• Deprescribing Medications for Mental Health in Australia
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Support and monitoring are essential to ensure safe and effective deprescribing. This stage focuses on monitoring outcomes, making necessary adjustments, and supporting you through any changes you experience.

Official Medical Sources

In Australia there are a few specific official resources that are aimed at patients, consumers, and their friends and family.

  • For antidepressants – RELEASE Toolkit, developed through the University of Queensland RELEASE project, includes drug-specific antidepressant tapering plans
  • For benzodiazepine dependency – Reconnexion – only offers support in Victoria, but has a good FAQ
  • For stopping benzodiazepines – solid and comprehensive information from SA Health
 

 

Consumer-led Resources

There are a number of forums and websites which have consumer-led discussions about these topics.

Best known of them are:

 
There are many more smaller forums, websites, Reddit Groups, along with many Facebook groups, including some local Australian ones.
 
This site does not endorse any of these options for people to explore. We recommend you stay sceptical of any and all information you receive, and make sure you make a fully informed decision without relying on any one source exclusively.

It's YOUR Decision

The whole point of psychological medication is to improve your life and mental health.

That may mean the best thing you can do is delegate your decisions to those you trust to be well-informed about these matters, including medication.

This website is for those whose mental health is improved by taking control of their own life decisions, incorporating full “informed consent”, and accepting the responsibilities that go along with that.