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Research Notes on First Signs of Antidepressant Withdrawal
Many of the side effects that are typical with antidepressants are not experienced until patients try to discontinue usage.1 Early symptoms of antidepressant withdrawal include flu-like symptoms, insomnia, imbalance, sensory disturbances, and hyperarousal.2 Antidepressant withdrawal is also called discontinuation syndrome.2 Failure to recognize antidepressant discontinuation syndrome may result in misdiagnosis and potentially exposing patients to unnecessary risky medical interventions.3
Fast Facts:
- The onset of symptoms occurs shortly after stopping the drug or reducing the antidepressant dose.4
- Typical symptoms of antidepressant withdrawal include fatigue, nausea, myalgia, insomnia, anxiety, agitation, dizziness, hallucinations, blurred vision, irritability, tingling sensations, vivid dreams, sweating, or electric shock sensations.2
- Symptoms typically last for one to two weeks.
- Symptoms leave once use of the antidepressant has resumed.
- Patients should never stop using taking their antidepressant medications without permission from a physician that prescribed the medication.
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Research Notes References
- ↑ PsychCentral: What is Discontinuation Syndrome?
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 About.com: It Might Not Be the Flu!
- ↑ American Family Physician: Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome
- ↑ Primary Psychiatry: Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome
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- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
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- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Shana Scott
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Discontinuation syndrome, Antidepressant withdrawal
- Last update: May 15, 2009
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