TaperCommunity
Peer Support Community
Share your taper journey — you're not alone. Join thousands tapering psychiatric medications safely together.
Free forever. No credit card required. Join the hundreds of world wide members tapering safely together.
Why TaperCommunity
Built from the ground up with modern tools, evidence-based resources, and a mission to help people taper safely.
Dedicated forums for SSRIs, SNRIs, benzos, antipsychotics, and more. Find people tapering the same medication as you.
Document your doses, symptoms, and mood — then share your progress with your prescriber or the people who support you.
Find tapering-friendly clinicians near you. 57+ providers across 6 countries who understand gradual withdrawal.
A full deprescribing curriculum covering neuroadaptation, hyperbolic tapering, and drug-specific protocols.
All community features — forums, taper journals, drug profiles, and peer support — are always free. No paywalls on the help you need.
“Most clinicians were trained to prescribe psychiatric medications. Almost none were trained to stop them.”
This is why TaperCommunity exists
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Trusted by Patients & Clinicians
TaperCommunity is doing the work that our training programs haven’t caught up to yet. I recommend it to patients who want to be informed and supported through the process.
Imraan Allarakhia, MD
Georgetown University School of Medicine
When I started tapering ten years ago, most of us were figuring it out alone. This space gives people what many of us never had: others who truly understand. That’s why I’m here. I just wish it had existed sooner.
Jules
Community Member
Being able to share my taper journey is helping me in ways I never realized. I’m proud to call Taper Community my new home.
Catina
Community Support Member
Being able to document my symptoms and share daily check-ins has made all the difference. The community keeps me accountable and reminds me I’m not doing this alone. For the first time, I feel in control of my taper.
STVE
Member
Evidence & Sources
Our guidance and curriculum reference peer-reviewed research, clinical guidelines, and the most-cited patient and clinician resources in the deprescribing field.
Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines
Horowitz & Taylor — the clinical reference for evidence-based taper protocols.
Tapering of SSRI treatment (Lancet Psychiatry, 2019)
Horowitz & Taylor — the landmark paper introducing hyperbolic tapering.
The Ashton Manual
Prof. Heather Ashton — the foundational guide for benzodiazepine withdrawal.
NHS — Stopping or coming off antidepressants
Public-health guidance from the UK National Health Service.
RxISK
Independent drug safety research and adverse-event reporting (Dr. David Healy).
Mad in America
Research and journalism on psychiatric care and withdrawal experiences.
Inner Compass Initiative
Nonprofit education and advocacy for informed psychiatric drug decisions.
FDA — Drugs@FDA
Official FDA labeling and black-box warnings for psychiatric medications.