Your provider says it is not withdrawal. Now what?

You reduced your dose, the dizziness and electric jolts started two days later, and the person who prescribed it told you that is not a thing. This episode is about what to do next.

We cover what the research actually shows about how often withdrawal happens and how severe it can be, why many clinicians were trained to expect something mild and brief, and how withdrawal differs from relapse in its timing, its symptoms and how it responds to the dose. Then the practical part: the sources a provider will recognize, how to describe your own timeline so it does the persuading for you, the one specific request that fits inside a ten-minute appointment, and the sign that it is time to look for a different provider.

Read the full guide: What If Your Doctor Says Antidepressant Withdrawal Isn't Real?. To find a clinician who works on deprescribing, see our provider directory.

The hosts of this episode are AI-generated, and the discussion is built from our written guide.

Educational only, not medical advice. Never stop a medication without your provider. If you are in crisis in the US, call or text 988.