Roman Kemp says coming off antidepressants has been “troublesome”.
Roman Kemp: ‘I’ve come off antidepressants and it has been tougher than I assumed it will be’
The 32-year-old presenter began taking sertraline, an antidepressant, as a youngster and though he weaned himself off the medicine slowly and safely, Roman admitted it has been tougher than he anticipated.
He advised the Mirror: “It comes and goes, however within the final 12 months for me, it has been very fascinating – I’ve come off antidepressants and it has been troublesome. It has been a bit tougher than I assumed it will be.”
Talking concerning the risks of going chilly turkey, Roman mentioned: “By no means try this. I’ve performed that and my physician gave me a really agency telling off. I really ended up in one of many worst locations of my life once I did that. However once I did it this time, you got here down slowly and got here off it. For me, I do not take a look at it like a failure; if I’ve bought to return on them, so be it. That is what’s higher for me.”
Roman was left devastated in 2021 when his shut pal and Capital FM colleague, Joe Lyons took his personal life and Roman fronted the BBC Three documentary, Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency, to discover psychological well being points amongst younger males.
He mentioned: “It is actually arduous, I discuss it now, it may possibly come throughout in a desensitised approach. It is easy for me to speak about as a result of there isn’t any taboo round it for me, as a result of the worst factor has already occurred.”
“It is a determination that I made once I wished to make it, and also you’re in a catch-22. In a single sense, if you happen to mentioned to me, ‘Take a look at all these folks you might need helped with Joe’s story, would you fairly have that or have Joe again?’ I would all the time simply have him again; it sounds egocentric in a approach. That is the scenario we’re in.
“I did not make the primary documentary to attempt to assist anybody; that was for me to attempt to perceive it myself. I’ve all the time mentioned, I made it very selfishly to work out what occurred to my good friend. From somebody who had already thought of killing themselves, how have I not seen that?
“That is the troublesome factor, the problem is making folks realise it is not simply psychological well being consciousness day or month. World suicide prevention day should not be a factor; it ought to be day by day. That is the journey we have got to go on.”
