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.

Trazodone withdrawl duration?

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I have been on 50mg traz for 1 month and 25 for the last month along with klonopin .5 mg 1 time per day at night. I have weaned the klonopin down to .125 and have been there for 6 days and doing well beofre I stopped the traz. It has been 4 days since my last traz dose. On my doctors request, I...

by Guest over a year ago

Effexor / Venlafaxine to Prozac

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I am on 150mg of Effexor daily and my doc is switching me to Prozac. Anyone experienced this change and how did you do it? Was the Prozac better for you? I've been on Effexor for 18 months now and don't feel it's working at all.

by MMS over a year ago

Has anyone been on 300 mg. long term of Trazadone? How did you wean off?

If anyone out there has been in this situation please reply, as I trust others who have been through this and I am a Mother who has to be able to take care of a special needs teen! And other issues. As I am disabled I am on other meds. but want to hear from someone that has ben on this high dose for...

by Glenda over a year ago

Zoloft has been worked great with 50mg dose, but my dr upped it to 100mg, and now my face is burning

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Hi! I've had anxiety for over a year now. I first started out on celexa. I took that for a month and noticed i was getting a rash and ichy hives all over my body. My doctor was worried that was an allergic reaction and took me off. As I was getting off, I felt awful and it was an anxiety episode...

by Jojomomo over a year ago

Zoloft and IVF success?

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Hello, I’ve been fighting depression for years and in the end, the medication that worked out for me was Zoloft. At this point in our lives, my husband and I are trying for a baby and since the first major disappointment in that department - we haven’t been able to conceive for over a year now...

by Guest over a year ago

Side effects of pms-trazodone

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I have been taking this medication for a little over a week now and they work great for keeping me sleeping all night long. My problem is the side effects of this drug which are: lower severe back pain; very unbalanced on my feet; hard to get up from a sitting position or a laying position. Does...

by djl317529 over a year ago

I quit Zoloft for about three weeks, can I start taking it again??

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I was on zoloft for less than a year then I stopped cold turkey about three weeks ago. At first I felt fine then started getting lightheaded, nausea, vomiting, among other things. Now that that has passed I'm feeling angry, irritable, really depressed and suicidal. Can I just resume taking it? My...

by DepressedSoul over a year ago

Zoloft had turned me into a zombie

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I started zoloft about three months ago, I was on wellbutrin. Zoloft had turned me into a zombie. So tired all day long. I stopped and now am unzombietized. I guess it just affects ppl differently

by Myself over a year ago

Natural Supplements to help with discontinuation of LEXAPRO?

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I want to get off of Lexapro...I know I can't just quit. My system will freak. I've heard so much about SAM-e and want to start taking SAME-e...to build up my system,, while I begin tapering my dosage of Lexapro...very, very gradually. I'm really sensitive. I have a good plan for discontinuing the...

by sweetpea over a year ago

Zoloft with Marijuana.. causing bad trips

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i've been on zoloft for almost 2 months and yesterday i smoked marijuna and had the worst experience of my life. i've only smoked a few times before and nothing like this ever happened, but anyways i took 2 hits and started playing call of duty(xbox shooting game). i got so into the game that i...

by jasonprince182 over a year ago