Research & Reviews

What Finally Worked - and the Woman Who Saved My Life:
It begins with Fiona, the stranger who pointed the way - then the long journey through CBD clinics she set off, a dreaded root canal, an old supplement my mother swore by, and at last the taper that just... worked.

I reached the closest thing psychiatric drug withdrawal has to an authority while I was begging for help. I got confused by our communication - so I'm going to just show you what he wrote.

Narcotics Anonymous as the man who never used a drug; the support workers who actually showed up; and the online therapists who were out of their depth.

A year of doors that opened onto other doors: the courses and help-lines, the services that couldn't help, a system that made me feel like a criminal for needing my own medicine, and the day I was afraid of the one doctor holding my supply.

A six-hundred-dollar a month protocol by Peter Smith, the famous voices warning me against it, and the contradictions and red flags I couldn’t square.

Linear Tapers, Charlatans, and the System That Doesn't Exist

The Micro Milk Taper, the Setbacks, Supplements and Group Admin Dogma

Navigating hallucinations, agoraphobia, hospital gaslighting, and the search for a way back to myself.

How I Became Physically Dependent on Benzodiazepines In A Month

A live test of every major AI chatbot (paid and free) on a real psychiatric drug help questions. Eight versions, one patient, full transcripts, scoring across five categories. None cracked 6.5/10! Honest guide to where AI fails, where it helps, and how to use it without being misled. Benzos, SSRIs, antipsychotics — all relevant.

What happens when you stop, what's causing it, and what might actually help — from the research and from the people going through it.

How they were found, how they actually work (or don't), what the trials really show, and why the research guiding withdrawal isn't as solid as you've been told.

What is cross tapering? Why is it not recommended for anything other than specific situations with Benzos? A deep analysis

Antidepressant, benzodiazepine, and hypnotic consumption trends across 65 countries (IQVIA/Lancet Psychiatry) and 31 OECD nations, with per-drug breakdowns for Australia (PBS), Denmark (medstat.dk), England (NHS), USA (MEPS), and Serbia. Every datapoint sourced from government registries and peer-reviewed research — zero modelling, zero estimates.

A detailed review of Mark Horowitz and David Taylor's guide to coming off Benzodiazepines, Z-Drugs, Gabapentiods and Anti Depressants - the good, the bad and the ugly.

A detailed review of Anders Sørensen's guide to coming off psychiatric drugs — what it gets right, where the science falls short, and what's dangerously missing.