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greentara

November 20th, 2009

Today i was told by my doctor to stop taking the 10mg of Cipralex that I've been taking for the past two months. The medication hasn't helped with my depression and so he has told me i need to see a psychiatrist. I have a long history of depression so i guess it makes sense that i see someone else, but now I'm worried that i might experience side effects from stopping so suddenly as i haven't been prescribed a lower dose to ween myself off. When i first started taking them i had bad side effects, i felt too sick to go into work. I'm scared that i wont be able to cope, should i go back to my G.P or wait to see the psychiatrist?

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GiRo

replied November 29th, 2009

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GO back to your GP and tell him you fear you might experience side effects.

The GP will either tell you you shall indeed have side effects, or shall tell you you won't.

If it's the first you can ask to slow down instead of a sudden stop, but the GP will most likely tell you it won't have side effects.

Either way you have no choice but to cope with however the situation turns out, you'll feel better after having spoken to your psychiatrist.

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MelodyNC

replied November 30th, 2009

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Don't stop taking a med suddenly. You will get a side effect. It may be physical or mental or whatever. But you may end up seeing a doc, and getting more meds explaining why you didn't take them etc.

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