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.

Chemo Brain and Comcerta

Breast Cancer. Mastectomy. Chemo therapy. Herceptin for one year. Main complain is having the chemo brain. Hard to stay on a started task. Hard to start a task that needs to be done. Forgetful. Memory frustration. I I have 4 more of Herceptin to go. Oncologist said Concerta is ok to take while on...

by Em Zee over a year ago

Mood swings after Effexor withdrawal

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I am so glad I found this forum this week, I thought I had menegitis or something life threatening. My whole body reacted bably I couldn't move. I went off Effexor before and it was never this bad. My mood is everywhere uncontrollable and I tapered from 225 to150 to75. I need for help I had to go...

by Guest over a year ago

Do Antidepressants (lexapro) deaden the pleasure center in our brain?

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Over a period of 3 years I was on Welbutrin. My dr also tried Effexor, and Lexapro. I haven't taken any of the above for 5 years. I have noticed since that I can't get that fuzzy glow from alcohol. I can get a hangover, but I rarely "catch a buzz." I also felt absolutely nothing when...

by tracyxo143555 over a year ago

Stopping the use of lexapro

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I am glad to see people stopping the use of Lexapro. I have been taking 20mg for years with no visable results other than being in a stuper. I'm sure the RX companies that make this stuff along with the billions of dollars don't care about losing a few patients. If physicans really cared...

by Guest over a year ago

Hi I am a 17 year old male and I believe that I have had an allergic reaction to prescription pills.

I am 17 and I have been taking Prozac a year ago for stress related reasons. A hospital was also putting me on other drugs to see if they worked with my system. Like drugs such as Haldol and others I do not know the name of. I had decided that I wanted prozac. So a year had passed and I stopped...

by Guest over a year ago

Prozac and Weight Gain- My experience

I gained 30lbs in a year when starting prozac (133 to 163!!!), I eat very clean, workout 5 times a week and couldn't lose even a pound for the life of me. I went to my doctor and she told me it was the prozac and tried to give me dieting tips and had all my bloodwork checked lol what a joke, I...

by Guest over a year ago

What treatment are they giving you for uterine (myxoid) leio

I have undergone 2 hysterectomies in the 4 weeks and have just started chemo for Stage I uterine LMS. Last week I started on Gemzar (Gemcitabine) and today I start on Taxotere (Docetaxel). I will be doing 4 weeks of this. My doctor may start me on another 4 weeks of a drug called Adriamycin...

by lubymaria over a year ago

side effects of lustral

My husband has been depressed for round and about a year now. Finally, he has received the help that he so obviously need, and my husband is now getting lustral. I knew that lustral might be hard on my husband in terms of the side effects it can cause, but is it normal that he feels so bad that he...

by shoshanna617158935 over a year ago

Is anyone here on prozac or has been and not gained weight?

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I just started taking prozac for anxiety and depression a few days ago,i'm on 10 mg for 10 days and will move up to 20 mg.I've heard alot of people gain weight from antidepressants and i'm hoping i dont because i'm already a bit overweight and have x-treme low self esteem.I would like to hear...

by gone forever80871 over a year ago

My Problems/Experiences with Lexapro - please comment!

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Hello, I am on Lexapro for chronic depression. Lexapro seems to work the opposite for me as it does for most people in some cases when it comes to positive effects. Sometimes when I look up a bad effect I am getting from it - people seem to be using it to STOP those effects. I would love to know...

by Guest over a year ago