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Antidepressants

Are you on antidepressants, about to start, or hoping to come off them? Antidepressants can be divided into the following classes: Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), Norepinephrine/noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (NRIs aka NERIs/NARIs), Dopamine reuptake inhibitors (DRIs), Opioids, Selective serotonin reuptake enhancers (SSREs), Novel antidepressants and Tetracyclic antidepressants. Discuss the benefits and disadvantages of different types of antidepressants on this forum, and share your experience.

Does anyone know why do anitdepressants cause weight gain?

HI. I’ve been using antidepressants lately and I’ve noticed extreme weight gain. Does anyone here know why these drugs cause weight gain? Also, why do people continue to gain weight even after they stop using these meds???

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Using St John's Worth while coming off Cymbalta

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Has anyone tried coming off Cymbalta using St John's Wort? I have come down for 60 mg of Cymbalta to 30mg over a period of 4 months, using the tapering method. That method was very useful indeed and I didn't have any of the awful 'zaps' that go with withdrawing from this drug. However I do have...

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Anti depression and Anxiety Drugs, Should we be warned?

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Escitalopram as its called and prescribed in spain. This is a drug given to people suffering anxiety and or depression. In Spain it is usually prescribed with some heavy duty tranquilisers. Im not a doctor so I cant say why that is. OK This drug and variations of the same is not a mild thing. It...

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orgasim lexapro

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Hello there! I have been on lexapro for six months now. What I have noticed with it is that besides having lower libido, I also have a problems with ejaculating, or should I say my orgasms seem to be delayed. Now, I was wondering if this is the case with all SSRI’s because I haven’t used any...

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Effexor Withdrawal Affects Husband is Having

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My husband is having a very bad time ceasing Effexor XR. Fish Oils are not helping him and everything that I am looking at online says that Effexor has "no withdrawal effects", which is BS. My husband cannot make up what is happening to his body. How long will this last? I am 8 months...

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Effexor Withdrawal Tips

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I have been taking Effexor for months. I ask you to please read all of this before making any decisions; plus you need to see how serious this really is as a drug. I started on a low dose Prozac because I have suffered from severe migraines from childhood. I'm talking going to the hospital type...

by User avatar RenGbsn65697

Sertraline for pain relief

Hello, I have been with a non bacterial prostatitis for some months, and experienced a lot of pain, i took a lot of antibiotics and gabapentin and after no condition change a doctor sent me to psiqiatrich and he prescribed be sertraline 50 mg, I took like 4 pills of that in 4 days and i felt like...

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Fever as Meds' Side Effect?

I have been taking some anti depressants for my off/on depression (seasonal thing) and it seems that I am having fever because of them. That never happened before and I am not so sure if I should continue taking that drug. Is fever's as meds side effect possible at all?

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should we withdraw?

i am actually writing for my dad. it's been a year and it's been hell. he was once a lively person...talk your head off. well last august, started seeing a doctor, tried many many drugs. feeling so awful, that he had about 7-8 ect's done. then we found a great doctor. she said she will help...

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prozac sweating eye problems

Hello! I was prescribed with prozac for my depression stages... Ok, depression is not case of discussion now... I noticed some shivering and sweating when I ran out of prozac and didn’t get it immediately. Besides sweating, also problems with eyes. Is this normal or is this something else that i...

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