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.

Eight-year-olds allowed to use Prozac

Prozac belongs to a group called as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs). Besides causing many disturbing side effects, Prozac has been found to put people at increased risk of suicidal behaviour and thoughts and has been ruled unsafe for adolescent. However, it has been decided that...

by Markos over a year ago

I cannot get off of Effexor

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I have taken Effexor for 6 years now and every now and then I try to ween myself off of it and it is the most excruciating thing that I have ever done...I am miserable that I cannot get off of this very expensive drug.....

by Guest over a year ago

zoloft and weight loss

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what do I have to eat in order to lose weight. I take 50 mg of Zoloft. I am about 153, 5'3" not much weight, but for me it is. Can't lose a lb. went to ww and lost 6 ounces, the next week would gain it back, any suggestions, would be most helpful. Thank you so much

by phyllis jay over a year ago

How can I find Serzone?

I have been ordering Serzone online from Canada, but now it has been taken off the market there. I have tried other meds for 10 years, but Serzone is the only thing that helps. Can not find a contact number or web site from Bristol Myers. How can I fing serzone?

by need serzone over a year ago

Get off effexor symptom free

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I have gone from 150 mg to 75mg without side effects. I remove granules from the capsules, slowly so my body has more time to adjust. I reduce my dose by 5 granules a week. It is a very slow process, but symptom free and i can keep my life and function normally. I tried tapering off by reducing...

by Alma_180783180783 over a year ago

lip tingling and paxil

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Hi i am paxil for the past 3 month and i feel my upper lip tingling for time to time...what casn it be? i am 37years and i am on 20mg for the past 3 weeks... can paxil be a side effect with this? please let me know has i am very anxiuos.

by mike over a year ago

If i stop taking Zoloft will i lose the weight i gained?!

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I gained 10kg wile taking Zoloft for six months, now i stoped for 14days. Do you think i will lose this weight?! Its alot in six months and i was not eating alot in this six months i was really shocked. Wile searching the net many says its becasue of Zoloft! That's way i am searching for personal...

by Guest over a year ago

Antidepresssant Controversy

Uneducated and non professionals: I do not have a clue who posts your assessments of antidepressants and how they work when they must be totally ignorant of the fact by one of the statements and founders or researchers that helped create the binding process in which all antidepressants are made...

by Fryedadddy61 over a year ago

Just needing advice/info

Hi! Like everyone else here I have been taking Effexor (supposed to take 150mg a day) for nearly 7 years and am ready to stop. I began taking it to help with panic/anxiety attacks during my divorce(Ironically, the break up of my marriage was caused by my husbands addiction to prescription meds--he...

by 1proudsoccermom90300 over a year ago