I agree with you, I’ve gone of ssri’s before (cold turkey under impatient care) and didn’t withdraw.
I agree with you. SSRI's do not produce withdrawals when you go off of them cold turkey. Anti-psychotics do though. There was a time when I was not compliant with my medications that included an anti-psychotic called Seroquel. I would have major withdrawals from that, and I would take it again to get rid of the withdrawal symptoms then go through the whole process again and again until I got it through my head that I needed to take them the way my Dr. prescribed them.
Long story short: I was addicted to crack cocaine before the meds and when I got sober from crack, I was reluctant to take any medications because in my mind they were just legal drugs. After sobriety I thought any medication was bad for a while.
The withdrawals from Seroquel were horrendous to say the least. I can about guarantee you that his "psych" meds included an anti-psychotic like Seroquel and that was what he was getting the withdrawals from.
P.S. I have been clean from crack now for over 24 years!
Sorry I have been gone for so long I have been really sick with Covid. I'm doing much better now.