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.

Cymbalta and pregnancy

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Hi I have been on 120g of cymbalta for about 2yrs now as suffer extreme depression , self harming and flash backs to my pasts but now want to try for a baby but have tried to reduce dose myself with terrible side effects and my gp has put me back to full dose again. Is it safe to take this high dose...

by Guset over a year ago

Experience with Zoloft Withdrawal continued

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I took Zoloft in 1992, then stopped. I had a very bad reaction to stopping it. I remember crawling on the floor begging for air and I was dizzy. After a few weeks I felt better. I did take it again in 2002 for 2 months. I then stopped. 50 mg it was. Well I had the most awful...

by Diane over a year ago

Effexor- should I quit using it?

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Hi! I have been on Effexor now for 17years. I am 52 years old. I have gained SO much weight since being on the drug. I call it my "happy pill". I am wondering if I should try something different, though. For the past 2 years I wake up nauseated and I sweat frequently (when everyone else...

by bungie over a year ago

Cymbalta withdrawal tips

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YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!! Withdrawing from Cymbalta is treacherous but can happen..... Thank you so much to the person who posted from username uneedacetylcholene!! I have been on cymbalta for nearly seven years (?) and have tried numerous times to get off but because of the devastating withdrawal...

by beingwell301726 over a year ago

Is there other stuff to take instead of Zoloft?

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Is there other stuff to take? Im so scared when i tried to cut back to half in the am and half at night. they are the one mg. seems like i keep get anxiety alot at bedtime and Im up until early. then go to sleep for a few hours. the Dr. put me on seratriptaline. i think generic form of zoloft. that...

by Guest over a year ago

stopping zoloft cold turkey

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Thanks all for the help been on zoloft for 4 months . Then cold turkeyed it biggest mistake ever now l know how David Banner feels don't make me angry.lm scared of what l would do.l have terrible headaches with shocking sensations, uncontrolled rage, dizziness, sleep issues and my family doesnt...

by archer969 over a year ago

Zoloft withdrawal brain zaps

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I have went from 100mg to 75mg to 50 mg to 25 mg now offically off Zoloft . It's been 6 maybe 7 days, and the brain zaps are killing me. Started with the worst headache body aches, and diarrhea . Now it's horrible off, and on brain zaps that after awhile just like having the hiccups it hurts! Can't...

by Marysxx over a year ago

Water retention and tendon/joint pain from Cymbalta?

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I quit Cymbalta in March. I've weathered all the nasty "brain" withdrawal symptoms and they finally seem to be gone. However, my joints and tendons are so messed up. I pulled a tiny muscle or something in my foot just by walking on the beach. I couldn't walk for two days. I paddled a...

by June over a year ago

Off of Zoloft for 3 weeks now.

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I had been on and off of Zoloft for about 10 years. I finally thought I was ready to get off in January of this year. I was off for a couple of weeks and then had a bad crying episode and went back on. I had really bad side effects for a few weeks and decided to get off again. I have now been off...

by Mars shriver over a year ago

Cymbalta and skin lesions

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I have been taking cymbalta for 4 years and am starting to develop a lot of questionable symptoms. I had alopecia ariata in one spot on my scalp (size of a dime), have scalp scabs and have developed dry skin lesions and redness on multiple parts of my body. Dermatologist has done biopsy on one...

by Guest over a year ago