What happens if you take antidepressants for too long?
Long-term antidepressant users are risking permanent damage to their bodies, according to leading medical experts. Dr Tony Kendrick, a professor of primary care at the University of Southampton, says more urgent action needs to be taken to encourage and support long-term users to come off the medication.
Why you should stop taking antidepressants?
Quitting without consulting your doctor can be life-threatening. Suicide is a serious concern. It can also trigger withdrawal symptoms and relapse of your depression. If you relapse and start taking an antidepressant again, it can take weeks for the drug to rebalance your mood.
What is the best anti-depressant with the least side effects?
Remeron. MayoClinic.com: Antidepressants: Which cause the fewest sexual side effects?
How to taper off your antidepressant?
The best way to stop taking your antidepressant is to slowly taper the medication under a doctor’s supervision. This involves slowly lowering the dose of medication until you are completely off of it.
Is Prozac an antidepressant or a mood stabilizer?
Where antidepressant medications function to lift mood up out of a depressive episode, mood-stabilizing medications help to regulate mood and keep it from fluctuating either too high (into mania) or too low (into depression). The oldest and best mood stabilizer is lithium carbonate (lithium).
What do anti depression pills do?
Anti-depressants are mood-stabilizing drugs used to treat a variety of conditions, including moderate to severe depressive disorder, anxiety attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder. First discovered in the early 1950s, anti-depressants have become an effective tool in combating depression and other disorders.