🎙 Beyond the Taper: Understanding Protracted Psychiatric Medication Withdrawal & Paths to Healing | Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast

Welcome to The Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast with Dr. Alice Lee, holistic psychiatrist based in Salt Lake City, Utah. In this powerful and eye-opening episode, Dr. Lee dives deep into the often overlooked reality of protracted psychiatric medication withdrawal—where symptoms continue long after the medication has been stopped.

🔍 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• What protracted withdrawal really is—and how it differs from normal tapering.
• Why even "mild" meds like SSRIs can lead to long-term effects on the gut, neurotransmitters, and immune system
• How genetics and detox pathways (like those found through 23andMe) can influence withdrawal severity.
• The role of the immune system and inflammation in protracted symptoms.
• Why proper withdrawal protocols and experienced guidance are critical for healing.
• How Dr. Lee’s Energy Medicine Techniques (like EET and Infinite Intention Technique) are helping patients recover.
• The importance of activated B vitamins and glandular support to restore health.

💡 Key Takeaway: Healing is possible—with the right blend of functional and energy medicine, individualized care, and a deeper understanding of the body’s healing systems.

✨ Resources Mentioned: 🌐 Visit Dr. Lee’s website: https://www.holisticpsychiatrist.com
📘 Learn about the Empower Energy Technique & Infinite Intention Technique
🧬 Explore genetic testing tools like 23andMe

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Dr. Lee is located in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Holistic practitioners believe in healing the mind, body, and soul. However, it's rare to find clear examples of an association between spirituality, religiosity, and physical well-being. Tina's (pseudonym) healing journey clearly illustrates these relationships.

Despite decades of disappointment in her struggle to find the "right" medications, Tina, who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, didn't need a long list of supplements to restore her health quickly and effectively.

What helped her instead?

Her powerful transformative process largely depended on a safer and more compassionate relationship with God and her religious community.

Come and learn more about the mysterious, invisible forces within us that often get ignored and dismissed as we rush to heal the physical body. This podcast will turn our assumptions and approaches to healing upside down and inside out!

Enjoy! Have a joyful week!

Support the show

To sustain my work as a holistic psychiatrist and support my efforts to improve psychiatric treatment for all through my podcasts, articles, website, and YouTube channel, please show your appreciation and help champion holistic psychiatry by clicking HERE to contribute!

Click here to listen to all of The Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast episodes

Contact here to email Dr. Lee directly.

If you like this podcast, please give it a 5-star rating and share this with others! Thank you!

For more about Dr. Alice W. Lee, please visit:

Website: www.holisticpsychiatrist.com

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To schedule consultations or appointments, call Dr. Lee's office at 240-437-7600

Dr. Lee is located in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

The content provided by this podcast is for informational purposes only and has not been approved by the U.S. FDA. This podcast is not intended to provide personal medical advice, which should be obtained from a medical prof...

What is mindful masculinity? Scott Grace's new book, Mindful Masculinity, made me wonder. Does masculinity or femininity exist, or are they artificial social constructs?

Through songs, Dr. Seuss-like poetry, and profound and practical insights, Scott explores typical stereotypes of masculinity, often embraced by men to their detriment, and how to shift false bravado to new ways of living authentic lives filled with healthy emotional connections and relationships.

We discuss the nature of masculinity and his insightful chapters on ego, emotional repression, and feelings of inadequacy that fuel the need for a false masculine façade. Enjoy!

Want a quick preview? Check out highlights from the first six chapters here on Scott’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf6GohgVoX1isfti72X6bsGXgOzklc9Yd

Mindful Masculinity is available on

Support the show

To sustain my work as a holistic psychiatrist and support my efforts to improve psychiatric treatment for all through my podcasts, articles, website, and YouTube channel, please show your appreciation and help champion holistic psychiatry by clicking HERE to contribute!

Click here to listen to all of The Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast episodes

Contact here to email Dr. Lee directly.

If you like this podcast, please give it a 5-star rating and share this with others! Thank you!

For more about Dr. Alice W. Lee, please visit:

Website: www.holisticpsychiatrist.com

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To schedule consultations or appointments, call Dr. Lee's office at 240-437-7600

Dr. Lee is located in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

The content provided by this podcast is for informational purposes only and has not been approved by the U.S. FDA. This podcast is not intended to provide personal medical advice, which should be obtained from a medical prof...

