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Barb G

@bmg1963.bsky.social
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30 years on Paroxetine. Nearly died after attempting to taper off and still suffering. Trying to raise awareness to help others avoid this horrific journey.

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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
My antidepressant story please share. youtu.be/XZlvDG6XkTc?...
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Barb's Story - Antidepressant Withdrawal in Australia 2026 - Lived Experience
YouTube video by Antidepressant Withdrawal Australia
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
My antidepressant withdrawal story. Please feel free to share to help create awareness. I am not anti-medication but patients need informed consent. youtu.be/XZlvDG6XkTc?...
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Barb's Story - Antidepressant Withdrawal in Australia 2026 - Lived Experience
YouTube video by Antidepressant Withdrawal Australia
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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Mark Horowitz: My Own Withdrawal Rewrote the Science Behind The Hyperbolic Taper
YouTube video by The Gaslit Truth Podcast
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Think very carefully before accepting an SSRI. For some people—especially after long-term use—these drugs can turn on you in devastating ways. There is almost no meaningful research on long-term exposure, and withdrawal can be severe, disabling, and in rare cases life-threatening injuries…
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Paxil withdrawal is hard to bear, Akathisia drives despair. Electric shocks, a burning brain, Tinnitus screams, waves of pain. Sweat and nausea, nerves on fire, Autonomic chaos, nothing’s higher. Long-term users are fair game, Beware, beware this drug will maim…
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Please watch and share this new Australian brief video clip of antidepressant withdrawal. Thank you Melissa youtu.be/0-VLOX-FeCc?...
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Melissa's Story - Antidepressant Withdrawal in Australia 2025 - Lived Experience
YouTube video by Antidepressant Withdrawal Australia
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Calling harmed patients “anti-psychiatry” isn’t just name-calling it’s a systemic silencing tactic that hides the truth about SSRI withdrawal, endangers others still on the drugs, & slows down ethical reform. Millions are left uninformed, vulnerable, & unprepared for WD risks…
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
CALLING all Australians please take a minute to sign. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Letter to JAMA Editors from Australian Coalition
Dear Editors, On behalf of the Australian coalition listed below, comprising organisations and individuals who have experienced life-altering antidepressant withdrawal, we are writing to formally requ...
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
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Problems with the new study on SSRI withdrawal | Dr. Mark Horowitz
YouTube video by Outro Health
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Professor John Read @profjohnread.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Antidepressant withdrawal: new review downplays symptoms but misses the mark for long-term use theconversation.com/antidepressa...
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Antidepressant withdrawal: new review downplays symptoms but misses the mark for long-term use
Short-term data fails to reveal long-term risks of antidepressant withdrawal.
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I wish I had been told too. (Not my photo, permission granted to share).
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
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International Informed Consent Day 30 June 2025
YouTube video by Antidepressant Withdrawal Australia
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Yay. Great news hopefully for patients in Australia that would prefer liquid solution for antidepressant tapering… www.australianpharmacist.com.au/making-antid...
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Making antidepressant tapering safer and easier - Australian Pharmacist
In a significant advancement for patient-centred care, a team of pharmacists is reshaping the landscape of antidepressant deprescribing.
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
x.com/ace_coalitio...
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Antidepressant Coalition for Education on X: "We have 180 days. That’s how long the FDA has to respond to our petition. That gives us 180 days to flood the system with MedWatch reports—to show that antidepressant withdrawal is a serious, under-recognized risk that must be reflected in updated prescribing information. https://t.co/jY0G3Pp6D4" / X
We have 180 days. That’s how long the FDA has to respond to our petition. That gives us 180 days to flood the system with MedWatch reports—to show that antidepressant withdrawal is a serious, under-recognized risk that must be reflected in updated prescribing information. https://t.co/jY0G3Pp6D4
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
www.facebook.com/share/p/15GV... Claire’s story of Antidedepressant Withdrawal!
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Redirecting...
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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Antidepressant Withdrawal Australia 2025 - Lived Experience 8 mins
YouTube video by Antidepressant Withdrawal Australia
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Please sign and share. Thank you www.change.org/p/petition-f...
