Welcome to The Psych Med Sanctuary

This site is for people harmed by psych medication. Currently we can’t trust Drs to give us the right guidelines. You could go through 30 Drs and never get the right diagnoses, being ‘benzo withdrawal, Benzo tolerance’, or ‘Antidepressant and Antipsychotic withdrawal’ sadly they all do exist, and to a severe degree.

Drs often blame the patient for their symptoms, as all this is still very much not recognised by medical professionals. Drs are putting people on Benzos as an everyday medication, when it’s meant for short term or crisis, often to then cold turkey people off it, with no taper, or a taper but it’s nowhere near long enough. The need to taper very slow can also be the case for many people who want to come off their Antidepressants or Antipsychotics, again a Dr will tell you things like, ‘just stop taking these or a 2 week taper should be fine.’

Tapering needs to be done carefully, tapering guidelines are shared on this website also. We are all different and everyone’s story is going to be different, some get off lightly and have no problem doing a rapid taper that many Drs will advise you to, however some cannot tolerate it and are severely harmed. Our individual make up is never the same, alike to covid some got really affected by the virus some didn’t.

Through my experience I have been shown the many suffering and harmed by medication. Before this the word medication would mean very little to me, I had no idea about any of this! For those reading this going through withdrawal, you are not alone. 

People are often polly drugged in benzo withdrawal, due to Drs thinking you’re crazy and then medicating your ‘craziness,’ when it just makes you worse, this is my personal challenge also, so I have a very overall experience of the dangers of big Pharma. During my time in the broken system I got given many medications, as Drs/ psychiatrists tend to just medicate symptoms. Ironically in my case the symptoms being from the medication itself.

I have shared my story on the podcast recordings and videos here, covering many different topics in this very layered terrifying experience. Offering help and guidance, from all the sources that have helped me get to where I am so far. Do check out the useful info page for links and contacts to help you along your way. I have updated the about me section with my current taper journey and where I am at. 

What I offer – I always knew I would become a therapist or healer of some sort later in life, I have always been interested in how us humans work. And really looking at what can help us cure trauma. Having had to work through my own traumas prior to medication harm. I worked through them holistically, without medication however Ironically ended up on a whole bunch of medication for tinnitus, really by trusting the Dr, as many of us do. 

I am currently furthering my counselling training to keep learning and growing always, on a transpersonal counselling level 4. I have been on a life long self development journey, and spent much time observing the art of life. I have been coaching people through this for the last 3 years, it’s known as a ‘psych med withdrawal coach,’ there are a few cropping up now, as this is really something that people are needing in this world of over medicating mental health. This kind of coaching is not me telling you what to do, or get you doing 3 mantras in the mirror everyday (like a regular coach). It is importantly tailored to what people really need in this scary experience. Which is validation, support and guidance from a grounded place, using my lived experience, therapy training and intuition, I help you gain clarity on where to turn next and how to get through it. And very importantly we go on your individual experience. 

We are all different and each persons history with this is different, there is no one way to do this. Yes there are things to avoid certainly, but we must listen to our body and our individual experience to feel out what is effecting us and how. 

More information on what I offer on the bookings page. 

Much Love 

Emma x