-about-your-brain Was this video helpful? Leave a tip: https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country 00:00 Broken for good?01:16 When the DSM and psych meds grew up together02:17 Dependency mistaken for illness04:27 Two people, same diagnosis, very different outcomes06:21 "This proves you need meds for life" and why that's wrong07:22 The belief you can't heal is a symptom08:46 Flat on my back in agony09:31 Suffering before the diagnoses came11:04 What healing from dependency looks like12:29 What the hard season can give you 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. 🙏

    13 min

  8. Apr 29

    She was on 47 meds over 28 years. Here's how she healed.

    I sit down with my friend Elissa to hear her full withdrawal healing story: 28 years on psychiatric medications, 47 different drugs, five hospitalizations, and what finally changed. She shares what got her through the worst of it and what life feels like on the other side. Elissa is now a withdrawal coach at Life After Meds! Book a session with her. Give her channel a follow: Healing After Psychiatry Blog version: On 47 Meds Over 28 Years: Here's How She Healed Was this video helpful? Leave a tip. If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are support hotlines around the world. 0:00 The walk-in clinic, Paxil, and how it all began; 4:28 Lonely with a panic disorder label; 9:54 Postpartum, a family history question, and the bipolar one diagnosis; 17:11 28 years on the medication treadmill; 22:26 47 meds; 28:01 "The only thing I haven't tried is no meds"; 33:36 The taper and what she didn't know; 41:21 Quitting her job and hitting the floor; 47:46 Post-it notes and borrowed thoughts; 55:31 Windows, waves, and Jekyll and Hyde days; 1:02:56 The long dark wave and the windows that followed; 1:11:14 Feeling joy for the first time in forever; 1:18:11 What she knows now about those 28 years 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. Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me.

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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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