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ayo84 (m)
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Are antidepressants safe or are they harmful
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Leilah (f)
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They are safe. But coming off them you have to taper the treatment and not withdraw from them abruptly. I have been on them for two years now from stress after post natal depression. Two years now but I am fine. On top of the world sometimes  |
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PTBNaija (f)
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Benefits outweigh the costs. If you have severe depression, I would go for them. Though I believe I have heard of people committing suicide because of them.
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Seun (m)
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People don't commit suicide because of anti-depressants. They commit suicide because of depression, duh!
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PTBNaija (f)
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Sorry. . .that was my mistake. They commit suicide because of the lack of medication. Those who have depression are also at a greater risk of things like heart attacks, diabetes and other problems because they don't tend to take care of themselves.
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Leilah (f)
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Well I have NEVER thought of suicide i just could not stop crying for no reason after having my daughter she has Attention Deficit Disorder and they help me to cope with that. Suicide has never crossed my mind. I value my soul too much for that!
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