Coming Off Antidepressants
A question often asked by patients who suffer from depression is, can people stop taking antidepressants as soon as they think their depression is over? The answer to this is quite simple. It is dangerous to stop taking antidepressants suddenly. Stopping taking your prescribed medication prematurely could cause a relapse and, even if a depressive episode has ended, the body has become accustomed to a certain dosage. It is advisable that patients should discontinue medication as they took it, under close medical supervision by a doctor. It should be remembered that the use of antidepressants is for a specific purpose. It is a medication that helps to prevent or relieve depression symptoms. It works by helping the brains of people who are depressed to produce neurochemicals they may be short of. So sufferers of depression should be aware that if they stop their medication suddenly they may cause an imbalance in these neurochemicals in the brain.
