Posted by doxogenic boy on October 23, 2013, at 5:56:36
In reply to Re: Do antidepressants worsen your depression?, posted by Phillipa on October 22, 2013, at 18:57:12
> Given to me for anxiety disorder when thyroid went and felt worse ever since. My brain is now addicted or whatever to luvox.
Did Luvox worsen your anxiety and make you more depressed? What kind of long-term side effects do you have from it?
>I was fine with just a benzo. Taken for over 43 years now and never raised the dose.
That is impressive. Good for you that it still works.
>I should have said no to the doc back 15 or so years ago. But the SSRI' and SNRI's were the rage so to speak then. More reason to ditch them.
Here is an article from O.B. Fasmer, a professor in psychiatri that I have met as a patient once:
http://tidsskriftet.no/article/2978165/en_GB
Excerpt from article:A discontinuation of antidepressant drugs should be considered in patients who have used such drugs over a long period. The patients should be informed in detail about the development of tolerance and withdrawal reactions. Symptoms that occur after discontinuation are rarely an effect of recidivation. The effect of such drugs after more than six months use are not scientifically documented (27). In patients who have used the drugs over a long period, the dosage should be gradually reduced. There is some documentation showing that mood-stabilising antiepileptic drugs may have an effect on withdrawal reactions, as a monotherapy and in combination with antidepressants during discontinuation (26).
End quote.- doxogenic
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