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Sign the Petition
Petition for Change in the Mental Health System and Psychopharmacology
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines webinar UK. Will be recorded for access to ticket holders who are unable to view live. Great speakers. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maudsley-d...
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Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines - an Overview with Audience Q&A
Eventbrite - Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal presents Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines - an Overview with Audience Q&A - Friday, April 25, 2025 - Find event and ticket information.
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
New study. www.madinamerica.com/2025/01/anti...
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Antidepressant Withdrawal Symptoms Linked to Life-Altering Consequences, New Study Shows
A new study reveals that withdrawal symptoms from antidepressants can last years, disrupting lives and relationships.
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AmazzoneFuriosa 🦋 @amazzonefuriosa.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
"I am not making a particularly strong claim here, merely saying that the presence and nature of alteration of the serotonergic system in depression are open scientific problems". What about some answers b4 giving people drugs that the medical community doesn't even know how to discontinue safely?
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Psychiatrists gaslighting their own. Just awful treatment of a decent man trying to help his patients and for telling the truth… www.heraldscotland.com/news/1769269...
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Psychiatrist shocked after doubt cast on own mental health
A PSYCHIATRIST said he was “gaslighted” by his own professional body after openly criticising its stance on antidepressant withdrawal and…
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
It’s the doctor’s failing to deprescribe psychotropic drugs correctly that lead injured and suicidal individuals to these peer led chat rooms in the first place. Take a look you may find it an eye opener. www.survivingantidepressants.org/forums/forum...
survivingantidepressants.org
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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A one-year-old baby was prescribed antidepressants in Scotland
As many as 450 children given mood-altering drugs by health service in Tayside, new figures reveal
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AmazzoneFuriosa 🦋 @amazzonefuriosa.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
"What I have learnt from helping thousands of people taper off antidepressants and other psychotropic medications" #MentalHealth
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
chng.it/N7HcpqYrCY. Please sign…
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Give us a safe exit from antidepressants and other psychiatric medications
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
www.butterfliesforjoe.org/home?
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Home — Butterflies For Joe
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
The reality of antidepressant withdrawal or the adverse effects of changing dose or being taken off cold turkey…
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
x.com/josephharvey... Narcissist?
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Oh and it’s the doctors failing to deprescribe correctly that lead injured and suicidal individuals to these peer led chat rooms in the first place. Take a look you may find it an eye opener. www.survivingantidepressants.org/forums/forum...
survivingantidepressants.org
Tapering
About gradually weaning off medications
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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We asked readers about taking antidepressants. The response points to a ‘silent epidemic’ and urgent need for reform
Out of 776 responders to our callout, 711 say they experienced withdrawal symptoms, many debilitating
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
youtu.be/hQZp0tvYKNk?... Cole’s two year update after coming off antidepressants . Thank you Cole…
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Antidepressant induced Iatrogenic neurological injury: 2 years post complete cessation update.
YouTube video by Living under a chemical influence
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Beverley Thomson @antidepressed.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Please read and share this section from my book #Antidepressed. Vital we all understand the link between antidepressants, suicide and self-harm. This is the most important suicide prevention info. Learn, communicate and help prevent these unnecessary deaths.
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markhoro.bsky.social @markhoro.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Useful blog from the National Clinical Director for Prescribing at NHS England about antidepressant deprescribing flagging overprescription, the need for services and the helpfulness of the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines bit.ly/41syj9t
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
UK Safety Commissioner mentions the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines…https://www.patientsafetycommissioner.org.uk/striking-the-right-balance-with-antidepressant-prescribing/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2GPXMBMj73apVImS63j0Iz9f_U7eZ8hXTvYYOlVieDBVEKDGbTfy-AOeM_aem_TSkf6Pywg_VxamBLmVi8wg
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Barb G @bmg1963.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
youtu.be/am4c3IvENlI?... Another psychotropic drug murder…
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Netherworld - a film by Kevin P. Miller
YouTube video by Kevin P. Miller
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