Tibetan Buddhist monks hand out free #Laba# porridge at the #Yonghe# Lama Temple in Beijing, on Monday, which marks the traditional Laba Festival in China. Laba Festival is considered a prelude to Spring Festival.

“I never got to experience the full range of emotions and feelings of being human … ” “Anytime I tried to go off [SSRIs], it would throw me into such a severe panic.” “Now I'm dealing with the realization that I've missed a lot of life.” Nobody told Cameron LaBar that the side effects of SSRIs would completely change his life. Take 2 minutes to hear his story: “When you talk to a doctor about that, a very common response is: that is a part of your underlying condition, you probably need the medication.” “It wasn't until I stumbled across a video from Mark [Horowitz] that suggested that these [symptoms aren’t] part of who I am.” “It took me 20 years to find that out.” “I've been tapering for about 3 years now.” “I'm down to about 7.5 milligrams of Lexapro.” “It's probably gonna take me another 3 to 5 years to get the rest of the way [off] given how these drugs work.” “But imagine the fury, the rage of [realizing] I could have figured this out a lot sooner.” “I could have functioned as a human being all along.” “I could have had friendships.”

“I could have not been numb.” “These are the things that I'm now struggling with.” “A lot of my experience, year after year, has been discounted and affected by these drugs.” If you had a similar experience to Cameron with psychiatric drugs, you are not alone. We want to hear your story. Share your experience in a reply below, or share a video and tag us @_innercompass. @MAHA_Institute