(thread) An interesting session today on antidepressant withdrawal. Much confusion resolved by looking at how long people are on antidepressants:clear relationship between length of use and risk of withdrawal symptoms. 
Whether studies are RCTs, observational or survey data all fit along a curve that increases for increasing duration of use. Hugely misleading to patients and doctors to focus on studies for patients only on 12 weeks of antidepressants
When half of English population is on antidepressants for more than 2 years. In this group of patients all data points to incidence of withdrawal being 50% +. True for escitalopram, fluoxetine as well
Same relationship exists for severity: longer that patients use antidepressants, the more severe withdrawal is reported to be: in patients with over 3 years of use, more than half report moderately severe or severe symptoms.
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