Support is vitally important in the process of withdrawal. Often one of the best places for information and support is online as there are rarely people in our lives who truly understand what we are undertaking. It’s important to have people supporting you at home too and ultimately better if you can manage that. The best case scenario is to have both, along with professionals that also support you.
In preparing to withdraw diet and nutrition is very important. A good multi-vitamin, minerals, magnesium, vitamin C and fish oil is a good place to start. Other supplements may be helpful as well and often finding what you need is a research project–if one is lucky they may find a good alternative health care provider, but that is often hard to find.
Withdrawal info here.http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/withdrawal-101/ and
Nutrition info here http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/my-nutritional/ – this is just to start thinking…individual needs vary and my diet too has varied over the course of this journey.
Some online support groups are listed here:
* Alt Therapies for Bipolar http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ALT-therapies4bipolar/?yguid=312848772
* Alternative to Meds (Safe Harbor)http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/safeharbor2/?yguid=312848772
* BenzoWithdrawal.com http://benzowithdrawal.com/forum/
* BenzoBuddies.org http://www.benzobuddies.org/
* BenzozIsland http://benzoisland.org/index.html
* Med Free or Working on It http://medfree.socialgo.com/
* Paxil Progress (SSRI withdrawal forum) http://benzowithdrawal.com/forum/
* Recovery Road http://recovery-road.org/
http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/support-in-wd/
Note: Never quit a psych drug cold turkey!