Author, writer and advocate Brooke Siem joins Tim to talk about her own experience with doctors prescribing anti-depressants to long-term negative effects. Brooke is an advocate for the practice of safe de-prescribing for psychiatric drugs. In 2022, she published a memoir on her own struggles with antidepressant withdrawal. The title of that book is called, “May Cause Side Effects.”

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Brooke is also a chef who co-founded New York City’s Prohibition Bakery in 2011, and in 2017 she was crowned a Food Network “Chopped” Champion. She tells a behind-the-scenes story that illustrates her struggles with anti-depressant withdrawal.

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Links from Our Conversation:

May Cause Side Effects: A Memoir: Siem, Brooke: 9781949481891: Amazon.com: Books
Brooke Siem - Brooke Siem Brooke Siem
Learn Happy Substack: www.brookesiem.substack.com
Brooke Siem: What This Famous Chopped Winner Is Doing Now (mashed.com)
What I wish I had known before I stopped taking antidepressants, and before I started - Washington Examiner
Why we should stop casually prescribing antidepressants to teens (nypost.com)