A recent Lancet Psychiatry study revealed that around 15% or one in six patients who discontinue using antidepressants experience withdrawal symptoms. Antidepressants like desvenlafaxine, venlafaxine, ...

Around one in six people who stop antidepressants will experience withdrawal symptoms as a direct result of the medicine – lower than previous estimates, according to the largest study of its kind. A ...

When we take psychotropic medications such as antidepressants, over time the brain and body adapt to the drug. This process of adaption is often termed physical dependence, which leads to tolerance ...

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Zoloft (sertraline), like many other serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), is fairly well known for resulting in a discontinuation syndrome if you stop taking it suddenly. This is, in part, because ...

In early 2023, Liana Shatova began taking low doses of an antidepressant to ease symptoms of a premenstrual disorder marked by mood swings, anxiety and depression. At first, the difference was ...

A review challenges how scientists have interpreted long-term treatment studies, raising questions about when medication should be reassessed.

WhiteSands Alcohol & Drug Rehab Orlando has published a new educational resource focused on treatment considerations during the Zoloft withdrawal timeline, addressing a topic that affects many ...

People who stop taking antidepressants and feel unwell often do not experience a relapse. A study shows that these are usually withdrawal symptoms, which disappear after a while.

Depression poses serious health concerns, particularly during pregnancy and after childbirth. Recent data from the United States are alarming, showing that nearly half of women stop taking ...

Towards the end of my long and happy stint at the University of Auckland, some colleagues and I wanted to respond to the growing epidemic of antidepressant overprescribing in New Zealand and elsewhere ...