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Forward A Note From James Harper, Founder, The Road Back Table of Contents
Part One
3. Suggested Nutritionals for The Road Back Program 6. General Pre-Tapering and Tapering Instructions 9. Pre-Taper For: Benzodiazepines, Anti-Convulsants, Anti-Anxiety & Sleep Medication 10. Pre-Taper For Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, and ADHD Medication 11. How to Taper Off Benzodiazepines, Anti-Convulsants, Anti-Anxiety and Sleep Medication 12. How to Taper Off Antidepressants, Anti-Psychotics and ADHD Medication 14. What to Do If You Have Already Started to Taper Off Your Medication or Quit Cold Turkey 15. How to Taper Off Multiple Drugs 16. What You Can Do If You Have Never Taken Psychiatric Drugs 17. Science Behind The Road Back Program 18. Additional Taper Reduction Schedules
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How to Get Off Psychiatric Drugs Safely by Jim Harper
The Road Back is a program developed in 1999 to assist individuals taper off
medication and eliminate existing side effects a person may be experiencing from
the medication. As of April 2007, The Road Back Program has helped over 30,000
individuals taper off their medication.
The Road Back book, How to Get Off Psychiatric Drugs Safely, details the entire process and is available for free on this Web Site in entirety. This is the second edition. This book is also available in print. Click here if you wish to purchase. (Opens new browser window) You will find all chapters below and on the left side of this page. We have included a "printer friendly page" for all chapters as well. The link to the "printer friendly page" is located near the top left of each page. The Road Back Program handles side effects caused by benzodiazepine, anti-anxiety, anticonvulsant, sleep medication, antidepressants, anti-psychotic, and ADHD medication, allowing a person to taper off the medication virtually side effect free. Many people are not sure if they want to quit their medication, but they do need to find a way to get rid of the existing side effects. Regardless, you can use this program as well and then decide, if you really need the medication. * Many of you may feel you are the only one going through what ever you are going through. We assure you, you are not. The link that follows will open a new browser window. Just click the X at the top right of your screen when finished and you will back on this page. Take the time and read this, you can make it back. Click here. Benzodiazepine,
Anti-anxiety, Anticonvulsant, or Sleep Medication If you are taking any of this class of medication and suffering from side effects or wish to taper off the medication, click the link on the left, Pre-Taper For: Benzodiazepines, Anti-Convulsants, Anti-Anxiety & Sleep Medication. On this page, you will read a systematic method detailing how to get rid of existing side effects. This would also be the first step if you were going to taper off the medication. There are a few nutritional products or “super foods” we recommend to alleviate the drug-induced side effects. You can read about each one in the chapter, Suggested Nutritionals for The Road Back Program. This Web Site or The Road Back does not sell these “super foods” or any other supplement. We provide information where they are located below on this page and within the “Suggested Nutritionals” chapter. Antidepressants,
Anti-psychotics and ADHD Medication If you are taking any of this class of medication, and suffering from side effects or wish to taper off the medication, click the link on the left, Pre-Taper For: Antidepressants, Anti-Psychotics and ADHD Medication. On this page, you will read a systematic method detailing how to get rid of existing side effects. This would also be the first step if you were going to taper off the medication. There are a few nutritional products or “super foods” we
recommend to alleviate the drug-induced side effects. You can read about each
one in the chapter, Suggested Nutritionals for The Road Back Program.
This Web Site or The Road Back does not sell these “super foods” or any other
supplement. We provide information where they are located below on this page and
within the “Suggested Nutritionals” chapter. Click one of the links on the left side of this page that fits your circumstance. There is a solution and relief can come relatively fast. Check with your physician before embarking on any taper program. Feel free to print any or all of the text found on this site and take it to your healthcare provider. Many physicians refer their patients to us for the information we provide and the physicians simply write a new prescription for the next lower dosage of the medication when the time comes. This program is simple to use and very effective when used exactly.
If you are a healthcare provider or vitamin store using The Road Back Program, please contact us so we may list your practice or store for our site visitors.
Dr. Donald E. McAlpine, Psychiatry and Psychology,
Mayo Clinic.: "It's important to taper off slowly, extending the
taper over several weeks under your physician's direction. When you
stop too quickly, you may experience so-called "discontinuation
symptoms," which can masquerade as relapse."
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