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.

Anti depression and Anxiety Drugs, Should we be warned?

Answered by a doctor

Escitalopram as its called and prescribed in spain. This is a drug given to people suffering anxiety and or depression. In Spain it is usually prescribed with some heavy duty tranquilisers. Im not a doctor so I cant say why that is. OK This drug and variations of the same is not a mild thing. It...

by Guest over a year ago

Sertraline for pain relief

Hello, I have been with a non bacterial prostatitis for some months, and experienced a lot of pain, i took a lot of antibiotics and gabapentin and after no condition change a doctor sent me to psiqiatrich and he prescribed be sertraline 50 mg, I took like 4 pills of that in 4 days and i felt like...

by lozin214808 over a year ago

Fluoxetine and periods

Hi, I have been on Fluoxetine for maybe 2 months . Each time my period has come late . I am also on birth control, which I have been for about 3 years now . I'm really starting to stress and go crazy . I haven't had sex in almost 2 months but my period came last month. I will hopefully be able to...

by Guest over a year ago

exstasy and medication

Im seriously trying to get help, i am in my second year in college and i am seeing a thrapist ive been with for 2 years now. ive been diagnosd several times ; with dysthamia( depression), asprger,anxiety, add and now schizoid personality disorder. We've been doing just that behavorial therapy no...

by artangleyes over a year ago

Helps with withdrawl symptons

Hello everyone. Since I last wrote, I was going off effexor. I tried the method of counting down the beads, but in a lot different way, probably not the way I should have. I was on 150mg and I dumped out the beads and wet my finger and took what was on my finger. I did that for about a week...

by fedupeffexor over a year ago

Did anyone lose weight while tapering off Zoloft?

Answered by a doctor

I am 23 years old and have been on Zoloft for almost 4 years. Before i was put on Zoloft, i was on Paxil for a year. I was having severe anxiety and didn't even want to finish school. After about a year, the Paxil was not working anymore, even though I was on a low dose. I refused to go to a...

by fernlady8441625 over a year ago

Prozac Weight Gain

Answered by a doctor

Hi everybody, I am a 16 year old boy and have been struggling with O.C.D. for 11 years of my life. I started taking Prozac 5 years ago (I was 11 at the time). The longer I took it, the more weight I gained. What is weird though, is I run 5 days a week, do push-ups and sit-ups every night, but can't...

by Isaac Fall over a year ago

taking sertraline and trazodone together.

i have been taking sertraline 200mgs and trazodone 100mgs daily for about 12 years now. i feel fine but i have gained so much weight over the years. if i safely wean myself off both drugs will i lose weight. i have asked my gp for reductil but he refuses to give me it as it is dangerous taking with...

by Guest over a year ago

trazodone first time

I took trazondone for the first time last night as a sleep aid. I took 30 milligrams and I hated it when I woke up. I was all groggy and disoriented and I felt like I couldnt wake up. I woke up all through the nite going to the bathroom. I never felt like I was in a deep sleep until after 6 a.m. I...

by witedazee over a year ago