Author: Chaya

People often ask me how I got into the work that I do, and while I always answer honestly, it’s been over 15 years since the events that led me into this field. So my answer isn’t always that close to the source. It’s become rote, the story no longer potent to me. Last week Read More

If you’re in psychiatric med withdrawal, planning to be, or are recovering from the process and isolated, you may wish there were people to talk to by phone or video chat who could understand what you are going through. Isolation in psychiatric med withdrawal is extremely common.   Many of my clients are in this Read More

Please purchase the following book as it is a much needed companion for those discontinuing prescribed psychoactive substances. Please forward this email to others who might be interested, be they users, allies, or conduits.   It is written by Chaya Grossberg, whose current business is as a consulting non-medical advisor to those considering discontinuation ad well Read More

Some will be recorded/livestreamed. We have several book talks coming up in Western Massachusetts as well as an awesome training. All are free! Please spread the word to your Massachusetts area friends who will benefit. Here’s the info: Book Talks 9/26 6pm, Athol library 10/10 7pm Amherst Books 11/10 3/5pm A Wondering Spirit in East Read More

To thank you for supporting me in my release of Freedom From Psychiatric Drugs, this blog showcases your pictures. In this post, I showcase your work and/or projects with links to it. You are also showcased if you wrote reviews of the book, with links to your work. Your support of me in this endeavor Read More

This is a third follow up letter from the anonymous man who wrote a letter to his friends about his withdrawal process from Zoloft and Lexapro. This letter contains updates about treatments he has tried and things he has learned  His second letter is here. Hey there friend, It’s been about 3 weeks since I last Read More

This is a follow up letter from the man who wrote a letter to his friends about his withdrawal process from Zoloft and Lexapro. This letter contains updates about treatments he has tried and things he has learned including the possibility of candida being a factor. At the end of this letter, he discovers that Read More

by Tom Clute As a service-connected Veteran with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, I felt helpless and lost at sea in the medical bureaucracy of the VA system. Although I received excellent clinical mental health services at the VA, there was never an invitation, conversation or information about my human options as a consumer to Read More

A mother recently emailed me this testimonial: When my son was in a mental hospital a few years ago, I was desperately trying to figure out how to help him. I suspected the treatment he was receiving was not being effective, but the doctor’s seemed so sure of themselves and their diagnosis that I was Read More

The following is a letter written by a man recovering from Zoloft and Lexapro withdrawal and protracted withdrawal to his friends. The author chooses to remain anonymous. Hey friend, You’re getting this message because I very much value you as a person in my life. I’m writing this email to you (and a handful of Read More