Surmontil 25mg Anti Depressant

[tdvit]

Hi there, My mam just told me that she has been taking surmontil for the past 6 weeks. can anyone advise me on how these work? she has been told they are not addictive but I am very cynical about anti depressants. any advice would be greatly appreciated. Mick

[incitatus]

Most antidepressants have relatively few withdrawal symptoms, and so are rarely classed as addictive. There are a few like venlafaxine that can be, but not to any great extent. If you withdraw the drug slowly its normally not a problem. Antidepressants work by raising the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain. Advice would be if she is happy, and not suffering side effects dont worry about it.

[andy hughes]

It can take anything up to a month for the drug to be owrking effectivly in your mum's system - there is a 'bedding in' process. Likewise, if she wishes to stop, sudden withdrawal is not good, she should cut her does by one third for two weeks, then by another third for a further two weeks, and finally to one third every other day for two weeks, and extend the gap from there. If your mum misses a dose, tell her on no account to 'double up' the next day - this will throw her system out of synch, Advise her to resume the following day as normal, and accept that she may experience a mood 'dip' for a day or so while the dosage rights itself. As my learned friend advises, modern antidepressants are far morer sophisticated than the ones used years ago, so side effects are minimal, and adiciton is almost unheard of, especially at the relativly low dosage rate your mum is taking - she should be fine.

[tdvit]

thanks guys.

[Tat]

addiction is possible; i suffered really badly when i came of fluoxitine hydrochloride (prozac), however i was on a high dose and had been on it for years. i had to come off it so slowly, it took months and was nasty but i'm all better now. although she shouldn't be taking them without having therapy as well. as that's what will really help her, the pills are only for keeping you sane/happy enough for you to cope with the real problem. hope this helps.

[Greedyfly]

VENLAFAXINE - excuse me..... say that again...........

[Tat]

am i missing somethong greedyfly?