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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, I have heard from people who tried to get off of anti-depressants and were not able to.  Coming off of an anti depressant after long term use can actually be very dangerous for your health.  It can make you very, very sick due to the withdrawl symptoms.

I am not being judgemental, but I think OP should know both sides.  My doctor prescribed me an antidepressant and after doing some research, I decided against taking it and it turned out to be a wise choice FOR ME.  [/quote]

This is just plain BS, and dangerous BS at that.

Whenever you go off of a medication you need to do so under a doctor's care.  There's nothing dangerous about that.  Sure, if you are taking a higher dose and just stop, you will have problems.  The same is true of many drugs.

And just because you need a drug for some time doesn't mean you are hooked.  And doesn't mean you have "reliance."  It means you still have the underlying disease and still need to be treated.[/quote]

Yeah just like the lady down at the capitol last year whose doctor was helping her get off antidepressants for severe PPD.  So she decides to go on a rampage in downtown DC and now she is dead.  Pull your head out of your ass.  Antidepressants aren't candy and they aren't easy for everyone to get off of.  [/quote]

Wow, you have taken the wrong lesson from that tragic event.  She was obviously still quite ill and needed the medication.  Think about cause and effect for a moment.  A person has depression, a person takes medication for that depression and feels better, and person stops the medication and the depression returns.  The same thing would happen to my GERD if I stopped taking my antacid.  This is not a situation where the medication caused the depression -- the depression already existed.

I took effexor for anxiety for 9 months and the anxiety was gone even after I went off the effexor.  I only needed a short term course of meds.  But when I later developed debilitating depression I went on welburtrin and when I've tried to go off teh depression has returned.  I have a lifelong chronic illness but fortunately it is completely controlled by medication so i feel great.  (same thing with my GERD.)[/quote]

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