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2. The risky mix of antidepressants and college life

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   Antidepressants can greatly magnify the effects of alcohol, creating more central nervous system depression, increasing sedation and further impairing your judgment, reaction times and coordination.

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

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   Sexual side effects. Some antidepressants, including commonly prescribed ones from the class known as SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), can cause sexual side effects such as ...

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

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   “The way it should be done has to be down to the individual and their healthcare professional, to agree a way which it can work and only when side-effects can be safely managed.

5. Deprescribing - Wikipedia

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   Deprescribing can improve adherence, cost, and health outcomes but may have adverse drug withdrawal effects. 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 ...

6. Kindling (sedative–hypnotic withdrawal) - Wikipedia

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   It is possible in some cases that alcohol abuse via a kindling mechanism can cause the development of a chronic substance-induced psychotic disorder (e.g., schizophrenia). The effects of an alcohol-related psychosis include an increased risk of depression and suicide as well as psychosocial impairments. [2]

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. Escitalopram (Lexapro): Everything You Need to Know Before ...

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   Bedroom side effects. Anorgasmia (difficulty experiencing climax) is a noted side effect of Lexapro. In women, clinical trials of escitalopram for depression found that roughly two to six percent ...

9. Effects of long-term benzodiazepine use - Wikipedia

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   The long-term effects of benzodiazepines are very similar to the long-term effects of alcohol consumption (apart from organ toxicity) and other sedative-hypnotics. Withdrawal effects and dependence are not identical. Dependence can be managed, with a medical professional of course, but withdrawal can be fatal.