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Coming off antidepressants is known to trigger physical symptoms, such as restlessness, fatigue, and excessive sweating, but new research published in the journal Health Expectations suggests people can also experience emotional and social difficulties, and changes in their thinking patterns when they stop taking antidepressants like Prozac. This is especially true when people don’t ‘taper’ their medication but instead stop taking it suddenly, and when the process is not adequately supervised by a doctor. Challenges reported by study participants included feeling overwhelmed by their emotions, finding social situations less enjoyable, and feeling detached and less empathetic towards others. The participants also reported that withdrawal affected their cognitive functioning.

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