Following the premiere of the Quiet on Set documentary — which chronicled the allegedly toxic work environment child actors were exposed to at Nickelodeon during the early aughts — a television writer has come forward about her own experiences working under Dan Schneider, who was responsible for many of the network’s hit shows.

In a statement shared on X, Amy Berg wrote, “I don’t talk much about my time there, but my VERY first job in town was as Dan’s assistant.”

“During my year with Dan, I wasn’t aware of any physically inappropriate behavior,” she wrote, after noting she worked with him “for less than a year” before he left the network. “What I can confirm, however, is that he was a fucking asshole. A psychological tormenter. He introduced me to panic attacks and the stress of working for him caused me to develop a significant heart arrhythmia.”

She continued, “I eventually had surgery to [mostly] correct the issue, but by that point I’d lost all of my 20s. He stole those years from me.”

Berg’s statement is in line with what other former staffers have said about Schneider, both in the Nickelodeon documentary and in previous reports made about the writer. One former Nickelodeon employee interviewed in Quiet on Set said working for him felt like “being in an abusive relationship.”

Berg maintained that while her career was not “affected” by the traumatic experience, her personal life was.

Berg wrote, “I became a shut-in due to the fear of having a medical crisis away from home. I was unable to cultivate relationships or nurture friendships. And to this day I carry with me an anxiety disorder that fiercely rears its head when faced with other manipulators.”

Berg — who has since gone on to work on shows such as Law & Order: Organized Crime, Warrior Nun, and Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan — later added in a follow-up statement, “As a showrunner, I’ve also had high expectations of the people who work for me. But you know what’s more important than that? Treating them like human beings. Psst, here’s a secret… when you do that, they work harder for you.”

Schneider has also been accused of pushing to include inappropriate content in his shows, including accusations that he lobbied for the young actors to wear “revealing” clothing and wrote sketches that one former child actor described as “uncomfortable.”

A spokesperson for Schneider shut down the claims, stating that Schneider’s work was “carefully scrutinized by dozens of involved adults, and approved by the network.”

“Had there been any scenes or outfits that were inappropriate in any way, they would have been flagged and blocked by this multilayered scrutiny,” they said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

“Remember, all stories, dialogue, costumes, and makeup were fully approved by network executives on two coasts,” they said. “A standards and practices group read and ultimately approved every script, and programming executives reviewed and approved all episodes. In addition, every day on every set, there were always parents and caregivers and their friends watching filming and rehearsals.”

You can watch Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV on Max, where all of the Quiet on Set episodes are now streaming.