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1. gentleman11 ◴[] No.43218194[source]
Slight call for help:

I'm close with somebody who is experiencing extreme 10/10 withdrawal or other side effects from their ssri (escitalopram). They tried to quit, then went back ionto it due to severe withdrawal, and its actually gdtting worse every day now even 1.5 weeks later. What should I read or watch to understand what is going on?

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2. froh ◴[] No.43218601[source]
ssri have to be phased out very slowly.

and it helps a great deal if the life circumstances and the personal perspectives that lead to the need to take them have changed. long nested sentence. let me rephrase.

shit was flying high, leading to the need to take ssri.

is there objectivly less shit? or do they honestly no longer care / see it as existential shit?

ssri ar great to create space for psychotherapy and life changes. and then you phase them out. or they, they phase them out.

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3. catlifeonmars ◴[] No.43221818[source]
> ssri ar great to create space for psychotherapy and life changes. and then you phase them out. or they, they phase them out.

Well spoken. Creating space is a necessary first step.

One thing I disagree with personally is that being medication free is always a useful goal. I take medication and therapy and I see both as a way to _maintain_ a healthy mental state. Sometimes there is not going to be objectively less shit; you cannot always change external circumstances.