Posted by SLS on April 2, 2006, at 7:41:19
In reply to Re: withdrawal.. and medical school, posted by minimal on April 1, 2006, at 23:00:45
> I too am currently withdrawing from a SSRI - Prozac.
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> I agree fully with dancingstar, withdraw very slowly,Another reason to withdraw the drug slowly is that it might prevent a relapse of the illness the drug was meant to treat. After a remission is attained and maintained for an extended period of time (6-12 months - debatable), the probability of relapse is lower for those whom taper slowly. This is particularly true of lithium, it seems. One of the difficulties in withdrawing a medication too fast is that the withdrawal symptoms can mimick the original illness, making it difficult to interpret them as being either withdrawal or relapse.
- Scott
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