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.

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here is how im feeling: allergies i did not have before,like i become weak dizzy and skinny after eating most foods specially in large amounts!feel like my stomack acids do not break down foods or very slow (like i eat in the evening and in the morning i need to burp to feel comfortable and...

by Guest over a year ago

What are possible side effects of Amitriptyline?

I had a bad reaction to Ambian cr and was sleep driving,talking and actually left with a friend and had no memory of doing these things. So I went to my doctor and told her of these episodes and ake her if there was something that I could take for my bouts with insomnia that would be safer. She...

by nannytazz over a year ago

Still withdrawal problems after weeks

Hi everybody, I was on efexor since 2001(75mg) and after several attempts tried to quit again last month. I am clean now for 6 weeks. The first days were heavy because of the brain zapps and vertigo. After a week or so, they slowly went to the background. But ever since, I still feel miserable,...

by O.W.87582 over a year ago

Terrible Effexor Withdrawal

Answered by a doctor

I have been off effexor xr for 3.5 weeks now, and its been terrible. I can't stop crying, and when I am not crying, I feel the need to. I know this can be a sign of depression, but I have never been depressed before. All I can assume is that this is withdrawal symptoms. I feel like crying all the...

by Christinebadd83088 over a year ago

Does nortriptyline change the effectiveness of Birth Control?

Does nortriptyline change the effectiveness of Birth Control? I've been on some sort of BCP for years. I recently switched to Mircette (5 months ago). I started the Nortriptyline about 6 weeks ago. Since then I've had 2 periods. The first one was very light and only lasted about 14 hours. The next...

by davida1019130710 over a year ago

side effects of antidepressants

Hi, good people. My sister has been diagnosed with clinical depression. Her psychiatris thinks it is time to introduce antidepressants into her treatment. I must admit that this little scares me. What would side effects of antidepressants be? Can anyone tell me something more? I would appreciate it....

by jackson425153369 over a year ago

How do I lose weight taking pscy medications

My name is Michelle and I need advice on tips to lose weight while taking the following medications: Wellbutrin XL 300mg, Abilify 2 mg, Lamictal 400mg, Lexapro 40mg, ativan as prn. I'm also 50 years old and just started menopause, I used to be a size 7 now a 14. S.O.S. Help

by Guest over a year ago

SUE, SUE, SUE

Let's sue the $ %&* out of the company who makes this awful drug. I orginally started taking this because of my jealousy. I was fit, trim and all that. I weighed about 120. Now I weight 185 and cannot get off of it. It is so depressing to know that I could look good again if only I could wean...

by Let's Sue the Company who makes over a year ago

Trazodone and Sexual Problems? How Common?

Currently taking Celexa for about 4 weeks and my very active sex life with my younger husband has severely changed. I don't have the want or craving and can no longer reach orgasm, it's like I went numb down there. Doc also gave me Trazodone, but I plan to wean off Celexa and switch to Trazodone,...

by breezy40 over a year ago

extreme weight gain on tricyclic

I am a 40 year old woman who started taking Doxepin in August for sleep, but found it helped so much with Interstitial Cystitis, I decided to stay on it even though I began to gain weight almost exponentially. I have severe sleep disorder issues, so having the pain of IC lessened dramamtically at...

by sapphirefox56410 over a year ago