Rhi Griffith emphasizes the importance of a gradual approach to psychiatric drug withdrawal. She advises starting with small cuts and long holds, listening to one's body rather than adhering to a strict schedule. Keeping a daily symptom journal can help identify patterns, ultimately leading to a more personalized tapering process that minimizes suffering.
A harrowing odyssey of Effexor. -- This is a popular archival page. I can see by the stats on the blog that sometimes people happen upon one of these posts via search and then they sit and click through one after another until they've read the whole thing! I've noticed this a few times now and I don't really look at my stats all that closely most of the time, so I imagine it happens with some frequency. People get glued to their computer for a few hours!
This is a tool box, where there are many tools that help support wellness. It’s not an exhaustive list, but at this point it’s a very long post! It’s a good collection of what I use most frequently and often daily. We all come up with different combinations of things to weather the journey through chronic illness. Perhaps some of my tools will be helpful for you too. If this post is helpful please feel free to copy it and share it broadly.
I first created this list of symptoms of psychiatric drug withdrawal in December of last year (2009), so it makes sense to revisit it here a year later. What is most mindblowing for the unitiated is the sheer volume of diverse chaos a body with an injured autonomic system can come up with!
The more research I do about glutamate, the more I realize its importance in benzo function and withdrawal. For those of you who like to do research I highly recommend taking some time to look into glutamate neurotransmission...
Last year my psychiatrist asked me to do him a favor. He teaches at a Chinese Medicine school. He does the Western Psychiatry block of the course. He asked me to come into his class to be interviewed by a student. They would be taking my "history." I told him that if I did that... Continue Reading →
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