RHR: How to Safely Approach Stopping Psychiatric Medications, with Dr. Mark Horowitz
In this episode of Revolution Health Radio, clinical researcher Mark Horowitz, MD, PhD, joins Chris to discuss the best guidelines for tapering off antidepressant drugs safely to avoid extreme withdrawal symptoms. Dr. Horowitz offers his clinical expertise on why a linear approach to drug tapering doesn’t work with antidepressants and what he recommends instead, whether the risk of withdrawals from antidepressants can be predicted, and how both patients and clinicians have been undereducated on the risks of stopping antidepressant drugs.
In this episode, we discuss:
--How the body’s natural desire for homeostasis leads to increased drug tolerance and withdrawal symptoms
--The scientific and psychological differences between physical drug dependence and drug addiction
--The truth about how long antidepressant drugs stay in the system, and how long the body may take to rebound
--Whether the risk for withdrawals from antidepressants can be predicted
--How the risks of stopping antidepressant use have been underrepresented to both clinicians and patients
--What antidepressant withdrawal looks like
--Ways to distinguish antidepressant withdrawal from a reemergence of primary symptoms
--The problem with a “linear approach” to drug tapering
--How to taper off antidepressant drugs safely
--How Outro, a digital clinic operating in Canada, is empowering antidepressant users to stop their medications without withdrawal symptoms
Show notes:
--Royal College of Psychiatrists’ guidelines on stopping antidepressants
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-heal...
--“Tapering of SSRI treatment to mitigate withdrawal symptoms” by Mark Abie Horowitz, PhD, and Prof David Taylor, PhD
https://www.thelancet.com/article/S22...
--Dr. Mark Horowitz’s website
https://markhorowitz.org/
--Outro Health digital clinic website
https://www.outro.com/
--Follow Dr. Horowitz on Twitter @markhoro
https://twitter.com/markhoro?lang=en
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Chris Kresser M.S., L.Ac. is the co-founder of the California Center for Functional Medicine, the founder of Kresser Institute, the host of the top-ranked health podcast Revolution Health Radio, the creator of ChrisKresser.com, and the New York Times best-selling author of The Paleo Cure and Unconventional Medicine. He is one of the most respected clinicians and educators in the fields of Functional Medicine and ancestral health and has trained over 2,000 clinicians and health coaches from more than 50 countries in his unique approach. Chris was named one of the 100 most influential people in health and fitness by Greatist.com and has appeared as a featured guest on Dr. Oz, Time, The Atlantic, NPR, Fox & Friends, and other national media outlets. Throughout his career, Chris has been devoted to exploring the deeper questions surrounding health and wellness. His most recent work is focused on helping people to thrive and flourish even in the midst of chronic illness or other challenging circumstances. He recently launched Adapt Naturals, a supplement line designed to add back in what the modern world has squeezed out and help people perform and feel their best.
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