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 young person 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 attention-grabbing – I’ve come off antidepressants and it has been troublesome. It has been a bit tougher than I assumed it will be.”
Talking in regards to the risks of going chilly turkey, Roman stated: “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 acquired 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 stated: “It is actually exhausting, I talk about it now, it could actually come throughout in a desensitised means. It is simple for me to speak about as a result of there is not any taboo round it for me, as a result of the worst factor has already occurred.”
“It is a resolution that I made once I wished to make it, and also you’re in a catch-22. In a single sense, in the event you stated to me, ‘Have a look at all these folks you may need helped with Joe’s story, would you quite have that or have Joe again?’ I would at all times simply have him again; it sounds egocentric in a means. That is the state of affairs 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 at all times stated, I made it very selfishly to work out what occurred to my pal. From somebody who had already thought of killing themselves, how have I not seen that?
“That is the troublesome factor, the issue 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 must be each day. That is the journey we have to go on.”
