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What happens when the medication prescribed to help you ends up stealing fundamental aspects of your humanity? We sit down with Cael, a courageous 22-year-old who sought help for college anxiety at 19 and ended up trapped in a web of psychiatric medications that permanently altered his ability to feel emotions and experience physical pleasure. His story exposes the devastating reality of Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction, a condition that affects one in every 216 antidepressant users yet remains buried in medication inserts and dismissed by doctors.

Cael walks us through his journey from normal college adjustment anxiety to a cascade of psychiatric medications including Lexapro, Effexor, Zoloft, Cymbalta, and antipsychotics. Despite multiple doctors and genetic testing that promised personalized treatment, each medication brought new side effects that were blamed on "underlying conditions." The emotional numbness and sexual dysfunction that followed have left him feeling disconnected from family, friends, and romantic relationships during what should be the peak years of his life.

We explore how international health agencies recognize PSSD while the FDA continues to minimize these life-altering risks. Kale's experience reveals the urgent need for true informed consent and the courage required for young people to speak out against a system that failed them. His story serves as both a warning and a call to action for better protection of vulnerable patients seeking mental health care.

If you've experienced similar effects or know someone who has, this episode provides validation and resources for understanding what might really be happening. Subscribe for more whistleblowing conversations that challenge the psychiatric establishment and share this episode to help others connect the dots in their own medication journeys.

What happens when the medications meant to help actually take away your ability to feel joy, love, and connection? In this raw and eye-opening episode of The Gaslit Truth Podcast, we sit down with Cael, a brave 22-year-old who sought help for anxiety at 19—only to be caught in a devastating cycle of overmedication, misdiagnosis, and permanent side effects.

➡️ Watch as Kale shares his story of emotional numbness, loss of sexual function, and betrayal by a system that promised healing. From Lexapro to Zoloft to antipsychotics, Kale’s journey shin

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