
Kate Swaffer she/her โค๏ธ๐๐ค๐๐๐
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Kate Swaffer she/her โค๏ธ๐๐ค๐๐๐
@KateSwaffer
PhD Candidate, UniSA. Civil Rights Campaigner. Optimist. Retweets are not endorsements. #IVotedYES ๐ #KaurnaCountry


@ProfRobHoward The review admits the longest taper was just two weeks, with many stopped abruptly. Symptoms emerging after such short tapers are far more likely to reflect withdrawal, not relapseโmaking conclusions about โno effect of withdrawal speedโ fundamentally weak.



My letter today to The Guardian describes the 7 causes of massive mental disorder overdiagnosis & the consequent harms to our patients & to society. theguardian.com/society/2025/dโฆ

After close to 15 years, in which we changed the conversation, the peer support site SurvivingAntidepressants.org will close January 31 to become a read-only resource for tapering psychiatric drugs & recovering from withdrawal syndrome. Best wishes for your healing journeys, always.






"Dr. Mark Horowitz, a clinical research fellow at University College London who led the withdrawal study, said other research has found that roughly a quarter of patients experience severe symptoms when they abruptly stop taking their medications, from burning pain in the skin or limbs, balance problems, ongoing panic attacks, and sound and light sensitivity." ARTICLE LINK: nbcnews.com/health/mental-โฆ
















