However, stopping SSRIs can sometimes cause withdrawal symptoms, such as fatigue, insomnia, irritability, and negative thoughts. Fortunately, symptoms are usually temporary and go away within a ...

Medically reviewed by Erika Prouty, PharmD Close to 50% of regular or dependent marijuana users will experience withdrawal symptoms after they stop or significantly reduce their cannabis consumption.

Some of the other included studies had much longer treatment periods — some up to a year or longer. Regarding why antidepressant discontinuation sometimes leads to withdrawal symptoms, it’s ...

Scientists warn antidepressant withdrawal downplayed by ‘industry-funded’ studies. A new review dismisses the risks of stopping antidepressants after long-term use, writes Mark Horowitz and ...

Given the similarity of symptoms among ethanol, benzodiazepine, and gabapentin withdrawal syndromes, the common thread may be those agents' effects on GABA levels.

Health Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms may be less common than we thought. Previous estimates have suggested that more than half of people who stop taking antidepressants experience withdrawal ...

Warnings about withdrawal from antidepressants have rippled through society in recent years. A new study claims they are overblown.

About 15% of patients experienced withdrawal symptoms after weaning from antidepressants, a systematic review showed. In 2 to 3% of the cases, the symptoms were severe.

A therapist who treats phone addictions says the withdrawal symptoms people suffer are similar to those experienced by drug addicts. Lee Fernandes, 48, is an Addiction Specialist at UKAT, an ...

A recent Lancet Psychiatry study revealed that around 15% or one in six patients who discontinue using antidepressants experience withdrawal symptoms. Antidepressants like desvenlafaxine ...

But one of the toughest withdrawal symptoms has been thoughts of suicide. “There’s kind of like this background noise that says, You know, just take yourself out,” he said.