Withdrawal Index
Video of Anti-depressant withdrawal Interview between Malcolm Hulatt and Jill Wootton
This interview about his wife's struggle with and eventual withdrawal from Venlafaxine and other medications was kindly given by Malcolm Hulatt to Jill Wootton of Uncommon Knowledge in the hope that it will help others in a similar position. It is not intended as a substitute for appropriate medical advice.
View the withdrawal video here.
The video begins with a poem by Malcolm called “Neuroleptic Nightmare”, the words to which are given below.
Neuroleptic Nightmare 10/2/03
The neuroleptic nightmare takes its toll,
A drug induced lobotomy of kind,
The patient now a stranger in the home,
A loss of sense of being in the mind.
It eliminates facial character,
Tranquillises all sensibility,
Leaves the person just a passenger,
As life takes on complete futility.
We cannot see the damage that it does,
Camouflaged by the illness that it treats,
Withdrawal gives such agonising throes,
Proposes us a challenge we must meet.
There is no choice we have to see this through,
Fighting not just illness, but also treatment too.
For more on Malcolm's poetry, click here: Poems
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