Great series! I appreciate the PET data! I haven't had patients have issues with escitalopram discontinuation beyond a few days, but for SNRIs and paroxetine, quite a few have had difficulty.
Thank you for this topic. Keeping in mind also avoiding toxic substances, healing ourselves which is ongoing, and trying to balance our lives. Sometimes we don’t even know why we feel bad or tired. We get used to feeling drained.
This series of posts about how to stop taking antidepressants is eye opening and “should” be required reading for anyone who has a license to prescribe them. It’s shocking how much doctors don’t know about these medications and yet feel free to prescribe them like they are candy. I believe that psychotropic medication should only be prescribed by psychopharmacologists but unfortunately our system of healthcare doesn’t allow for this. Primary care physicians who are well meaning and prescribing these medications should be required to have more intensive training. What that exactly means or entails I’m not sure. Perhaps you can suggest something. The lack of mental health care in this country is appalling and more so the intense push back from insurance companies to cover the care that their customers are paying for so dearly.
Great series! I appreciate the PET data! I haven't had patients have issues with escitalopram discontinuation beyond a few days, but for SNRIs and paroxetine, quite a few have had difficulty.
It’s highly variable! We never designed trials to answer.
Good morning
I know someone on antidepressants for years and has dementia
Thank you for this topic. Keeping in mind also avoiding toxic substances, healing ourselves which is ongoing, and trying to balance our lives. Sometimes we don’t even know why we feel bad or tired. We get used to feeling drained.
This is my argument, more broadly.
and there is no quick fix.
Even quick fixes that work well uncover other problems
This series of posts about how to stop taking antidepressants is eye opening and “should” be required reading for anyone who has a license to prescribe them. It’s shocking how much doctors don’t know about these medications and yet feel free to prescribe them like they are candy. I believe that psychotropic medication should only be prescribed by psychopharmacologists but unfortunately our system of healthcare doesn’t allow for this. Primary care physicians who are well meaning and prescribing these medications should be required to have more intensive training. What that exactly means or entails I’m not sure. Perhaps you can suggest something. The lack of mental health care in this country is appalling and more so the intense push back from insurance companies to cover the care that their customers are paying for so dearly.
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I agree
Feel free to share with your elected reps, health plan, HR departments, etc.
Would the same thing be true for medications that are SNRIs, like Venlafaxine, etc.? It seems like they would pose the same set of issues.
Yes. In fact, effexor is notorious for it.
Thank you both so much for sharing this conversation. I tapered myself off of antidepressants over 2 years ago. Thank you 👍🏻.