91. Antonia Schachter: Postpartum Anxiety and Psychiatric Drugs

After the birth of her first son, Antonia Schachter began to struggle with an increase in anxiety. She was waking up in the middle of the night hyperventilating and in panic. Desperate for relief, she sought help through medications. Thirty years later, with many different medications, a hospitalization, suicidal thoughts, and an additional diagnosis, Antonia is still trying to taper off her psych meds.

Today we chat about... 

• Antonia's journey with psychiatric medications
• How Antonia found psych meds helpful until she didn’t 
• The importance of informed consent 
• How Antonia went from struggling with anxiety to later being diagnosed with depression
• Her experience with withdrawal symptoms and suicidal thoughts
• How she found help through an online community
• Where the mental health system is going wrong
• Antonia's side effects and her experience with tardive dyskinesia
• How some psychiatrists are starting to change the mental health narrative 

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