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Tom Robinson

Withdrawing from psychiatric medications: why? how? when?& lots more information! #dyingtostayalive

I have been promising to write a detailed post about psychiatric drug withdrawal for a while now and finally I feel prepared and willing...

Tom Robinson

Mental Wealth Mastery Summit - opening a very important conversation around the future of psychiatry

Last week I attended the virtual Mental Wealth Mastery Summit which ran from November 19, 22-24th and proved to be an incredibly...

Tom Robinson

Quetiapine withdrawal continues: there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but I need way more R&R!

I promised I would be back on the blog at the end of this week with an update, and because I always try to stick to my word – here I am...

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Critical psychiatry: discussing some of the conflictions within the medical profession

I am feeling pretty shattered this week because writing about psychiatric medications has coincided with my recurring problems and...

Tom Robinson

Quetiapine: the ‘zombifying’ drug that’s a nightmare to withdraw from!

I’m feeling pretty exhausted this morning because writing about medications and the problems that they’ve caused me over the years, is...

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Psychiatric medications part 1: informed consent and the importance of the patient-led approach

The role of medications in psychiatry is a contentious issue and one which I have often felt hesitant about discussing. The reason for my...

Tom Robinson

World Bipolar Day – we may have a diagnosis of BPD but why do we all experience it so differently?!

Bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression, is a mental illness in which the sufferer experiences extremes of mood that are...

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