Tag: antidepressants
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Psychiatric withdrawal is real, severe, and underreported
Coming off psychiatric medications can produce withdrawal that mimics relapse, lasts months, and goes largely unacknowledged in clinical guidance. Here’s what’s known.
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Depression is sometimes a rational response to a bad life
Not all depression is a brain glitch. Sometimes it’s an accurate signal that something in your life needs to change. Here’s why pathologizing it can miss the point.
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Antidepressants don’t work as well as we’ve been told for decades
The marketing said ‘chemical imbalance.’ The trials say something more modest. Antidepressants help some patients meaningfully — and many far less than advertised.