Approximately 1 out of 4 people that take antidepressants experience weight gain as a side effect. The weight gain may be minor, but over time, gaining a pound here and there all adds up. Many people have reported that there’s nothing they can really do to control the weight that they gain while on an …
Many people that take antidepressants, specifically SSRI’s (selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitors), find out that they have abnormally low testosterone. So what does this all mean? Did the initial low testosterone lead the individual to become depressed and go on an antidepressant? Or did the treatment with an antidepressant actually slowly reduce the individual’s natural ability to …
Based on the symptoms experienced as a result of lower levels of dopamine, it is thought that dopamine plays just as big of a role as serotonin in treating depression. Why then are medications used to treat depression primarily dealing with targeting serotonin only? Because people have been brainwashed by pharmaceutical companies? Maybe. It could …
It is well documented that humans can suffer from depression, but it is lesser known that depression can also occur in dogs (canines). The degree to which a dog can “feel” depressed is up for debate and hasn’t been studied as in-depth as in the human population. However, many dog owners have noticed times when …
Antidepressant augmentation strategies are commonly reviewed when an individual is unresponsive to monotherapeutic treatment. In other words, people that try treatments by themselves such as: using an SSRI medication or going to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may not have as great of a response as if the treatments were combined. In some cases, a person …
As someone who has taken Effexor XR (venlafaxine HCl), I know all too well what the withdrawal symptoms of this medication are like – they can be pure hell. I was fortunate to have only taken this medication for a couple months. However, there are people out there that have been on this powerful antidepressant …
Antidepressants do not work immediately for many individuals hoping to get relief from their depression symptoms. In fact, the general consensus is that they take 4 to 6 weeks to kick in and for the antidepressant effect to take place. This basically means that most people should not get any relief from their depression until …