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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by rmrfrmrf on Saturday January 05, 2019 @10:15AM (#18832005)
Or the opposite. The ramp-up period (4-8 weeks before the brain rebalances its chemistry in response to the drug) is hell, and cessation of the drug (or running out without access to a pharmacy) causes near-total loss of cognitive ability for a few days (with brain zaps to boot).
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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by PascLeRasc on Saturday January 05, 2019 @10:58AM (#18832247)
That's why I'm not using my bupropion. I got a prescription last month to treat seasonal affective disorder, and my psychiatrist wants me to use it every winter then cycle off in the spring, but the side effects both coming on and off seem awful.
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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by bm1362 on Saturday January 05, 2019 @11:20AM (#18832409)
Why not just stay on it indefinitely?
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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by SkyPuncher on Saturday January 05, 2019 @02:15PM (#18833597)
Note, person above you is talking about Bupropion which does not have the same ramp-up and ramp-down side-effects as SSRIs.
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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by rmrfrmrf on Saturday January 05, 2019 @03:36PM (#18834068)
I was talking about bupropion. There are still ramp-up and ramp-down side effects with bupropion.
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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by selectodude on Saturday January 05, 2019 @02:52PM (#18833805)
Buproprion isn't an SSRI.
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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by rmrfrmrf on Saturday January 05, 2019 @03:37PM (#18834074)
Never said it was. It has startup and withdrawal side effects regardless.
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Re:75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, o... by selectodude on Saturday January 05, 2019 @05:22PM (#18834658)
Could've fooled me. I tapered off it over like 2 days without any issue at all.
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