Can Anti-Depressants actually cause Depression & Anxiety?

Question

I have been taking Anti-Depressants for nearly 2 years now, and have decided to slowly come off the the tablets, as I have had this gut instinc for a while now that the reason I am ill with Depression and Anxiety is because of the tablets? I would be interested to hear if anybody else took that chance and came off the tablets, and actually found they were better without them?

Answer 1

You cannot come off them just like that--cold. You have to ease them off, less and less. How's your basic anxiety & depression? Are you coping? Do you know for sure? Once you're off you'll really know and do you have the coping mechanisms in place for both diagnosis?

Good luck.

Answer 2

Antidepressants can have the opposite effect.

In some people, there is an increase in suicidal thoughts etc after beginning antidepressants. This is particularly true in children, where antidepressants have to be started carefully.

Answer 3

Yes they can.

I took a number of different anti-anxiety and anti-depressants over the years.None of them seemed to work.

I had overwhelming anxiety. It turned out to be my use of Splenda. Yup Splenda.



I like to say sucralose, not Splenda, because that is what Splenda is. And it is in a lot of stuff. The package doesn't have to say Splenda to have sucralose in it. You have to read labels. So, you might still be using it and don't even know it!



Sucralose is poison. It ruined five years of my life. I had a laundry list of medical problems while taking it, including overwhelming anxiety, depression, mood swings, insomnia and more.

Go ahead, google: anxiety splenda or anxiety sucralose or insomnia splenda or insomnia sucralose



The slogan, "Made from sugar..." is very misleading. Splenda might be made from sugar, but it is far from sugar. The resulting chemical is an organochloride (chlorocarbon). Organochlorides are typically poisons.



carbon monoxide - made from oxygen so its like a breath of fresh air

Answer 4

It depends on a product. I've been using Relora Max for 8 months. It helps me greatly and have no side effects (all natural)

http://www.reloramax.com/?aid=847921

Answer 5

They can make you feel worse which is why almost all of them come with a warning that says: if you feel more depressed or anxious or have more suicidal thoughts, please tell your physician.

In my case, they think I might be bi-polar and the antidepressants can make that worse, so they are weaning me off of those slowly.