CA
TORONTO
*GAM – Gaining Autonomy Medication Management
When: Every Monday – 1 to 2 PM
Where: Sound Times East 280 Parliament St, Toronto, Access Sound Times on Poulette Street (the back of our building)
Tel 416.979.1700
Web: https://soundtimes.com/https://goo.gl/85YDZL
Description: Learning and understanding psychiatric medication and its effects on all aspects of a person’s life. Creating spaces of open dialogue around one’s needs and preferences with respect to medication. It’s about making decisions, self-advocacy, engaging external supports, limiting risks and taking charge. GAM bypasses the debate ‘for or against’ medication and shifts the focus instead on the subjective quality of life of the person who is taking the medication.
*This group is listed as a courtesy and is not officially affiliated with WARM.
VANCOUVER BC
*Coming off of Benzodiazepines & Sleeping Meds Support Group
When: First Wednesday of every month.
Organized by: Allison P.
Description: Our sole purpose is to provide a support group for each other by sharing our experiences of benzodiazepine or sleeping medication (z-drug) withdrawal and listening to others do the same. This group is founded on a fierce belief in the human spirit, and our innate capacity as human beings to heal from trauma and to regenerate.
*This group is listed as a courtesy and is not officially affiliated with WARM.
UK
NORTH WALES
Prescribed Medication Withdrawal Peer Support Group at Nant Hall Church (small hall)
When: Every other Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Where: Nant Hall Road in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, LL19 9LR
Description: A new peer group to help people coming off prescribed drugs. Please join us, with your successes or problems, to support each other in a friendly group. All are welcome.
Contact: Mary Hennessey and Shane Cooke – please call or text: 07563353307
SOUTH WALES
*Prescription Awareness Support Team (PAST)
Who – We began as a small group of concerned individuals with personal experience – realising there was no support or independent information to patients and users of prescription pharmaceutical drugs.
What – PAST is raising awareness and providing support for anyone wishing for help, information and assistance.
Where – We began in Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan.
Contact – message the PAST team: https://past.wales/contact
*This group is listed as a courtesy and is not officially affiliated with WARM.
*Prescription Support Team (PST) Meetings
When: Every Thursday 6:00 to 7:30 PM
Where: Ty Canna 40 Market Rd, CF5 1RZ Cardiff
Description: Our team members have had personal experience of long-term use, dependency and withdrawal of prescribed medication. Come along for a chat and a cuppa!
Contact: facebook page https://goo.gl/AQoT9y
*This group is listed as a courtesy and is not officially affiliated with WARM.
US
ILLINOIS
*Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Chicago
Organized by: Jim Thompson
A support group for people trying to use the Ashton Manual to taper off of benzodiazepines. We offer support during your taper and afterwards.
Web: https://www.meetup.com/benzo-withdrawal-chicago/
*This group is listed as a courtesy and is not officially affiliated with WARM.
MASSACHUSETTS
*Peer Support Group on Psychiatric Drugs
When: Wed, May 16 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm
Where: 187 High St, Holyoke, MA 01040 USA (Suite 302) (map)
Description: Please join us for a new support group where we will support each other in discussing our unique experiences with psychiatric medications. This will be a space to talk about our beliefs, what informs our choices, and to share resources around the effects of medication, tapering and/or withdrawing.
Contact: email zoe@westernmassrlc.org
*This group is listed as a courtesy and is not officially affiliated with WARM.
MISSOURI
*Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal Meetup
Organized by: Angela Peacock
More info at: https://www.meetup.com/Psychiatric-Drug-Withdrawal-Meetup/
Description: We are like minded people who have come off psychiatric drugs or are thinking about it or discussing it with our doctors. Some of us have come off SSRI’s, SNRI’s, benzodiazepines, antipsychotics and mood stabilizers with little to no support of the mental health care system. We are here to support each other during that process without giving medical advice. There are no medical professionals here we are strictly peer support. Some of us have come off of medications after being on them for decades, others are just thinking about getting on them but want informed consent first. Together we are healing.
*This group is listed as a courtesy and is not officially affiliated with WARM.
OHIO
Prescribed Medication Withdrawal and Recovery Group
When: Every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Where: Community Friends Meeting House, 3960 Winding Way, Cincinnati, OH 45229
Description: Confidential support group for people who are tapering and recovering from the effects of psychiatric and other medications. While we recognize that drugs have their place, our focus here is on the awareness of risks, on reducing dosages, and on utilizing various alternatives.
Web: https://www.facebook.com/lifeaftermeds/?ref=bookmarks
Contact: Laurie Oakley – please call or text 513-800-1978
