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The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines
Coverage of The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines in the Nexus archive.
- I took antidepressants for more than 25 years. Getting off them was harder than I ever imagined.
The author spent over two decades taking various antidepressants due to feelings of sadness and loneliness, eventually undergoing a difficult tapering process that resulted in severe symptoms like crying, insomnia, dizziness, and a racing heart. To manage withdrawal, she found information related to "The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines."