Recovery and Renewal

Your Essential Guide to Overcoming Dependency and Withdrawal from Sleeping Pills, Other 'Benzo' Tranquillisers and Antidepressants

Baylissa Frederick (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2014
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84905-534-5 (ISBN)

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A courageous, supportive and complete guide to overcoming prescription drug dependency, this book provides everything you need to know, from how to recognise symptoms to how to make steps towards recovery. With the author's personal experience of dependency as a backdrop, it also includes advice for family, friends and health professionals.

This easy-to-read, inspirational and supportive guide is essential reading for anyone struggling to overcome prescription drug dependency.

Drawn from the author's personal knowledge of coming off benzodiazepine tranquillisers and her experience as a counsellor, this book explores everything you need to know before, during and after withdrawal, from how to recognise the symptoms to how to manage them and make firm steps towards recovery. With a focus on recovery and empowerment, it provides all the practical and emotional support needed to help you cope and regain control.

This book will be a lifeline for anyone taking or withdrawing from sleeping pills, other benzodiazepine tranquillisers and antidepressants. It will also equip family and friends to offer support and provide counsellors, psychotherapists, complementary therapists and other health professionals with invaluable insight critical to providing best care.

Baylissa Frederick pursued post graduate studies in Integrative Counselling at the University of South Wales and is a BACP registered counsellor. She is the founder of Recovery Road, a project supporting individuals affected by antidepressant and tranquilliser withdrawal. She delivers motivational speeches and workshops on recovery, hope and empowerment and has been interviewed and quoted by newspapers and journals including 'The London Times', 'The Independent' and 'British Medical Association News'. She is the author of 'With Hope in My Heart: A Memoir,' and lives in Cardiff, UK.

Preface. Introduction.1. A Faded Memory: My Success Story. 2. How They Work. About Antidepressants. About Sleeping Pills and other Benzodiazepines. Down-regulation. Tolerance. Half-Life. Paradoxical Reaction. Dependency or Addiction? 3. The Basics. “Cold Turkey”. Tapering. Recovery Timeline. 4. Symptoms. Withdrawal or Underlying Issue? Acceptance. 5. Managing Psychological Symptoms. Brain Fog. Depersonalisation and Derealisation. Depressive Thoughts or Low Moods. Paranoid Ideation. Obsessive, Unwanted Thoughts. 'Rational' Mind. 6. Acute Withdrawal. Journal Logs. 7. Post-Acute and Protracted Withdrawal. Journal Logs. Progress Reports. 8. Coping Tools. 9. Stimulants, Supplements and Diet.10. Supporting Someone in Withdrawal. Tips. 11. Suicidal Ideation. What to do if Someone is Suicidal. 12. Counsellors. What Every Counsellor Should Know. 13. Doctors. What Patients Wish Their Doctors Knew. 14. Employment and Debt. 15. Recovery. Journal Logs. The Aftermath. 16. Closure. Letting Go. 17. Your New Chapter. 18. Success Stories. Protracted Duration. Normal Duration. Resources Guide. List of Common Antidepressants. List of Common Benzodiazepines. Equivalence Table. Symptoms A to Z. Bibliography. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.5.2014
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sucht / Drogen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Suchtkrankheiten
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-84905-534-3 / 1849055343
ISBN-13	978-1-84905-534-5 / 9781849055345
Zustand	Neuware