However, there are some resources on the internet which are based on medical research and lived experience that can help educate patients about safe tapering and enlighten doctors about de-prescribing.

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Please Note:&nbsp; Nothing on this website constitutes medical advice. We simply encourage patients to educate themselves about psychiatric medications. No one should abruptly stop prescribed psychiatric medications. Patients need to slowly taper off their drug(s) over a period of many months even years. Without slow tapering the symptoms of prescribed <a href="https://medicatingnormal.com/withdrawal/" dir="ltr">drug withdrawal</a> can be severe, possibly life threatening and disabling.Unfortunately many doctors are not knowledgeable about the need for patient-centered, slow tapering off psychiatric medications. Many doctors will taper a patient off psychiatric medications much too quickly, over weeks or months, even though the patient may have been on the drug for years. When alarming physiological, emotional, psychological symptoms develop, this is often viewed as the illness coming back – and often used as a reason why the patient needs to stay on the medication.However, there are some resources on the internet which are based on medical research and lived experience that can help educate patients about safe tapering and enlighten doctors about de-prescribing.Below is an excellent article by researcher and psychiatrist, Josef Witt-Doerring, appearing in a professional journal, Psychiatric Times. <a href="https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/addiction/online-communities-drug-withdrawal-what-can-we-learn" rel="noopener" dir="ltr">https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/addiction/online-communities-drug-withdrawal-what-can-we-learn </a><img width="253" height="168" src="https://zdjj1ewmhf-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cepuk-logo-300x200.jpg" alt=""><h3>Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry (U.K.)</h3>A British website that highlights the latest medical research on the failures and problems associated with psychiatric medications.<a href="http://cepuk.org/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" dir="ltr">Please see their very useful page</a> which lists many websites that offer support and information for people withdrawing from psychiatric drugs.

Psychiatric drug withdrawal is emerging as a significant issue within psychiatry. We have provided a few resources to help demystify the withdrawal process.

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Please Note:  Nothing on this website constitutes medical advice. We simply encourage patients to educate themselves about psychiatric medications.

No one should abruptly stop prescribed psychiatric medications. Patients need to slowly taper off their drug(s) over a period of many months even years. Without slow tapering the symptoms of prescribed <a href="https://medicatingnormal.com/withdrawal/">drug withdrawal </a>can be severe, possibly life threatening and disabling.

Unfortunately many doctors are not knowledgeable about the need for patient-centered, slow tapering off psychiatric medications. Many doctors will taper a patient off psychiatric medications much too quickly, over weeks or months, even though the patient may have been on the drug for years. When alarming physiological, emotional, psychological symptoms develop, this is often viewed as the illness coming back – and often used as a reason why the patient needs to stay on the medication.

However, there are some resources on the internet which are based on medical research and lived experience that can help educate patients about safe tapering and enlighten doctors about de-prescribing.

Below is an excellent article by researcher and psychiatrist, Josef Witt-Doerring, appearing in a professional journal, Psychiatric Times. <a href="https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/addiction/online-communities-drug-withdrawal-what-can-we-learn">https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/addiction/online-communities-drug-withdrawal-what-can-we-learn </a>

Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry (U.K.)

A British website that highlights the latest medical research on the failures and problems associated with psychiatric medications.

<a href="http://cepuk.org/support/">Please see their very useful page </a>which lists many websites that offer support and information for people withdrawing from psychiatric drugs.

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