Surviving ADs

Peer support site for tapering psychiatric drugs & recovery from withdrawal. Advocating non-drug strategies for mental health. AKA @Altostrata #Deprescribing

[Surviving ADs @SurvivingADs]

Hello -- Will be tweeting about #Deprescribing from @Altostrata account. If you are interested in #psychiatric #deprescribing, please follow @Altostrata. Will use this account for tweets about my Web site, https://t.co/xGVfNhy5Mo

[Surviving ADs @SurvivingADs]

@dropthedisorder @Institute_PDW @MedicatingNorm1
@Mad_In_America @angpeacock1111 @BenzoReform

[Psychotropic Deprescribing Council @PsychotropicDC]

Register today! On September 10, pharmacist Dr. DeLon Canterbury talks about how he established an independent deprescribing practice and his methods for deprescribing psychotropics, illustrated by a case study. Donation requested. For more information, https://t.co/41ZzjvbWM4

[Surviving ADs @SurvivingADs]

WEBINAR Monday, July 28, 2025 Hyperbolic tapering tips: Barriers and enablers with Mark Horowitz, MBBS, PhD - Events, actions, controversies - Surviving Antidepressants https://t.co/2pQ4pgQP9a

[Psychotropic Deprescribing Council @PsychotropicDC]

@dropthedisorder @PsychSIGN @PsychiatristsCA @BasedPsychMD @Institute_PDW @MedicatingNorm1 @Mad_In_America @angpeacock1111 @SurvivingADs @DeprescribeNet @DeprescribeUS @BenzoReform

[Surviving ADs @SurvivingADs]

@Support @premium There is no way to contact X support except for very limited specific problems.

[Surviving ADs @SurvivingADs]

Hello -- Who is leading Antidepressant Withdrawal Australia? Please contact me.

Antidepressant Withdrawal Australia 2025 - Lived Experience 8 mins https://t.co/hJG002jKwa via @YouTube

[Mad In America @Mad_In_America]

A Relationship Imbalance, Not A Chemical Imbalance
by Amy Begel

With DSM-III, everything we knew about relationship dynamics was buried under the tidal wave of the pharmaceutical industrial complex.
https://t.co/4vS0nexQ8q

[Mad In America @Mad_In_America]

Researchers: “We Do Not Suggest” Antipsychotics for Depression

Augmenting with antipsychotics was no better at reducing suicide than adding antidepressants, but led to increased risk of death from other causes.

By Peter Simons

https://t.co/0QuQZLYsik

[Michael P. Hengartner, PhD @HengartnerMP]

How to define behavioral addictions such as problematic social media use, so that we don't pathologise normal behavior but also don't miss clearly dysfunctional investment? According to our new paper the harmful dysfunction analysis is a promising avenue:
https://t.co/ZTWY1PxDgy

[Surviving ADs @SurvivingADs]

How about that? Total views and downloads: 152977

[Alyne Duthie @DuthieAlyne]

@shvogt @MsikoravMD @QuantPsychiatry @SurvivingADs My psychiatrist would have said the same thing; I just needed to take an AD, it's relapse. Antidepressant withdrawal is mild and self-limiting as per industry-biased medicine. Other psychotropics can cause protracted withdrawal, so why not the ADs?
https://t.co/t7Geem3DxA

[Medicating Normal @MedicatingNorm1]

"People who stop taking antidepressants can experience lingering withdrawal symptoms that last months or even years, according to a new study published in the journal 'Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences.'"

#MentalHealth #antidepressants

LINK: https://t.co/ZtICuypuo8

[Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social @markhoro]

Really important conversation and initiative. Morgan is inspiring in turning her story of harm into a campaign to stop this happening to others. Please support her. Terribly sad that it is left to harmed patients to make changes given so much denial from doctors.

[Surviving ADs @SurvivingADs]

What a shame we cannot beat the brain into submission with drugs. Those stubborn brains. If it weren't for them, psychopharmacology would be easy.

[Psychiatry Excellence @psycheureka]

Medications are often blamed when tolerance or side effects emerge.

But the issue may be the brain’s natural effort to balance itself in the presence of a persistent external input.

🧵12/15

[Medicating Normal @MedicatingNorm1]

"Maternal-Fetal Medicine expert Dr. Adam Urato delivers a critical warning about the rising use of SSRIs (antidepressants) during pregnancy—and the serious risks they pose to both mother and child."
@AdamUrato1

#antidepressants #pregnancy

https://t.co/Fr2nGmD8jA

[Benzodiazepine Information Coalition @BZInfoCoalition]

Join us June 20 for a free Zoom training on benzo harms, physical dependence & tapering—led by our Medical Director, Nicole Lamberson, PA. Open to all, provider-focused. Q&A prioritizes clinician questions.

RSVP: [email protected] or scan the flyer QR.

[Surviving ADs @SurvivingADs]

@QuantPsychiatry What an interestingly confounded N=1 experiment. You got akathisia, sedation, sleep disturbance, etc. after a switch from 100mg sertraline to quetiapine, & you conclude that you experienced no withdrawal symptoms from sertraline?

Doctors, what could be another explanation?

[Surviving ADs @SurvivingADs]

Would anyone be able to share this paper? Pruskowski, J. A., et al. (2021). How to implement deprescribing into clinical practice. JACCP:  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CLINICAL PHARMACY, 4(10), 1348–1357. https://t.co/rojTFNbQWM

[Medicating Normal @MedicatingNorm1]

"Our findings highlight the need for careful monitoring of metabolic health in patients prescribed antidepressants."

Article Link: https://t.co/AQZ5fAFaHM

[Mad In America @Mad_In_America]

Joining us on our #podcast is Dr Paul Andrews. His research focuses on understanding the evolution of #depression, which he argues may be an evolved emotional response for understanding and solving complex problems. #psychology #evolution #mentalhealth

https://t.co/Hs9Y9PYca3