DaddyCee Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Hi, Just seen this post on the CEP website at http://cepuk.org/2016/10/27/new-york-times-reporter-wants-meet-talk-uk-sufferers-antidepressant-withdrawal/ Namaste, DC. 1997 - 2001 Seroxat 10mg 2001 - 2013 Escitalopram 10mg Gradual taper from 10mg to 5mg over 2.5 years (between 2011 - 2013) Last taper from 5mg to 0 under advice from doctor done in 1 month (too damn fast!) - included missing out days. Have been drug free since Oct 2013. - Yep 5 years drugs free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus Shep Posted October 27, 2016 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 27, 2016 From CEP (Council for Evidence-Based Medicine): New York Times reporter wants to talk to UK sufferers of antidepressant withdrawal CEP has received the following request from Ben Carey, a reporter for the New York Times: “My name is Ben Carey, and I cover psychiatry for the New York Times. I have covered the field for over a decade, and one of the biggest emerging stories is drug withdrawal – particularly from antidepressant drugs. Tens of millions of people in the UK, US and elsewhere have had trouble going off these drugs. Now, in the UK, there are efforts to study the problem and help people: the first such efforts I know of. I am going to write about this withdrawal movement, and I am hoping to find people who’ve struggled with this problem to tell the story. I’d love to meet in person, but I am open to any arrangement; the important thing is to put the story out. I will be in the London area all next week, through Nov. 5; and the tag end of the following week. Anyone interested who cares to ask me questions about the story before deciding is welcome to do so: 00 1 914-330-3847 or bencarey@nytimes.com“ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyCee Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 not sure why but the article has been pulled from the website. 1997 - 2001 Seroxat 10mg 2001 - 2013 Escitalopram 10mg Gradual taper from 10mg to 5mg over 2.5 years (between 2011 - 2013) Last taper from 5mg to 0 under advice from doctor done in 1 month (too damn fast!) - included missing out days. Have been drug free since Oct 2013. - Yep 5 years drugs free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Emeritus Shep Posted October 29, 2016 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted October 29, 2016 Thanks for catching this, DaddyCee. I emailed a friend from my benzo forum days. She's been in contact with this reporter and it seems he has been reached by enough people now, so he's no longer advertising. My friend said that in their email correspondence, Ben Carey said there's going to be two articles - one for antidepressant withdrawal and one for benzo withdrawal. I look forward to reading these articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz11 Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 When these articles are published please post here 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...
Moderator Emeritus Shep Posted November 2, 2016 Moderator Emeritus Share Posted November 2, 2016 Will do, NZ. If I do wander off and forget, here is Ben Carey's link at the Times, so we'll know where to look. http://www.nytimes.com/by/benedict-carey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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