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The Case Against Antidepressants
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<blockquote data-quote="FunkOdyssey" data-source="post: 232736" data-attributes="member: 44064"><p>This paper from the founder of SurvivingAntidepressants.org highlights the risks that accompany abrupt withdrawal of psychiatric drugs. The author advocates for a careful, protracted withdrawal process, whereby the drug dose is reduced as slowly as 5-10% per month, in order to prevent post-acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS or PWS):</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7970174/#" target="_blank">Ther Adv Psychopharmacol.</a> 2021; 11: 2045125321991274.</p><p>Published online 2021 Mar 16. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2045125321991274" target="_blank">10.1177/2045125321991274</a></p><h3>What I have learnt from helping thousands of people taper off antidepressants and other psychotropic medications</h3><p><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Framer%20A%5BAuthor%5D" target="_blank">Adele Framer</a></p><h3>Abstract</h3><p>Although psychiatric drug withdrawal syndromes have been recognized since the 1950s – recent studies confirm antidepressant withdrawal syndrome incidence upwards of 40% – medical information about how to safely go off the drugs has been lacking. To fill this gap, over the last 25 years, patients have developed a robust Internet-based subculture of peer support for tapering off psychiatric drugs and recovering from withdrawal syndrome. This account from the founder of such an online community covers lessons learned from thousands of patients regarding common experiences with medical providers, identification of adverse drug reactions, risk factors for withdrawal, tapering techniques, withdrawal symptoms, protracted withdrawal syndrome, and strategies to cope with symptoms, in the context of the existing scientific literature.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7970174/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FunkOdyssey, post: 232736, member: 44064"] This paper from the founder of SurvivingAntidepressants.org highlights the risks that accompany abrupt withdrawal of psychiatric drugs. The author advocates for a careful, protracted withdrawal process, whereby the drug dose is reduced as slowly as 5-10% per month, in order to prevent post-acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS or PWS): [URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7970174/#']Ther Adv Psychopharmacol.[/URL] 2021; 11: 2045125321991274. Published online 2021 Mar 16. doi: [URL='https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2045125321991274']10.1177/2045125321991274[/URL] [HEADING=2]What I have learnt from helping thousands of people taper off antidepressants and other psychotropic medications[/HEADING] [URL='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Framer%20A%5BAuthor%5D']Adele Framer[/URL] [HEADING=2]Abstract[/HEADING] Although psychiatric drug withdrawal syndromes have been recognized since the 1950s – recent studies confirm antidepressant withdrawal syndrome incidence upwards of 40% – medical information about how to safely go off the drugs has been lacking. To fill this gap, over the last 25 years, patients have developed a robust Internet-based subculture of peer support for tapering off psychiatric drugs and recovering from withdrawal syndrome. This account from the founder of such an online community covers lessons learned from thousands of patients regarding common experiences with medical providers, identification of adverse drug reactions, risk factors for withdrawal, tapering techniques, withdrawal symptoms, protracted withdrawal syndrome, and strategies to cope with symptoms, in the context of the existing scientific literature. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7970174/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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