If you need confirmation of how serious the subject of antidepressants is just watch the youtube videos in the links below by Jordan Peterson who is a Prof of Psychology, and also a clinical psychologist who had many patients, talk about the effects antidepressants had on him after taking them from at least 2012
Prof Peterson taught at Harvard for 5 years and then moved to the University of Toronto. He is pretty well known around the world. Some people love him some hate him, however you will see from the videos that in 2012 he says that he is taking an unnamed SSRI plus another antidepressant Wellbutrin. The 2012 video title says he will take them forever as it helps him.
By 2019 or 2020 he was on other medication - Clonazepam which is a Benzodiazepine antidepressant is named in the title - the full interview is in the last link of this post a shorter interview is below
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ktjZhih3LQ
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2018/2019 Prof Peterson ended up with health issues due to the antidepressant medication and then this eventually became a life threatening issue, related to coming off the medication. His treatment in the USA and Canada included being given other meds, much of which he said did not work. He indicates these treatments in the USA and Canada were not good for him or getting cured.
Over 2019 and 2020 Prof Peterson has been in clinics in Canada, USA, Russia and Serbia being treated for chronic withdrawal symptoms caused by anti depressants. In Russia he was put into a medical coma.
Love him or hate him Professor Peterson has been extremely brave to share his painful experiences so publically and potentially allowing his enemies to use this against him in some way or other.
It is clear from the last video that Prof Peterson still has a some way to go in his healing process. He currently has caught covid-19.
One-time University of Toronto professor and clinical pyschologist Jordan Peterson has another fight on his hands these days.
torontosun.com
It is very insightful and helpful to see someone in the medical field, specializing in mental health, being prescribed antidepressants by other Drs and not being aware of the results of the medication he was taking. He does address this in his interview with his daughter.
The interviews cover a range of opinions he expresses on how antidepressants help others and him personally. His 2020 interview with his daughter shows he is in many ways traumatized by the effects of the antidepressants.
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x35Rbe81vkU
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JuQgJxYriYI
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtRCaStxBYo
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HLWgVpmo1e0
There is also this link below which is nothing to do with Jordan Peterson. It looks at antidepressent use in Australia - it indicates use of these drug in Australia is the second highest in the OECD
Scientists in the UK have even identified four cases of "chronic déjà vu."
bigthink.com