powerback Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 https://www.madinamerica.com/2017/04/petition-give-better-support-reliant-antidepressants/ From Daily Express: A patient advocacy group has launched a petition at the Scottish Parliament requesting improved support services for people withdrawing from antidepressants. People from any country can participate; click here to sign the petition. Alcohol free since February 2015 1MG diazepam 4.5MG PROZAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerback Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 if theres to be any change with these poisons we need to be at least signing petitions . Alcohol free since February 2015 1MG diazepam 4.5MG PROZAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz11 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 signed nz11 Thought for the day: Lets stand up, and let’s speak out , together. G Olsen We have until the 14th. Feb 2018. URGENT REQUEST Please consider submitting for the petition on Prescribed Drug Dependence and Withdrawal currently awaiting its third consideration at the Scottish Parliament. You don't even have to be from Scotland. By clicking on the link below you can read some of the previous submissions but be warned many of them are quite harrowing. http://www.parliament.scot/GettingInvolved/Petitions/PE01651 Please tell them about your problems taking and withdrawing from antidepressants and/or benzos. Send by email to petitions@parliament.scot and quote PE01651 in the subject heading. Keep to a maximum of 3 sides of A4 and you can't name for legal reasons any doctor you have consulted. Tell them if you wish to remain anonymous. We need the numbers to help convince the committee members we are not isolated cases. You have until mid February. Thank you Recovering paxil addict None of the published articles shed light on what ssri's ... actually do or what their hazards might be. Healy 2013. This is so true, with anything you get on these drugs, dependance, tapering, withdrawal symptoms, side effects, just silent. And if there is something mentioned then their is a serious disconnect between what is said and reality! "Every time I read of a multi-person shooting, I always presume that person had just started a SSRI or had just stopped." Dr Mosher. Me too! Over two decades later, the number of antidepressant prescriptions a year is slightly more than the number of people in the Western world. Most (nine out of 10) prescriptions are for patients who faced difficulties on stopping, equating to about a tenth of the population. These patients are often advised to continue treatment because their difficulties indicate they need ongoing treatment, just as a person with diabetes needs insulin. Healy 2015 I believe the ssri era will soon stand as one of the most shameful in the history of medicine. Healy 2015 Let people help people ... in a natural, kind, non-addictive (and non-big pharma) way. J Broadley 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyssa Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Signed as well. Thanks for posting this. 2001 (Age 12) - PROZAC 10mg for situational anxiety. Taken over a few weeks. 2005 - PROZAC 10mg. Taken over 7 months. Made me depressed and feel ill. Tapered off over 2 weeks on advice from doctor. April 2014- SERTRALINE 25mg. Had a severe adverse reaction within 12 hours. Only took 1 dose. October 2014- MIRTAZAPINE 15mg February 2015- Upped Mirtazapine to 30mg because I was feeling much worse than before I started taking it. August 2015- Dropped Mirtazapine back to 15mg because 30mg was causing even more severe side effects. October 2015- Mirtazapine 7.5mg. Desperate to get off and feeling awful. December 2015- Drug free. 5 days after last Mirtazapine tablet hit by severe WD symptoms. January 2016. Hospitalised because of WD symptoms. Given 2mg of Diazepam. January 2016 - December 2016. 2mg DIAZEPAM taken as needed. Didn't really help much and never took more than 5 tablets in a month. Still suffering from numerous symptoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Frogie Posted May 1, 2017 Moderator Share Posted May 1, 2017 Just signed thanks... Maybe it will help me in the United States. PREVIOUS medications and discontinuations: Have been on medications since 1996. Valium, Gabapentin, Lamictal, Prilosec and Zantac from 2000 to 2015 with a fast taper by a psychiatrist. Liquid Lexapro Nov, 2016 to 31-March, 2019 Lexapro free!!! (total Lexapro taper was 4 years-started with pill form) ---CURRENT MEDICATIONS:Supplements:Milk Thistle, Metamucil, Magnesium Citrate, Vitamin D3, Levothyroxine 25mcg, Vitamin C, Krill oil. Xanax 1mg 3x day June, 2000 to 19-September, 2020 Went from .150 grams (average weight of 1 Xanax) 3x day to .003 grams 3x day. April 1, 2021 went back on 1mg a day. Started tapering May 19, 2023. July 28, 2023-approximately .87mg. Dr. fast tapered me at the end and realized he messed up. Prescribe it again and I am doing "slower than a turtle" taper. Last dose June 24, 2024 19-September, 2020 Xanax free!!! (total Xanax taper was 15-1/2 months-1-June, 2019-19-September, 2020) I am not a medical professional. The suggestions I make are based on personal experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyssa Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 For anyone who would like to sign this petition, I think that the closing date for signing is tomorrow. 2001 (Age 12) - PROZAC 10mg for situational anxiety. Taken over a few weeks. 2005 - PROZAC 10mg. Taken over 7 months. Made me depressed and feel ill. Tapered off over 2 weeks on advice from doctor. April 2014- SERTRALINE 25mg. Had a severe adverse reaction within 12 hours. Only took 1 dose. October 2014- MIRTAZAPINE 15mg February 2015- Upped Mirtazapine to 30mg because I was feeling much worse than before I started taking it. August 2015- Dropped Mirtazapine back to 15mg because 30mg was causing even more severe side effects. October 2015- Mirtazapine 7.5mg. Desperate to get off and feeling awful. December 2015- Drug free. 5 days after last Mirtazapine tablet hit by severe WD symptoms. January 2016. Hospitalised because of WD symptoms. Given 2mg of Diazepam. January 2016 - December 2016. 2mg DIAZEPAM taken as needed. Didn't really help much and never took more than 5 tablets in a month. Still suffering from numerous symptoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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