437: What if a peptide stole your sanity?

After growing up with financial instability, a fiercely independent man builds the successful life he always dreamed of, but when his behavior begins to change in frightening and inexplicable ways, his mind, marriage, and everything he’s worked for begin to unravel.

Today’s episode featured Daniel Murphy. If you’d like to reach out to Daniel, you can email him at Peptidevictims@gmail.com.

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Mental illness and psychosis, substance-induced behavioral changes, anabolic steroid use, emotional and psychological abuse, domestic conflict, suicidal ideation, hospitalization, and divorce/family breakdown, explicit language.

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