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Posted by judy1 on November 2, 2002, at 15:05:30
According to the World Health Organization reported in The Guardian, Paxil tops the list
for drugs in terms of difficulty to quit followed by Effexor at number two, Zoloft at number
four, and Prozac at number seven. The benzodiazepines Ativan and Valium come in at 11th and 13th.http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4201752,00.html
Posted by NikkiT2 on November 2, 2002, at 17:25:20
In reply to difficulties in withdrawing psychotropic meds, posted by judy1 on November 2, 2002, at 15:05:30
Great link... thanks.. will be printing that out for the f***k wits that told me there were no withdrawal symptoms from Effexor!!!
I just loved this line...
"The firms maintain that people who feel worse after stopping the drugs are suffering a recurrence of depression. They are advised to go back on the drugs."
*lmao* Thats like saying, when you stop heroin, its only depression you are suffering from that the heroin has been masking!!! Yeah right!!!
Nikki x
Posted by Alan on November 3, 2002, at 18:07:08
In reply to difficulties in withdrawing psychotropic meds, posted by judy1 on November 2, 2002, at 15:05:30
> According to the World Health Organization reported in The Guardian, Paxil tops the list
> for drugs in terms of difficulty to quit followed by Effexor at number two, Zoloft at number
> four, and Prozac at number seven. The benzodiazepines Ativan and Valium come in at 11th and 13th.
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4201752,00.html=============================================
Great link Judy!"The SSRIs are drugs for which withdrawal symptoms are most reported worldwide," said Charles Medawar of the group Social Audit, which has battled to get the authorities to recognise there is a problem."
And most significantly:
"Yet they are nothing like as widely used as benzodiazepines were."
Best,
Alan
Posted by Arthurgibson on November 5, 2002, at 10:13:44
In reply to Re: difficulties in withdrawing psychotropic meds » judy1, posted by Alan on November 3, 2002, at 18:07:08
I stopped PROZAC dead three weeks ago with no tapering and I have had no withdrawal effect whatsoever. I just feel better and better each day. OK, maybe I'm lucky, but it shows that we need not be too scared of what might never happen.
Now I suppose there will be twenty replies saying that withdrawal kicks in in the fourth weeek!!
Posted by judy1 on November 5, 2002, at 17:22:26
In reply to Re: difficulties in withdrawing psychotropic meds, posted by Arthurgibson on November 5, 2002, at 10:13:44
No, I just think you are one of the lucky ones. Paxil and effexor (my pdoc says effexor) seem to be the most difficult for people to withdraw from. Prozac has a nice long half-life, so essentially you are self-tapering when you stop. I'm glad you had no side-effects. take care, judy
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