Useful information

Useful information

Also you will not start looking for a dose if you stopped for a while or at the end of treatment, no matter how long you were on the same drug. Although antidepressants are not addictive but sometimes when you stop taking them you may feel some gastric upset, loss of appetite, nose congestion and anxiety. All of these symptoms will disappear gradually after stopping the antidepressant medication.

If a young patient is on antidepressant medication, he or she should be closely monitored because the patient may develop some suicidal thoughts or may tend to harm himself especially when using SSRIs. In general, young adults are more likely to commit suicide more than middle age adults so they should be kept under supervision if they are on any type of antidepressant medications.

Pregnancy is a very sensitive period for women but, the usage of antidepressants should be avoided during pregnancy even if the mother needed it. This is because of the malformations that may be caused by these medications. Some newly born children reported some side effects of the medication after they were born from a mother who was taking antidepressants during the pregnancy period.

The usage of antidepressants during breast feeding should be limited only to those who suffer from post natal depression