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2. How to Quit Your Mental Health Meds in 4 Steps - AOL

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   Come off antidepressants and other mental health medications, and avoid dangerous withdrawal symptoms, by following these four steps.

3. Don’t go ‘cold turkey’ when coming off antidepressants ...

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   Adults taking antidepressants who want to come off their medication should not go cold turkey and should instead use a “staged” approach, experts have said. ... and only when side-effects can ...

4. Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Methods of prevention include gradually decreasing the dose among those who wish to stop, though it is possible for symptoms to occur with tapering. [2] [6] [4] Treatment may include restarting the medication and slowly decreasing the dose. [2] People may also be switched to the long-acting antidepressant fluoxetine which can then be gradually ...

5. Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Discontinuing benzodiazepines or antidepressants abruptly due to concerns of teratogenic effects of the medications has a high risk of causing serious complications, so is not recommended. For example, abrupt withdrawal of benzodiazepines or antidepressants has a high risk of causing extreme withdrawal symptoms, including suicidal ideation and ...

6. 1 in 6 people who stop antidepressants face withdrawal ... - AOL

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   The analysis also found that severe discontinuation symptoms, which might cause patients to drop out of a study or resume taking antidepressants, occurred in about 3% — or one in 35 — of those ...

7. Tapering (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Along with sharing tapering tips, members of the groups discuss the risks of prescription cascade, where withdrawal symptoms or the side effects of a psychotropic medication result in further medication, and the risk of neurobiological "kindling" effects where repeated unsuccessful withdrawal attempts yield progressively poor results upon drug ...

8. Deprescribing - Wikipedia

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   More specifically, deprescribing is the planned and supervised process of intentionally stopping a medication or reducing its dose to improve the person's health or reduce the risk of adverse side effects. Deprescribing is usually done because the drug may be causing harm, may no longer be helping the patient, or may be inappropriate for the ...

9. Switching Antidepressants: Safety, Side Effects & Other ... - AOL

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   Some side effects, such as weight gain, occur more frequently with certain types of antidepressant medication. Switching to a new type of antidepressant may help reverse any weight gain you’ve ...