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Posts Tagged ‘anti-depressants’
Crisis and Recovery
Posted in borderline personality disorder, self harm, suicide, tagged anti-depressants, borderline personality disorder, hospitals, medication, mirtazapine, paroxetine, psychiatrists, self harm, suicide, therapy on February 27, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Coming off the pills – update
Posted in depression, tagged anti-depressants, medication on February 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So, things were going well & then halfway through last week the withdrawl symptoms kicked in. Sheesh, major waves of dizziness and nausea, despite having carefully cut down on my dose before stopping the pills. I felt reassured that it was withdrawal symptoms, rather than some fun, new ME symptoms, due to the previous comments [...]
Coming off the pills…
Posted in depression, tagged anti-depressants, depression, treatment on February 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So, after nearly three years I am currently coming off my anti-depressants. I was on 20mg a day of Citalopram and lucky that I had no noticeable side effects. Using anti-depressants is a very personal choice and it turned out to be the right one for me. However, it wasn’t an easy to start using them [...]
Misleading news coverage?
Posted in anxiety, depression, news, tagged anti-depressants, anxiety, depression, media, news, research on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I heard a few snippets this week on the BBC news along the lines of Put away the tranquilisers. Sushi, chocolate and a new haircut could help beat depression, a new book suggests. The overall impression I received from this was that it was advocating the ’buck up, go out and sort yourself out’ attitude that can [...]
Prozac update
Posted in anxiety, depression, tagged anti-depressants, anxiety, depression, drugs, medication, prozac, SSRIs on June 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been on Prozac for three weeks now, so I thought I’d report back on its effects, and also offer a bit of a forum: Comment, if you want to, sharing what medication you’re currently on, or have been on, (doesn’t have to be anti-depressants) and the effects it’s having/had on your life and mood. [...]
