The Inner Compass Initiative Story
As a teenager, ICI founder Laura Delano was told she needed psychiatric medication to live a normal life. Despite taking up to six different drugs at a time, her dysfunction and distress only deepened. After 10 years of struggle, she asked: What if I am actually OK and these drugs are making me sick?
As she searched for answers, Laura learned the hard way about the risks of tapering off psychiatric drugs too quickly. She discovered a lack of scientific evidence both for the effectiveness of the drugs she was on and for her diagnoses. Laura also found that the most valuable and insightful information came not from mental health professionals but from others with similar experiences.
This inspired Laura to create Inner Compass Initiative. We are a nonprofit run by and for people who, like Laura, once turned to the mental health industry for answers but ultimately didn’t find them there. We provide information, resources, and support to help you make fully informed choices, guide your own growth, and tell your own story.
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ICI exists to provide what I wish I’d had: information, resources, and people who can help us orient after we feel like we have fallen off the map.”
– Laura Delano, Founder
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