Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Off Antidepressants 💊 | Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring, MD
Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark
Turning Point USA
5 • 9.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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What if antidepressants aren’t the answer, but the cause of your struggles? 😳💊
Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring, a board-certified psychiatrist, former FDA medical officer, and co-founder of TaperClinic, is here to shatter the myths around psychiatric meds and withdrawal. With years of experience in drug safety and mental health, he’s on a mission to help you safely taper off and take control of your mental health—without the brain zaps and emotional chaos. 😤✨
If you’re tired of being stuck in the medication cycle, this episode is your wake-up call. It’s time to take back your peace and well-being. 💪💚
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| 0:00.0 | There have been no clinical trials with sebo controls, active controls of any sort, |
| 0:05.2 | where you can see what these drugs are doing past a year. |
| 0:09.5 | There is widespread belief that SSRI's cure depression. |
| 0:14.1 | We've had like three decades of marketing tell us that anxiety and depression are due to chemical imbalances. |
| 0:21.6 | We have never found that. How do you feel as a psychiatrist about primary care physicians |
| 0:24.6 | being some of the main people prescribing, you know, antidepressants to people? |
| 0:28.6 | I think it's malpractice. Are you currently on an antidepressant and wondering what the risks really are? |
| 0:58.0 | Or maybe you're struggling to taper off and finding it almost impossible due to brain zaps, |
| 1:03.2 | physical discomfort, or emotional turmoil? |
| 1:05.5 | If you're feeling stuck in the cycle of medication, this is an episode you absolutely can't miss. |
| 1:10.4 | Today, we're joined by Dr. |
| 1:12.1 | Joseph Whit Doring, a board-certified psychiatrist, drug safety expert, and the co-founder of |
| 1:17.8 | Taper Clinic, the largest psychiatric deperscribing practice in the United States. With a background |
| 1:23.1 | as a former FDA medical officer and a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Joseph |
| 1:28.1 | has an unmatched understanding of psychiatric medication safety, the risks involved with |
| 1:32.9 | withdrawal, and the often overlooked issues in conventional mental health treatment. |
| 1:37.5 | His mission is to help people safely and effectively taper off psychiatric medications, |
| 1:42.4 | all while improving their overall health through |
| 1:45.1 | functional medicine and holistic therapies. In this episode, we dive deep into the science |
| 1:49.4 | behind antidepressants, the realities of withdraw, and explore how you can regain control |
| 1:54.1 | of your mental health, whether you're trying to get off medication or just want to better |
| 1:57.3 | understand its effects. Watch this episode on the Culture Apothecary Spotify or Real Alex Clark on YouTube. |
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