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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.

Effexor / Venlafaxine to Prozac

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I am on 150mg of Effexor daily and my doc is switching me to Prozac. Anyone experienced this change and how did you do it? Was the Prozac better for you? I've been on Effexor for 18 months now and don't feel it's working at all.

by User avatar MMS

Has anyone been on 300 mg. long term of Trazadone? How did you wean off?

If anyone out there has been in this situation please reply, as I trust others who have been through this and I am a Mother who has to be able to take care of a special needs teen! And other issues. As I am disabled I am on other meds. but want to hear from someone that has ben on this high dose for...

by User avatar Glenda

Abilify and heatstroke

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i'm on Abilify and my lovely husband booked a summer (July) vacation in a isolated grassland area with no trees and temperatures above 30 C for the time we're there.  I am used to 20s, but usually hide indoors in 30s.  will I have a higher chance of heatstroke and how can I reduce my risk?  He...

by User avatar bluejeans111299

Zoloft has been worked great with 50mg dose, but my dr upped it to 100mg, and now my face is burning

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Hi! I've had anxiety for over a year now. I first started out on celexa. I took that for a month and noticed i was getting a rash and ichy hives all over my body. My doctor was worried that was an allergic reaction and took me off. As I was getting off, I felt awful and it was an anxiety episode...

by User avatar Jojomomo

Zoloft and IVF success?

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Hello, I’ve been fighting depression for years and in the end, the medication that worked out for me was Zoloft. At this point in our lives, my husband and I are trying for a baby and since the first major disappointment in that department - we haven’t been able to conceive for over a year now...

by User avatar Guest

Side effects of pms-trazodone

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I have been taking this medication for a little over a week now and they work great for keeping me sleeping all night long. My problem is the side effects of this drug which are: lower severe back pain; very unbalanced on my feet; hard to get up from a sitting position or a laying position. Does...

by User avatar djl317529

My success story about comimg off Cymbalta

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Fist off, I am not a doctor nor will I try to be yours. I do want to share with people how I came off Cymbalta...A few years ago I came off this drug and never experienced anything like it! I was taking it for depression an PTSD. I had been on other anti-depressants in the past and came off with...

by User avatar jd13181835

I quit Zoloft for about three weeks, can I start taking it again??

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I was on zoloft for less than a year then I stopped cold turkey about three weeks ago. At first I felt fine then started getting lightheaded, nausea, vomiting, among other things. Now that that has passed I'm feeling angry, irritable, really depressed and suicidal. Can I just resume taking it? My...

by User avatar DepressedSoul

Zoloft had turned me into a zombie

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I started zoloft about three months ago, I was on wellbutrin. Zoloft had turned me into a zombie. So tired all day long. I stopped and now am unzombietized. I guess it just affects ppl differently

by User avatar Myself

Natural Supplements to help with discontinuation of LEXAPRO?

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I want to get off of Lexapro...I know I can't just quit. My system will freak. I've heard so much about SAM-e and want to start taking SAME-e...to build up my system,, while I begin tapering my dosage of Lexapro...very, very gradually. I'm really sensitive. I have a good plan for discontinuing the...

by User avatar sweetpea