Warnings from the FDA Mandated Medication Guide on Antidepressants:
• thoughts about suicide or dying
• attempts to commit suicide
• new or worse depression
• new or worse anxiety
• feeling very agitated or restless
• panic attacks
• trouble sleeping (insomnia)
• new or worse irritability
• acting aggressive, being angry,
or violent
• acting on dangerous impulses
• an extreme increase in activity and
talking (mania)
• other unusual changes in behavior
or mood
Never stop an antidepressant medicine without first talking to a healthcare
provider. Stopping an antidepressant medicine suddenly can cause other
symptoms.
After Two Decades of Antidepressants – Most Prescribed Drug?- WHY??
This past week the CDC released some very shocking news – antidepressants
are now officially the most prescribed drugs on the market today.
And why is that news shocking? Let’s take a look at the facts:
#1 In 2004 the FDA began to warn the public that they were seeing an
increase in suicides among youth with the use of antidepressant medications.
