Tag: coming off psychiatric medications

Meds vs. No Meds? My Search for Freedom of Mind

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I have stayed on the same daily, 10 mg dosage of Abilify for the last few years. Although I am compliant, I am not satisfied: I do not feel whole. I do not feel authentic.

Study 329 in Japan

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By 2002 GlaxoSmithKline had done 3 studies in children who were depressed and described all three to FDA as negative. Ā As an old post on Bob Fiddamanā€™s blog reproduced here outlines, several years later they undertook another study in children in Japan. (Editor's note: This is a re-print, by David Healy, of a post by Bob Fiddaman)

Finding the Meaning in Suffering: My Experience with Coming off Psychiatric...

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For the last month or so, Mad in America has been hard at work building a directory of ā€œmental healthā€ providers across North America (and eventually, we hope, the world) who will work with people wanting to come off psychotropic drugs.Ā  Iā€™ve been honored to have been tasked with the responsibility of building this directory, and I have to say, itā€™s been inspiring to talk to people all over the country who do this work, and who ā€œget itā€.

Components for a Good Neuroleptic Withdrawal Program

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The United States desperately needs good programs to help people withdraw from neuroleptic drugs. From all I have seen and heard, there arenā€™t any - none at least that can reputably claim to get good results on a fairly consistent basis. Again and again I find myself challenged to envision such a program, and in reply to the challenge I have broken down this hypothetical program into various components.