Tag: coming off psychiatric medications
Meds vs. No Meds? My Search for Freedom of Mind
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
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 Fiddamanās 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...
For the last month or so, Mad in America has been hard at work building a directory of āmental healthā providers across North America (and eventually, we hope, the world) who will work with people wanting to come off psychotropic drugs.Ā Iāve been honored to have been tasked with the responsibility of building this directory, and I have to say, itās been inspiring to talk to people all over the country who do this work, and who āget itā.
Components for a Good Neuroleptic Withdrawal Program
The United States desperately needs good programs to help people withdraw from neuroleptic drugs. From all I have seen and heard, there arenāt 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.