Ep 983 | What Doctors Aren’t Telling You About Antidepressants | Guest: Brooke Siem

Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

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News, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, News Commentary

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🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Today on this Wellness Wednesday, we're sitting down with Brooke Siem, professional chef, 2017 champion of cooking competition show "Chopped," and author of "May Cause Side Effects: A Memoir." Brooke was put on antidepressants when she was 15, and stayed on them for the next 15 years of her life. She explains the debilitating side effects she endured, her experiences with doctors, and the severe withdrawal she underwent while finally coming off the drugs. She shares her warning to those being put on these drugs, and explains why being an informed patient is so important. You can buy her memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/May-Cause-Side-Effects-Memoir/dp/1949481700 --- Timecodes: (01:48) Starting antidepressants (07:00) How antidepressants affected Brooke (14:00) Antidepressant withdrawal (31:03) Winning 'Chopped' (34:16) Pharmaceutical industry & managing emotions (53:00) Brooke’s mental health now --- Today's Sponsors: Good Ranchers — Go to GoodRanchers.com and use code 'ALLIE' when you subscribe to get free jumbo chicken wings for a year! Jase Medical — get up to a year’s worth of many of your prescription medications delivered in advance. Go to JaseMedical.com today and use promo code “ALLIE". Carly Jean Los Angeles — use promo code RELATABLE to get 20% off your entire order at CarlyJeanLosAngeles.com! CrowdHealth — get your first 6 months for just $99/month. Use promo code 'ALLIE' when you sign up at JoinCrowdHealth.com. --- Relevant Episodes: Ep 857 | Is ADHD Real? | Guest: Dr. Roger McFillin (Part One) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-857-is-adhd-real-guest-dr-roger-mcfillin-part-one/id1359249098?i=1000624680025 Ep 858 | The Disturbing Origins of Adderall | Guest: Dr. Roger McFillin (Part Two) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-858-the-disturbing-origins-of-adderall-guest-dr/id1359249098?i=1000624797989 Ep 821 | Why Antidepressants Don’t Fix Depression | Guest: Dr. Roger McFillin https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-821-why-antidepressants-dont-fix-depression-guest/id1359249098?i=1000616890403 Ep 822 | The Big Money Behind Big Medicine | Guest: Dr. Roger McFillin https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-822-the-big-money-behind-big-medicine-guest-dr/id1359249098?i=1000617050991 --- Links: Washington Examiner: "What I wish I had known before I stopped taking antidepressants, and before I started" https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2685253/what-i-wish-i-had-known-before-i-stopped-taking-antidepressants-and-before-i-started/ --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.5	Contrary to popular and expert opinion, antidepressants are not a fix-all and they can actually have very serious and deadly ramifications.
0:31.0	Today with us is Brooke Seam. She is the author of May Cause Side effects, a memoir of
0:36.8	Antitepressant withdrawal. She is going to tell us her story of getting on antidepressants, getting off antidepressants, and what she wishes people,
0:47.2	especially parents, knew about the prescribing of antidepressants to children.
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1:00.3	Code Ali. dot com code alley. Brooke,
1:04.0	book.
1:07.0	Brooke, thanks so much for taking the time to join us.
1:13.0	Could you tell everyone who you are and what you do?
1:16.0	Sure, my name is Brooke Seam, and I'm actually a professional chef by trade,
1:20.0	but I also do a lot of work in patient advocacy and doctor education for safety prescribing
1:26.2	practices of psychiatric drugs.
1:28.0	Yeah, I think I first heard your name or saw your name when I read an article by you in the Washington
1:33.6	examiner was in 2022 so it's a little while ago now and the title is what I
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