Wellbutrin

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."

RFK Jr.'s initiative on antidepressant deprescribing has some correct points but also makes dangerous and unsupported claims. A woman in her 60s was helped to taper off fluoxetine and bupropion. The initiative conflates genuine clinical need with unproven statements.