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The Gaslit Truth Podcast is hosted by Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz, exploring mental health, psychiatric medication withdrawal, therapy culture, and informed consent.

In this episode, Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz talk about the problems when a spouse diagnoses the other with a mental health disorder. 

What if the story you’ve been told about mental health—diagnose fast, medicate faster—misses the point of why you’re suffering? We sit with psychiatrist Dr. Josef Whitt Doerring, a specialist in deprescribing and withdrawal management, to unpack how incentives, marketing, and habit have shaped care more than science. He explains why the celebrated biopsychosocial model rarely guides practice, how normal stress and grief get pathologized, and why short trials can’t answer decades-long safety questions.

We dig into hot-button topics with nuance: the ADHD wave across classrooms and midlife women, the absence of definitive brain or blood tests, and the predictable boost stimulants give almost anyone. Dr. During shares an inside view from the FDA and pharma on how adverse events are processed and why risk signals—especially long-term—can be minimized. We address antidepressant black box warnings directly, noting the increased suicidal behavior risk in people under 25 found in FDA labels, the neutral results for most adults, and the slight benefit in older adults. Along the way, we examine how social media and stigma have flipped the script, turning “get help” into “get meds,” and how calling for balanced, informed consent often gets framed as dangerous.

Most importantly, we talk about how safe tapering actually works. The dose schedule is the easy part. The hard work is creating a safe container for returning emotions, rebuilding sleep and stress skills, and rethinking relationships and careers that meds may have muted. Many discover that the problems were social, medical, or lifestyle based—and solvable—once agency comes back. This is not an anti-medication screed; it’s a pro-consent, pro-context roadmap for people who want options, clarity, and a path to feel like themselves again.

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