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Ep. 053 : Jay’s Journey, Part I

2022/5/5
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Leaving The Valley

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What happens if the medicines you're prescribed are actually making you worse, not better? What happens if the doctor you turn to for help isn't helping? Our guest, Jay Shifman, public speaker and host of the "Choose Your Struggle" podcast, shares his long journey back to himself.  As an adolescent, Jay was diagnosed as bipolar. The medicines he was prescribed to treat his disease led him to years of prescription drug misuse, addiction, and two suicide attempts. Jay is not bipolar, but it took years of struggle and nearly dying for Jay to finally figure that out.