News of Anti-Depressants

I recently made an increase in my Lexapro dose without notifying my psychiatrist that that's what I wanted to do. The reason for this is because I think I have "waited" long enough. I was expecting to "adjust" to my lower Lexapro dose ever since decreasing it in 2020; but it never happened. So I raised my dose back up to 30mg (I was on 20mg). I did this without my psychiatrist's "permission" because a ...

Hi all. My doctor wants me to do a direct switch from 37.5 of Venlafaxine to 20 of Fluoxetine. I'm concerned this will cause significant withdrawal. I struggled a lot going from 75 to 37.5, so I think stopping the Venlafaxine so abruptly is a bad idea for me. I want to stop the Venlafaxine because it makes me sweat like crazy. I'm hoping he will agree to a cross taper where I taper off ...

How hard is it to get off antidepressants?

I don't even know how many years I've been on them for and I've tried to many times to stop and I've got down to a really low dose and then I get really ill again so each time my psychiatrist has to make my dosage higher.

I believe I only use them to sleep but I know that trying to stop just messes my head up. ...

I was wondering if anyone has taken it for Depression and was it helpful? Its an older Tricyclic and I'm a little worried about side effects.

So first off I will give a little background: I'm a 25 years old male, diagnosed with Autism at age 8, depression and anxiety through teenage years and then DID and PTSD within the last year. From my late teens I moved through Psychologists and anti-depressants, I finally found a Psychologist I get along with but not so in regards to Anti-depressants. I started on Escitalopram, went to Citalopram, Desvenlafaxine, Venlafaxine, Amitryptyline, Quetiapine and finally ...

I've been taking sertraline (50 mg 1x daily) for a little over 3 weeks. Today I began lactating. I am not pregnant. Has anyone else experienced this side effect? Is this something I should bring up with my therapist? My doctor? Both? I mostly need reassurance that I'm not going to fall over and die. My brain seems to think I might. I've been freaking out about this all day.

Hello there,
My girlfriend takes 20 mg of escilatopram.
Since she is taking it she has a crush in her libido, thus we barely having any sex...
She tried bupropion, but she said it "doesn't do the same thing...".

is there any tips\suggestions for us?

Thank you in advance,
Guy

I wonder why i'm always the one who makes the most mistakes. :cry: The one that also makes others embarassed.The one who doesn't know how to react.The one that...Why am I always regreting what I do?I bet i will even regret posting this later...People say that I am good enough and I just lack the confidence.But isn't that making mistakes enough reason why I ...

Hi! This is a medication topic, I hope it is fine under Anti-Depressants, even if I am diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder since 2007 (I am 53 now). So I got a bit of everything, depression included. But my current problem is dysphoria. I am currently on Valproate 1000 mg and Amisulpride (Solian) 2x 400 mg.

And I have been stable for about 3 years now. But recently I get this terrible state of irritation, distress ...

I have been depressed for a couple of years and I was put on Fluoxetine which I took for 6 months and it really helped me overcome a dark time. Gradually it was making me feel more and more cloudy and controlled and I tried to stop taking them a few times, each time breaking down on the third day, until one day when it never happened and I didn't need them. I'm still depressed, ...