After quitting antidepressants, some people suffer surprising, lingering symptoms

NPR ( national propaganda reprobates ? ) ^ | By Emily Corwi

[cuz1961]

....Doctors have long understood that stopping antidepressants can cause short-term withdrawal, with patients suffering from symptoms like dizziness, anxiety, insomnia and nausea....

...experts still disagree on how common this kind of condition is, how to prevent it, or even what to call it...

[cuz1961]

First the NPR flip

"Withdrawal"

Then the NPR flop

"experts still disagree on .. even what to call it."

So much for Emily, agencies, experts and the urinalist's at National Propaganda Reprobates wisdom eh ?

What A Yellow Rag

[cuz1961]

Emily Corwin

Urinalist
Analist
And NPR stooge.

Wouldn’t want her not to be properly identified and credited for this slop.

Here’s a suggestion, instead of assuaging grief with Big pharma addiction,

try Jesus .

Just an idea.

[philman_36]

...what to call it...

Overmedication.

[BobL]

“After quitting antidepressants, some people suffer surprising, lingering symptoms”

First World Problems.

[Retgearjammer]

Doom and Gloom. Who is the other person that listens to NPR?

[SaveFerris]

[....Doctors have long understood that stopping antidepressants can cause short-term withdrawal, with patients suffering from symptoms like dizziness, anxiety, insomnia and nausea....]

interesting.....

[Socon-Econ]

Not surprising. The addicted must learn to deal with the inevitable storms of life without popping a pill. Just as they did before the pills were invented.

[MulberryDraw]

Then there is anti-anxiety “medication” (benzos). The tolerance and withdrawal symptoms are often times horrible enough to cause people to commit suicide.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I don’t think Emily’s target audience has to worry. One of the qualifications of being a card-carrying urban liberal woman is being on antidepressants for the rest of your life.

[Gay State Conservative]

My dermatologist and I had a chat once about an article that I had read saying that there were people who didn’t bathe...and that there were others who bathed only with water...no soap. We had a good laugh about it.

[joe fonebone]

Sorry...
Even a broken clock is right twice a day..
I have been telling anyone that would listen on this site that psycotropic drugs are the reason for the season..
This entire class of drugs (anti-depressants) or psycotropic drugs are killing our society.
And killing people.
I have said for decades now (plural) that every mass shooting event can linked to the use of or withdrawal from psycotropic drugs....
But, alas, nobody wants to do the research...

[tired&retired]

The drugs inhibit psychological development by suppression of emotions.

This blocks emotional development.

So when they go off the drugs and the flat affect of the inhibition is gone, they return to whatever level of emotional development they were at prior to the meds.

If you give a two year old meds to inhibit the psychological development of the terrible two’s, they will return to that level of development years later when they go off meds.

[tired&retired]

The drugs block soul growth.

[Salamander]

Worst of all are the “ brain zaps” that linger for years

[TexasPaul]

I concur 100%
I have a personal story about Paxil and the psychotic effects from sudden withdrawal. I didn’t go on a killing spree because I was anticipating problems, but OMG, the bad thoughts were so powerful.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I took Buspar for about a year during a particular time in my life where really tragic things were happening. I just stopped taking it one day and had zero side effects. Buspar is not a heavy duty antidepressant it just levels you out.

Likely a lot of the problems are doctors putting people on these heavy duty drugs when something less would work as well.

[csn vinnie]

Sounds like we need an Anti-Depressant Addicts Anonymous organization.

[kawhill]

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs), Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs), Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs), and Atypical Antidepressants. Emily, you don’t state in your essay what classification of drugs they were.

[Seruzawa]

They forgot to mention the withdrawal symptoms known as suicide and homicide.

[PrairieLady2]

I believe you to be correct about withdrawal leading to violence. Most people on this issue imply the person is currently medicated when in fact it’s the withdrawal that’s the problem. I’ve seen it first-hand.