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.

Withdrawal Symptoms from Neurontin

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8-| My doctor recently changed my antidepressent to Cymbalta. I no longer need to take Neurontin (300mg tid). It was making me sleep 16-18 hors a day with the Cymbalta. Now my Internist has cut me back to 300mg at bedtime only. how long will it take for this need to sleep so much go away....

by rehab_hands52229 over a year ago

Zoloft Effecting Sperm Count

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I have been on Zoloft since i was 12, i started masterbating last year while on medication, each ejaculation, i would release a decent mount of sperm, now when i masterbate, there is no sperm, its completly clear, my question is if Zoloft can deminish my sperm count. ?

by Guest over a year ago

Stopping Cymbalta

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Alrighty, I have been reading the "horror" stories of everyone coming off of cymbalta. I suffer from generalized anxiety disorder, social anaxiety, OCD, and resistant depression - or I did. I had a horrible year and was hospitalized and doctors tweaked my medications. Things seemed to fall...

by Guest over a year ago

Zoloft Questions!

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Hi - if anyone can answer my questions that would be great! I am back on zoloft after being off it for 3 months. I had been on 50 mg for over 5 yrs and it worked great for me - no panic at all and when I first went on it in 2001 i had minimal side effects - just loose stools and tingling in hands...

by Guest over a year ago

boyfriend getrting off effeffexor prblems

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wow, my boiyfriend of six months is getting, or switching from Effexor to Wellbutrin, hoping he'll be able to counter_act the meds side effect of erectile dysfunction. He is going all agro on me, no change sexually...what should I do?

by Guest over a year ago

cymbalta weight gain

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i just weened of cymbalta. and my stomach is still bloated. i have been off it for 2 weeks. my whole body remained the same except my stomach and thighs. i am not pregnant got tested but my stomach looks like there is watermelon in there

by cymbsto over a year ago

Took Zoloft for 7 moths 8 years ago

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hey everyone just wanted to share my zoloft experience. I am a 24 y/o female btw. I began taking zoloft back in 1998 when I was 16 years old for severe anxiety/panic attacks which ultimately was causing my depression. As a child I was normal and healthy and was never anxious I went through the...

by offzoloft36470 over a year ago

coming off concerta

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My son who has been taking concerta for about 2 years at increased dosages until we reached 34mg. He has, with our advice, stop taking the medication. Recently he has developed headaches and is very sleepy. Just not himself lateley. He is 15 years old and very active. Can you tell me if coming...

by Cindy over a year ago

twitching and ticks with medication

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I would like to ask a question regarding a symptom I am experiencing with some medications. Can you please tell me if twitching or ticks occur with either Effexor or Visteral. I take both. 300mg Effexor daily and 100mg of Visteral 4x daily. It appears to occur more frequently while i'm sleeping....

by chhrn@aol.com over a year ago

cymbalta 20 mg.

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I just started taking cymbalta about 2 wks. ago. The other day, I experienced a brief black out (approx. 10 min.) I knew enough to call my neighbor and she came over immediately. I kne her fac but did not know where she lived. I was confused upon coming out of my balckout. I had no recollection...

by lgagape over a year ago