PSSD Awareness

 

PSSD
Post Anti-depressant Sexual Dysfunction
Lets talk about it

First of all -- this is a real thing. Thousands of people are coming out every day sharing their experience to permanent or long term loss of their sex drive, reproductive nerves, and/or lack of orgasm AFTER coming off their antidepressants.

Not only are they struggling with losing an essential function that is a huge part of being human, but they are gaslit from medical establishments. Nobody was told that this would be a side effect, they were only told that they would experience these symptoms short term while ON the medications and would go away once they eventually come off. Either this was an unexpected side effect, or they lied--or both.

As I have mentioned many times on my website and instagram, I have a strong motivation to help those who have been deceived by the medical establishments to take these medications--and have then fallen victim to their long term side effects. I stand by that I am not inherently against all use of them, there really is a time and a place, but I am against the over-use and lack of full disclosure about what these medications COULD do long term.

Over my 3 years of my phytotherapy/herbalism studies, I have dedicated myself to understanding how herbs can help with SSRI and SNRI damage--as well as how herbs can help with depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric conditions in general.

Through my own experience of walking this path and the path of tapering down from Effexor (the hardest of the SNRI's to come off of), I have experimented and tried and tested many different mechanisms of herbal therapy with lifestyle changes.

Through adrenal support, circulation support, repairing nerve damage, hormonal regulation, and liver support, I have found the right formulas that help to address and support many of the antidepressant injuries that are prevalent today.

A large part of my future herbal practise will be devoted to helping those who have been impacted by these medications. And I urge anyone who may be or know anyone who may be struggling to get in touch with me. I want to help and share my knowledge. I would also love to take on clients to ......

support them through one on one consultations and customized herbal formulas.

You don't have to go through this alone. I see you, hear you, and am angry with you.

- Love Sydney

How to support my business:

 

  • After recently graduating from Pacific Rim College with my Clinical Medical Herbalism Degree, I will be opening up to accepting clients who want the support of customized herbal formulas to support their health journey. My speciality is in mental health and supporting antidepressant withdrawals, however, I also work with hormonal issues, thyroid imbalances, digestive issues, and many others that are the underlying basis of nervous system disorders. Email me for more details.
  • If you enjoy my astrology and want to see how I would read and analyze your own birth chart, then book in for a reading!
  • Spread the word! My instagram page for herbalism is @elliesherbalshack and my astrology will now be under the business name of @seedofpotentials . Give me a follow, where I share more information, and keep you informed of other projects I will be apart of.
  • Donate to buy me a coffee — where I use that money to invest more into expanding my business, and save up for property to grow herbs for a future apothecary.
  • Subscribe to my sub stack of “Ellies Herbal Shack”, where I share more articles (including scientific papers) about the use of herbal medicine.

- Love Sydney