Peter Lehmann (Ed.)

Coming off Psychiatric Drugs: Successful Withdrawal from Neuroleptics, Antidepressants, Lithium, Carbamazepine and Tranquilizers

Contents

Note about Liability ..... 9

Prefaces

  • Judi Chamberlin ..... 11

  • Pirkko Lahti ..... 13

  • Loren R. Mosher ..... 15

  • Editor's Preface ..... 17

Introduction ..... 23

The Decision to Withdraw

  • Ilse Gold (FRG): After Discharge ..... 39

  • Peter Lehmann (FRG): Relapse into Life ..... 47

Withdrawal Without Pharmacogenic Problems

  • Gábor Gombos (Hungary): How to Deny a Psychiatric History ..... 57

  • Jasna Russo (Serbia & Montenegro / FRG): What if I Don't Sleep Ever Again? ..... 60

  • Carola Bock (FRG): And Finally I Said it All ..... 66

  • Jan Kuypers (Belgium): Don Quixote and the Drug-Free Zone or: What now, Tiny Jumping Jack? ..... 73

  • Maths Jesperson (Sweden): Between Lobotomy and Antidepressants ..... 76

Coming off Step by Step

  • Wilma Boevink (Netherlands): Monsters from the Past ..... 79

  • Katherine Zurcher (USA / Switzerland): Second Fear ..... 83

  • Michael Chmela (Austria): Escaped ..... 95

  • Bert Gölden (FRG): With Patience ..... 100

Counterweights

  • Una M. Parker (England): Talking, Crying, Laughing ..... 109

  • Nada Rath (FRG): To the Convent Instead of the Clinic ..... 113

  • Katalin Gombos (Hungary): From Electroshock to the Voice of the Soul ..... 117

  • Iris Marmotte (FRG): The "Blue Caravan," on the Road... ..... 119

  • Harald Müller (FRG): Twenty Years after ..... 137

  • Gerda Wozart (FRG): Adversities ..... 130

  • Ulrich Lindner (FRG): I Ran for my Life: how I Healed my Depression ..... 144

To Withdraw with Professional Help

  • Eiko Nagano (Japan): The Nishi Therapy—A Japanese Way ..... 155

  • Manuela Kälin (Switzerland): Home Visit by the Homeopath ..... 164

  • David Webb (Australia): "Please Don’t Die" ..... 166

  • Hannelore Reetz (FRG): Addiction or Search for Self ..... 176

Better Sometimes than Forever

  • Mary Nettle (England): Having Control Again ..... 183

  • Wolfgang Voelzke (FRG): Together with my Psychiatrist ..... 187

  • Lynne Setter (New Zealand): Return to Myself ..... 191

Professional Acting

  • Marc Rufer (Physician and therapist, Switzerland): Creating Fear/Removing Fear: When You Wish to Withdraw, the Opinion of Your Doctor is Dangerous ..... 199

  • Josef Zehentbauer (Physician and therapist, FRG): Who is Afraid of Withdrawal? Medical Advice and Psychotherapeutic Counseling During Withdrawal from Sedatives..... 212

  • Martin Urban (Psychologist, FRG): "Am I Really Still Disabled?" Psychotherapeutic Support During Withdrawal from Psychiatric Drugs—a Case Report ..... 226

  • Roland A. Richter (Social-pedagogist, FRG): Supporting Withdrawal with Orthomolecular Medicine ..... 233

  • Constanze Meyer (Psychologist, FRG): "Withdrawal from Dependence on Medication..." Thoughts About Withdrawal from Benzodiazepines and Analgesics Among Women ..... 241

  • Klaus John (Natural healer, FRG): Withdrawal and Detoxification from Psychiatric Drugs from a Naturopathic Point of View ..... 255

  • Kerstin Kempker (Runaway-House, Berlin): Withdrawing from Psychiatric Drugs in the Runaway-House ..... 272

  • Elke Laskowski (Natural healer, FRG): Biodynamic Body and Aura Work with Bach Flowers, Stones and Colors ..... 275

The Time After

  • Regina Bellion (FRG): After Withdrawal, the Difficulties Begin ..... 281

  • Erwin Redig (Belgium): A Mental Struggle. How I Stopped the Use of Psychiatric Drugs ..... 292

  • Leo P. Koehne (FRG): "Now I Give You Imap. This Will Also Help with Social Integration!" ..... 299

Closing Words

  • Karl Bach Jensen (Denmark): Detoxification—in the Large and in the Small. Toward a Culture of Respect ..... 305

  • Closing Remarks by the Editor ..... 311

Appendix

  • Psychiatric Drugs’ Active Ingredients and Trade Names ..... 323

  • Sources ..... 329

  • About the Authors ..... 337

  • Index ..... 344
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