Question 1

should i take an antidepressant?

Accepted Answer

I don't know: There is not enough information here to provide a very specific response. Antidepressants can be helpful for treatment of anxiety disorders, post traumatic stress disorder, depressive disorders and some forms of pain.

Question 2

what is the most popular antidepressant?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: SSRI's are most prescribed.  these are Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, and  Lexapro (escitalopram).

Question 3

what're antidepressant medicines made from?

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Antidepressants Hx: Researchers discovered the first antidepressant purely by chance in the 1950's. The drug was iproniazid which was being used to treat tuberculosis, where one of its side-effects was elevation of mood. After that, a professor in switzerland was treating schizophrenics with Imipramine & found that it relieves depression.

Question 4

what is the most widely used antidepressant?

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Antidepressant: Varies by region , at one time & for long time it was prozac (fluoxetine).

Question 5

can i stop taking my antidepressant cold tiucky?

Accepted Answer

ASK YOUR DOCTOR: Never quite any medications cold turkey. Always collaborate with your physician. SIde effects from quitting cold turkey can be serious, and periodically lethal for some.

Question 6

best working antidepressant medication? any tips?

Accepted Answer

None is "best": There are no reliable differences in how well different antidepressants work.  For this reason, they are mostly prescribed on the basis of side-effects.  I.e., more sedating meds when depression interferes with sleep, more activating meds when depression saps daytime energy.  Some are more apt to upset stomach, others to lower sex drive.  Balancing these factors can be subtle.

Question 7

how effective antidepressant switching usually be?

Accepted Answer

Maybe quite: The overall success rate for any single antidepressant is roughly 70% (though a single number is very approximate). A  different antidepressant has roughly the same overall rate but the pool of people it works for will be somewhat different. Together (sequentually) they cover 85%, a third 90%. The numbers may be different depending on criteria, but the principle holds.

Question 8

which antidepressant doesnt make you more anxious?

Accepted Answer

: BUSPIRONE [BuSpar] has fewer side effects and a lower risk of dependency. This may not treat all types of anxiety disorders but it works much more slowly than benzodiazepines.

Question 9

how to determine when an antidepressant is working?

Accepted Answer

Your sx improve: There should be a list of target symptoms that improve, mood, motivation, sleep, anxiety, obsessing, dwelling, enjoyment, functioning, appetite among others.  The problem often is the medication can be helping half a dozen symptoms but the patient only focuses on one which didn't improve and think the med is not working.  This calls for dose increase, augmentation instead of switching or just more time.

Question 10

what is the most commonly prescribed antidepressant ?

Accepted Answer

Zoloft (sertraline): Here are the us sales rankings from 2010:
http://en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/antidepressant#most_commonly_prescribed.

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