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Is it true that antidepressants have negative effects in the long run after you stop like tardive diskinesias?
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Unusual: Tardive dyskinesias are most often associated with major tranquilizers, such as Thorazine (chlorpromazine) or Mellaril, and not usual to see with use of typical antidepressants.
Answered 5/14/2015
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