Mid-life Men: the mental health podcast
Mid-life Men: the mental health podcast
Philip Briscoe
Antidepressants Didn't Work for Me, with Erik Peers
34 minutes Posted Jul 27, 2026 at 8:00 pm.
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Most of us assume antidepressants are there to help. For many people, they do. But for Erik Peers, the experience was very different. In this deeply personal conversation, Erik shares how he was prescribed antidepressants during a stressful period in his life, despite believing he wasn't depressed. What followed was nearly ten years of medication, repeated attempts to stop, severe withdrawal, and a growing realisation that the treatment he trusted was actually keeping him trapped. Today, Erik...