Posted by King Vultan on August 13, 2004, at 7:43:11
In reply to Re: My theory on the difficulty of withdrawl, posted by mike lynch on August 12, 2004, at 23:38:20
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> I definitely understand what you're saying and although may seem plausible , the explanation is basically the fact that you're body is use to serotonin being pumped into your body day by day by day..and when this is suddenly stopped you're body is not use to it..therefore the result is many horrible physical symptoms....
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>I basically agree; various systems in the body become accustomed to higher levels of serotonin transmission when a person is on a serotonergic med and then have to readapt once the med is tapered or dropped. The readaptation is what triggers the withdrawal symptoms. My own experience and opinion taking four different serotonergic meds was that none of them were actually psychologically addictive, and in the case of only one of them (Effexor) were the withdrawal symptoms bad enough for the drug to be classified as physically addictive.
Todd
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