Dr. Tomi Mitchell's new book: The Soul-Sucking, Energy-Draining Life of a Physician: How to Live a Life of Service Without Losing Yourself, discusses the soul-sucking side of medicine—aspects of work that cause burn-out among so many physicians and other professionals in stressful careers.

Over the years, she has learned how to identify and address these work-related hazards to shield people and help people create a thriving life. Listen to this amazing podcast, which uses common sense, wisdom, and humor to help you avoid the emotional and psychological pitfalls found at work. This book isn’t just for physicians, it’s for all individuals struggling to overcome burnout and wanting to thrive.

During the podcast, we cover important questions such as:

1. Why is the relationship with the self the most crucial part of the Burnout Triad and how does it influence our worldview?
2. How does Dr. Mitchell’s book address the issue of physician burnout differently from other resources on this topic? What unique perspective or approach does she offer?
3. How does the book address the concept of work-life balance for physicians?
4. What are the three E’s and why are they important?
5. What’s one lesson or piece of advice from Dr. Mitchell’s book that she wished she had known earlier in her career?

To reach Dr. Tomi Mitchell:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtomimitchell/
Website: https://www.holisticwellnessstrategies.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtomimitchell/
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-mental-health-wellness- show/id1579108575
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrTomiMitchell
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrMitchellHWS
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@drtomimitchell
Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/@drtomimitchell

Support the show

To sustain my work as a holistic psychiatrist and support my efforts to improve psychiatric treatment for all through my podcasts, articles, website, and YouTube channel, please show your appreciation and help champion holistic psychiatry by clicking HERE to contribute!

Click here to listen to all of The Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast episodes

Contact here to email Dr. Lee directly.

If you like this podcast, please give it a 5-star rating and share this with others! Thank you!

For more about Dr. Alice W. Lee, please visit:

Website: www.holisticpsychiatrist.com

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To schedule consultations or appointments, call Dr. Lee's office at 240-437-7600

Dr. Lee is located in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

The content provided by this podcast is for informational purposes only and has not been approved by the U.S. FDA. This podcast is not intended to provide personal medical advice, which should be obtained from a medical prof...

After a year, Emily reached out to me to further discover any remaining
deep-seated, underlying issues that impeded her ability to continue her
path towards fulfillment and well-being.

What brought her back to further her healing? What are the critical areas that must heal in order to succeed in sustaining long-term happiness, health, and fulfillment?

Emily shares her continued efforts to create a vibrant life beyond her
successful medication withdrawal this second time around.

In this podcast, she shares what was the most important thing she learned this time around and leaves us with some surprisingly gentle last words of advice we can all use.

Click on this link listen to Emily’s first podcast: Empowering Emily: Holistic Healing From Almost Everything

Support the show

To sustain my work as a holistic psychiatrist and support my efforts to improve psychiatric treatment for all through my podcasts, articles, website, and YouTube channel, please show your appreciation and help champion holistic psychiatry by clicking HERE to contribute!

Click here to listen to all of The Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast episodes

Contact here to email Dr. Lee directly.

If you like this podcast, please give it a 5-star rating and share this with others! Thank you!

For more about Dr. Alice W. Lee, please visit:

Website: www.holisticpsychiatrist.com

More stories and insights: Holistic Articles

YouTube: The Holistic Psychiatrist

To schedule consultations or appointments, call Dr. Lee's office at 240-437-7600

Dr. Lee is located in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

The content provided by this podcast is for informational purposes only and has not been approved by the U.S. FDA. This podcast is not intended to provide personal medical advice, which should be obtained from a medical prof...

Beyond the Carousel of Medications and Mainstream Narratives isn't just about one person's healing journey, it's about a new integrative approach to treating "mental illness" beyond the standard of care that uses psychopharmacological interventions.

Jupiter Leone spent 23 years on a psychiatric carousel of medications for
depression, anxiety, and ADHD. In addition, she experienced countless
psychotherapy sessions to heal her low self-esteem, fears, and emotional highs
and lows. When she began her holistic healing journey working with Dr. Lee,
she was taking a benzodiazepine, a mood stabilizer, a stimulant, ketamine,
marijuana, and psilocybin.

