What’s Beyond…Beyond Meds?

We shall see. Gianna Kali has announced that her popular and informative blog, Beyond Meds, has reached its end.

Thank you to all my readers for being part of this transformative journey with me. It’s time for me to move on and do other things.

This blog, depending on which ranking system you look at, is between number 1 and number 5 or so of non-pharma funded mental health blogs. I feel good about leaving and that the work has been a success. — Gianna Kali

It was one of the few blogs that I checked regularly and I know many people (myself included) have found it to be of use in so many ways — news, information, inspiration, encouragement or to know they weren’t the only ones experiencing an intensely harsh withdrawal from psych drugs, particularly benzos. It was a great blog and I’ll miss seeing new posts from Gianna. Past posts, however, will remain as a resource — and with such a wealth of information and personal experience, it’s one hell of a resource.

For something as simple as a self-supported means of relaying thoughts and information to have a direct and positive effect on people’s lives is remarkable — maybe the best we can hope for — and she’s done it many times over.

Gianna is ending Beyond Meds to move forward with her life beyond the keyboard and I’m glad she’s at a point in her recovery to even approach that next step. At some as yet undetermined time, we can expect another blog from her, focused on more positive things and free from the heavier issues that make up the broken mental health world. I can’t wait. It’s not one topic that makes her blog what it is, it’s her openness and perspective. I look forward to seeing what she approaches with these qualities next.

I wish her well, both in the “blogosphere” and beyond. I’m sure good things are to come as she determines her own future. If she clues us in, great. If not, I’ll assume she’s out living life — beyond meds and beyond the internet.