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Gaslit Into Taking My Own Medical Advice w/ Nicole Lamberson: A PA's Journey Through Medication Harm

🚨 Meet Nicole Lamberson — a Western-trained Physician Assistant who did what we’re all told to do: She asked for help. Instead of healing, she was prescribed six psychiatric drugs at once… and nearly lost her life. 😔 We’ve been conditioned to believe that mental health struggles should automatically lead us to the doctor’s office. But what if that system isn’t always the answer? What if—for some—it’s the very thing causing the harm? 💊 Nicole’s story is a powerful wake-up call about polypharmacy, medical betrayal, and the dark side of psychiatric care. 🎙️ On this week’s episode of The Gaslit Truth Podcast, your Deep-Throating Informants Dr. Teralyn and Therapist Jenn sit down with Nicole to explore how she was gaslit into taking her own medical advice—and how she fought her way back. 📢 It’s time to talk about what’s really going on behind the prescription pad. What happens when a medical professional becomes the victim of the very medications they once prescribed? Nicole Lamberson, physician assistant and medical director for the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, takes us through her harrowing journey from stressed PA student to polypharmacy casualty to powerful advocate for medication safety. Nicole's story begins with work-related anxiety during PA school that led to a prescription for Xanax. What followed was a five-year nightmare of escalating medications – six psychiatric drugs simultaneously, including multiple benzodiazepines, stimulants, and antipsychotics. As her health deteriorated, Nicole found herself unable to function, agoraphobic, and eventually suicidal. When she attempted to discontinue these medications, she encountered a medical system utterly unprepared to help patients safely taper off psychiatric drugs. The podcast explores the profound gaps in medical education around deprescribing, with Nicole revealing that her professional training included "absolutely zero" instruction on safely discontinuing medications. This knowledge vacuum creates dangerous situations where withdrawal symptoms are misdiagnosed as worsening mental illness or drug-seeking behavior. Even when patients report severe adverse effects, they're often dismissed as "outliers" or told their experiences are "rare." Through her recovery journey, Nicole became a vital voice in medication safety. She now contributes to deprescribing guidelines, works with the Withdrawal Project, distributes the documentary "Medicating Normal," and coaches individuals through psychiatric medication discontinuation. Her work balances scientific rigor with deep compassion born from lived experience. This eye-opening conversation challenges listeners to question the narratives around psychiatric medications, advocate for themselves in medical settings, and recognize that healing The Gaslit Truth Podcast will be live and in person at the Feed the Recovering Brain Conference in Dublin, Ohio Join us with the top names in brain health, including Christina Veselak, Hyla Cass, and Julia Ross, author of The Mood Cure. We’ll be bringing you interviews and behind-the-scenes content as we explore how nutrition transforms mental wellness. ‪@MedicatingNormal‬ Support the show Are you tired of being gaslit and want to DEEP THROAT some more truth? We want to hear from you! Message us your gaslit stories at [email protected] While you are at it, Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube @thegaslittruthpodcast. Be sure to Hit that subscribe button and get alerts for more episodes! Thanks for listening! Follow Us individually at Dr. Teralyn: Instagram @Dr_Teralyn Facebook @DrTeralyn Tik Tok @Dr_Teralyn Therapist Jenn: Instagram @TherapistJen TikTok @Jenn.Schmitz