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Coming Off Antidepressants: Why We Must Do It Slowly
Antidepressants have changed the face of modern psychiatry. For many people, these medications are an important and necessary part of their therapy. But whether reducing intake to move to another medication, or to try a different therapy, to eliminate a drug-interaction, or some other reason, sometimes, we have to cut ties with an existing antidepressant. And in this case, doing so slowly is not only...
August 12, 2020
When Antidepressants Impact Intimacy
Depression is hard enough when it doesn’t affect your intimate life. But it can be downright devastating when its treatment also strips us of that one vital pleasure. Antidepressants cause sexual dysfunction in many users, but there are solutions. Some people find it’s a side effect that wanes over time if they wait it out, while others may need to switch to a different antidepressant or add a new...
November 14, 2019
Does Taking Antidepressants During Pregnancy Harm Your Baby?
It’s one of the many age-old arguments during pregnancy – should expectant mothers take antidepressants? - As of April 2018, it was -recorded- that 9 out of 10 American women take medicine during pregnancy, with approximately 5% of those women taking antidepressants, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) such as Paroxetine, Sertraline and Citalopram. Before turning to antidepressants, what...
June 7, 2018