Britain’s most commonly-prescribed antidepressant Sertraline has little impact on symptoms such as low mood and poor concentration
Dr Alex George credits his sertraline pills with pulling him through after the loss of his younger brother to suicide in 2020issues, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to relieving symptoms, which range from feelings of emptiness and despair to numbness or tearfulness.Warning as disease that can kill in 24 hours is found in 4 holiday hotspots
Yet a major review from Germany, published in journal The Lancet Psychiatry last week, suggests the risk of withdrawal is lower than previously thought.The NHS says it’s thought that they help boost levels of chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters, including serotonin and noradrenaline, that are linked to your mood and emotions.
Between 40 to 60 per cent of patients taking SSRIs are believed to experience this side-effect, University of Cambridge scientists say.The team found that patients could begin to experience this sensation just three weeks after starting on the drugs.And the impact of blunting a person’s feelings doesn’t stop there.Last month it emerged a group of scientists are suing the FDA in the US for allegedly ignoring this evidence for years.
The NHS says patients should continue taking antidepressants if they have side effects, as it takes weeks to feel the benefit of the drugs, while side effects may ease. Last week’s German study estimated that about 15 per cent of patients – around one in six – suffer symptoms of withdrawal, including dizziness, headache, nausea,A 2019 review led by the University of Roehampton found that more than half of people on antidepressants suffered withdrawal.Carol El Hawary, 59, who lives in Moray and runs tours to Egypt with her husband, decided to take antidepressants in her late-twenties – and at first they proved a huge relief.
“I can’t even reduce the dose without feeling extremely irritable and anxious after 24 hours,” she says. He says some people experience withdrawal so severe “they’re bed-bound, lose jobs and have financial difficulties”.
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