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🔵 Try Epoch Times now: https://ept.ms/3Uu1JA5 This is the 30 minute TV version of Jan Jekielek’s interview with Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring. The longer-form version was released on Epoch TV on March 25, 2025. 🔴 Watch the extended version of this episode: https://ept.ms/Y0325JosefWittDoerring “Fifteen or 16 percent of the population [is] now taking antidepressants … When they’ve gone out and asked people who actually use these medications whether they’re experiencing sexual dysfunction, approximately 60 percent of people will [affirm] it.” Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring is a board certified psychiatrist, former FDA medical officer, and director of the Taper Clinic. He treats patients suffering from post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD), and protracted withdrawal—two conditions becoming more common, and in some cases permanent, in people who have stopped taking antidepressants. “SSRIs and antidepressants are really popular drugs. Some people just don’t want to believe that they could potentially cause something so catastrophic,” he says. “We should only be using these medications after we’ve done everything else.” In this episode, Dr. Josef Witt-Doering discusses how patients can safely discontinue psychiatric medications and regain control of their mental health, and why there needs to be more awareness about conditions that arise after people stop taking their drugs. “What I saw going through all of that ... as a drug safety officer ... was essentially that we really were practicing outside of what the psychiatric clinical trials and the evidence showed,” says Witt-Doerring. “Doctors have been led astray about the drugs to the point where they overestimate the benefits and minimize the harm.” CHAPTER TITLES 0:00:01 - The Rising Use of Antidepressants and Sexual Dysfunction 0:00:20 - Introduction to Dr. Josef Witt and Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction 0:01:21 - Understanding Sexual Dysfunction in Antidepressant Users 0:03:39 - Prevalence of Antidepressant Use and Effectiveness 0:06:59 - The Cost-Benefit Analysis of Psychiatric Medications 0:10:00 - Breaking the Myth of Chemical Imbalance 0:13:33 - Exploring Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) 0:18:47 - Medical Gaslighting and Patient Experience 0:22:58 - Concluding Thoughts on Medication Safety and Mental Health 🔵 Sign up for the American Thought Leaders ALERTS newsletter to stay up-to-date on new episodes, releases, and special events 👉 https://ept.ms/ATLnewsletter 💛 Support us 👉https://donorbox.org/american-thought-leaders ------------------------------------------------- © All Rights Reserved.