Surviving a Mental Hospital and Psychiatric Drugs: John’s Story

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Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications by Peter Breggin and David Cohen: https://amzn.to/2TpnuQr

Mad in America provides an overview of antidepressant drugs, with links to scientific articles. The review explains their biological action as well as the research on their short- and long-term efficacy: https://www.madinamerica.com/drug-inf...

Journal of the American Medical Association providing evidence for antidepressant-induced mania that leads to bipolar disorder diagnoses: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...

NAMI says that 1 in 4 people taking antipsychotics will experience tardive dyskinesia: https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Menta...

“How to Quit Antidepressants: Very Slowly, Doctors Say” in the New York Times: https://nyti.ms/2SMXFYy

Mad in America has a number of resources regarding psychiatric drug withdrawal: https://www.madinamerica.com/drug-wit...

Examples of antipsychotics (also known as neuroleptics) include: aripiprazole (Abilify), clozapine (Clozaril), lurasidone (Latuda), olanzapine (Zyprexa), quetiapine (Seroquel), risperidone (Risperdal), ziprasidone (Geodon), Chlorpromazine, (Thorazine), and Haloperidol (Haldol).

Examples of SSRIs (a common type of antidepressant) include: sertraline (Zoloft), fluoxetine (Prozac, Sarafem), citalopram (Celexa), escitalopram (Lexapro), paroxetine (Paxil, Pexeva, Brisdelle), and fluvoxamine (Luvox).

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Note: This video does not constitute medical advice. Stopping psychiatric drugs, especially abruptly, can be dangerous, as withdrawal effects may be severe, disabling or even life-threatening.

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Video edited by Daniel Mackler