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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.

Wellbutrin XL versus SSRI's @ 46 yrs old

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Hello, I am 46 yrs. old and my whole situation began in the year 2000 when my second child of 3 was born...post partum depression at 36 and what hell it was.  Thought I was loosing it and then panic attacks...Wow what a ride!  I had so much going on thought i would have been better off dead. ...

by User avatar kelly

lithium skin side effects

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Hello! I have been on lithium for 7 months now, treating my depression. This drug gave some really good results but I am experiencing acne break out for the first time in my life. And what is odd, I haven’t had these breakouts at the beginning of using the drug but only now after 7 months....

by User avatar Guest

Started Prozac, Started Period--10 days early!!

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I'm 42 and my doctor prescribed prozac (20mg a day) for pmdd--my pms has seemed to get worse with age...anyway, my period started two days later, which would make it 10 days earlier than normal, plus I'm starving and have cravings like its the week before your period starts :(  I have always had...

by User avatar Kimber

concerta loss of appetite

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I am 14 and i have been taking concerta 27mg for only about 3 days and i am noticing a loss of appetite and i am not eating like i use to is this regular? I need to lose weight but i dont want to be looking nasty..... please let me kno sumthin if u can help....

by User avatar Guest

Weaning off paxil safely

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Please help. I have been on paxil for about 18 years. I was prescribed this for chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia I now feel fine and am considering stopping paxil (20 mg) I have heard so many horror stories and don't know how to go about this safely. The doctor that initially prescribed this...

by User avatar Guest

Feel like Cymbalta is sucking all life and emotion out of me!

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I am on cymbalta and I feel like I have no emotions anymore (feel like a zombie), want to sleep all the time, gain weight all the time and am still depressed. Have tried several different anti depressants and just don't know where to turn or what to do anymore! Used to be on Paxil and it worked...

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CYMBALTA - EASING OFF!

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I am starting this new topic of an old topic because I could not find current posts.  I was on Cymbalta for 3 years for Major Depression Disorder (caused mainly by work but also my personal life).  At that time I was about 57.  I then "tapered" off per docs instructions and went through 3 weeks...

by User avatar Guest

Stoping Zoloft anxiety and depression

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this was my 4th time throughout my life on zoloft and I have never had such wicked side effects. I started taking it because I thought maybe the dizzy spells and lack of motivation in my life might help with zoloft but I was so wrong.  My doctor agreed the side effects weren't good so I stopped...

by User avatar Guest

weight gain and cymbalta

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Has anyone gained weight from taking Cymbalta? After going off Cymbalta did the weight come off quickly?

by User avatar DeborahV9

My Body feels heavy and numb?

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Ok so I do know that I have anxiety and panic attacks but I have always these strange feelings... When i was younger i had this dream that i was laying in a bed and it was dark and i was looking through a window at a tree with no leaves and the moon was shining through a four pane window then some...

by User avatar wscheitler