A new study finds that the longer people take antidepressants, the more likely they are to face severe, long-lasting withdrawal symptoms—raising questions about current prescribing practices and the support available for those trying to stop the medication.
Still getting the ‘brain zaps’ 3 years after quitting escitalopram (which when I first quit felt like someone gripping my head and shoving it forward really roughly but now just kind of feels like a muscle spasming in my brain?). No one believed me and, no offense to anyone who takes them, but I’ll never do that to myself again.