Life After Meds

Hi, I’m Joanna, and this is Life After Meds.If you’re here, you’re probably going through psychiatric drug withdrawal… or you’re trying to understand what someone you love is going through. Either way, I’m really glad you found your way here.After 11 years on all sorts of psychiatric meds, I went through withdrawal myself, and it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It took years. This is where I share what I’ve learned, both from my own recovery and from the people I’ve walked with.

Life After Meds is a health podcast hosted by Joanna, with 61 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Joanna hosts Life After Meds, a health show with 61 episodes published.

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  Life After Meds

  When Withdrawal Makes You Afraid of Everything

  Sep 3, 202618 min

  Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet In this video I share why withdrawal can swing you between huge fear and total flatness, what your nervous system is doing as it tries to regulate, and the grounding, co-regulation, and routines that helped me heal. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/why-withdrawal-brings-huge-fear-or-total-flatness Timestamps 00:00 Bigger Fear Than Ever 01:22 Chased By A Tiger 03:56 Waterlogged And Shut Down 05:59 The Calm Center Ahead 07:28 You Cannot Rush Healing 09:18 Pacing, Water, Bare Feet 11:59 Borrowing A Calm Voice 13:56 Accept, Then Build Routines 16:32 My Body Came Back 17:54 Still On The Journey If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: Suicide crisis lines by country Heads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place.

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  The Mindset Shift That Helped Me Survive Withdrawal

  Sep 3, 202610 min

  Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet In this video I share a mindset shift that helped me through withdrawal, how to hold both the reality of the injury and the hope of becoming a survivor, and why this process, though it feels endless, is finite. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/survivor-mindset Timestamps 00:00 A Word On Mindset 01:12 So Incredibly Blindsided 02:49 An Injury, Not A Failing 03:23 The Pull Toward Victimhood 05:01 Tools Learned From Others 06:33 Holding Onto 'Survivor' 08:48 So Much Life After This 09:31 You Are A Survivor If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: Suicide crisis lines by country Heads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place.

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  Why You Feel Better, Then Worse

  Sep 1, 202615 min

  Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet In this video I share why withdrawal can swing you between huge fear and total flatness, what your nervous system is doing as it tries to regulate, and the grounding, co-regulation, and routines that helped me heal. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/why-withdrawal-symptoms-come-and-go 00:00 The Pattern You Cannot Predict 01:32 A Story Of Coming Out The Other Side 02:11 Two Jobs Your Brain Is Doing 04:54 One Little Stick, Not A Tree 07:01 You Cannot Rush A Plant 09:23 Dirty Windows And Clear Ones 11:28 Lean In Full Tilt 13:42 Why You Forget The Other State 14:27 You Aren't Alone If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country Heads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place.

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  What I Prayed When I Couldn't See a Way Out

  Jul 23, 202631 min

  Join my email list for a free 1-to-1 call with me: lifeaftermeds.com/meet I share a bunch of ideas for coping through a bad wave in psychiatric drug withdrawal, plus some encouragement if you're in the middle of one right now. Blog version: How to Cope Through a Bad Wave Was this video helpful? Leave a tip . If you're having thoughts of self-harm, view the support hotlines available around the world . Video chapters: 00:00 — Coping Through a Bad Wave 04:39 — When Thoughts Go Haywire 09:50 — Pillows and Grounding 10:23 — Dishes and Laundry in Slow Motion 13:26 — Sticky Notes to Your Future Self 14:31 — Borrowing Someone Else's Calm 20:35 — Tears That Are Actually Healing 23:51 — A Dog With a Bone 28:16 — Hang In There With Me Heads up: This channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Read the full disclaimer . Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place.

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  Losing Your Confidence in Psych Drug Withdrawal

  Jun 30, 20269 min

  💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet In withdrawal, confidence can almost completely vanish. I want to explain the reasons it drops so hard, why the alien feeling isn't your trajectory, and why you are still in there. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/losing-your-confidence-in-psychiatric-drug-withdrawal Was this video helpful? Leave a tip: https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country 00:00 When Confidence Disappears 00:27 On the Other Side 01:09 Why It Falls Apart 01:41 Disconnected from Yourself 02:40 Can't Remember, Can't Connect 05:23 Not Your Trajectory 05:57 It Comes Back Like Christmas 06:44 Glimpses of What's Coming 08:10 You're Still in There 08:41 You Are on Your Way Heads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

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