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.

Antidepressants used off-label for weight loss

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More and more doctors are prescribing their patients dieters drugs to lose weight that are not approved for that purpose by the Food and Drug Administration. Drugs that are being prescribed the most are antidepressants and drugs used to treat hyperactivity Adderall, Ritalin and Wellbutrin. Many...

by DennisD. over a year ago

Post Lexapro Issues

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My daughter, age 24, was having some anxiety going from undergrad to graduate school. Her GYN suggested Lexapro - she said it's mild, it's safe and has no side effects. HA!! She weaned from Lexapro (10mg for 18 months) by taking a pill, skipping a day for 2 weeks, then take a pill, skip 2 days...

by dmcdlj over a year ago

Benzo withdrawl

:$ Hihi. I just wanted to get someone's opinion on this. I've been take lorazepam for only about three months and at the most 1mg daily. I've decided I'm going to stop using it only because it seems in the long run daily use, do to addiction and impairment of cognitirve abilities, isn't...

by Guest over a year ago

XANEX AND SEIZURES

IM A 23YR OLD, WHITE FEMALE, FROM HOUSTON. I AM ALSO A NURSE. IM HERE JUST TO SHARE AND MAYBE ENLIGHTEN A FEW. I HAD BEEN ON XANEX SINCE I WAS 17, OF COURSE NOT LEGALLY. I TRIED TO 'STOP' MY FIRST TIME, OR ATLEAST SLOW DOWN, BACK IN 2007 AND HAD ATLEAST 15 SEIZURES. I HAVE RELAPSED NUMEROUS TIMES...

by whohayley145793 over a year ago

Lexapro and weigh loss

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i guess that I am one of the lucky ones. I have been on lexapro 10mg an have loss 112 pounds since August. I can't say enough good things about this medicine and as for the sexual side effects if it helps me loss the weigh then I can live with them

by Guest over a year ago

Genes affecting antidepressant response

If you have been wondering why you don’t respond to certain antidepressants and why you are not feeling better you will learn from this article that it is because of your genes. Journal of the American Medical Association published a study done by Korean scientists that answers why some depressed...

by DanDan over a year ago

bad weight on efexxor!

I seem to be putting weight on after going on efexxor. I was on it a couple years back and did not put weight on. That is why I chose to go on this anti depressant, but I have put at least 10 pounds in under a month. Who has this happened to, and even more important are there any anti depressants...

by simplysassy over a year ago

side effects of cipralex

I have tried several antidepressants since being diagnosed with depression a year back, but none of them have been it so far. Some don't help me, while others have terrible and unwanted side effects. My doctor says cipralex is unique and I should give it a chance. But I can't help but worry about...

by reamonn1481156006 over a year ago

lexapro and blood sugar

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Hi, I just started Lexapro again. I know about the weight gain and I hate it, hate it. But at this point in my life I need it to get out of this depression. I read somewhere that Lexapro raises your blood sugar. That could help pack on pounds. I'm thinking about trying glucophage (metformin)...

by Guest over a year ago

weaning off Lexapro

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Ive been on Lexapro for five years now. 10 Mgs. a day. Ive tried to wean myself off it before got scared and went back on it. Today I feel great. I am starting slow. For the past three weeks, one day a week a cut a pill in half. My God you wouldnt believe the withdrawals I am having from...

by Boogey Man over a year ago