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Balancing Our Bodies and Our Selves

April 14, 2024 25 Comments

Thanks to R who helped trigger this important RxISK post and some doctoring. . In July 2023, RxISK ran a post, written by R, giving an account of her Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness.  PPPD was new to us.  R had been in regular contact for a decade because of protracted withdrawal problems. Her problems came back in waves that were difficult to manage. She was then … [Read more...] about Balancing Our Bodies and Our Selves

A New RxISK for a New Year

January 14, 2024 9 Comments

  Our New Year’s resolution is to strengthen and expand RxISK.org. We want the website to reach more people who have problems or questions about their prescription drugs, and to offer them more resources. Even more important, we want to expand its role as a hub for you to share information about you experiences, hopefully in a way that might serve as a springboard for … [Read more...] about A New RxISK for a New Year

Drugs & Sex & Fertility – and SSRIs

January 7, 2024 13 Comments

Our Love Life Needs You © Nina Otulakowski August 2022 This post calls on everyone, male or female, currently or previously taking any drug who thinks that a drug may have impacted on their fertility. Fertility should be of interest to anyone taking serotonin reuptake inhibiting drugs - SSRIs, SNRIs, tricyclics, antihistamines, antibiotics, analgesics and related drugs - … [Read more...] about Drugs & Sex & Fertility – and SSRIs

Withdrawal, PSSD and Cholinergic Drugs

September 25, 2023 75 Comments

Health Warning I don’t know a great deal about the issues in this post. Experts by Experience and The Marketing of Anticholinergic Maleficence along with Psychotropic Drug Follies will give some feel for the background that makes it difficult to be certain about anything linked to the cholinergic drugs.  The Past Present and Future article will need to be downloaded to take to … [Read more...] about Withdrawal, PSSD and Cholinergic Drugs

Visual Snow: A Looming Epidemic

September 11, 2023 23 Comments

There have been multiple RxISK posts on visual problems linked to SSRI use, starting a decade ago with Keeping an Eye on the Ball and most recently Visual Snow Protocol and New Study of Antidepressants and Vision Problems. Visual Snow can be episodic linked to migraine, or continuously present when triggered by antidepressants. When visual problems - palinopsia, enhanced … [Read more...] about Visual Snow: A Looming Epidemic

PPPD – Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness

July 17, 2023 71 Comments

This post is from R, whom I came into contact with at least a decade ago. She had significant SSRI dependence and withdrawal issues. And was very discombobulated by the difficulties she was having. Back in 1997 after a difficult and stressful house move I went to see my Family Doctor because I was getting a lot of headaches and panic attacks in crowded places. She said I was … [Read more...] about PPPD – Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness

Podcasts, YouTube Channels, Blogs and Related

January 23, 2023 3 Comments

In some of the comments after the last post, POGO mentioned that Josef Witt-Doerring has done two interviews with me so far and posted them on his site. The Risks of Antidepressants  and Antidepressants and Mass Shootings/Murder Suicide: An interview has also appeared on Demystifying Science podcast with  Anastasia & Michael Shilo The Podcast called … [Read more...] about Podcasts, YouTube Channels, Blogs and Related

Antidepressant Neuropathy and the Color of Life

October 10, 2022 16 Comments

Is there life after meds?

Illustration: Is There Life After Meds?, © 2014 created by Billiam James Here is a Question put to the recent RxISK post on Sensory Neuropathy. I’m a psychologist and I have made numerous attempts to discontinue antidepressants only to experience significant withdrawal symptoms. I’ve been on antidepressants for 25 years at this point and have made four unsuccessful attempts … [Read more...] about Antidepressant Neuropathy and the Color of Life

Sensory Receptors, Small Fibres and Neuropathy

September 21, 2022 35 Comments

RxISK began in 2012. One of its main goals was to offer people an opportunity to report problems they had on treatments – any treatment – and generate a report they could take to a doctor in the hope this might get the doctor to take their problem seriously. I had seen my first cases of Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) in 2000, had been writing about withdrawal since the … [Read more...] about Sensory Receptors, Small Fibres and Neuropathy

Tsang/Shidlofsky Visual Snow Protocol

April 25, 2022 28 Comments

Visual snow describes the appearance of flickering dots or “static” in the field of vision. It’s thought to be a problem with visual processing rather than a structural issue within the eyes. This can cause difficulties for patients when trying to report visual snow to their doctor, as standard eye examinations typically find no abnormalities in these patients. The problem … [Read more...] about Tsang/Shidlofsky Visual Snow Protocol

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