DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m taking an antidepressant and am concerned that when my doctor instructs me to quit taking it I’ll go through withdrawal. Can this happen? What can I expect? It can happen, but ...

Phillipa Munari started antidepressants in 2003. Her doctor recommended one, she said, after she complained of feeling tired. She didn't think it helped, but she kept taking it anyway. When she ...

In our view, the results are likely to greatly underestimate the risk of withdrawal for the millions of people on these drugs for years. The review found no relationship between the duration of use of ...

Depression is one disorder that can completely change a person's life even before it is diagnosed. A human who could once be the most joyous person in the room could suddenly be so shut off that ...

British health officials issued yet another warning about antidepressant drugs last week. The same authorities, citing increased risk of suicide, advised last year against giving so-called ...

An article in today's Los Angeles Times reports some eye-popping facts about the misuse or overuse of SSRI antidepressants (the class of drugs that includes Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Effexor, Luvox, and ...

The symptoms can include nerve pain, emotional numbness and sexual dysfunction and can last for years after stopping the drugs. Patients are... After quitting antidepressants, some people suffer ...