154. Antidepressants Affect Every System in the Body — and Even Leading Withdrawal Researchers Are Missing It

Focusing only on brain chemistry leaves us blind to the bigger picture.

About two months ago, while lying in a hospital bed thanks to a serious virus that left me closer to death than I’ve ever been, I opened an Instagram direct message from a stranger in antidepressant withdrawal who was begging—literally begging—me to save their life.

I looked around the hospital room, examined the IV bruises on both my arms, and said to m…