Dr. Jennifer Giordano, widely recognized as Dr. G, is a psychiatrist who uses a holistic approach to help those who want to take an active role in their health and avoid, decrease, or stop using psychiatric medications.  She saw the major gap in the medical community in the understanding of psych med tapering and wanted to help fill it, which grew into working one-on-one with hundreds of people to safely and successfully navigate the tapering terrain.
 

SHOWNOTES:

💊  What are the risks of rapid tapering

💊  What is Protracted Withdrawal

💊  Could your medications be quietly sabotaging your sleep?

💊  Why Tapering Takes Time? - Understanding the importance of a safe medication taper

💊  Holistic Support Tips: Enhance sleep during and after medication tapering

💊  Dr. Giordano's empowering approach to medication tapering

💊  Inspiring stories of resilience and recovery after sleep medications

💊  Helpful Resources:

      🔗 True You Psychiatry & Wellness – Dr. Giordano’s practice for deprescribing and holistic psychiatry

     📚 The Ashton Manual – A widely-used resource for tapering benzodiazepines

     🌐 Surviving Antidepressants – Online peer-support community for those tapering psychiatric meds

     🎥 Medicating Normal (Documentary) – A look at the over-prescription of psychiatric medications

     💊 Connect with Dr. Giordano: trueyupsych.com

     🌍 Accepting patients in: Michigan, California, New York, Florida, Georgia, Arizona, Virginia.

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