Withdrawing from Antidepressants Can be Dangerous

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Prescription drugs are now one of the nation's leading killers!
source: Consumer Reports. The number of people needlessly hurt or killed by prescription drugs has become staggering. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that in one year, over two million patients suffered serious drug reactions, resulting in 106,000 deaths. Another article in JAMA estimated that only 1 in 20 reactions are reported.

Drug makers claim that antidepressants are not "habit forming" but fail to mention that all antidepressants can cause withdrawal. People often do not realize that withdrawal is causing their symptoms.

Gradual dose reduction (also know as tapering) will alleviate symptoms for most people. (For many people the reduction in dose needs to be in miniscule amounts requiring the painstaking cutting and measuring of medication.) And yet most doctors do not know the proper methods for withdrawal and fail to fully warn patients. Failure to come off antidepressants properly, can result in permanent WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS.

ANTIDEPRESSANT WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS.

1. Crying spells
2. Worsened mood
3. Low energy (fatigue, lethargy, malaise)
4. Trouble concentrating
5. Insomnia or trouble sleeping
6. Change in appetite
7. Suicidal thoughts
8. Suicide attempts
9. Anxious, nervous, tense
10. Panic attacks (racing heart, breathless)
11. Chest pain
12. Trembling, jittery,or shaking
13. Irritability
14. Agitation (restlessness, hyperactivity)
15. Impulsivity
16. Aggressiveness
17. Self-harm
18. Homicidal thoughts or urges
19. Confusion or cognitive difficulties
20. Memory problems or forgetfulness
21. Elevated mood (feeling high)
22. Mood swings
23. Manic-like reactions
24. Auditory hallucinations
25. Visual hallucinations
26. Feeling detached or unreal
27. Excessive or intense dreaming
28. Nightmares
29. Flu-like aches and pains
30. Fever
31. Sweats
32. Chills
33. Runny nose
34. Sore eyes
35. Nausea
36. Vomiting
37. Diarrhea
38. Abdominal pain or cramps
39. Stomach bloating
40. Disequilibrium
41. Spinning, swaying, lightheaded
42. Hung over or waterlogged feeling
43. Unsteady gait, poor coordination
44. Motion sickness
45. Headache
46. Tremor
47. Numbness, burning, or tingling
48. Electric zap-like sensations in the brain
49. Electric shock-like sensations in the body
50. Abnormal visual sensations
51. Ringing or other noises in the ears
52. Abnormal smells or tastes
53. Drooling or excessive saliva
54. Slurred speech
55. Blurred vision
56. Muscle cramps, stiffness, twitches
57. Feeling of restless legs
58. Uncontrollable twitching of mouth

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[CodeofVideos]

One year later. . .

Brain zaps are gone. It took three months. My sex drive is starting to return. However, I still have sexual side effects. I can't maintain an erection easily anymore. I am not even 20.

TO PEOPLE SUFFERING WITH ANXIETY/DEPRESSION: I recommend taking vitamin D supplements, or at least having more of it in your diet in some form or another. . .

[prokopton]

@CodeofVideos Good suggestions. Sunlight is a good source of vitamin D. I walk outside 60-90 minutes a day. It's very hard for me to gain weight or feel depressed.

[Wallychans]

I also feel it in the same part of my head. I would deffinately prefer the old zaps i'd get over these, at least with the old zaps i felt some sort of emotion along with it, even if it be anger or anxiety.  Now when i get these "zaps" my emotions disappear and i feel dull and dead inside. My body seems to be screamin for paxil, anytime i think about taking it when i get these zaps i feel a strange comfort, like my body is telling me that's what i need and that's what it wants. I hate it.

[paulopezz]

my life has been ruined by prozac,i have so many of the symptoms in the video,they should ban ssris.i would never have taken it if i knew what id go through for one day,never mind 4 years!watch my video ,danger projac to see what ive been through.

[metachozoite]

im trying to get offf this and am havng thses symptoms...i dont think it cal kill you...but if i have any side effects...im sueing paxil....batards

[CodeofVideos]

@Flamestar1989

No.

The changes in my environment were simple tweaks. It had nothing to do with what the drugs did to me.

[Flamestar1989]

@CodeofVideos Your side effects remind me of what it was like when I was on effexor (venlafaxine). You should give credits to the drugs because if you were chronically depressed you wouldn't have been able to make those changes in your environment. ADs are far from perfect, but can save you in the darkest days. Ironically, some ADs, like effexor substitute depression for anxiety. Try natural solutions to build up your defenses, then use these as coping resources when you come off them.

[Flamestar1989]

@dannyboidj1 I think I've always been pretty brain-dead, so im not so worried about brain damage :P They aren't devastating, but they prevent you from getting REM (in deep sleep) and thus they cause memory loss, because sleep is what solidifies your memories. ADs trap serotonin within neurotransmitters, so you produce less in the long-term. Serotonin is needed for sleep. I demanded melatonin (body turns it into serotonin) to regulate my sleep. I want to avoid ADs when im not neurotic/psychotic.

[CodeofVideos]

@dannyboidj1

Three months, if that. No brain damage, but sexual side effects still. I am not depressed anymore. My depression actually subsided after I went off the drugs, but I give zero credit to the drugs. I made a lot of environmental changes in my life during that time, which I attribute to my current happiness.

My anxiety is returning though. . . :/

Also, I am now on a serious drug for some other problem I have, and it can cause depression. I can only hope I hang in there.

[dannyboidj1]

@CodeofVideos how long were you on these drugs for...you dont believe that they have caused brain damage or anything have they?

[dannyboidj1]

@Wallychans how long were you on them for and how old are you i think i may have the same problem, can the body eventually heal itself?

[dannyboidj1]

@Flamestar1989 how long have you been taking them for are you worried that people say they cause brain damamge? do u know if this is true or not?

[beersmash1]

Psychiatrist are FUCKING KILLERS!! I WANT THEM DEAD!!