Comment Comment by DanBC I strongly agree with everything you say, but...> but I've always been slightly sceptical of claims about withdrawal effects of antidepressants.Even the manufacturers warn against discontinuation effects. See the "If you stop taking venlafaxine" paragraph here: https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/764/pil#grefThe UK NICE has advice about stopping antidepressant meds: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng215 and the UK BNF will mention withdrawal for some meds: https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drugs/venlafaxine/#treatment-cessati...The Royal College of Psychiatrists has advice about stopping anti-depressants: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/treatments-and-wellb...Clearly, it's not a problem that affects everybody, and it's more common with some meds than others, but that doesn't mean these effects are not real. parent DanBC 3 years ago
> but I've always been slightly sceptical of claims about withdrawal effects of antidepressants.
Even the manufacturers warn against discontinuation effects. See the "If you stop taking venlafaxine" paragraph here: https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/764/pil#gref
The UK NICE has advice about stopping antidepressant meds: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng215 and the UK BNF will mention withdrawal for some meds: https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drugs/venlafaxine/#treatment-cessati...
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has advice about stopping anti-depressants: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/treatments-and-wellb...
Clearly, it's not a problem that affects everybody, and it's more common with some meds than others, but that doesn't mean these effects are not real.