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We are a team of experts with the goal of helping people understand the risks of taking antidepressants.

 

Antidepressants have helped many with the debilitating symptoms of depression, anxiety and other conditions.

 

They can also have dangerous and life-threatening side effects. 

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The aims of this site are:

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  • to stand up for those whose lives have been damaged and stolen and to give them a voice. See Stolen Lives.
     

  • to make people aware of the long term effects of taking antidepressants and the difficulty of withdrawal which in extreme cases can lead to suicide.​ 

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We are committed to creating campaigns that will help prevent antidepressant induced suicides and reduce the impact on people's lives when an adverse drug reaction goes unrecognised. 

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We are a non-profit organisation and rely on your donations.​

  • Panic attacks
  • Insomnia
  • Mania
  • Depersonalisation
  • Depression
  • Serotonin Syndrome
  • Akathisia
  • Suicide
  • Violence
  • Homicide
     
POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS
OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS

Mission

Monthly Stolen Lives Recovery Support Group - next meeting Monday 5 May 2025

Our Stolen Lives Recovery Support Group runs on the first Monday of each month from 5pm - 6pm UK time on Zoom.

 

Each month there will be a guest speaker who will share their powerful recovery journey, followed by a chance for Q&A and open discussion. This group is a space for those tapering off and withdrawing from psychiatric medication to talk about their experiences and give each other hope. These groups are led by founder of Antidepressant Risks,  Katinka Blackford Newma

 

We welcome participants from anywhere in the world, at any stage of their prescription harm healing journey, and ask for a minimum donation of £10 to Antidepressant Risks per session.

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Our next meeting is on Monday 5 May 2025 and our speaker is Laura Turner who share her powerful story of how she took an antidepressant for neuropathic pain, became suicidal and tried to end her life by jumping off a building, ended up in a psychiatric hospital and being wrongfully detained because she hallucinated that she had poisoned her children. She has now managed to taper off all the drugs and she will share her powerful story. 

COMMONLY PRESCRIBED ANTIDEPRESSANTS
bupropion
Celexa
Cipralex
Cipramil
citalopram
Cymbalta
desvenlafaxine
duloxetine
Effexor
escitalopram
fluoxetine
imipramine
Lexapro
Lustral
mirtazapine
paroxetine
Paxil
Pristiq
Prozac
Seroxat
sertraline
venlafaxine
Wellbutrin­­­
Zoloft

Petition: The Question That Will Save Lives

​We have started a petition to get suicide prevention services to ask callers if they are taking medication that can cause suicidal ideation (thoughts about killing yourself). We believe that many lives could be saved if callers are made aware that their medication may be contributing to their distress.

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