In a few months, she was able to come off her medications, feeling
physically and mentally stronger than she had ever felt, and more stable and
calm than she envisioned possible. Therapeutic issues that previously resisted
psychotherapeutic interventions quickly resolved through energy healing
techniques. In this podcast, Jupiter shares her wonderful healing progress over
just a few months of treatment.

Jupiter belongs to that group of treatment-resistant patients who quickly and easily responds to nutritional support and energy healing techniques. She is very sensitive and intuitive, and she shares her ability to sense energy during our interesting discussion.

Both of us are excited to share her healing journey, which was unexpectedly easier than we initially thought possible. During the podcast, Jupiter shares words of advice and the most important lesson she learned through her healing journey.

Enjoy!

Click here for Jupiter's Substack articles: Jupiter Leone's Substack

Support the show

To sustain my work as a holistic psychiatrist and support my efforts to improve psychiatric treatment for all through my podcasts, articles, website, and YouTube channel, please show your appreciation and help champion holistic psychiatry by clicking HERE to contribute!

Click here to listen to all of The Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast episodes

Contact here to email Dr. Lee directly.

If you like this podcast, please give it a 5-star rating and share this with others! Thank you!

For more about Dr. Alice W. Lee, please visit:

Website: www.holisticpsychiatrist.com

More stories and insights: Holistic Articles

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To schedule consultations or appointments, call Dr. Lee's office at 240-437-7600

Dr. Lee is located in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

The content provided by this podcast is for informational purposes only and has not been approved by the U.S. FDA. This podcast is not intended to provide personal medical advice, which should be obtained from a medical prof...

How to Achieve Abundant Finances and Fulfilling Relationships

Creating abundance may be easier than you think when we use energy healing techniques to help us bring abundance into our lives. This recording was created for my patients and now it's freely available to you as well. 

I think we all need a little more abundance in our lives, don't you?

The root of scarcity comes from feeling that we are “not enough.” Healing this belief is at the root of transforming patterns in our lives that lead us back to not having enough.

To enjoy abundance, our beliefs need to change; we need to feel deeply that we are more than enough. 

I hope that as you enjoy this podcast that you will be able to create and be aligned with the power of abundance within you.

I hope you'll find this energy healing approach helpful!

Support the show

To sustain my work as a holistic psychiatrist and support my efforts to improve psychiatric treatment for all through my podcasts, articles, website, and YouTube channel, please show your appreciation and help champion holistic psychiatry by clicking HERE to contribute!

Click here to listen to all of The Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast episodes

Contact here to email Dr. Lee directly.

If you like this podcast, please give it a 5-star rating and share this with others! Thank you!

For more about Dr. Alice W. Lee, please visit:

Website: www.holisticpsychiatrist.com

More stories and insights: Holistic Articles

YouTube: The Holistic Psychiatrist

To schedule consultations or appointments, call Dr. Lee's office at 240-437-7600

Dr. Lee is located in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

The content provided by this podcast is for informational purposes only and has not been approved by the U.S. FDA. This podcast is not intended to provide personal medical advice, which should be obtained from a medical prof...

In this EET Healing Series, I share an EET template to help with hypersensitivity reactions to nutrients such as vitamins and minerals. I also include other innate, natural molecules that sometimes end up with hypersensitivity reactions. 

When the immune system becomes hypersensitized to nutrients, we can experience intense, chronic inflammation and oxidative stress that can be disabling and resistent to conventional treatment. 

What causes hypersensitivity to nutrients?

What positive shifts can happen when we use energy medicine approaches to
reinform the immune system?

Join me to find out!

Support the show

To sustain my work as a holistic psychiatrist and support my efforts to improve psychiatric treatment for all through my podcasts, articles, website, and YouTube channel, please show your appreciation and help champion holistic psychiatry by clicking HERE to contribute!

Click here to listen to all of The Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast episodes

Contact here to email Dr. Lee directly.

If you like this podcast, please give it a 5-star rating and share this with others! Thank you!

For more about Dr. Alice W. Lee, please visit:

Website: www.holisticpsychiatrist.com

More stories and insights: Holistic Articles

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To schedule consultations or appointments, call Dr. Lee's office at 240-437-7600

Dr. Lee is located in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

The content provided by this podcast is for informational purposes only and has not been approved by the U.S. FDA. This podcast is not intended to provide personal medical advice, which should be obtained from a medical prof...

Have you ever been triggered by an experience or even a bit of stimuli associated with some past trauma(s) such that your past traumatic suffering adds to your suffering in the present? Who hasn’t, right?

