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.

It can be done!

Ok....where do I start? I started this drug 7months ago, i felt it worked for the first couple of weeks, had a few side effects, sleeping though feeling like I was still awake, yawning, ichy skin: just went with it ( was on 75mg BTW) had a good job, husband, 2 beautiful boys, nice house, car. As a...

by Guest over a year ago

Anyone suffering from pvps?

i am looking for as many other people who have suffered from this syndrom as i have for the last 16 yrs/17 yrs ive had numerous ops and surgery freezing nerve ends drugs ect ect ending in losing most of my testes(ball) i have been reading that this is very rare but the more i delve the more t...

by Guest over a year ago

Stopping citilopram weight gain or loss??

I have been on citilopram for 1 andhalf years started on 20 then went up to 30 I put onover a stone and couldn't lose ino nothing changed from per citilopram ate same exercised same etc I am now nearly off them due to weight gain I desperately need to lose this weight I have read everything on the...

by Finners over a year ago

18 pound in 8 months

I have been on Effexor for almost 8 months now, and have put on 18 pounds since then. I have never been thin but I've never been the weight I'm at right now...I feel awful. My doc says Effexor doesn't cause weight gain but I think it's BS, it has to be.... I'm heavier now than after just having...

by Guest over a year ago

Piloting and Lexapro

Answered by a doctor

Looking for tips on how to deal with the FAA and current regulations and the use of Lexapro. As far as the FAA is concerned I can't pilot an aircraft while on a low dosage of Lexapro. I feel no altered states while on the medicine, not flying commercial aircraft and always have full mental...

by Guest over a year ago

information on sandoz amitriptyl

I was on trepiline for a month. My doctor has not prescribed sandoz amitriptyl. Trepiline helped me sleep. My mood inproved by 50%. Sandoz amitriptyl i have been taking for three days. My mood increased but i cannot sleep at night. Can you please give me more information on amitriptyl.

by mishqah over a year ago

aderrall and alcohol

I am really relieved to finally understand wtf has happening to me: I take adderall(as prescribed) and I've been taking it later on the day because I have to study a lot, and then I go out to party afterwards but lateley my drinking was getting out of control to the point that I thought I had an...

by drcaligari06129030 over a year ago

Im not sure if my doctor understands the effects of all of them mixed

On the 18th of march i was admitted into a psychatric center because i was stress and i just needed some time to get my meds straight and find new ways to deal with problems.(i made the decision to go with out anyones advice) i went in only on prozac 10mg and came out on 30mg of adderall xr 2 times...

by Guest over a year ago

huge weight gain after weaning off Effexor plus nervous condition

Answered by a doctor

I had weaned off Effrexor 150 mg approx. 2 years ago and have gained 30 lbs. I am just so angry and nothing I do helps me lose the weight. I eat all healthy food and rarely any junk or sugar. Also, I have developed this nervous condition that my doctors just don't know how to fix. I stay so angry...

by R.J.171916 over a year ago

Tapering off Prozac but alcohol affecting me weird

Hi all! I have been on ssri's for 8 years and am presently on prozac and would love to go off of it. I find that they take away all my motivation to get anything done and I just don't care about a lot of stuff. Before I went on ssri's I kept a very clean house and car and now it's like, I just...

by ks32301 over a year ago