I'm about to begin my Klonopin taper---or more precisely my clonazepam taper since I'm on a generic. Amazing, huh? Once I start this taper it's really the beginning of the end of my withdrawal. I've tapered off 5 meds have Lamictal to finish off and Klonopin is the only one I've not even begun yet,... Continue Reading →
What’s in a name?
The name I use here, Gianna Kali, most of your probably know, but perhaps not all of you do, is a pseudonym. I do not use my real name for issues of privacy. A number of things concern me. First, I write about sensitive personal matters that sometimes include other people, in particular family members... Continue Reading →
Rejoicing yes, but still dealing with toxic meds
Warning: rambling ahead! Ever since I've been on Lamictal I've had problems with varying degrees of nausea. Sometimes quite severe. I've missed work for years due to Lamictal nausea and I also spent years trying to figure out what was causing it by going to gastro docs repeatedly who gave me a panoply of medicines... Continue Reading →
Celebration time
I was going to wait a week or two but I can't stand it. I'm OFF Risperdal. This is day two. The end of 20 years of the domination of my soul. Yes, neuroleptics are soul killing. And I was thinking I'd wait to tell just "to be sure." But the withdrawal has been so... Continue Reading →
Beginner’s guide to psychiatric drug withdrawal
***To navigate the rest of the archives on this blog look at the list of pages at the top of the right sidebar I've posted this piece three times since I first started this blog. It's a primer of sorts to help people start withdrawing psychiatric drugs as safely as possible and includes resources written... Continue Reading →
Just an article and another link
Congress Pummels Establishment Psychiatry but Neglects a Brave Psychiatrist---Bruce Levine and the brave psychiatrist and his wonderful work: Mosher's Soteria House
Another hiatus
I'm taking another hiatus. I took one several months ago and it lasted 8 days. In the next two weeks I will be in the process of moving and settling into a new home and a new life. I actually hope to find ways to express myself and my creativity and develop my spirituality off-line.... Continue Reading →
Alternative treatment vs. traditional medical care
I wrote this more than a year ago. I didn't have many readers then and now I have a lot of readers who have never read most of what I wrote in the early months. So today I'm publishing a piece I first wrote in May of 2007. Here it is----I've edited and changed it... Continue Reading →
Psychiatry for sale
This article keeps popping up in my inbox. I didn't bother reading it for days because it's all old news to me and I've had too much on my plate. The thing is it's an important read and it's a good article. From Alternet and by Bruce Levine, read here.
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