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How long can you be on anti-depressants?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: 17 hours ago | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
I you truly suffer from depression why would you get off something that is working for you?
Depression has many genetic components and rather than descend into a bout of depression but tapering off an antidepressant that is working makes no sense to me.
It is kind of like tapering off clonazepam if it is working and you don’t increase your dosage and you don’t suffer any side effects.
This is just my opinion but especially as we age why would you put yourself through that when you are enjoying life.
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I don’t think it is good to come off antidepressants if they are working and helping. I’m suggesting that if they are not working or you have significant side effects or don’t think you need them anymore, it is important to work with your doctors to taper off them carefully. Some are more dangerous than others with withdrawal. Long term brain chemistry alterations with medications may not make it easy for some to come off medications and will have a life long dependency.
It happened when I was either having a really bad day, or my stomach was so trashed that I didn't want to add any pills to it. At first, I didn't think that depression could be hereditary, but I found out several years ago that our mom's biological mother had suffered with it so severely that she hanged herself in the barn at the dairy farm where my mom was raised in Wisconsin.
We never knew that the grandma that we knew as our own was actually her step mother.
Finally, I wasn't enjoying life at the time that I didn't take my meds, I was severely depressed.
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