Benzo Withdrawal Support Resources - Books
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The Ashton Manual
The 2007 updated Version of the Ashton Manual. This manual contains important new information to patients and doctors about the need for patients to control their own taper.
It contains detailed suggestions on how to withdraw after long-term use as well as individual tapering schedules for different benzodiazepines.
Withdrawal symptoms, acute and protracted, are described along with an explanation of why they may occur and how to cope with them.
Free download of the Table of Contents available.
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Beyond The Barrier
"Felicity's Story is one of incredible survival. It is a true story about the tremendous bravery of a woman as she journeys from sanity to the agonising depths of depression, caused by inappropriate over prescription of medication. Her fight to regain her sanity is one of amazing tenacity, demonstrating the power of the human will to over come. This book is an essential read for any discerning user of the mental health care services." Karen Els (B Sc Hons :MA Clin Psych South Africa)
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Alive and Kicking
"Alive and Kicking - the true benzo story of Peter Ritson, the co-founder and ex-chairman of CITA (Council for Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction). Discover the secrets of one man's journery from benzo withdrawal. This is a must read for anyone planning to withdraw from benzos."
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Prisoner on Prescription
"This is my story. I hope that by reading it other long-term tranquilliser users will be helped to understand their problems and be encouraged that there really is a light at the end of the tunnel."
Heather Jones
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Life Without Tranquillisers
Life Without Tranquillisers by Vernon Coleman
Valium, Librium, Mogadon: These are just some of the brand names of drugs in the benzodiazepine group which today pose a horrifying addiction problem for many ordinary people. Although they are widely prescribed by doctors, these drugs are not only highly addictive, but they can cause brain damage, mental confusion and anxiety itself - which is the very symptoms for which the drugs are most commonly prescribed.
Life Without Tranquillisers gives you the harsh facts about the dangers of these "happy pills" and being hooked on them. There are wise guidelines on how to relax and how to overcome the stresses of modern life without turing to pills for help.
Most important of all, Dr. Coleman clearly explains exactly what action you should take so you can safely cut down on and then stop your drug intake.
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The Judas Window
"The Judas Window is a story about the devastating consequences of prescription drug abuse - a story of enormous significance to the thousands of people everywhere who have been drawn into a descending cycle of drugs, depression and ruin, and to the many more thousands who have suffered in observing that descent. The Judas Window will also speak volumes to anyone concerned about the frightening power of the prescription drug industry, an industry that effectively manipulates both doctors and patients in pursuing its billion dollar gains."
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Tranquilisers and Anti Depressants
'Shirley Trickett's book on coming off tranquilzers and antidepressants is literally a 'life saver.' It is the one book which helps people cope with drug withdrawal by explanations and sensible advice. I trusted it and feel I would not have come through without it. It helped me to live again.'
Sylvia Flynn, Newcastle, UK
'I felt you were speaking directly to me in your tranquilizer book. I was so tired of being told I was suffering from 'executive stress' or even once, that it was my age! I was only forty seven at the time. Thank you.' Anthony, London
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The Accidental Addict
"The Accidental Addict will be a great resource sitting beside a person who suspects that they may be being made ill by the tranquilizers or sleeping pills that they have been taking. This is a "must have" book for anyone considering coming off their sleeping pills or tranquilizers or in the process of coming off." Ross, United Kingdom www.bcnc.org.uk
"This book confirms the very real dangers of obtaining temporary relief through benzodiazepines use only to experience addiction and horrendous withdrawal symptoms downstream. The case histories experienced will be revealing for some and encouraging for others. Dr J.G. McConnell BSc, MD, FRCP
"The Accidental Addict by Di Porritt and Di Russell provides an up close and personal account of the effect of addiction to benzodiazepines. Their book is based on hundreds of in-depth conversations with benzo sufferers just like you."
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Back to Life
PAM ARMSTRONG has a number of publications to her credit and is well respected within the medical, nursing and counselling worlds. She is also much in demand by the media for her wealth of expert knowledge and information. Her friendly and straightforward approach has made her a highly sought after lecturer and guest speaker for both professional and lay audiences. Other professionals and recovered ex-users assist in the care, training and setting up of the various courses.
The new revised edition contains clear daily withdrawal charts for benzodiazepines, 'Z' drugs and each individual SSRI and SNRI antidepressant.
The book has assisted many thousands of people throughout the world.
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Benzo Junkie
In 1982, I was prescribed Ativan, one of the benzodiazepine family of tranquillisers. I spent the next five years in a state of misery, chasing a new, pervasive and mysterious illness that doctors could not diagnose.... Eventually, I identified what was the matter with me: I had been addicted.'
Beatrice Faust
Over half a million people are addicted to benzodiazepine tranquillisers and sleeping pills in Australia alone. How is it that dangerously addictive mind-altering drugs are sold so readily to a trusting public?
Beatrice Faust exposes the great international scandal of drugs that are sold without sufficient testing, drugs known to be addictive or harmful from the time they are released. Many, like thalidominde, are notorious; others, less well known, are equally destructive.
`Combining well-documented research and reports from other benzo junkies, Beatrice Faust's timely and important book is a biting analysis of malpractice in the medical-industrial complex. Doctors, drug companies and governments all profit from pushing benzos. Faust goes behond critique and personal experience, pointing constructively towards a more preventative, holistic, patient-centred medical ethos.
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