10 Things I Learned in 5 Years Consulting With People Coming Off Psych Drugs
It's been over 5 years since I started offering non-medical consultations to people in the process of coming off or hoping to come off psych drugs. I wanted to share here some things I have learned in this process. Despite how far we have come, we have a long way to go in the quest to liberate all who wish to be liberated from psychiatry.
Calm, Organized, Homicidal Behaviour – My Connection to School Shooters
There is little doubt in my mind that many school shooters were in an antidepressant-induced state of psychosis, which is a loss of contact with reality that makes it difficult to distinguish between what is real and what is not real. That's what happened to me. I started taking 60mg of Paxil a day. Three days later, I planned my suicide. Then I planned a murder.
Existential Therapy Assists Patients Withdrawing From Psychiatric Drugs
Confronting existential anxiety through “Basal Exposure Therapy” shows promising results in people withdrawing from psychotropic drugs.
A Tale of Two Studies
With increasing evidence that psychiatric drugs do more harm than good over the long term, the field of psychiatry often seems focused on sifting through the mounds of research data it has collected, eager to at last sit up and cry, here’s a shiny speck of gold! Our drugs do work! One recently published study on withdrawal of antipsychotics tells of long-term benefits. A second tells of long-term harm. Which one is convincing?
Psychiatry Poured Oil Down the Hill I Was Climbing
I have nothing good to say about the psychiatric drugs prescribed to me or about the psychiatrists that prescribed them. I did not have a condition that needed to be medicated. There was no informed consent about the severe and indefinite damage that the drugs caused me, and I did not have the appropriate help withdrawing from them.
Formal Complaint to the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists
Professor John Read and colleagues recently wrote to the President of the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists to raise concerns about statements made in a letter published in the Times newspaper. Having not received a satisfactory response to this letter, Professor Read and colleagues have today lodged a formal complaint with the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Life Sentence: Life Behind the Bars of the Mental Health System
The minute you sit down in the chair in a mental health professional's office, you’re no longer seen as a person. The mental health system is incapable of seeing past the solid wall of your current label. Their only cure is drugs. "First Do No Harm" are powerful words. It’s unfortunate they don’t apply to psychiatry.
Black Truth: Medicated in America
Follow the explosive page-turning story of Mark Black and his family from Oklahoma who in the 1970s, were thrust into a harsh world of...
A Massachusetts Benzo Bill That Mandates Informed Consent
H. 3594 would require pharmacists to distribute pamphlets containing information on benzodiazepine misuse and abuse, risk of dependency and addiction, handling and addiction treatment resources. This would be a major legislative response to the prescribing patterns for these drugs today.
Learning About Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal
We held the first course ever on psychiatric drug withdrawal on 12 June 2017 in Copenhagen. The course was open to patients, relatives, psychologists, doctors and other social and healthcare workers, and 77 people participated.
Disinhibited
The party would continue for a time, but an inevitable crash ensued. I left my family, was fired from my job for uncontrollably screaming at my boss, and gambled away whatever money I had left in the stock market. A debilitating depression soon began, of a magnitude I could not previously have imagined. I had lost everyone and everything in my life.
Recovering from Psychiatry
Recovering from Psychiatry is a website created by psychiatric survivor Laura Delano for those who believe in or want to explore life beyond psychiatric labels and...
The Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry
The Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry (CEP) exists to communicate evidence of the potentially harmful effects of psychiatric drugs to the people and institutions in the UK...
benzo.org.uk
benzo.org.uk is a website dedicated to sufferers of iatrogenic benzodiazepine tranquilliser addiction. Launched on July 6th, 2000, the site consists of articles, information, expert medical...
Beating Benzos
Beating Benzos is a website created by a benzodiazepine survivor to provide information, help, and encouragement for those who have been prescribed benzodiazepine drugs and...
Battle Against Tranquillisers
Battle Against Tranquillisers is an organization created to lessen the harm caused by benzodiazepine and Z drug tranquillisers and sleeping pills. The organization's stated aims...
A Traumatic History: A Unique Look at PTSD and the Dangers of Antidepressants
A Traumatic History: A Unique Look at PTSD and the Dangers of Antidepressants is a memoir by Barclay Neel about his experience with and recovery...
Replacing Pain with Pain: Hazards of Antidepressant Use for Chronic Pain Relief
The paradox of relieving chronic pain with an antidepressant (and a new set of symptoms).
BenzoBookReview.com
BenzoBookReview.com provides a list of books on benzodiazepine withdrawal, including both memoirs and guide books, along with reviews and summaries of each book. All of...
Addiction by Prescription: One Woman’s Triumph and Fight for Change
"In 1966, when Joan Gadsby's four-rear-old son died of brain cancer, her doctor prescribed a 'chemical cocktail' of sleeping pills and anti-depressants. It was...
Free Yourself from Tranquilizers and Sleeping Pills: A Natural Approach
"Providing an upbeat and natural approach to overcoming one of the most widespread forms of drug dependency, this book is a step-by-step guide to...
Beyond the Barrier
Beyond the Barrier is a memoir by Felicity Bielovich that recounts her journey from sanity into the agonizing depths of depression as a result of...
The Judas Window
"The Judas Window is a story about the devastating consequences of prescription drug abuse - a story of enormous significance to the thousands of people everywhere who...
Facebook Group: Gabapentin Awareness
Gabapentin Awareness is a Facebook community for people who want to learn about the adverse effects and withdrawal effects of Gabapentin. The group provides educational...
The Antidepressant Solution: A Step-by-Step Guide to Safely Overcoming Antidepressant Withdrawal, Dependence, and “Addiction”
The Antidepressant Solution: A Step-by-Step Guide to Safely Overcoming Antidepressant Withdrawal, Dependence, and "Addiction" is a withdrawal guide specifically written for people coming off...
