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Don't just suddenly stop taking an antidepressant

Posted: Jan 29th 2008 4:29PM by Brian White
Filed under: Emotional Health, Healthy Products

To those that are currently taking antidepressants -- but have been paying attention to the news recently -- you may want to talk to your doctor first.

Stopping antidepressant medications abruptly may lead to a whole host of potential problems deemed the antidepressant discontinuation syndrome. Among the symptoms could be:

Anxiety.
Feelings of depression or sadness
Moodiness and irritability
Tiredness
Headaches and dizziness
Nausea and vomiting
Diarrhea

Lowering your dose or finding out about alternative antidepressant treatments may be something you want to talk to your doctor about before quitting that daily prescription cold turkey

Tags: antidepressant drugs, AntidepressantDrugs, antidepressants

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

1-29-2008 @ 4:41PM

Tim UF said...

don't forget the intermittent mild shock feelings you get after stopping zoloft. Though, weaning off of it didn't seem to help.

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