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.

Quit Lexapro cold-turkey and want to re-start

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I was on Lexapro for about 6 months prior to quitting cold turkey about 4-5 days ago. I was out of my prescription, needed to refill it, and questioning whether or not I should continue taking it at all... The withdrawal symptoms took a while to onset and so it snuck up on me when I started feeling...

by ohkaty over a year ago

ssri's

When you start taking a ssri and then switch over to a new one do you have to start all over on the 4 to 6 weeks for it to start kicking in or does it continue where the last one left off?

by Olivia726202 over a year ago

Hang in there

I've been on 150 mg venlafaxine (generic effexor) for a couple of years. The only way to get off this with minimal side effects is to taper *really* slowly. Each time I reduced a dosage, if I got uncomfortable side effects, I realised my body wasn't ready. Even my final taper (9mg) I stayed on for...

by Guest over a year ago

My Lexepro Come down.

Hi Eveybody, I Have Found all of your Commments very helpful. I have been taking 20mg per day for 3 Years, Main side affect as everyone has mentioned no sex drive,and hard to Reach Orgasm. A lack of intrest in sex, and i too dont feel very good about my image, I have taken on a dont bother with...

by Guest over a year ago

seizures and memory loss

Can someone help explain what my mom has? My mom has seizures that cause her to tight all her muscles. Her eyes are closed the whole time. After its over she experiences memory loss, such as me and my little sister are still little kids, when i am 16 and she is 15. Now its 2012, but she will go back...

by heliko over a year ago

Doctor is trying to force me to get a spinal cord stimulator

I have stage three type two RSD and have been on pain med's and trigger point injections and doing therapy for years. It has been working for me. I had to switch doctors because of my ins. changing and the old doctors not the new ins. well I go to the first visit with the new doctor yesterday and...

by Guest over a year ago

Something that helped me

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by Aydar176138 over a year ago

Effexor and venlaxofine withdrawal

Answered by a doctor

Thank you for your posts on Effexor. I have been on this medication for about 4 years now and recently decided that I would only take Welbutrin as this works better for me on its own. Wow, what a surprise. I took 3 weeks, with the help of my amazing Doctor, of coming down slowly week to weekon...

by mops5078410 over a year ago

re-starting lexapro after poop-out

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I was on Lexapro for depression for 2 years and it worked great. However it suddenly quit working, and my doc eventually took me off of it. Nothing else has helped me, is it possible that I might have a response to the Lexapro if I started taking it again? How long should I wait before giving it...

by Annie over a year ago