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

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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/

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