Info I used to explain symptoms to family, friends, doctors - what did you use?

Another member asked me to start a thread listing the resources I used to get everyone around me to understand withdrawal and PAWS. I hope these links help others. Maybe you can list resources that helped you as well so we can create a massive list.

Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal:

Benzodiazepine Information Coalition: https://www.benzoinfo.com/

Inner Compass Initiative: https://www.theinnercompass.org/

Surviving Antidepressants: https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/

Dr. Jen Leigh “What What family and friends need to know about benzo withdrawal”:

Angela Peacock’s You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@AngiePeacockMSW

Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring’s You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@witt-doerringpsychiatry

Melissa Boutilier's You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@daisygirlsk

The Challenge of Going off of Psychiatric Drugs:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-challenge-of-going-off-psychiatric-drugs

Medicating Normal documentary

This Is Life with Lisa Ling "The Benzo Crisis" episode on Amazon Prime, YouTube etc.

How Benzodiazepines Mimic Chronic Illness

https://www.benzoinfo.com/2018/04/28/how-benzodiazepines-mimic-chronic-illness-and-what-to-do-about-it/

Akathisia:

Free online, continuing education course on akathisia: https://missd.co/

Medication-Induced Suicide Prevention and Education Foundation in Memory of Stewart Dolin (MISSD). For more resources, please see https://missd.co/ and https://www.youtube.com/c/MISSDFoundation

Akathisia Alliance for Education and Research: https://akathisiaalliance.org/

Jill Nickens’s story:

https://www.madinamerica.com/2021/02/jill-nickens-akathisia-alliance-education-research/

Lisa Loomer’s story:

https://www.madinamerica.com/2021/06/boy-interrupted-a-story-of-akathisia/