
Not all the
content on the following sites is endorsed
but they are a rich resources for you to
investigate and use, or disregard, as you see fit.
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Addiction and Recovery for Individuals and Families
"If you believe you are addicted to benzos, Dr.
Steven Melemis works with this group of benzo users" AD support
- a support group for those tapering antidepressants
American
Family Physician on Benzodiazepines
Beat The Benzos Campaign
Information about the Beat The Benzos Campaign &
Conference in the UK
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Benzo Aren't Us!
Join us in the Liberty Chat Room and Benzo's Aren't
Us Website! An archive of information from those on the board that have
come thru and helpful ideas. There's even some games to play ! :)
Benzo Support Sites - Other benzodiazepine Withdrawal Support groups include
Benzo Buddies,
Tranquilliser Recovery and Awareness Place
, Benzo Island and a new
site called Benzo
Exodus
Benzo
Information Site for French Speakers
Benzodiazepine
Blunder - Withdrawal and Recovery - For anyone interested in issues
relating to benzodiazepine dependency... from a 'woman of substance' who
became a 'woman involuntarily dependent on substance' after being
prescribed a benzodiazepine for a medical condition.
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Benzodiazepine Addiction, Withdrawal &
Recovery The world's largest website on benzodiazepines. Now
has more than 500 pages of articles and information, expert medical
documents, news stories and personal accounts. Includes the Ashton
Manual.
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Benzodiazepines Co-operation Not
Confrontation (BCNC)
Support group dedicated to working to stop improper
prescribing of benzodiazepines.
Benzodiazepine and Z-Drug Withdrawal Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS)
from the National Health Service (UK) provides an up-to-date
source of clinical knowledge that can help healthcare professionals and
patients in managing the common conditions generally seen in primary and
first-contact care. The knowledge is practical and reliable, supporting
safe and effective clinical practice
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CITA (Council for
Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction) is an organization in England that
helps benzo sufferers
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. This leaflet is for anyone who wants
to know more about Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). It discusses how
it works, why it is used, its effects, side-effects, and alternative
treatments. If you can't find what you want here, there are sources of
further information at the end of this leaflet.
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Depersonalisation Community
Website dedicated to help those with
depersonalisation and derealisation. Has a chat room and stories.
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Dr. Peter Breggin's website.
Co-Author of "Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and
Why to Stop Taking Your Psychiatric Medication". This site includes
medical information on all the psychiatric drugs.
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Drug Reaction Report
Report your adverse drug reaction here including
problems stopping your drug
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FDA warns diet drugs
contain Prozac and Librium
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Study Group Surveys use, misuse, abuse and evaluates policy
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Ove Carlsson's book
and information about benzodiazepine withdrawal
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Pharmaceutical
company's motifs
A cartoon analogy of pharmaceutical company’s motifs
and the contrived "cure" for human ailments.
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Psychiatric Medication Awareness
Group
Psychiatric Medication Awareness GroupPsychiatric
Medication Awareness Group is a small group of British Columbia citizens
concerned about the increasing use of psychiatric drugs in B.C. and
Canada, and the potential harm associated with these drugs.
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Reaching Up for Air
A site for women to share their stories, journey,
courage in their struggles and triumphs in healing with other women.
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Site of Dependence
A site on benzodiazepine dependence, withdrawal and
other side effects. Includes a large number of medical articles.
Stories of Ambien Side
Effects & Abuse - a repository of information on experiences
people have had with Ambien.
TheEffexorActivist.org The core of this site is a library
consisting of hundreds of articles from newspapers and medical journals.
This vast library covers topics such as: How to avoid the effects of
withdrawal, Side effects, SSRI & SSNRI facts, Help for depression,
Antidepressant violence, Suicide, Other risks, Pharmaceutical industry
corruption, Children & antidepressants, Antidepressants in bipolar
disorder, Industry lies, Advertising drugs, Effexor information, Videos,
Books & Films and much more. There is also an associated forum at
The Effexor Activist Forum Index
The
International Coalition for Drug Awareness is a private,
non-profit group of physicians, researchers, journalists and concerned
citizens whose primary focus is to address the world's most
pervasive and subtle drug problem—prescription drugs.
The Protracted
Benzo Support Group a Yahoo support group for those who are having
significant withdrawal symptoms 18 months after stopping benzo
completely.
Top 25 Psychiatric Prescriptions for 2009 - USA
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Tranquilliser Recovery in Australia
TRANX provides a benzodiazepine withdrawal support
service through individual counselling, telephone support and
information service and the preparation of resources to assist people
recovering from tranquilliser and sleeping pill dependency.
Tranquilliser Recovery
in New Zealand
TRANX is a community based alcohol and
other drug treatment service that specialises primarily in
benzodiazepines (benzo) addiction/dependence. It provides counselling,
support, education, information and individual reduction programmes for
people with benzodiazepine addiction/dependence.
Wikipedia
overview of benzodiazepines.
Will Day's Benzo
Support. This web site
is offered as a resource for those recovering from, or interested in,
the illness and withdrawal syndrome caused by
prolonged use of ‘benzoes’ - benzodiazepine tranquillisers and sleeping
pills. This site also offers a Benzo Recovery
telephone support and information service see
‘Will's Support
Service'. Will is located In Melbourne Australia.
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