Everyone’s mind is made to associate the current experience with past related experiences. But what if those past experiences are so debilitating and overwhelming that it crushes our ability to respond rationally in the present?

In this session, I share the use of Infinite Intention Technique Story Form to help us heal from being triggered by past traumas. Story Form is the most difficult level of Infinite Intention Technique to do because it involves so much creativity and imagination. But it is also one of the most powerful energy techniques I know.

Today’s technique focuses on transforming past trauma(s) into a growth promoting, nurturing experience. Using story, symbolism, imagination, visualization, intention, and Life Energy, we try to connect the conscious and subconscious minds to transform through Life Energy.

One patient shared this about her experience using IIT Story Form:

"During the IIT Story Form visualizing the spinning, sucking holes that represented past traumas, I felt waves of energy flowing from the top of my head going down through my limbs. I also felt intense dizziness towards the end of the visualization. It lasted for a couple of hours afterwards, and progressively got better over that time.

Afterward, I noticed a lot of purging that lasted for over a week. I was having normal bowel movements about 2-3 times per day without any changes to my diet, which was highly unusual for me. It was not painful or uncomfortable. I used this visualization to help me heal from intense anxiety about what others thought of me, past adolescent suffering, and feeling misunderstood.

Over the next week, new ideas that continued to support my healing process presented themselves seemingly out of the blue. I also had a few experiences where I felt seen and understood by people important to me and was able to distance myself from worrying about what others thought of me.” 

Heidi (name changed for anonymity)

Another patient reported:

"At the beginning of the Infinite Intention Technique Story Form, Dr. Lee led me throug

Support the show

To sustain my work as a holistic psychiatrist and support my efforts to improve psychiatric treatment for all through my podcasts, articles, website, and YouTube channel, please show your appreciation and help champion holistic psychiatry by clicking HERE to contribute!

Click here to listen to all of The Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast episodes

Contact here to email Dr. Lee directly.

If you like this podcast, please give it a 5-star rating and share this with others! Thank you!

For more about Dr. Alice W. Lee, please visit:

Website: www.holisticpsychiatrist.com

More stories and insights: Holistic Articles

YouTube: The Holistic Psychiatrist

To schedule consultations or appointments, call Dr. Lee's office at 240-437-7600

Dr. Lee is located in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

The content provided by this podcast is for informational purposes only and has not been approved by the U.S. FDA. This podcast is not intended to provide personal medical advice, which should be obtained from a medical prof...

Today's recording walks you through the Empower Energy Technique (EET) to help you address the habit of bossing yourself around to get tasks done. It was an EET template used during one of my sessions with a patient that I think many people would benefit from healing within themselves.

Many struggle with attention, focus, and organization long before being diagnosed with a mental health problem. That's because these functions are often the most sensitive to stress and show up long before depression, bipolar disorder, or psychosis appears.

Performance suffers when underlying causes of mental illness cripples executive functions. In response to disappointing academic or work performance, people often develop a habit of whipping or berating themselves to accomplish tasks.

This process often starts early in life during school and continues for the rest of one's life. Of course, this inner, negative dialogue makes life and work even more unpleasant and onerous. Self-esteem dwindles and self-hatred becomes the norm. 

If you find yourself caught in this habit, this EET technique walks you through a healing template to restore your ability to accomplish tasks with self-compassion, joy, and excitement rather than fear and self-doubt. 

I hope you'll find the session helpful!

Support the show

To sustain my work as a holistic psychiatrist and support my efforts to improve psychiatric treatment for all through my podcasts, articles, website, and YouTube channel, please show your appreciation and help champion holistic psychiatry by clicking HERE to contribute!

Click here to listen to all of The Holistic Psychiatrist Podcast episodes

Contact here to email Dr. Lee directly.

If you like this podcast, please give it a 5-star rating and share this with others! Thank you!

For more about Dr. Alice W. Lee, please visit:

Website: www.holisticpsychiatrist.com

More stories and insights: Holistic Articles

YouTube: The Holistic Psychiatrist

To schedule consultations or appointments, call Dr. Lee's office at 240-437-7600

Dr. Lee is located in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

The content provided by this podcast is for informational purposes only and has not been approved by the U.S. FDA. This podcast is not intended to provide personal medical advice, which should be obtained from a medical prof...