Let's Talk Withdrawal

Holly Higgins talks about her own experiences with psychiatric drugs and withdrawal and how she became a nutritional therapy practitioner and healed her depression and anxiety with real food

Stevie talks about her experiences taking the SSRI antidepressant Seroxat and her severe and protracted withdrawal from the drug

Chaya Grossberg talks about her experiences of the psychiatric system and her naturopathic approach to mental health and wellbeing

Elaine talks about her experiences with antidepressant and stimulant drugs, her withdrawal and how she felt judged rather than helped by psychiatry

Judy Meyer talks about her experiences of the psychiatric system and how she became a holistic mental health practitioner and mental health advocate

Sinead describes her 16 years of treatment with antidepressants, her attempts to withdraw and how she feels about starting medications for her emotional distress

Doctor Peter Groot from Maastricht University talks about his own experiences of antidepressant drugs and his novel, practical solution for those who want to withdraw safely: Tapering Strips

David talks about his sanguine view of antidepressant drugs and his own experiences of the mental healthcare system

Meghann describes her experiences of being prescribed antidepressant drugs for OCD at the age of 9 and how she approached stopping them some 17 years later

Doctor Gary Sidley talks about his years of experience within NHS mental health services and alternatives to bio-medical psychiatry as ways of responding to human suffering

Gemma talks about her experiences with antidepressants and benzodiazepines

Marion Brown talks about psychiatric drugs, Human Givens therapy and medically unexplained symptoms

Simone talks about her experiences of postnatal depression, fibromyalgia and her treatment with antidepressants

Doctor Joanna Moncrieff on psychiatric drug mechanisms of action, antidepressant/antipsychotic withdrawal and the RADAR study

Megan talks about how she came into contact with psychiatric medications and how she approached her antidepressant withdrawal after two failed attempts

Robert Whitaker talks about the astonishing rise in mental ill health despite the availability of psychiatric drugs

Tina talks about her experience with depression, her use of antidepressant drugs and how a change in her medication led to her withdrawal problems

Susie talks about stopping her antidepressant cold turkey after 2 years and how her doctors failed to recognise antidepressant withdrawal

Doctor Lucy Johnstone on how the underlying causes of emotional distress are often unexplored, and why that might be

Nora talks about her extreme adverse reaction to an antidepressant which started almost immediately and left her with physical and psychological problems

Kevin P Miller talks about his documentary films Generation Rx and Letters From Generation Rx which tell the powerful stories of families harmed by psychiatric medications

Christopher Jump talks about his transformational journey from psychiatric hospital to woking in peer support and wellness

Dede Moore on how the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) help her with antidepressant withdrawal

Doctor David Healy on prescribing practice, medicine safety and pharmaceutical regulation

Doctor Terry Lynch on the myth of the brain chemical imbalance and why psychiatry has pursued a purely medical approach to distress with terrible consequences

Daryl on being prescribed antidepressant drugs at 9 years old and his experiences with OCD, Tourettes syndrome and PSSD

Professor Peter Gøtzsche on why prescription drugs are now the third leading cause of death and the pharmaceutical manufacturers dominance of mental healthcare

Giovanna talks about her SSRI antidepressant treatment over 23 years and her attempts to withdraw

Claire talks about antidepressant withdrawal, tapering and SSRI discontinuation syndrome

Professor John Read on the epidemic of psychiatric overprescribing and the lack of research into withdrawal