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How to Get Off Psychiatric Drugs Safely

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A Note From James Harper, Founder, The Road Back

Table of Contents

Part One

Chapter

1. The Road Back Basics

2. The Four Simple Steps

3. Suggested Nutritionals for The Road Back Program

4. Things You Need to Know

5. Things to Be Aware Of

6. General Pre-Tapering and Tapering Instructions

7. Daily Journal

8. Graph Your Success

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

13. Once Off All 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

References

Additional Testimonials

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Chapter Eight

Graph Your Success

It will greatly help you track your progress and allow you to look back at how far you have come by using a graph for each symptom you are rating each day.

Below, you will see an example of how to fill in the graph. The next page is a blank graph for you to copy or recreate on your own.

Pre-Taper / Taper (Circle one) Day # _____, Step # _____

Notice the trend change beginning on the fourth. The trend continues the next day and then drops one day, but rebounds to a 7-rating on the last day of the week.             

This type of daily trend is normal during the beginning of the pre-taper. If you have already quit taking the medication and are suffering from withdrawal side effects, make sure you use these graphs. I understand that you need hope, and you being able to see for yourself may very well be that hope that allows you to continue and make it back.

            Once you have graphed each day and symptom for a period of time, you will be able to see a long-term trend. You can place each graph side-by-side to easily see how you have rated yourself for several weeks and what your trend is for each symptom.

Daily Graph

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