Description

Ear Function in SSRI Withdrawal: A Comparison with Symptoms of Other Ear-Related Syndromes is Laurna Tallman’s study of 107 subjects who provided data online for researchers about their symptoms following the withdrawal of their SSRIs and other psychoactive medications. SSRIs are one of the categories of drugs prescribed for mood disorders, for situational depression and anxiety, for chronic depression and anxiety, for OCD, and for schizophrenia. In the latter case, the SSRIs usually are added to other psychoactive drugs. This study revealed that the symptoms of people during withdrawal from SSRIs, and their residual symptoms following withdrawal, are identical to the symptoms of people diagnosed with dyslexia, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS, fibromyalgia), depression, OCD, bipolarity, or schizophrenia. The study highlights the coincidence of vestibular symptoms with suicidal depression. Thus, it seems likely that Focused Listening therapy used for SSRI withdrawal symptoms also may heal the conditions for which the medications initially were prescribed.

Since this study was published, increasing evidence from people using Focused Listening while taking medication is that the music therapy accelerates the medication withdrawal and recovery process. Complete withdrawal of the medication is necessary for normal left-brain dominance and normal speeds of integration to be achieved. Signs of increasing left-brain dominance can occur, even under medication, which indicates that medication can be reduced incrementally in response to those observable changes.